HANNAH MONTANA Tops Box Office
Walt Disney’s Hannah Montana: The Movie soared to the top of the North American box office this weekend with $34 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Directed by Peter Chelsom, the film is based on Disney’s popular television series and stars Miley Cyrus as an energetic teenager who gets to reexamine her hectic life as a famous pop star during a trip to her hometown.
Last week’s winner, Fast & Furious, collected another solid $28.7 million in second place, reaching a cumulative gross of $118 million after a strong two-week run. In the Justin Lin-directed action flick, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel team up to infiltrate the [...]
by Franck Tabouring | April 12, 2009
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Tags: Adventureland, Billy Ray Cyrus, Box Office, Clive Owen, Dragonball Evolution, Duplicity, Fast and Furious, Hannah Montana: The Movie, I Love You Man, Jason Segel, Julia Roberts, Justin Chatwin, Knowing, Miley Cyrus, Monsters vs. Aliens, Nicolas Cage, Observe and Report, Paul Rudd, Paul Walker, Ryan Reynolds, Seth Rogen, The Haunting in Connecticut
FAST & FURIOUS Races to the Top of the Box Office
Fast & Furious easily outraced its competition at the North American box office this weekend with a stunning $72.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The return of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in the lead roles proved to be quite lucrative, as the fourth installment in the popular series delivered a better opening weekend than any of its three predecessors.
Also doing pretty well was DreamWorks Animation’s Monsters vs. Aliens, which took home another $33.5 million for a domestic total of $105.7 million after only two weeks in release.
At No. 3, The Haunting in Connecticut pulled in $9.5 million, reaching a total gross of $37.2 million. [...]
by Franck Tabouring | April 5, 2009
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Tags: 12 Rounds, Adventureland, Amy Adams, Box Office, Clive Owen, Duplicity, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Fast and Furious, I Love You Man, Jason Segel, John Cena, Julia Roberts, Knowing, Kristen Stewart, Monsters vs. Aliens, Nicolas Cage, Paul Rudd, Race to Witch Mountain, Sunshine Cleaning, The Haunting in Connecticut, Virginia Madsen
Sundance 2009: Premieres
Sundance 2009: Premieres
Mary and Max by Adam Elliot
Adventureland / U.S. (Director-screenwriter: Greg Mottola)
In 1987, a recent college graduate takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park and discovers the job is perfect preparation for the real world. Cast: Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Bill Hader. World premiere
Brooklyn’s Finest / U.S. (Director: Antoine Fuqua; screenwriter: Michael C. Martin)
After enduring vastly different career paths, three unconnected Brooklyn cops wind up at the same deadly location. Cast: Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Don Cheadle, Ellen Barkin. World premiere
Earth Days / U.S. (Director: Robert Stone)
The history of our environmental undoing through the eyes of nine Americans whose [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 5, 2008
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Tags: 500 Days of Summer, Adam Elliot, Adventureland, Film Festivals, I Love You Philip Morris, In the Loop, Mary and Max, Rudo and Cursi, Sundance 2009, Sundance Film Festival
