‘My dreams have come true by being in this video,’ Siva Kaneswaran tells MTV News of ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ clip. By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Audrey Kim Siva Kaneswaran, Tom Parker and Jay McGuiness Photo: The Wanted chilled with vampires in their first “Chasing the Sun” video, but when it came time to film a second clip for the track, things got even chillier. In the new version, for the “Ice Age: Continental Drift” soundtrack, the guys perform on some icebergs while footage from the film plays. MTV News was on set with the British boy banders when they shot the clip, and despite the song’s more mature party theme, the idea of “Chasing the Sun” can easily be adapted into a family-friendly anthem about chasing something other than tequila shots. “I think this song, it can mean many things,” Jay McGuiness explained while shooting the clip. “To some people, it is partying all night and chasing the sun the next morning. That’s what that [first] video’s about; the girls, the teeth are there, the vampires. So we’re all there partying away. And that’s one aspect of the song. Another aspect of the song is chasing your dreams, the unattainable acorn in the distance.” The fourth film in the “Ice Age” franchise will hit theaters July 13, and several pop stars are in the cast, including Nicki Minaj, Drake and Jennifer Lopez has a part. This time around, the film’s leading men, Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary) and Sid (John Leguizamo), go off on a new adventure where they meet up with pirates while exploring a new land. “I’m the biggest fan [of these films],” Siva Kaneswaran said. “My dreams have come true by being in this video.” Nathan Sykes added: “I’d actually like to argue with you and say I’m a bigger fan than you.” McGuiness attempted to settle any band beef over by casting the entire group in the next franchise, if there should be one. “I think animated movies, in general, are great, and ‘Ice Age’ is like the cr
Also in Monday morning’s round up of news briefs are a slew of winners from a number of U.S. festivals including Nantucket, Silverdocs and Palm Springs ShortFest. Ethel and The Intouchables Win Nantucket Honors The two films tied for the Nantucket Film Festival’s Audience Award for Best Feature Film. Stella Meghie’s Jean of the Joneses was recognized as the winner of the Showtime Tony Cox Screenplay Competition. The award for best screenwriting in a feature film was presented to Sarah Koskoff for Hello I Must Be Going . The Award for best screenwriting in a short film went to Nash Edgerton and David Michod for Bear . Other juried awards included best storytelling in a documentary which went to Alison Klayman for her film Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry Mike Birbiglia garnered the best writer/director award for his film Sleepwalk with Me . Only the Young & Planet of Snail Take Silverdocs Prizes Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ Only the Young won the best U.S. feature at Silverdocs documentary film festival in Silver Springs, MD over the weekend. The film is a portrait of adolescent friendship and romance in suburban California. The festival’s Planet of Snail took Best World Feature. The film follows a deaf and blind Korean and his wife. For more awards, visit their website . Around the ‘net… Palm Springs ShortFest Gives Top Prize to Behind the Mirrors , Paulie Behind the Mirrors won Best of the Festival, while Paulie by Andrew Nackman won the fest’s Panavision Grand Jury Award. A Curious Conjunction of Coincidences by Joos Reijmers won the Audience Favorite Live Action Short nod and UK filmmaker Rajinder Sawhney won the Future Filmmaker Award for Khaana , THR reports . To Rome with Love Tops in Debut: Specialty Box Office Though the opening weekend numbers are not quite as stratospheric as last year’s Midnight In Paris , the filmmaker’s latest To Rome With Love are nonetheless impressive. The Sony Pictures Classics release debuted in 5 theaters, grossing $379K on this side of the Atlantic, averaging just under $76K, Allen’s second-best in per-theater terms, Deadline reports . Rufus Wainwright Readying The Great White Way The singer is working on a movie musical he says is “loosely” based on his life and will include songs from his back catalog,” Rolling Stone reports . SnagFilms Picks Up Decoding Deepak The doc directed by Deepak Chopra’s son Gotham Chopra is going to online film portal SnagFilms. The film will be released October 5th day and date in major market theaters and nationwide on VOD and digital platforms including iTunes, Amazon, VUDU and Xbox Live via SnagFilms, Deadline reports .
Also in Monday morning’s round up of news briefs are a slew of winners from a number of U.S. festivals including Nantucket, Silverdocs and Palm Springs ShortFest. Ethel and The Intouchables Win Nantucket Honors The two films tied for the Nantucket Film Festival’s Audience Award for Best Feature Film. Stella Meghie’s Jean of the Joneses was recognized as the winner of the Showtime Tony Cox Screenplay Competition. The award for best screenwriting in a feature film was presented to Sarah Koskoff for Hello I Must Be Going . The Award for best screenwriting in a short film went to Nash Edgerton and David Michod for Bear . Other juried awards included best storytelling in a documentary which went to Alison Klayman for her film Ai Wei Wei: Never Sorry Mike Birbiglia garnered the best writer/director award for his film Sleepwalk with Me . Only the Young & Planet of Snail Take Silverdocs Prizes Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims’ Only the Young won the best U.S. feature at Silverdocs documentary film festival in Silver Springs, MD over the weekend. The film is a portrait of adolescent friendship and romance in suburban California. The festival’s Planet of Snail took Best World Feature. The film follows a deaf and blind Korean and his wife. For more awards, visit their website . Around the ‘net… Palm Springs ShortFest Gives Top Prize to Behind the Mirrors , Paulie Behind the Mirrors won Best of the Festival, while Paulie by Andrew Nackman won the fest’s Panavision Grand Jury Award. A Curious Conjunction of Coincidences by Joos Reijmers won the Audience Favorite Live Action Short nod and UK filmmaker Rajinder Sawhney won the Future Filmmaker Award for Khaana , THR reports . To Rome with Love Tops in Debut: Specialty Box Office Though the opening weekend numbers are not quite as stratospheric as last year’s Midnight In Paris , the filmmaker’s latest To Rome With Love are nonetheless impressive. The Sony Pictures Classics release debuted in 5 theaters, grossing $379K on this side of the Atlantic, averaging just under $76K, Allen’s second-best in per-theater terms, Deadline reports . Rufus Wainwright Readying The Great White Way The singer is working on a movie musical he says is “loosely” based on his life and will include songs from his back catalog,” Rolling Stone reports . SnagFilms Picks Up Decoding Deepak The doc directed by Deepak Chopra’s son Gotham Chopra is going to online film portal SnagFilms. The film will be released October 5th day and date in major market theaters and nationwide on VOD and digital platforms including iTunes, Amazon, VUDU and Xbox Live via SnagFilms, Deadline reports .
All is Well won the Narrative Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival over the weekend. Directed by Pocas Pascoal the North American premiere follows to Angolan sisters feeling civil war and struggle to survive in Lisbon. Honorable mention in the category went to Thursday Till Sunday by Dominga Sotomayor. Best Documentary went to Drought by Everardo Gonzalez. The film is a poetic portrait of a cattle-ranching community in northeastern Mexico. In the Audience Award category, Best Narrative Feature went to Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild The film won Cannes and Sundance earlier this year. And Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives by sara Lamm and mary Wigmore won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Award Winners with information provided by LAFF: Narrative Award (for Best Narrative Feature) Winner: All is Well directed by Pocas Pascoal Producer: Luis Correia Cast: Ciomara Morais, Cheila Lima, William Brandao, Vera Cruz Film Description: (Portugal) Strangers in a strange land, two beautiful Angolan sisters fleeing a civil war in their homeland struggle to survive in Lisbon. Pocas Pascoal’s deeply personal saga shows us the face of exile with quietly stunning power. Honorable Mention (for Best Narrative Feature) Film Title: Thursday till Sunday directed by Dominga Sotomayor Producers: Gregorio González, Benjamin Domenech Cast: Santi Ahumada, Emiliano Freifeld, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Paola Giannini Film Description: (Chile) With uncommon beauty and style, this Chilean road movie finds a family at a crossroads, as the daughter slowly realizes the divide between the adults in the front seat and the kids in back. Documentary Award (for Best Documentary Feature) Winner: Drought directed by Everardo González Producer: Martha Orozco Film Description: (Mexico) Contrasting the lives of a cattle-ranching community with the arid northeastern Mexican landscape that surrounds them, this cinéma vérité documentary paints a poetic portrait of a community on the verge of distinction. Best Performance in the Narrative Competition Winner: Wendell Pierce, Emory Cohen, E.J. Bonilla and Aja Naomi King in Joshua Sanchez’s Four . Film Description: Over the course of a steamy 4th of July night, a father and daughter, each trapped in loneliness, reach out for sexual connection — he with a self-hating teenage boy, she with a smooth-talking wannabe homeboy — in this psychologically complex, beautifully acted drama. Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Winner: Beasts of the Southern Wild , directed by Benh Zeitlin Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry Film Description: This stunningly imaginative, boldly original film follows six-year-old Hushpuppy as she fights to protect her father and their unique way of life in a remote, dreamlike area of the Delta threatened by apocalyptic floods. Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Winner: Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives , directed by Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore Producers: Sara Lamm, Mary Wigmore, Kate Roughan, Zachary Mortensen Featuring: Ina May Gaskin, Stephen Gaskin, Pamela Hunt, Farm Midwives past and present, Kristina Kennedy Davis Film Description: Ina May Gaskin and the courageous midwives of the Farm commune inspired the modern midwifery movement. This beguiling documentary tells their empowering story with depth, intelligence and wit. Audience Award for Best International Feature Winner: Searching for Sugar Man directed by Malik Bendjelloul Producers: Simon Chinn, Malik Bendjelloul Featuring: Rodriguez Film Description: Years after facing into obscurity at home, the music of ‘70s U.S. singer/songwriter Rodriguez became an underground sensation in South Africa. Decades after his disappearance, two fans uncover the startling truth behind the legend. Best Narrative Short Film Winner: The Chair directed by Grainger David Producers: Spencer Kiernan, Caroline Oliveira Cast: Khari Lucas, King Hoey, Martha F. Brown Description: A young boy questions the origins of a mysterious mold outbreak that threatens to destroy his town. Best Documentary Short Film Winner: Kudzu Vine directed & produced by Josh Gibson Description: This ode to the kudzu vine poetically highlights its ties to the history and the people of the South. Best Animated/Experimental Short Film Winner: The Pub directed by Joseph Pierce Producer: Mark Grimmer Description: (England) Life isn’t easy behind the counter of a North London pub. Audience Award for Best Short Film Winner: Asad directed by Bryan Buckley Producers: Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura, Rafiq Samsodien, Matt Lefebvre, Kevin Byrne, Hank Perlman Cast: Harun Mohammed, Ibrahim Moalim Hussein, Ali Mohammed, Abdiwale Mohmed Mohamed, Mariya Abdulle, Najah Abdi Abdullahi, Mustafa Olad Dirie, Mohamed Abdullahi Abdikher, Abdi, Sidow Farah, Sahied Nuur Mahamed, Ahmed Dhadane Jimale, Hussein Abdi Mohamed, Isa, Mohamed Abdul, Ikram Hassan, Yasmin Abdi Mohamed, Maymum Abdi Mohamed, Sadia Hassan, Meade Nichol Description: A young boy in a war-torn Somalian village faces a moral dilemma. Audience Award for Best Music Video Winner: Piranhas Club directed by Lex Halaby Music: Man Man
All is Well won the Narrative Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival over the weekend. Directed by Pocas Pascoal the North American premiere follows to Angolan sisters feeling civil war and struggle to survive in Lisbon. Honorable mention in the category went to Thursday Till Sunday by Dominga Sotomayor. Best Documentary went to Drought by Everardo Gonzalez. The film is a poetic portrait of a cattle-ranching community in northeastern Mexico. In the Audience Award category, Best Narrative Feature went to Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild The film won Cannes and Sundance earlier this year. And Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives by sara Lamm and mary Wigmore won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Award Winners with information provided by LAFF: Narrative Award (for Best Narrative Feature) Winner: All is Well directed by Pocas Pascoal Producer: Luis Correia Cast: Ciomara Morais, Cheila Lima, William Brandao, Vera Cruz Film Description: (Portugal) Strangers in a strange land, two beautiful Angolan sisters fleeing a civil war in their homeland struggle to survive in Lisbon. Pocas Pascoal’s deeply personal saga shows us the face of exile with quietly stunning power. Honorable Mention (for Best Narrative Feature) Film Title: Thursday till Sunday directed by Dominga Sotomayor Producers: Gregorio González, Benjamin Domenech Cast: Santi Ahumada, Emiliano Freifeld, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Paola Giannini Film Description: (Chile) With uncommon beauty and style, this Chilean road movie finds a family at a crossroads, as the daughter slowly realizes the divide between the adults in the front seat and the kids in back. Documentary Award (for Best Documentary Feature) Winner: Drought directed by Everardo González Producer: Martha Orozco Film Description: (Mexico) Contrasting the lives of a cattle-ranching community with the arid northeastern Mexican landscape that surrounds them, this cinéma vérité documentary paints a poetic portrait of a community on the verge of distinction. Best Performance in the Narrative Competition Winner: Wendell Pierce, Emory Cohen, E.J. Bonilla and Aja Naomi King in Joshua Sanchez’s Four . Film Description: Over the course of a steamy 4th of July night, a father and daughter, each trapped in loneliness, reach out for sexual connection — he with a self-hating teenage boy, she with a smooth-talking wannabe homeboy — in this psychologically complex, beautifully acted drama. Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Winner: Beasts of the Southern Wild , directed by Benh Zeitlin Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry Film Description: This stunningly imaginative, boldly original film follows six-year-old Hushpuppy as she fights to protect her father and their unique way of life in a remote, dreamlike area of the Delta threatened by apocalyptic floods. Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Winner: Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives , directed by Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore Producers: Sara Lamm, Mary Wigmore, Kate Roughan, Zachary Mortensen Featuring: Ina May Gaskin, Stephen Gaskin, Pamela Hunt, Farm Midwives past and present, Kristina Kennedy Davis Film Description: Ina May Gaskin and the courageous midwives of the Farm commune inspired the modern midwifery movement. This beguiling documentary tells their empowering story with depth, intelligence and wit. Audience Award for Best International Feature Winner: Searching for Sugar Man directed by Malik Bendjelloul Producers: Simon Chinn, Malik Bendjelloul Featuring: Rodriguez Film Description: Years after facing into obscurity at home, the music of ‘70s U.S. singer/songwriter Rodriguez became an underground sensation in South Africa. Decades after his disappearance, two fans uncover the startling truth behind the legend. Best Narrative Short Film Winner: The Chair directed by Grainger David Producers: Spencer Kiernan, Caroline Oliveira Cast: Khari Lucas, King Hoey, Martha F. Brown Description: A young boy questions the origins of a mysterious mold outbreak that threatens to destroy his town. Best Documentary Short Film Winner: Kudzu Vine directed & produced by Josh Gibson Description: This ode to the kudzu vine poetically highlights its ties to the history and the people of the South. Best Animated/Experimental Short Film Winner: The Pub directed by Joseph Pierce Producer: Mark Grimmer Description: (England) Life isn’t easy behind the counter of a North London pub. Audience Award for Best Short Film Winner: Asad directed by Bryan Buckley Producers: Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura, Rafiq Samsodien, Matt Lefebvre, Kevin Byrne, Hank Perlman Cast: Harun Mohammed, Ibrahim Moalim Hussein, Ali Mohammed, Abdiwale Mohmed Mohamed, Mariya Abdulle, Najah Abdi Abdullahi, Mustafa Olad Dirie, Mohamed Abdullahi Abdikher, Abdi, Sidow Farah, Sahied Nuur Mahamed, Ahmed Dhadane Jimale, Hussein Abdi Mohamed, Isa, Mohamed Abdul, Ikram Hassan, Yasmin Abdi Mohamed, Maymum Abdi Mohamed, Sadia Hassan, Meade Nichol Description: A young boy in a war-torn Somalian village faces a moral dilemma. Audience Award for Best Music Video Winner: Piranhas Club directed by Lex Halaby Music: Man Man
All is Well won the Narrative Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival over the weekend. Directed by Pocas Pascoal the North American premiere follows to Angolan sisters feeling civil war and struggle to survive in Lisbon. Honorable mention in the category went to Thursday Till Sunday by Dominga Sotomayor. Best Documentary went to Drought by Everardo Gonzalez. The film is a poetic portrait of a cattle-ranching community in northeastern Mexico. In the Audience Award category, Best Narrative Feature went to Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild The film won Cannes and Sundance earlier this year. And Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives by sara Lamm and mary Wigmore won the Audience Award for Best Documentary. Award Winners with information provided by LAFF: Narrative Award (for Best Narrative Feature) Winner: All is Well directed by Pocas Pascoal Producer: Luis Correia Cast: Ciomara Morais, Cheila Lima, William Brandao, Vera Cruz Film Description: (Portugal) Strangers in a strange land, two beautiful Angolan sisters fleeing a civil war in their homeland struggle to survive in Lisbon. Pocas Pascoal’s deeply personal saga shows us the face of exile with quietly stunning power. Honorable Mention (for Best Narrative Feature) Film Title: Thursday till Sunday directed by Dominga Sotomayor Producers: Gregorio González, Benjamin Domenech Cast: Santi Ahumada, Emiliano Freifeld, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, Paola Giannini Film Description: (Chile) With uncommon beauty and style, this Chilean road movie finds a family at a crossroads, as the daughter slowly realizes the divide between the adults in the front seat and the kids in back. Documentary Award (for Best Documentary Feature) Winner: Drought directed by Everardo González Producer: Martha Orozco Film Description: (Mexico) Contrasting the lives of a cattle-ranching community with the arid northeastern Mexican landscape that surrounds them, this cinéma vérité documentary paints a poetic portrait of a community on the verge of distinction. Best Performance in the Narrative Competition Winner: Wendell Pierce, Emory Cohen, E.J. Bonilla and Aja Naomi King in Joshua Sanchez’s Four . Film Description: Over the course of a steamy 4th of July night, a father and daughter, each trapped in loneliness, reach out for sexual connection — he with a self-hating teenage boy, she with a smooth-talking wannabe homeboy — in this psychologically complex, beautifully acted drama. Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Winner: Beasts of the Southern Wild , directed by Benh Zeitlin Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn Cast: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry Film Description: This stunningly imaginative, boldly original film follows six-year-old Hushpuppy as she fights to protect her father and their unique way of life in a remote, dreamlike area of the Delta threatened by apocalyptic floods. Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Winner: Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives , directed by Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore Producers: Sara Lamm, Mary Wigmore, Kate Roughan, Zachary Mortensen Featuring: Ina May Gaskin, Stephen Gaskin, Pamela Hunt, Farm Midwives past and present, Kristina Kennedy Davis Film Description: Ina May Gaskin and the courageous midwives of the Farm commune inspired the modern midwifery movement. This beguiling documentary tells their empowering story with depth, intelligence and wit. Audience Award for Best International Feature Winner: Searching for Sugar Man directed by Malik Bendjelloul Producers: Simon Chinn, Malik Bendjelloul Featuring: Rodriguez Film Description: Years after facing into obscurity at home, the music of ‘70s U.S. singer/songwriter Rodriguez became an underground sensation in South Africa. Decades after his disappearance, two fans uncover the startling truth behind the legend. Best Narrative Short Film Winner: The Chair directed by Grainger David Producers: Spencer Kiernan, Caroline Oliveira Cast: Khari Lucas, King Hoey, Martha F. Brown Description: A young boy questions the origins of a mysterious mold outbreak that threatens to destroy his town. Best Documentary Short Film Winner: Kudzu Vine directed & produced by Josh Gibson Description: This ode to the kudzu vine poetically highlights its ties to the history and the people of the South. Best Animated/Experimental Short Film Winner: The Pub directed by Joseph Pierce Producer: Mark Grimmer Description: (England) Life isn’t easy behind the counter of a North London pub. Audience Award for Best Short Film Winner: Asad directed by Bryan Buckley Producers: Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura, Rafiq Samsodien, Matt Lefebvre, Kevin Byrne, Hank Perlman Cast: Harun Mohammed, Ibrahim Moalim Hussein, Ali Mohammed, Abdiwale Mohmed Mohamed, Mariya Abdulle, Najah Abdi Abdullahi, Mustafa Olad Dirie, Mohamed Abdullahi Abdikher, Abdi, Sidow Farah, Sahied Nuur Mahamed, Ahmed Dhadane Jimale, Hussein Abdi Mohamed, Isa, Mohamed Abdul, Ikram Hassan, Yasmin Abdi Mohamed, Maymum Abdi Mohamed, Sadia Hassan, Meade Nichol Description: A young boy in a war-torn Somalian village faces a moral dilemma. Audience Award for Best Music Video Winner: Piranhas Club directed by Lex Halaby Music: Man Man
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]
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]
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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