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Weekend Receipts: Brave Seizes the Weekend; Madagascar 3 Holds Strong

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Two animated features sit atop the box office this past weekend. Disney/Pixar’s Brave seized the top of the b.o. as expected. The animated feature grossed over $66.7 million Friday through Sunday. That total is above Pixar’s previous feature title Cars 2 , which opened with $66.1 million in 2011. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted held strong with $20.2 million. 1. Brave (3-D Animation) Gross: $66,739,000 (New) Screens: 4,164 (PSA: $16,028) Week: 1 The film beat DreamWorks animation Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted by just over $6 million. It did better than Cars 2 in 2011 by only about $600K (that film opened in 4,115 theaters) but nowhere compared to Toy Story 3 , which opened in 4,028 theaters in 2010, raking in over $110.3 million. Brave is the 13th straight Pixar/Disney release to bow at number one. 2. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (3-D Animation) Gross: $20,200,000 ($157,574,000) Screens: 3,920 (PSA: $5,153) Weeks: 3 (Change: – 41%) Its international cume is now at $208.4 million. The feature continued to show muscle despite competition from Brave . 3. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (3-D) Gross: $16.5 million (New) Screens: 3,108 (PSA: $5,309) Week: 1 The debut numbers came in along the lines of expectations. 4. Prometheus (3-D) Gross: $10 million ($108,546,680) Screens: 2,862 (PSA: $3,494) Weeks: 3 (Change – 52%) 5. Snow White and the Huntsman Gross: $8,012,655 ($137,055,375) Screens: 2,919 (PSA: $2,745) Weeks: 4 (Change: – 40%) 6. Rock of Ages Gross: $8 million ($28,763,000) Screens: 3,470 (PSA: $2,305) Weeks: 2 (Change: -45%) 7. That’s My Boy Gross: $7.9 million ($28,180,000) Screens: 3,030 (PSA: $2,607) Weeks: 2 (Change – 41%) 8. The Avengers Gross: $7.04 million ($598,288,000) Screens: 2,230 (PSA: 3,157) Weeks: 8 (Change – 21%) The pic’s global total now stands at $1,436,200,000. 9. Men in Black 3 (3-D) Gross: $5.6 million ($163,339,000) Screens: 2,462 (PSA: $2,275) Weeks: 5 (Change: – 44%) The features global cume is $577.3 million. 10. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Gross: $3,836,348 (New) Screens: 1,625 (PSA: $2,361) Week: 1 [Source: Hollywood.com box office]

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Weekend Receipts: Brave Seizes the Weekend; Madagascar 3 Holds Strong

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Two animated features sit atop the box office this past weekend. Disney/Pixar’s Brave seized the top of the b.o. as expected. The animated feature grossed over $66.7 million Friday through Sunday. That total is above Pixar’s previous feature title Cars 2 , which opened with $66.1 million in 2011. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted held strong with $20.2 million. 1. Brave (3-D Animation) Gross: $66,739,000 (New) Screens: 4,164 (PSA: $16,028) Week: 1 The film beat DreamWorks animation Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted by just over $6 million. It did better than Cars 2 in 2011 by only about $600K (that film opened in 4,115 theaters) but nowhere compared to Toy Story 3 , which opened in 4,028 theaters in 2010, raking in over $110.3 million. Brave is the 13th straight Pixar/Disney release to bow at number one. 2. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (3-D Animation) Gross: $20,200,000 ($157,574,000) Screens: 3,920 (PSA: $5,153) Weeks: 3 (Change: – 41%) Its international cume is now at $208.4 million. The feature continued to show muscle despite competition from Brave . 3. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (3-D) Gross: $16.5 million (New) Screens: 3,108 (PSA: $5,309) Week: 1 The debut numbers came in along the lines of expectations. 4. Prometheus (3-D) Gross: $10 million ($108,546,680) Screens: 2,862 (PSA: $3,494) Weeks: 3 (Change – 52%) 5. Snow White and the Huntsman Gross: $8,012,655 ($137,055,375) Screens: 2,919 (PSA: $2,745) Weeks: 4 (Change: – 40%) 6. Rock of Ages Gross: $8 million ($28,763,000) Screens: 3,470 (PSA: $2,305) Weeks: 2 (Change: -45%) 7. That’s My Boy Gross: $7.9 million ($28,180,000) Screens: 3,030 (PSA: $2,607) Weeks: 2 (Change – 41%) 8. The Avengers Gross: $7.04 million ($598,288,000) Screens: 2,230 (PSA: 3,157) Weeks: 8 (Change – 21%) The pic’s global total now stands at $1,436,200,000. 9. Men in Black 3 (3-D) Gross: $5.6 million ($163,339,000) Screens: 2,462 (PSA: $2,275) Weeks: 5 (Change: – 44%) The features global cume is $577.3 million. 10. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World Gross: $3,836,348 (New) Screens: 1,625 (PSA: $2,361) Week: 1 [Source: Hollywood.com box office]

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Pen a 10-Word Review To Win a Signed Copy of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

After introducing the world to Bella Swan and Edward Cullen in her 2005 global hit novel Twilight (thus launching a multi-billion-dollar franchise, which draws to an end in November’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 ), author Stephenie Meyer wrote the sci-fi best-seller The Host , about human heroine Melanie Stryder, the alien “soul” who comes to inhabit her, and the dual lives and loves they have while sharing the same body. With a Saoirse Ronan -starring adaptation set for 2013, now’s the perfect chance to give The Host a read. Get your shot at winning a signed copy of the book by entering Movieline’s latest 10-word review contest! Movieline has two signed copies of The Host to give away to the winners of our latest 10-word review contest, which will end on Monday, June 25 at 5pm ET/2pm PT . We’re opening this contest up to the topic of any of this weekend’s new releases; pick any new film — perhaps Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ? The ginger heroics of Pixar’s Brave ? Or Woody’s latest Euro-confection ? — and flex those brain muscles to deliver your best 10-word review. ( More weekend openers here .) Movieline’s editors will select the two best entries judging on originality, wit, and analysis (only one entry per person). CONTEST RULES: – Submit an original 10-word review of any new release movie in theaters this weekend in the comments below. Entries must be exactly 10 words, no more, no less! – Enter with your full name and an email address where you may be reached. – Two (2) winners will be selected and announced on Monday, June 25. Contest ends Monday, June 25 at 5pm ET/2pm PT — so get to reviewing! About The Host : Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed. When Melanie, one of the few remaining “wild” humans is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading “soul” who has been given Melanie’s body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn’t expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Wanderer probes Melanie’s thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer’s mind with visions of the man Melanie loves—Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body’s desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love. The Host , directed by Andrew Niccol and co-starring Diane Kruger, William Hurt, Jake Abel, and Max Irons, hits theaters on March 29, 2013.

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Fox Takes on Sesame Street, Unions Investigating Liz & Dick: Biz Break

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Also in Wednesday morning’s round up of news, Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez tapped for big role in Libertador , Six Feet Under star joins CBGB , and amid rumors, Johnny Depp confirms he and partner are calling it quits. Edgar Ramirez Set for Libertador The Carlos actor from Venezuela will play Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar in the 19th century biopic directed by Alberto Arvelo. Other cast include Danny Huston ( X-Men Origins: Wolverine ) and Gary Lewis ( Billy Elliot ), Deadline reports . Fox Takes Rights to Sesame Street 20th Century Fox has picked up movie rights to the seminal children’s television show and has tapped the program’s writer Joey Mazzarino to write the script. The series debuted in 1969 and airs mostly on PBS, THR reports . Unions Apparently Investigating Liz & Dick SAG-AFTRA is looking into the production starring Lindsay Lohan after she and two crew members suffered exhaustion and dehydration and were taken to hospital. The production is a biopic about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, THR reports . Freddy Rodriguez Cast in CBGB The Six Feet Under star in the film as “Idaho,” an addict who hung around the famous rocker venue in Manhattan’s Bowery in the 1970s. Randall Miller is directing and wrote the script, Deadline reports . Johnny Depp Confirms Separation from Vanessa Paradis The actor had previously denied the separation from the French singer and actress. Depp began dating Paradis in 1998 after he broke up with supermodel Kate Moss. The couple have two children, BBC reports .

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The CG Hair in Pixar’s Brave Is So Fabulous It Has Its Own Proprietary Software

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Critics will argue over Disney-Pixar’s 11th century Scottish princess adventure Brave , but there’s one thing we can all agree on: That redheaded Merida chick has one fantastic head of hair. And as the Wall Street Journal reports, it wasn’t easy to do the ‘do. “Merida’s hair is made up of 1,500 individually sculpted curves, distinct points in a three-dimensional space, that are programmed to bounce and interact in relation to one another via a new software system, says [Pixar simulation supervisor Claudia Chung]. Another software program was created to make the hair react more realistically to the character’s movements and surroundings.” Not bad for a girl born nine centuries before the invention of Herbal Essences. [ WSJ via Movie City News ]

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No Twilight Re-Do, China Censorship Runs Afoul: Biz Break

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Also in Monday morning’s news round-up, Your Sister’s Sister leads in the specialty box office over a very quiet weekend for limited release titles, Warner Bros. beats the rap after Louis Vuitton tries to bag the studio for knockoff joke, and you too can figure out how to find a bad movie. No Twilight Reboot Planned by Lionsgate Summit’s parent, Lionsgate, is denying rumors that it is planning a fifth anniversary remake of the massively successful book and film series, Deadline reports . Your Sister’s Sister OK in Debut; Moonrise Kingdom Fierce in Week 4 IFC Films’ Your Sister’s Sister trumped the weekend’s openers in a generally quiet weekend in the specialty box office. Sundance doc Marina Abramovic The Artist Is Present bowed in two theaters, grossing just under $11K for a middling $5,495 average, Deadline reports . Sheffield Doc/Fest: Our Programme will Not be Censored by China Chinese delegates withdraw from attending the UK’s Sheffield Doc/Fest after a request to cancel screenings of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry and High Tech, Low Life were refused by festival organizers, The Guardian reports . Warner Bros Beats Louis Vuitton in Hangover II Knockoff Handbag Dispute A judge has dismissed Louis Vuitton’s lawsuit against Warner Bros. over knockoff handbags in a scene in The Hangover Part II . “In the film, the character played by Zach Galifianakis carries a bag marked LVM, and when it gets pushed, he admonishes another character, ‘Be careful, that is … that is a Lewis Vuitton,’ THR reports . Summermetrics: 10 Ways of Looking at a Very Bad Movie “We as summer moviegoers should probably be grateful for Rock of Ages , the first big film of this blockbuster season to signify nothing other than good old-fashioned Hollywood narcissism — no knotty questions about the soupy, staple-y origins of man and xenomorph; no referendums on anyone’s increasingly perplexing career; no hyena laughing about the misfortune of the hubris-salted studio executives who green lighted John Carter . Just Tom Cruise in leather pants, with a tattoo of a heart above his actual biological heart. It’s the platonic ideal of summer cinema: You are going to go to the theater, and people are going to entertain you inside of it,” writes Grantland .

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I Killed My Mother Finally Headed to U.S. Theaters

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Young Québécois filmmaker Xavier Dolan won major praise back in 2009 for his debut I Killed My Mother which debuted in Cannes and winning awards at festivals there and around the world. His second feature Heartbeats also headed to Cannes and received theatrical release in the U.S. last year. And Dolan’s third film, Laurence Anyways debuted in Cannes last month. But it his first film evaded U.S. audiences outside the festival circuit until now. It had initially been picked up by now defunct specialty distributor Regent Releasing and when the company went belly up, the film’s rights in the States seemed resigned to the company’s fate, but Paris-based sales agent reclaimed rights to the critically acclaimed film and it will now receive its long-awaited release in the U.S. via Kino Lorber Films. Also starring Dolan, the film revolves around Hubert Minel, a 16-year-old Québécois living in suburban Montreal with his single mother, Chantale (Anne Dorval). The feature beautifully captures the anxieties of a mother-son relationship, as well as their inability to re-affirm their love for each other against the backdrop of bullying, the difficulties of single parenting, and many specific challenges facing queer youth. “When we learned in Cannes that this stunning debut film by the then 20-year-old Xavier Dolan was newly available,” said Kino Lorber’s Richard Lorber in a statement. “We jumped at the chance to pick it up. Having also seen his latest film at the festival, it convinced us even more of his unique talent and the importance of finally bringing this brilliant first work to screens across the U.S.” Kino Lorber is planning a full theatrical release for the film during the fall of 2012, before making it available in all home video and VOD platforms.  

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Young Québécois filmmaker Xavier Dolan won major praise back in 2009 for his debut I Killed My Mother which debuted in Cannes and winning awards at festivals there and around the world. His second feature Heartbeats also headed to Cannes and received theatrical release in the U.S. last year. And Dolan’s third film, Laurence Anyways debuted in Cannes last month. But it his first film evaded U.S. audiences outside the festival circuit until now. It had initially been picked up by now defunct specialty distributor Regent Releasing and when the company went belly up, the film’s rights in the States seemed resigned to the company’s fate, but Paris-based sales agent reclaimed rights to the critically acclaimed film and it will now receive its long-awaited release in the U.S. via Kino Lorber Films. Also starring Dolan, the film revolves around Hubert Minel, a 16-year-old Québécois living in suburban Montreal with his single mother, Chantale (Anne Dorval). The feature beautifully captures the anxieties of a mother-son relationship, as well as their inability to re-affirm their love for each other against the backdrop of bullying, the difficulties of single parenting, and many specific challenges facing queer youth. “When we learned in Cannes that this stunning debut film by the then 20-year-old Xavier Dolan was newly available,” said Kino Lorber’s Richard Lorber in a statement. “We jumped at the chance to pick it up. Having also seen his latest film at the festival, it convinced us even more of his unique talent and the importance of finally bringing this brilliant first work to screens across the U.S.” Kino Lorber is planning a full theatrical release for the film during the fall of 2012, before making it available in all home video and VOD platforms.  

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The Three Hour Avengers, Luring Woody Allen to LA Film Festival: Biz Break

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Also in Thursday’s quick round up of film news, ARC Entertainment is bringing Fat Kid to the States, Meryl Streep gives her two cents on big studio flops, and audiences just are not heading to theaters frequently like they used to. Fat Kid to Hit North America ARC Entertainment has picked up North American rights to director Matthew Lillard’s Fat Kid Rules the World . Starring Jacob Wysocki ( Terri ), Matt O’Leary ( Natural Selection ) and Billy Campbell ( The Killing ), the film won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival. The film revolves around two guys who form a strong friendship after one saves the other from suicide. Around the ‘net… Meryl Streep Has Words for Studio Tentpole Failures The actress had advice for studio execs behind big budget box office flops like Battleship and John Carter : “Listen to the ladies.” THR reports . Waiting for the Avengers Directors Cut Following in the footsteps of other high stakes box office titles, Joss Whedon is rumored to be reinstating footage into a three-hour version of the blockbuster that has taken in billions worldwide, The Guardian reports . Only 3% Rate Moviegoing as Frequent Form of Entertainment Only two years ago, 28% of U.S. consumers said “cinema/movies” were a frequent source of entertainment, according to PR outfit Edelman which released the statistics, Deadline reports . LA Film Festival Lures Woody Allen to Opener The director is, not publicly anyway, a frequent visitor in Los Angeles, but LAFF managed to get the filmmaker to its opening night. THR talks to the festival’s head programmer on how they made it happen. Follow Brian Brooks on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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Posted on June 14, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Also in Thursday’s quick round up of film news, ARC Entertainment is bringing Fat Kid to the States, Meryl Streep gives her two cents on big studio flops, and audiences just are not heading to theaters frequently like they used to. Fat Kid to Hit North America ARC Entertainment has picked up North American rights to director Matthew Lillard’s Fat Kid Rules the World . Starring Jacob Wysocki ( Terri ), Matt O’Leary ( Natural Selection ) and Billy Campbell ( The Killing ), the film won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival. The film revolves around two guys who form a strong friendship after one saves the other from suicide. Around the ‘net… Meryl Streep Has Words for Studio Tentpole Failures The actress had advice for studio execs behind big budget box office flops like Battleship and John Carter : “Listen to the ladies.” THR reports . Waiting for the Avengers Directors Cut Following in the footsteps of other high stakes box office titles, Joss Whedon is rumored to be reinstating footage into a three-hour version of the blockbuster that has taken in billions worldwide, The Guardian reports . Only 3% Rate Moviegoing as Frequent Form of Entertainment Only two years ago, 28% of U.S. consumers said “cinema/movies” were a frequent source of entertainment, according to PR outfit Edelman which released the statistics, Deadline reports . LA Film Festival Lures Woody Allen to Opener The director is, not publicly anyway, a frequent visitor in Los Angeles, but LAFF managed to get the filmmaker to its opening night. THR talks to the festival’s head programmer on how they made it happen. Follow Brian Brooks on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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