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DELLAMORTE’S BOX OFFICE WRAP UP – 12/28/07

1 National Treasure: Book of Secrets $35,632,000 (-20.4%) $9,298 $124,035,000 2 Alvin and the Chipmunks $30,000,000 (+6.5%) $8,610 $142,375,000 3 I Am Legend $27,500,000 (-17.9%) $7,563 $194,575,000 4 Charlie Wilson’s War $11,768,000 (+21.9%) $4,570 $34,506,000 5 Juno $10,300,000 (+200.7%) $10,320 $25,681,000 6 Alien Vs. Predator – Requiem $10,050,000 $3,849 $26,880,000 7 The Water Horse: Legend … Continue reading

WILL SMITH’S HEROIC VICTORY LAP

How’s this for marketing savvy: on the Monday following I Am Legend‘s somewhat surprising $76 million haul (few thought the dour action flick would best the openings of the Lord of the Rings movies), Sony decides to debut the teaser trailer for Will Smith’s next (potential) blockbuster, Hancock. I wonder if they would’ve suppressed it … Continue reading

THE JUSTICE LEAGUE DOES GREEK

Ahh, slow news days. These are the days when I eat my lunch outside of the house. Such a nice change of pace. It’s these slow news days when we sometimes hit our highs – last year the holiday season brought me the gift of Zyzzyx Road – and our lows in the desperate search … Continue reading

DELLAMORTE DOES BOX OFFICE – 12/28/07

Hope you had Christmases. Really. I’m not just saying that. I got monogrammed towels. I’m at an age where that’s an awesome gift. I also got Steve Martin’s autobiography, which is excellent, and highly recommend, though short (I breezed through a hundred pages without trying on my flight back). I went home for the holidays. … Continue reading

HANCOCK IS LEGEND

This first look at the Hancock one-sheet isn’t ideal — it’s shot in the wild, so there are some details obscured and missing. But is Sony trying to capitalize (subconsciously at least) on the success of I Am Legend by having the tone of that movie’s advertising reflected in Will Smith’s glasses? I do like … Continue reading

THE BAILEY CHASE GAMBIT

Bailey Chase, one of the empty eyed hunks who appeared as members of the top secret military group The Initiative in a number of episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer* is running around dropping hints that he’s going to be playing Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. We narrowly averted having to deal with the second … Continue reading