Weekend box office winners January 16th-the Green Hornet, the's Dilemma and the stone

Friday, February 4, 2011

Weekend box office winners January 16th-the Green Hornet, the's Dilemma and the stone

After waiting through the dry spell after the holiday, we finally were involved in some of the great new movies debuting at MIX08, for Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Although some of the great films of vacation weeks for these movies have completed their course and it was time for a fresh new content, and we got it. Learn to deal with the box office movies 16. at the beginning of January 2011 at the weekend.

The Green Hornet starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou and Christopher Waltz was one of the site selection in the Office this weekend. Film, which is based on the 1966 Superhero, brought the 34 million dollars, cool its debut weekend. The movie, directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, is a type of Rewind) had a really great job, sticking with the original themes and characters. Seth Rogen, who has made quite a name for himself in the film business, and wrote and starred in an episode of the Green Hornet. Check out this movie if you have a fun atmosphere Superhero thriller.

Dilemma starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James coming weekend, the second was. Dilemma, which was also reflected in its debut weekend brought the 17,4 million dollars, but many of the reviews, this film is mixed. The problem is directed by the talented Ron Howard (Da Vinci Code Cinderella Man ' and ' a beautiful mind) which is a much more targeted to the comedy films in the genre. If some of the great physical comedy is a big one mood Dilemma.

Signs of letting its fourth week the box office, the stone was the third in the intervening weekend. Coen Brothers have welcomed the entry into force of the highest grossing movie of their amazing success, as it is added to another 9 million dollars, bringing the total to four weeks, 126.4 million dollars. Stone stars Jeff Bridges, and Matt Damon, and has produced quite a buzz among moviegoers. Search for the continued success of this word of mouth is pretty good, this film.

January 16, 2011 at the weekend are the top three movies. Check out the entire top ten list of box office movies over the weekend in the table below.

# Movie Title weekend earnings

1 $34,000,000 of the Green Hornet

2 Dilemma $17,400,000

3. True Grit $11,200,000

4 and the King speech $9,070,000

5. Black Swan $8,125,000

6 Little family $7,100,000

7 the TRON: Legacy $5,674,000

8 Yogi Bear $5,345,000

9 Fighter $5,125,000

10 Season Witch $4,500,000

Box office data provided by the BoxOffice.com.

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Box office report: Green Hornet is the No. 1 with $ 40 mil

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Box office report: Green Hornet is the No. 1 with $ 40 mil

Image credit: Jaimie Seth Rogen TruebloodWelcome back. Comic actor, best known for his last three live-action — funny people, detect and report, and Zack and Miri Make a Porno — all make much impact failed to pick up your tickets at the door. But with the Green Hornet, the second hit, eventually Rogen. 110 million dollars for a Superhero flick won four days ' vacation weekend with $ 40 million, the studio estimates. That figure will give Sony movie for the second best Martin Luther King Jr. weekend debut after a record 2008 20? s, which is opened for the Cloverfield 46.1 million dollars. Pricier 3-d showings represented 69% of Hornet's 3D IMAX screenings of business accounting for approximately 10% of that amount. PG-13, the film, which was drawn up with the audience, which was 61% male, was also generally well liked. Place it in the general categories of CinemaScore "B + grade, although they are less than 18 years old, its straight" A ".

Dilemma, but not replicate the star Vince Vaughn to the most recent projects, their new movies. Ron Howard movie set in the second four-day tally 21.1 million dollars and its three-day gross of $ 17.8 million, representing Vaughn is the worst 20? debut, 2003 's old school (the opening movie is at least 1 000 Viewer). Although CinemaScore audiences gave to 70 million dollar comedy Okay "B" rating, the Dilemma, you can quickly Fade-theatres, in particular, Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher romantic comedy: strings attached to arrive in this O the weekend.

The stone was Thirdly, 13.1 million dollars for the holiday weekend. The three-day tally 10,9 million dollar was only 25% of the packing slip that in advance of the weekend and the PG-13 Western so far never fell by more than 40%. With 128.3 million dollars for the date and number of the Oscar nominations are likely to be on the way, the film should be 150 million dollars will not succeed. The fourth and fifth place were "King speech and the Black Swan, which earned 11.2 million dollars and 10,4 million dollars. Two indie breakouts for each add over 700 theaters this weekend, and it should also benefit from the Oscar nominations, which are announced January 25.

A limited version of Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling relationship drama, blue Valentine, collected $ 230 locations of 1.7 million. And Barney's version, which Paul Giamatti won the best actor Golden Globe last night took $ 85,200 has four theatres.

The following is the four-day studio estimates:

1. the Green Hornet — $ 40, 2.0 mil
2. The Dilemma — $ 21.1 mil
3. the Rock — $ 13.1 mil
4. King of the speech — $ 11.2 mil
5. the Black Swan — $ 10.4 mil

The Hollywood box office slump in continues: lose their mojo movies?

The Hollywood box office slump in continues: lose their mojo movies?

Image credit: Jaimie Trueblood; Chuck HodesWith this weekend of the Green Hornet solid but unspectacular, and the opening of the Dilemma, Hollywood disappointing debut is marking the milestone: box office revenue, unhappy now been confirmed in the previous year tally to ten consecutive weeks. When the holiday season to rest the high profile of the bruising sytytystapahtumista, such as a Tourist, how can you know and Gulliver's Travels, the major studios are hopeful 2011 will lead to an increase in the cancellation of 5% over the last few years a worrying decline in the whole movie is granted a right of supervision and control. 2011 is not off to the start of the most encouraging. Although final numbers yet, this weekend in total box office haul shows it will be 25% less than last year. Yes, his last years, audiences were still flocking 3-d to hit Avatar. However, the 10 straight down weeks specials — and a good green Hornet.

What's going on here? It is difficult to argue that the studio executives had to make a foolhardy gambles. Seth Rogen, granted the vote in was Superehero's a heyday of radio Dureron have questionable call. But that is not greenlit costarring Alicia and Angelina Jolie thriller? Or a romantic comedy, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd, James l. Brooks directed? Or Ron Howard and Vince Vaughn comedy paring, Kevin James? Are down-the-middle edge studio execs to sort Haikailen carefully, because they are supposed to have a safe, but found they proved to be a wise bets.

Yet, even though the number of trained blockbusters and underperformed overall income is down, this is not entirely bleak Stretch movie fans. Less ostensibly less commercial films such as stone, Black Swan, King speech, 127 hours, and the Fighter has been critical of the love and the awards season buzz but much bigger than anyone could reasonably expect the crowds. This means that the budget-conscious groups begin to discard obsolete, not-not-done-that the formulas, and in demanding a greater level of originality and artistic Ambition, if they're going to fork over their hard earned dollar movie tickets? Large Studios —, lest we forget, brought off daring zeitgeist-would you like to stay at the beginning and definers of social network in the last few years (and to give credit where it is due, the stone and the Fighter are both paramount movies) — shift away from their business model, now the bloated and tired of overpriced movie remakes a smaller scale, toward edgier fare?

It might be a little early to herald a new 1970s-style cinematic revolution in Hollywood; To start Let's Wait and see how some of this year, the latest instalment of expected juggernauts transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean franchise agreements, such as the fare before we can get the air ducting. Still, when directed by Ethan Coen offbeat Western is running behind the little family only slightly in the domestic box — gonzo psychological thriller ballet to the world is a big, shiny outgrossed Barton-Jolie movie and passes the soon-to-eat Pray Love, Julia Roberts, set the mark — it is safe to say that something is going on.

How long at the Hollywood box office slump last continuously? Who knows. The larger and more important question is this: movies are really, as many fear to lose their cultural mojo is increasing sea of competing entertainment options? Or are they really difficult and sometimes painful, but ultimately an exciting process that mojo back? Tuned. It is going to an interesting year.