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‘The Roommate’ Moves Into First Place At Friday Box Office

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

College-stalker creep-fest snatches up $6.4 million. By Mawuse Ziegbe Minka Kelly in “The Roommate” Photo: Sony Leighton Meester’s dorm-based thriller “The Roommate” received a warm welcome from moviegoers during its debut Friday. The “Gossip Girl” star’s turn as an accommodating turned obsessed roomie who goes all crazy-pants on Minka Kelly’s unsuspecting character raked in $6.4 million when it arrived in theaters. Perhaps part of the film’s draw is the fight scenes — fist-flinging showdowns which Kelly said the actresses worked hard to imbue with a sense of it’s-going-down authenticity. “We worked really hard to make sure it looked like a real girl fight,” she explained. “I Googled ‘girl fights’ on YouTube, and we made sure it was messy and hair was everywhere.” Kelly added that the starlets didn’t bother faking the combat, leaving their Hollywood images behind and lobbing actual punches. “We fought to kill, because unfortunately, when girls fight, they fight to kill, and that was very true and real in our fight. We did our own stunts. We were pretty banged up by the end of it,” she admitted. The James Cameron-produced adventure “Sanctum” debuted in the second place. The flick, which treads familiar Cameron man-against-the-elements territory as it follows a team of explorers who get caught in a labyrinthine underground cave system following a dramatic storm, scored $3.5 million. “No Strings Attached slipped to third place. The casual-sex rom-com, which features Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman, scored $2.9 million on Friday. The haul kicks the film’s box-office bank to about $46.3 million. Still riding the boost from its boatloads of Oscar love, “The King’s Speech,” kicked off the weekend in fourth place. The film made $2.3 million, a figure that pumps the project’s total estimated tally to $78 million. Screen legend Anthony Hopkins’ latest flesh-crawling flick, “The Rite,” spent Friday in fifth place, with $1.9 million. The movie’s total estimated gross now stands at around $20 million. Check out everything we’ve got on “The Roommate,” “Sanctum” and “No Strings Attached.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

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‘The Rite’ Captures Friday Box Office

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Thriller makes $5.3 million. By Mawuse Ziegbe Anthony Hopkins and Marta Gastini in “The Rite” Photo: Warner Bros. It appears that audiences are still down to get freaked out by a creepy performance from Anthony Hopkins. The Oscar-winning actor’s latest skin-crawling, onscreen turn, “The Rite,” topped the Friday box office. The film, which is based on real-life events and stars Hopkins as an unconventional exorcist, debuted with $5.3 million. When MTV News sat down with Sir Hopkins recently, the veteran star admitted he has a gift for freaking out fans. “I know how to do those parts,” he said. “Not because I’m scary, but because I know how to scare people. … It’s a question of being quiet and not overplaying it,” he explained. “You let the script and the audiences do the work for you. You don’t have to play evil.” Behind “The Rite” is last week’s box-office winner, “No Strings Attached. Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman’s portrayal of “sex friends” who shrug off the possibility of a relationship in favor of casual lovin,’ scored $4.3 million. Friday’s earnings kick the film’s total haul to just over $30 million. Jason Statham’s latest firepower-heavy flick ,”The Mechanic,” came in third place. The tale of an assassin looking to avenge the killing of his mentor with the help of his son (Ben Foster), debuted with $3.6 million. “The Green Hornet” took the fourth-place spot at the Friday box office. Moviegoers coughed up $2.9 million to catch Seth Rogen as the classic masked superhero duke it out with Los Angeles-area baddies. The figure kicks the film’s total estimated tally to $70 million. “The King’s Speech,” the dramatization of the UK’s King George VI’s struggle to overcome his stammer with the help of an eccentric speech therapist, rounded out the top five. The film, which recently picked up 12 Academy Award nominations, scored $2.8 million. The movie’s total estimated haul now stands at around $63 million. Check out everything we’ve got on “The Rite,” “No Strings Attached” and “The Mechanic.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

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‘Green Hornet’ Flies Past Friday Box-Office Competition

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Slacker superhero flick scores $11.1 million first day in theaters. By Mawuse Ziegbe Seth Rogen and Jay Chou in “The Green Hornet” Photo: Sony Pictures “The Green Hornet” flew into theaters with a big Friday debut. Seth Rogen’s turn as California rich kid turned baddie-battling vigilante scored $11.1 million its first day in theaters. The sizable Friday haul is presumably a reassuring figure for co-writer and star Seth Rogen, who battled tons of e-hate from fans of the masked hero in the time leading up to the film’s release. “It’s something that [writing partner] Evan [Goldberg] would constantly have to remind me of throughout the process, in that this is kind of exactly what we thought would happen,” Rogen told MTV News recently. “From the second we thought of doing a movie like this, I remember talking about it like, ‘Everyone’s going to think it’s going to be insane and terrible and we’ll just have to keep our heads down and make it, and then it’ll come out and then people will slowly see that we weren’t nuts and that it was actually a good idea.’ ” Behind “Hornet” is another funnyman vehicle, “The Dilemma,” starring Kevin James and Vince Vaughn. The comedy about a guy who’s forced to decide whether to inform his best buddy that his seemingly perfect wife is creeping, debuted with $6.1 million in ticket sales. The Hollywood heavyweight-packed Western “True Grit” kicked off the weekend in third place. Featuring Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges and recent Critics’ Choice Movie Award-winner Hailee Steinfeld, the Coen brothers’ latest epic picked up $3.2 million. Friday’s figure kicks the action flick’s total estimated tally to about $118 million. “The King’s Speech,” which features newly minted Critics’ Choice-winner Colin Firth, won the fourth-place slot. The true story of a reluctant royal’s game-changing wartime address nabbed $2.44 million — a number which boosts the film’s total estimated gross to nearly $38 million. The dance drama “Black Swan,” which features Critics’ Choice Best Actress Natalie Portman, took the fifth-place spot after being slightly outpaced by “Speech.” The flick rang up $2.42 million on Friday, just thousands of dollars behind the Firth vehicle. Check out everything we’ve got on “The Green Hornet,” “The Dilemma” and “True Grit.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Photos ‘Green Hornet’ Hollywood Premiere

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‘True Grit’ Ropes In Weekend Box-Office Win

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Western breezes past ‘Little Fockers’ with $15 million. By Mawuse Ziegbe Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” Photo: Paramount Pictures “True Grit” is cementing its status as a true box-office force. Packed with tough-as-leather Hollywood heavyweights like Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon, and featuring buzzed-about newcomer Hailee Steinfield, the Western drama spent its third weekend in theaters at the top spot. The Coen brothers’ latest project raked in $15 million; a figure which kicks the film’s total gross to about $110 million. Close behind “Grit” is “Little Fockers,” which has been battling with the desert drama at the box office for the past few weeks. The film closed out the weekend in third place, scoring $13.8 million. The family friendly comedy, which is the third installment of Focker/Byrne antics dished out by Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman, has grossed about $123 million. The supernatural Nicholas Cage vehicle “Season of the Witch” landed in the theaters in third place. The tale of a knight charged with delivering a supposed witch to an abbey to snuff out her powers — Cage told MTV News he sought to create a film that is “unafraid to explore the paranormal” — debuted with $10.7 million The video-game fantasy flick — and second movie after “Grit” in the top five featuring Jeff Bridges — “Tron Legacy” spent the weekend in fourth place. The follow-up to the game-changing 1982 flick snapped up $9.8 million. The movie’s total estimated tally now stands at around $147 million. The gory ballet thriller “Black Swan” finished the weekend in fifth place. Natalie Portman’s turn as a sheltered ballerina struggling for artistic perfection pulled in $8.6 million. The film, which has scored buzz not only for Portman’s breakthrough performance but for the flick’s racy sex scene with Mila Kunis, has a total estimated haul of $61 million. Check out everything we’ve got on “True Grit,” “Little Fockers” and “Season of the Witch.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com. Related Videos MTV Rough Cut: ‘True Grit’

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‘Chronicles Of Narnia’ Opens With $24 Million

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on ‘Chronicles Of Narnia’ Opens With $24 Million

‘The Tourist’ arrives in second place with $17 million. By Mawuse Ziegbe Georgie Henley in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” Photo: 20th Century Fox It appears that fantasy trumped finesse at the weekend box office. The whimsical “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” beat the sleek espionage thriller “The Tourist.” The third installment of the classic book series’ reimagining onscreen rang up $24 million in theaters over the weekend. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp’s sexy caper through Paris and Venice, “The Tourist,” arrived in second place. Despite the ‘incredible chemistry’ between the screen stars director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck spoke to MTV News about, Jolie and Depp’s rapport was not enough to overtake the fanciful adventure and technological brawn of “Narnia,” making $17 million its debut weekend. Disney’s “Rapunzel” revamp, “Tangled.” continued to charm audiences, finishing the weekend in the third-place slot. The movie, which boasts voiceover performances from Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, scored $14.6 million its third week on screens. The flick’s total estimated tally now stands about $115 million. In a top-five lineup big on big-budget fantasy flicks “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” continued to stack box-office cash, coming in fourth place. The seventh film in the “Potter” series nabbed another $8.5 million over the weekend. The figure nudges the movie’s total estimated gross to a lofty $257 million. “Unstoppable” refused to quit at the box office, maintaining a top-five presence during its fifth week in theaters. The Denzel Washington vehicle picked up around $3.8 million over the weekend. The film’s total estimated haul now stands at about $74 million. Check out everything we’ve got on “Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of Dawn Treader,” “The Tourist” and “Tangled.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

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Posted on December 12, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on ‘Chronicles Of Narnia’ Opens With $24 Million

‘The Tourist’ arrives in second place with $17 million. By Mawuse Ziegbe Georgie Henley in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” Photo: 20th Century Fox It appears that fantasy trumped finesse at the weekend box office. The whimsical “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” beat the sleek espionage thriller “The Tourist.” The third installment of the classic book series’ reimagining onscreen rang up $24 million in theaters over the weekend. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp’s sexy caper through Paris and Venice, “The Tourist,” arrived in second place. Despite the ‘incredible chemistry’ between the screen stars director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck spoke to MTV News about, Jolie and Depp’s rapport was not enough to overtake the fanciful adventure and technological brawn of “Narnia,” making $17 million its debut weekend. Disney’s “Rapunzel” revamp, “Tangled.” continued to charm audiences, finishing the weekend in the third-place slot. The movie, which boasts voiceover performances from Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, scored $14.6 million its third week on screens. The flick’s total estimated tally now stands about $115 million. In a top-five lineup big on big-budget fantasy flicks “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” continued to stack box-office cash, coming in fourth place. The seventh film in the “Potter” series nabbed another $8.5 million over the weekend. The figure nudges the movie’s total estimated gross to a lofty $257 million. “Unstoppable” refused to quit at the box office, maintaining a top-five presence during its fifth week in theaters. The Denzel Washington vehicle picked up around $3.8 million over the weekend. The film’s total estimated haul now stands at about $74 million. Check out everything we’ve got on “Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of Dawn Treader,” “The Tourist” and “Tangled.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

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‘Tangled’ Commands Weekend Box Office

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on ‘Tangled’ Commands Weekend Box Office

Disney kids’ flick beats ‘Harry Potter’ and picks up $21.5 million. By Mawuse Ziegbe Flynn (voiced by Zachary Levi) and Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) in “Tangled” Photo: Disney Fairy-tale locks bested boy-wizard drama at this weekend’s box office. “Tangled,” Disney’s modernized take on the classic children’s tale “Rapunzel,” wrested the box-office crown away from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” over the weekend after coming in behind the fantasy phenomenon last week. The film — which is powered by voice-over performances from Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi — snatched up $21.5 million its second weekend in theaters. The flick’s total estimated gross is nearing the $100 million mark with about $96 million picked up so far. Although it’s already blasted past both the $100 million and $200 million box-office mark, “Potter” appears to be losing some of its momentum. The film picked up $16.7 million over the weekend, which pushes the flick’s total estimated gross to around $244 million. “Burlesque” limped behind the “Tangled” and “Potter” in third place. Audiences doled out $6.1 million to catch Cher and Christina Aguilera’s musically-driven flick about a down-on-her-luck club owner and her starry-eyed young prot

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‘Tangled’ Breaks Out With Friday Box-Office Win

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on ‘Tangled’ Breaks Out With Friday Box-Office Win

Fairy-tale revamp continues to battle ‘Potter’ in theaters. By Mawuse Ziegbe Flynn (voiced by Zachary Levi) and Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) in “Tangled” Photo: Disney Although “Tangled” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” have both already cleaned up at the box office, the two fantasy flicks continue to wrangle for the top spot in theaters. And on Friday, the battle belonged to “Tangled,” Disney’s animated update of the classic kid’s tale. Featuring the vocal skills of Zachary Levi and songstress turned actress Mandy Moore, the flick picked up $5.1 million in theaters Friday. The family film’s hefty haul now stands at about $80 million since sliding into theaters over the Thanksgiving weekend. Far from being out of the race, “Potter” was just behind “Tangled,” spending Friday in second place with $4.8 million. The latest installment of the boy-wizard saga has zoomed past the $200 million mark, ringing up an estimated $232 million since arriving on screens heralded by the typical “Potter” fan frenzy. The musical diva-fest “Burlesque” lagged behind the kid-friendly blockbusters, coming in third place. The big hair and belting bonanza powered by pop doyenne Cher, powerhouse songstress Christina Aguilera and screen regular Stanley Tucci raked in $2 million. The movie’s total estimated tally currently stands at $22.9 million. Anna Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal’s nudity-filled romantic drama “Love and Other Drugs” came in fourth place. The flick pulled in about $1.98 million, kicking off its second weekend in theaters with an estimated $18.9 million in total ticket sales. “Unstoppable” continues to cling to a top-five slot at the box office. The train thriller trailed “Drugs” closely with $1.9 million, a figure which nudges its total haul to about $65 million. Check out everything we’ve got on “Tangled,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” and “Burlesque.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com.

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