Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Mr. and Mrs. Smith $51,000,000 $51,000,000 1 2 Madagascar $17,100,000 $128,300,000 3 3 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith $14,800,000 $332,100,000 4 4 The Longest Yard $13,500,000 $118,100,000 3 5 The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl $12,500,000 $12,500,000 1 6 Cinderella Man … Continue reading
Continued from here. THE GREED Before Van Helsing came out in theaters, Universal already had a videogame and a direct-to-video cartoon crossover ready to go. They were planning on sequels, and there was even a proposed spinoff TV series that would utilize the movie’s costly Transylvanian village set. We don’t want to get into some … Continue reading
Continued from here. THE WORST SCRIPT…EVER Van Helsing is a textbook case of how Hollywood kicks writers in the goodies. In this case, they had such little respect for writers they didn’t even bother to hire one. Instead, Sommers took on the whole job – directing, producing, and pounding on typewriter keys while obviously doing … Continue reading
Fans are going through a period of high stress right now as Brett Ratner prepares to take the reins of the X-Men franchise. We felt that we were in a good place with Matthew Vaughn, and now Ratner feels like a serious step or eight backwards. But maybe there’s light at the end of the … Continue reading
A few eons ago I mentioned that we were working on a CHUD book to be released at some later date by a major publisher. That is still happening, but it’s a very slow process. Over the course of the process you find out what works, what you want to do, what people like, and … Continue reading
CHUD’s own Master Chief, Nick "Beards-a-Plenty" Nunziata, first talked about Microsoft and their cute little stunt to bully studios into buying Alex Garland’s Halo script right here. Now, it seems that two studios are going to come out of this holding hands on the whole deal… Fox & Universal According to Variety and an article … Continue reading
Now this is what we needed. At first, I thought this new trailer for Land of the Dead was pretty much the same as the last one. Then I saw the first chunky headshot. And Asia Argento in lingerie. And copious gunfire. And the mobile deceased gnawing on the delicious raw flesh of the living. And … Continue reading
I am breaking out my good silverware because I may be soon eating my own words. I have had no faith that Mission: Impossible 3 would ever actually get started, but now I see that Paramount has greenlit the picture and set a start date – July 18th. Honestly, I don’t care about any of … Continue reading
He’s covered bad roommates, drug addiction, found treasure, rage infection and an island paradise, so it looks like it’s time to launch into outer space. That’s where director Danny Boyle is heading next, and he’s taking a bunch of people with him. Boyle’s sci-fi thriller Sunshine has secured the services of several spacefarers, including sexy … Continue reading