January 27th, 2009 at 7:17 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
New on DVD (Tuesday): “College”, “Fireproof”, “Lakeview Terrace”, “The Lucky Ones”, “Pride and Glory”, “The Rocker”, “RockNRolla”, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
BEST BET: “Pride and Glory”, but from what I’ve heard… EVERYTHING on this week’s list *except* is worth a rent, although “The Rocker” disappointed at the box office. Don’t forget “Fireproof”, the romantic drama surprised critics at the box office and did very well for a small budget Christian movie.
New at Theaters (Friday): “New in Town”, “Taken”, “The Uninvited”
BEST BET: Finally… I hope… “Taken” is scheduled to open this weekend… I say that because after I saw the trailer back in August, the release date moved from September 19th to January 23rd to now this Friday, January 30th !!! I have a feeling my review will be impacted by this massive delay.
Also new this week the cute and funny date movie “New in Town” with Renee Zellweger and Harry Conick, Jr. and the horror flick “The Uninvited” from the producers of “The Ring”.
MY REVIEWS OF OTHER MOVIES CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THEATERS OR AVAILABLE TO RENT:
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September 9th, 2008 at 11:33 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
“Bangkok Dangerous” was the top movie, but it was the only new movie in wide release and none earned more than $10 million
The fall trend continues… last weekend, only “Tropic Thunder” made more than $10 million, the week before 4 movies made more than $10 million, now this past weekend none of the movies even came close to that mark, setting up a very interesting weekend ahead…
Top 10 Weekend Box Office list this week (actual results):
1. “Bangkok Dangerous” - $7.78 million (1st week)
2. “Tropic Thunder” - $7.23 million
(4th week, was #1 last week, lost 37% from last week)
3. “The Dark Knight” – $5.52 million (total gross: $511.99 million)
(8th week, was #3 last week, lost 36% of its audience from last week)
4. “The House Bunny” - $5.51 million
(3rd week, was #4 last week, lost 33% of its audience from last week)
5. “Traitor” - $4.27 million
(2nd week, was #5 last week, lost 45% of its audience from last week) (more…)
September 1st, 2008 at 11:37 pm by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
“Tropic Thunder” was the only movie earning more than $10 million for the Labor Day Weekend
The previous weekend, 4 movies made more than $10 million, this past weekend, it was just “Tropic Thunder”… but as I mentioned last week… its only dominating the weak August offerings in the wake of “The Dark Knight”’s success…
“Tropic Thunder” was first for the 3rd weekend…. Vin Diesel’s “Babylon A.D.” was 2nd, but had the lowest per screen average of the top 5 movies, so its likely to fall next week… my pick for a possible acting nomination “Traitor” showed up in 5th place… “Disaster Movie” debuted in 7th… and for the 2nd week in a row, a new movie - “College” – failed to make the top 10 (last week it was “The Rocker” in 13th place).
Top 10 Weekend Box Office list this week (actual results):
1. “Tropic Thunder” - $11.51 million
(3rd week at #1, lost 29% from last week)
2. “Babylon A.D.” - $9.56 million (1st week)
3. “The Dark Knight” – $8.61 million (total gross: $502.28 million)
(7th week, was #4 last week, lost 18% of its audience from last week)
4. “The House Bunny” - $8.30 million
(2nd week, was #2 last week, lost 43% of its audience from last week)
5. “Traitor” - $7.80 million (1st week) (more…)
