Francis Lawrence Articles

The Water for Elephants Blu-ray and DVD will be available in the United States on November 1. Directed by Francis Lawrence and adapted by Richard LaGravenese from Sara Gruen's bestselling novel, the circus-set romantic drama stars Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, and Christoph Waltz. Hal Holbrook plays an older version of Pattinson's character. The Blu-ray disc features include: Robert Pattinson spotlight Reese Witherspoon featurette Audio commentary [...]

Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Water for Elephants ON STRANGER TIDES Is 2011's Biggest Worldwide Box-Office Hit To date, the Johnny Depp-Penélope Cruz vehicle Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the biggest worldwide box-office hit of 2011, having grossed $623.71m. In North America, the top movie is Fast Five, the fifth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise, which has scored $196.02m. Rio, Thor, [...]

Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Tai the Elephant in Francis Lawrence's Water for Elephants Paul Feig's sleeper hit Bridesmaids, starring Kristen Wiig, topped the North American box office throughout this past week, grossing another $2.85m on Thursday, May 19, according to Box Office Mojo. The well-received comedy fell (slightly) below the daily $1k-per-theater average yesterday, with $980 per site. Bridesmaids, in fact, should pass the $50m [...]

Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Water for Elephants To date, Rio is the biggest worldwide box-office hit of 2011. Fast Five and Thor are also performing remarkably well. But apart from Oscar winners The King's Speech and Black Swan — both late 2010 releases — the North American box office hasn't been all too keen on dramas about human relationships. Nearly half of 2011 has gone [...]