2013 has been a decent year for movies, and it's improving in both quality, and in regards of box office earnings. And I think it can only get better from here, at least in terms of quality. So far, I've seen 36 movies that have been released in 2013, and I've missed quite a few [...]
Tag: The Croods
Epic (2013)
Release Date: May 24, 2013 Director: Chris Wedge Stars (voices): Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Colin Farrell Runtime: 102 min Blue Sky Studios is best known for their Ice Age movies. Chris Wedge, co-director of that franchise, goes solo with Epic, the third animated movie of 2013 (after Escape from Planet Earth and The Croods). It [...]
May 16-18 Box Office Predictions: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
J.J. Abrams returns to the directing chair for the hotly anticipated sequel to 2009's Star Trek. Star Trek stands at an excellent 8.0 rating on IMDb, and has a seat in the IMDb Top 250 at #224. The movie has a solid fan base and since four years is more than enough time to generate [...]
May 10-12 Box Office Predictions: ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘Peeples’
History isn't on The Great Gatsby's side. For whatever reason, Warner Bros. shows the preference to release summer movies on the second weekend, where they can either flop or prosper, based on the reception of the movie that starts the summer. They can either do decent business (Dark Shadows opened to $29.68 million against The Avengers; and Robin [...]
May 3-5 Box Office Results
Iron Man 3 now has the second highest opening weekend of all-time, with a $174.1 million opening. Bring on the summer season! Title: Result -- Prediction -- Difference (Over/Under) 1. Iron Man 3: $174,144,585 -- $166.016M -- $8, 128, 585 under 2. Pain and Gain: $7,511,315 -- $9, 595, 900 -- $2, 084, 585 over [...]
May 3-5 Box Office Predictions: ‘Iron Man 3’
Movies similar to Iron Man 3 open to an average $87.72 million. The first Iron Man opened to $98.62 million while the second opened to $128.12 million. The Marvel franchise has an established fan base, and this movie's going to have one of the best opening weekends ever. The popularity of The Avengers has helped [...]
‘Oblivion’ Starts off Blockbuster Season with $37M
The following article is courtesy of Joe over at Two Dude Review. Also, I'm a part of a box office game with him and a few others (Nick of Cinematic Katzenjammer, Shane of FilmRehab, and Jason and Trevor, both of Movie Mavericks). It's pretty fun, silly me for waiting until now to mention it. Trevor of [...]
The Croods (2013)
The Croods Release Date: March 22, 2013 Director: Kirk De Micco, Chris Sanders Stars (voices): Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds Runtime: 98 min Tagline: The Journey Begins Meet the Croods, the world's first family who live strictly in routine thanks to a strict father, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage). There's also the eldest [...]
March 22-24 Box Office Predictions: ‘The Croods’, ‘Olympus Has Fallen’, ‘Admission’, ‘Spring Breakers’
The new releases The box office is getting some of its edge back with some solid earnings as of late (if you don't count that Burt Wonderstone bomb). This weekend we're seeing four new releases: the new Tina Fey/Paul Rudd comedy, Admission; the animated prehistoric flick, DreamWorks' The Croods; a terrorist attack action/thriller, Olympus [...]
