Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart Box Office Comparison
Robert Pattinson, Tate Ellington in Remember Me (top); Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning in The Runaways (bottom)
Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart? Who came out on top at the North American box office prior to the June 30 opening of mega-blockbuster-to-be The Twilight Saga: Eclipse?
The answer in all likelihood is Robert Pattinson, though neither Pattinson’s Remember Me nor Stewart’s The Runaways has fared all that well.
Despite its low $16 million cost, Pattinson’s Remember Me has been a box-office disappointment. Summit Entertainment will probably be able to make a profit on the film, but only after overseas totals and ancillary revenues are tallied so as to cover both production and marketing expenses.
After ten days out, Remember [...]
by Michelle Hutton | March 22, 2010
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Tags: Allen Coulter, Box Office, Dakota Fanning, Floria Sigismondi, Kristen Stewart, Remember Me, Robert Pattinson, Tate Ellington, The Runaways
Box Office: THE RUNAWAYS, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, GREENBERG
Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning in The Runaways (top); Noomi Rapace in Niels Arden Oplev’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (middle); Ben Stiller in Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg (bottom)
The Kristen Stewart-Dakota Fanning vehicle The Runaways, the IMAX documentary Hubble 3D, the Noah Baumbach-Ben Stiller collaboration Greenberg, the Swedish crime thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Raymond De Felitta’s comedy City Island, and Marco Bellocchio’s historical drama Vincere were the films opening in limited release this weekend in the United States.
Among those, The Runaways posted the highest gross, $803K — but the rock biopic also had the highest number of screens by far: 244. As a result, its $3,291 per screen average was — also by far — the [...]
by Michelle Hutton | March 21, 2010
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Tags: Ben Stiller, City Island, Dakota Fanning, Floria Sigismondi, Greenberg, Hubble 3D, J. Hoberman, Kristen Stewart, Marco Bellocchio, Noah Baumbach, Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Runaways, Vincere
THE RUNAWAYS: Dakota Fanning Reviews
Dakota Fanning in The Runaways
Kristen Stewart’s role in The Runaways is actually subordinate to that of Dakota Fanning, even though Joan Jett (Stewart) is much better remembered today than Cherie Currie (Fanning). However, writer-director Floria Sigismondi’s screenplay is based on Currie’s autobiography — which explains the film’s focus.
The Runaways has opened to mixed but generally positive reviews. The film’s three leads, Stewart, Fanning, and Michael Shannon, have received most of the praise. Even so, there have been some critics who have carped about either Stewart’s or Fanning’s (sometimes both) inability to truly bring to life the mid-70s rockers.
"Fanning and Stewart do their own singing here (Stewart took guitar lessons, too), and they’re really good … [...]
by Joan Lister | March 20, 2010
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Tags: Cherie Currie, Dakota Fanning, Floria Sigismondi, Kristen Stewart, The Runaways
Kristen Stewart in THE RUNAWAYS: Mostly Positive Reviews
Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning in The Runaways
THE RUNAWAYS: More Reviews
Kristen Stewart has generally received good notices for her performance as tough-talking, lesbian rocker Joan Jett in The Runaways. There have been some dissenters, however.
"Kristen Stewart axes her image as an angsty teenage vampire lover and gives a no frills, nuanced performance as a tough as nails but well rounded Jett. As she growls on stage and plays guitar, Stewart is utterly convincing as a determined teenager who is destined to be famous." Dustin Chang at Twitch.
"The relationship [between the two lead characters] is strained, but it’s also sisterly, which gives Sigismondi and the two young stars a huge emotional canvas [...]
by Joan Lister | March 19, 2010
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Tags: Betsy Sharkey, Dakota Fanning, Floria Sigismondi, Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart, Lesbian Interest, The Runaways
THE RUNAWAYS More Reviews: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning (center), Kristen Stewart (right) in The Runaways
THE RUNAWAYS: Kristen Stewart’s Reviews
Kristen Stewart — looking remarkably different from Robert Pattinson’s human lover in Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon — Dakota Fanning, and Michael Shannon star in The Runaways, written and directed by Floria Sigismondi (right).
Adapted from The Runaways’ singer Cherie Currie’s autobiography, The Runaways tells the story of the all-girl rock band of the late ’70s. Stewart plays rocker Joan Jett; Shannon is record producer Kim Fowley.
"Consensus: Viewers expecting an in-depth biopic will be disappointed, but The Runaways is as electric as the band’s music, largely thanks to strong performances from Michael Shannon, Dakota Fanning, and Kristen Stewart." Rotten Tomatoes.
"This is a movie [...]
by Joan Lister | March 19, 2010
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Tags: Cherie Currie, Dakota Fanning, Floria Sigismondi, Joan Jett, Kristen Stewart, Lesbian Interest, Michael Shannon, The Runaways