I was getting my hair cut, and my barber was telling me how he already had copies of American Gangster and Things We Lost in the Fire. Then he told me how much he loved Blood Diamond (but that he’d seen it way too many times), and one film he couldn’t get enough of was … Continue reading
Titles Weekending Purr Screen Total 1 Bee Movie $26,000,000 (-31.6%) $6,592 $72,214,000 2 American Gangster $24,319,000 (-44.2%) $7,949 $80,679,000 3 Fred Claus $19,225,000 $5,335 $19,225,000 4 Talking Points: The Musical $6,710,000 $3,029 $6,710,000 5 Dan in Real Life $5,872,000 (-25.4%) $3,025 $30,678,000 6 Saw IV $5,010,000 (-51.6%) $1,725 $58,086,000 7 The Game Plan $2,410,000 (-38.7%) … Continue reading
Nobody Loves Me It’s True Not Like You Do 1 American Gangster $46,344,000 $15,174 $46,344,000 2 Bee Movie $39,100,000 $9,954 $39,100,000 3 Saw IV $11,010,000 (-65.3%) $3,459 $51,060,000 4 Dan in Real Life $8,125,000 (-31.2%) $4,220 $22,950,000 5 30 Days of Night $4,000,000 (-41.7%) $1,522 $34,229,000 6 The Game Plan $3,853,000 (-37.1%) $1,354 $81,957,000 7 … Continue reading
Mainstream movies are getting interesting again! Sounds like it’ll be the Cloverfield trailer instead of Indy with Beowulf (though if it were both, dear sweet baby Jesus Shuttlesworth). But Paramount’s gonna want to stick Dr. Jones (who still has no time for love) with one of their own, even if people are going to be … Continue reading
State Property Belly I Got the Hook Up State Property II 1 Saw IV $32,110,000 $10,087 $32,110,000 2 Dan in Still Life with Fruit Basket $12,081,000 $6,288 $12,081,000 3 30 Days of Night $6,700,000 (-58.0%) $2,343 $27,318,000 4 The Game Plan $6,257,000 (-23.5%) $1,872 $77,067,000 5 Tyler Perry’s License to Print Money $5,740,000 (-52.9%) $3,025 … Continue reading
Halloween on a Wednesday blows. Sorry. Halloween should be like Thanksgiving, except always on a Friday or Saturday. I’m sure some of you are going to Halloween parties this weekend, but it’s such a cheat. Such a cheat. Still, I’m going as a sexy Ghostbuster on Saturday and Wednesday. Should be sweet. It was a … Continue reading
Film Weekend Per Screen Total for all of time 1 30 Days of Night $16,000,000 $5,604 $16,000,000 2 Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married $12,100,000 (-43.3%) $5,948 $38,865,000 3 The Game Plan $8,122,000 (-26.4%) $2,460 $69,150,000 4 Michael Clayton $7,100,000 (-31.6%) $2,746 $21,986,000 5 Gone Baby Gone $6,000,000 $3,502 $6,000,000 6 The Comebacks $5,850,000 … Continue reading
I receive a little reader mail (I’d guestimate 80% is positive, and 15% are corrective notes like “Hey, you were wrong about Lolita’s gross you nattering nabob!”* And then I check my bank accounts, see that my investments in India have paid off, and cry myself to sleep on piles of money.). But I did … Continue reading
Tyler Perry Tyler Perry Tyler Perry Tyler Perry 1 Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married $21,500,000 $10,691 $21,500,000 2 The Game Plan $11,506,000 (-30.7%) $3,678 $59,447,000 3 Michael Clayton $11,010,000 (+1,429.4%) $4,384 $12,087,000 4 We Own the Night $11,000,000 $4,657 $11,000,000 5 The Heartbreak Kid $7,425,000 (-47.0%) $2,296 $26,001,000 6 Elizabeth: The Golden Age … Continue reading
Does anyone know the pros and cons of cities built on Rock and Roll? It seems there hasn’t been a lot of forward movement on this. Was it not environmentally sound?IT’S TOO BAD JESSE JAMES WON’T LIVE… THEN AGAIN, WHO DOES?Blade Runner hit two screens last weekend, and as one would guess one was in … Continue reading