Justin Lin Articles

Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Vin Diesel in Justin Lin’s Fast Five (top); Robert Pattinson, Tai the Elephant, Reese Witherspoon in Francis Lawrence’s Water for Elephants (bottom) Fast Five grossing $80 million over the weekend (including the $3.8m it earned at Thursday midnight screenings)? That’s a possibility according to Deadline.com, which reports that the Universal release collected an estimated $34m in ticket sales on Friday. It’s [...]

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Fast Five Fast Five, directed by Justin Lin, and starring Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, and Dwayne Johnson, earned $3.8 million in Thursday midnight screenings at 1,132 locations, reports Brandon Gray at Box Office Mojo. Higher ticket prices likely helped Fast Five to boast Universal’s biggest midnight opening ever. Fast Five will have the last weekend of April for itself before it [...]

Matt Schulze, Tyrese Gibson, Gal Gadot, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Ludacris, Fast Five Rio de Janeiro was conspicuous at the international box office over Easter weekend (April 22-24). Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, starring Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, and Tom Hiddleston, less so after opening in second place in Australia. Carlos Saldanha’s Rio was the no. 1 movie internationally for the [...]

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson in David Slade’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse On Monday, I posted a brief article explaining that RioFilme president Sérgio Sá Leitão had recently stated on his Twitter page that he still had no news about director Bill Condon, and stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart coming to Rio de Janeiro to film scenes from Summit Entertainment’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. [...]