Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory $28,300,000 $114,100,000 2 2 Wedding Crashers $26,200,000 $80,900,000 2 3 Fantastic Four $12,200,000 $122,500,000 3 4 The Island $12,100,000 $12,100,000 1 5 Bad News Bears $11,500,000 $11,500,000 1 6 War of the Worlds $8,800,000 $208,300,000 4 7 Hustle and Flow $8,100,000 $8,100,000 … Continue reading
One time head of Warner Bros and current producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura was at the press junket for Four Brothers this morning, and he talked a little bit about his upcoming Transformers project. The film has gone through a couple of drafts, including one by CHUD.com friend John Rogers (who I had the honor of finally … Continue reading
This morning at the press junket for his new film Four Brothers (yet another movie I liked better than Batman Begins!), John Singleton briefly talked about his possible adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Luke Cage, Power Man. When asked if Jamie Foxx would be playing Luke Cage, as rumored, Singleton said, "Jamie was supposed to be … Continue reading
Universal’s subsection Focus Features (under which is genre arm Rogue Pictures, who astutely brought Shaun of the Dead stateside) is getting into the animation racket with a bizarro flick simply known as 9. The feature-length movie will be directed by Shane Acker, who created the freaky short film on which it’s based. Though entirely computer-generated, … Continue reading
While writer-director Sebastian Gutierrez and stars Lucy Liu and Michael Chiklis (interviews HERE, HERE and HERE) were occupied with actually shooting scenes during my visit to the set of the Ghost House horror-thriller Rise, I shot the breeze with the man behind the scenes, producer Greg Shapiro (also of Harold & Kumar Go To White … Continue reading
I sort of have to question the wisdom of releasing a trailer about a futuristic film involving terrorism in England during a time when the London of now is under siege by the same, but I suppose when you’ve got a movie to promote, there’s nothing for it. At any rate, the trailer for the … Continue reading
Disney’s Ice Princess isn’t an obvious kind of film that might catch the interest of CHUD’s general readership. Don’t get me wrong, it certainly has elements that I find appealing. But my own proclivities aside, even Devin gave the film a favorable review (READ IT HERE) and he’s not even really a perv. The movie … Continue reading
Gus Van Sant is a difficult filmmaker to pin down. Over the course of his career he’s made some of the boldest low budget films of our time and has also made one of the worst, most cynically commercial pieces of crap – Finding Forrester. Which is the real Van Sant? The answer, I think, … Continue reading
The first thing I noticed when meeting actress Lucy Liu on the set of the Ghost House movie Rise is that she’s just breathtakingly gorgeous in person, with a devilish grin and beguiling eyes that convey an uncommon wisdom. She’s also very petite, almost small enough to, say, put in your pocket and sneak out … Continue reading
Mailbagsukidoji: The Steady Leak may not be so steady these days, but your letters have been, so I must share them and answer them so that the wheels keep turning on this crazy little bitch. Feel free to ask whatever about whomever or whatever, and I’ll do my best to answer it. Letters in here … Continue reading