COUPLES RETREAT Tops Box Office
Universal’s comedy Couples Retreat safely landed at the top of the North American box office this weekend with a solid $35.3 million in ticket sales at 3,000 locations, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Starring Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell and Jason Bateman, the film follows four couples traveling to a prestigious tropical island resort where they’re forced to partake in numerous couple therapy sessions.
Also breaking into the top 10 this weekend was Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity, which expanded to 159 locations and took the No. 5 spot with a superb $7 million. The film’s early total gross currently stands at $8.2 million.
Last week’s winner Zombieland, starring Jesse Eisenberg [...]
by Franck Tabouring | October 11, 2009
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Tags: Box Office, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Couples Retreat, Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Jesse Eisenberg, Oren Peli, Paranormal Activity, Vince Vaughn, Whip It, Zombieland
Slamdance 2008: Narrative Feature Competition
Slamdance 2008: Narrative Feature Competition
Glory Boy Days by Paul Encinas
Fix, World Premiere (2008, 90 min, USA)
Written/Directed by Tao Ruspoli
This darkly comedic road movie journeys from Beverly Hills to Watts over the course of 12 hours, as documentary filmmakers Bella and Milo race to get Milo’s brother Leo from jail to rehab before 8 p.m. – or Leo goes to prison for three years.
Frost, World Premiere (2008, 92 min, USA)
Written/Directed by Steve Clark
When a Manhattan playboy learns his childhood love is engaged he is forced to face the demons of his past and grow up.
Glory Boy Days (photo), World Premiere (2008, 100 min, USA)
Written/Directed by Paul Encinas
A story about a group of young adults in the prime of their lives, in [...]
by Andre Soares | December 5, 2007
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Tags: Film Festivals, Frost, Glory Boy Days, Oren Peli, Paranormal Activity, Paul Encinas, Ryan Piotrowicz, Slamdance 2008, Slamdance Film Festival, The Project
