January 23rd, 2009 at 9:21 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
The new options at theaters (3 movies with Academy Award nominations) are clearly better than the options of movies coming out on DVD this week! “The Dark Knight” is back in IMAX this Friday!!
You’ve also been warned: “Repo! The Genetic Opera” is considered by many to be the worst movie of the year – so don’t rent it! 
New this week at Theaters (Friday): “Revolutionary Road” (wide release), ”The Wrestler” (wide release), “Inkheart”, “Possession”, “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans”, “The Dark Knight” (IMAX re-issue)
New this week on DVD (Tuesday): “City of Ember”, “The Express”, “Henry Poole is Here”, “Igor”, “Max Payne”, “Repo! The Genetic Opera”, “Saw V”, “Amusement”
MY REVIEWS OF OTHER MOVIES CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THEATERS OR AVAILABLE TO RENT:
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November 10th, 2008 at 2:27 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
(UPDATED WITH final numbers)
Well, if I was picking winners of the weekend football games, I would be 5 out of 10 in MY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE PREDICTION: – with 1st, 4th, 7th, 9th, and 10th place right….
The #1 movie – “Madagascar 2″ wasn’t just #1, it was a smash hit with $63 million – that’s a bigger opening than these other family movies: “High School Musical 3″ ($42 million)… more than “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” ($29 million)… “Horton Hears a Who!” ($45 million)… …only “WALL-E” ($63 million) and “Kung Fu Panda” ($60 million) had opening weekends as big !!!! Its actually the 5th biggest opening of the year!
The weekend’s #2 movie “Role Models” cruised in with a solid showing of nearly $20 million… as the alternative choice to “Madagascar 2″.
TOP 10 WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (ACTUAL results):
1. “Madagascar 2: Ecsape to Africa” – $63.11 million (1st week)
2. “Role Models” – $19.17 million (1st week)
3. “High School Musical 3” - $9.16 million
(3rd week, was #1 last week, lost 40% of its audience from last week)
4. “Changeling” - $7.25 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 22% of its audience from last week)
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November 3rd, 2008 at 11:43 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
(RE-POSTING FROM 11/3)
TOP 10 WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (actual results):
1. “High School Musical 3” - $15.31 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 64% of its audience from last week)
2. “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” - $10.07 million (1st week)
3. “Saw V” - $9.74 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 68% of its audience from last week)
4. “Changeling” - $9.35 million (1st week of wide release)
(2nd week, was #20 last week, gained 1800% of its audience from last week)
5. “The Haunting of Molly Hartley” - $5.42 million (1st week) (more…)
October 27th, 2008 at 11:35 pm by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
No surprise to me: “High School Musical 3″ was #1, “Saw V” was #2, all other movies fighting for #3 at the weekend box office
New movies last Friday: “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”, “Saw V”, ”Pride and Glory”
This was a REALLY GOOD WEEKEND for theaters and studios, the total grosses were up 40% from last weekend…. the top 12 grossed more than $100 million ($119.84 million) for the first time since the weekend of August 15-17 (opening weekend for “Tropic Thunder”/5th week for “Dark Knight”)… its also about 40% higher than this time last year !!!
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October 23rd, 2008 at 2:07 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
This will be one of the easiest predictions in weeks for #1 movie at the box office, but that doesn’t mean the #1 movie is the best new movie. In Theaters (Friday): “High School Musical 3: Senior Year”, “Saw V”, ”Pride and Glory”, “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D” (2008 re-issue). On DVD (Tuesday): “The Incredible Hulk”, “The Strangers”, “A Threevening with Kevin Smith”, “Anaconda 3: Offspring”, “The Lazarus Project”, “The Stone Angel.”
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