Shawn Levy Articles

George Clooney, The Ides of March Directed by Shawn Levy (The Pink Panther, Night at the Museum, Date Night), and starring Hugh Jackman and Dakota Goyo as father and son bonding thanks to the family-friendly-fun sport of robot-boxing, Disney's Real Steel topped the North American box office chart this weekend (Oct. 7-9), as per studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Real Steel grossed $27.3 [...]

Hugh Jackman, Real Steel The North American box office has been in the doldrums of late. Well, apart from Disney's The Lion King 3D, this year's late summer/early fall sleeper hit. One that happened to have been originally released in 1994. What would the late Jack Valenti and the current folks at the Motion Picture Association of America have to say about that? Simply that [...]

Sam Worthington Clash of the Titans (top); Tina Fey, Steve Carell Date Night (bottom) Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans, not Date Night, was the actual #1 film at the North America box office this past weekend. Sam Worthington and his fellow Greek gods, demi-gods, and weirdos with bad hair grossed $26.2 million. Total to date $110.2 million. Cost: $125 million, not to mention millions [...]

Pixar’s Up topped the North American box office for the second consecutive weekend with $44.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Playing at 3,818 locations, the Pete Docter-directed animated adventure brought its domestic gross to $137.3 million after a strong two-week run. The plot follows a 78-year-old widower who takes his entire house on a trip to South America. Debuting in second [...]