July 7th, 2009 at 7:22 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” stays just ahead of “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”
“Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” beat “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” on its opening day last Wednesday, but for the weekend it came up a little short of upsetting last week’s number one. The holiday weekend’s other new movie “Public Enemies” was a strong 3rd.
“Transformers 2″ is quickly closing in on $300 million in just 12 days. Overall, the entire box office was down 20% from last weekend, but its hard tocompare to the opening weekend of a blockbuster and a holiday weekend that keeps many people out of theaters.
TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” - $42.32 million ($293.35 million total)
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 61% from last week)
2. “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” – $41.69 million (1st week)
3. “Public Enemies” – $25.27 million (1st week)
4. “The Proposal” – $12.86 million
(3rd week, was #2 last week, lost 31% from last week)
5. “The Hangover” - $11.27 million ($205.04 million total)
(5th week, was #3 last week, lost 34% of audience from last week)
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June 29th, 2009 at 1:33 pm by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” beats everyone at the weekend box office
There wasn’t really any doubt which movie would be number one during the weekend… it was just a matter of by how much… “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” pulled in $112 million for the weekend and $201 million since its Wednesday opening. “Transformers 2″ set a new high for a June weekend, its also the highest-grossing non-holiday, highest grossing non-Friday opening weekend and becomes the seventh opening weekend overall. “The Dark Knight” is still the biggest 5-day opening all time ($203.8 million).
“Transformers 2″ boosted the entire box office 35% more than last weekend and at $194.97 million, it marks the biggest weekend of the year. “Up” has passed “Star Trek” as the biggest movie of 2009 with $250 million so far.
TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” - $112.00 million ($201 million total) (1st week)
2. “The Proposal” – $18.47 million
(2nd week, was #1 last week, lost 45% from last week)
3. “The Hangover” - $17.22 million
(4th week, was #2 last week, lost 36% of audience from last week)
4. “Up” – $13.05 million ($250 million total)
(5th week, was #3 last week, lost 45% from last week)
5. “My Sister’s Keeper” – $12.03 million (1st week)
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June 22nd, 2009 at 7:43 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
“The Proposal” beats Hangover” and ”Up” at the weekend box office
Audiences said yes to Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds’ “The Proposal”… the romantic comedy easily beat “The Hangover” and “Up”… “Year One” opened in 4th place, but is likely to start dropping quickly.
“Star Trek” is still the best holdover movie, losing the least of its audience (13.8%) and adding to its overall total, now at $239 millon. The weekend’s offerings actually propped up the box office – up almost 7% from last week, making $140.6 million, a total that will easily be surpassed next weekend as “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” opens on Wednesday.
TOP MOVIES AT WEEKEND BOX OFFICE (estimated results):
1. “The Proposal” – $34.11 million (1st week)
2. “The Hangover” - $26.86 million
(3rd week, was #1 last week, lost 18% of audience from last week)
3. “Up” – $21.34 million ($224.11 million total)
(4th week, was #2 last week, lost 31% from last week)
4. “Year One” - $20.20 million (1st week)
5. “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ - $11.30 million
(2nd week, was #3 last week, lost 52% from last week)
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June 19th, 2009 at 6:37 am by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
Life is not funny in “Year One”.
This is one of those times where I sit through a movie so you don’t have to waste your hard-earned money or precious time, because “Year One” is a waste of both time and money.
The laughter in this movie is limited to mindless, goofy, low-brow juvenile gross-out humor.
If someone gave me this concept in 5th grade, this is about what the script would be… bathroom humor and two guys trying to save the girls. BUT this plot (unlike my theoretical one) starts slow, flatlines, then shows some promise, then meanders into the wasteland of movie comedies.
Jack Black de-evolves… the movie roles we are seeing him in are essentially becoming the same character and at the same time getting less funny. I liked Black as a supporting character in “King Kong” (2005), “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” (2004), “Orange County” (2002), “High Fidelity” (2000), “Enemy of the State” (1998). He was a good lead however, in “The School of Rock” (2003) and as a main character in “Tropic Thunder” (2008).
Michael Cera is typical too… going through his usual passive-agressive jokes and playing an awkward geeky type.
The writing is not great, the story and concept are okay, but it would have been better in the 1970’s or 1980’s… when I was the age that this would be funny and it could be seen as a spoof of “One Million Years B.C.” (1966) the classic “B” movie starring Raquel Welch… which would have been fresh in the minds of american movie audiences.
THE BOTTOM LINE:
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June 18th, 2009 at 11:23 pm by Laff at the Movies under Entertainment
New at Theaters (Friday): “The Proposal”, “Year One”, “Sugar” (Celebration North only), “Sin Nombre” (Celebration South only)
Best Bet(s): If its a comedy you’re looking for, DO NOT SEE “Year One” (read my review), see “The Hangover” or consider the romantic comedy “The Proposal”… otherwise, check out a movie already playing like “Star Trek” or “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″.
New on DVD (Tuesday): “Friday the 13th” (2009), “Morning Light”, “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail”, “The Cell 2″
Best Bet(s): “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail” got good reviews, horror remake “Friday the 13th” did well at the box office, but there are so many options to rent or buy (see below).
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Next Week at Theaters: “My Sister’s Keeper”,”Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” (Wednesday), “Away We Go” (limited release), “The Back Nine” (Thursday night only), Moon” (limited release)
Next Week on DVD: “Confessions of A Shopaholic”, “Inkheart”, “Pink Panther 2″, “Waltz With Bashir”
MY REVIEWS OF OTHER MOVIES CURRENTLY PLAYING IN THEATERS OR AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY:
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