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Think Like A Man Tops US Box Office Again

April 30, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

After surprising many with its strong $30 million plus opening last week, Think Like A Man has continued its successful run at the US box office topping the chart for a second week with $18 million. It beat out quite a few new movies, none of which found a particularly big audience.

The Pirates! Band Of Misfits did best of the new entries, placing second with $11.4 million, which was about in line with expectations. And yes, it is the same film as The Pirates In An Adventure With Scientists, but got a bit of a title change as US marketing people thought the word ‘scientists’ would turn kids off.

The Five-Year Engagement landed with a bit of a thud, underperforming with only $11.1 million. Going in to the weekend, some analysts thought the Jason Segel and Emily Blunt rom-com had a chance of topping the chart, but it appear audiences weren’t interested, perhaps because there are already several other movies hoovering up the female audience at the moment.

It did however beat out the Jason Statham film Safe, which placed sixth on the chart with $7.7 million, as well as The Raven, which came seventh on the chart with $7.2 million.

Next weekend it’ll be all change as The Avengers will hit the US this week, with many expecting a $150 million plus opening weekend. The movie is already making waves outside the US, making a huge $178 million even though it only opened in around 75% of territories. In the UK, the film pulled in a rather stellar $15 million, one of the best openings ever and the best for a superhero movie.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	Think Like A Man	$18.0	$60.8
2	The Pirates! Band Of Misfits	$11.4	$11.4
3	The Lucky One	$11.3	$39.9
4	The Hunger Games	$11.2	$372.4
5	The Five-Year Engagement	$11.1	$11.1
6	Safe	$7.7	$7.7
7	The Raven	$7.2	$7.2
8	Chimpanzee	$5.4	$19.1
9	The Three Stooges	$5.4	$37.1
10	Cabin In The Woods	$4.5	$34.6

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FILMS: Think Like A Man, The Lucky One, The Hunger Games, The Five-Year Engagement, Safe, The Raven, Chimpanzee, The Three Stooges, Cabin In The Woods

Think Like A Man Tops The US Box Office

April 23, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Hollywood has never quite gotten to grips with the African American audience, so that every time a film with a largely black cast does well, it’s treated as a massive surprise. That’s certainly the case with Think Like A Man, which was barely on most people’s radar but scored a huge $33 million opening to top the box office chart.

The film knocked the movie many had expected to top the chart, The Lucky One, into second spot with $22 million. It’s certainly not a bad start for a romantic drama and marks a rare weekend when two female-focussed movies have opened strong against one another.

Disneynature’s Chimpanzee opened in fourth spot with $10.3 million, which is the biggest opening ever for a nature documentary. Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of April 20th-22nd.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	Think Like A Man	$33.0	$33.0
2	The Lucky One	$22.8	$22.8
3	The Hunger Games	$14.5	$356.9
4	Chimpanzee	$10.2	$10.2
5	The Three Stooges	$9.2	$29.3
6	Cabin In The Woods	$7.7	$26.9
7	American Reunion	$5.2	$48.3
8	Titanic 3D	$5.0	$52.8
9	21 Jump Street	$4.6	$127.0
10	Mirror Mirror	$4.1	$55.2

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FILMS: Think Like A Man, The Lucky One, The Hunger Games, Chimpanzee, The Three Stooges, Cabin In The Woods, American Pie: Reunion, Titanic, 21 Jump Street, Mirror Mirror

Hunger Games Tops US Box Office For The Fourth Week

April 16, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Although it held the top spot more due to a lack of new breakout hits than anything else, The Hunger Games is now the first film since Avatar to stay at number 1 on the US box office chart for four weeks running. It added another $21.5 million to take its total to an impressive $337 million.

That meant the weekend’s main new releases had to settle for second and third spot, with The Three Stooges doing the best, taking $17.1 million. It’s reported that the audiences largely consisted of under-25s, the group who know least about the real Stooges, but who do like the Farrelly Brothers’ brand of comedy.

Cabin In The Woods took third spot with an okay but not particularly great $14.8 million. Despite great reviews, it appears the general audience didn’t take to it, with reports that many disliked it due to the fact it wasn’t the generic splatter horror movie they thought they were getting (and films do tend to get pilloried in the word of mouth stakes if they aren’t exactly what they appear to be from the marketing).

The only other new entry in the top 10 was Lockout, which took a rather disappointing $6.2 million to finish in 9th place. It’s off from most other recent Luc Besson produced action, and suggests audiences didn’t take to its ‘Escape From New York but in space’ premise.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of April 13th-15th.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	The Hunger Games	$21.5	£337
2	The Three Stooges	$17.1	$17.1
3	Cabin In The Woods	$14.8	$14.8
4	Titanic 3D	$11.6	$44.4
5	American Reunion	$10.7	$39.9
6	Mirror Mirror	$7.0	$49.4
7	Wrath Of The Titans	$6.9	$71.2
8	21 Jump Street	$6.8	$120.5
9	Lockout	$6.2	$6.2
10	Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax	$3.0	$204.4

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FILMS: The Hunger Games, The Three Stooges, Cabin In The Woods, Titanic, American Pie: Reunion, Mirror Mirror, Wrath Of The Titans, 21 Jump Street, Lockout, The Lorax

New Cabin In The Woods Trailer

March 7, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The release of Cabin In The Woods got delayed due to MGM’s money problems, but it finally on its way (thanks to Lionsgate), which many are suggesting is a very good thing. From writer/producer Joss Whedon and director Drew Goddard (who wrote Cloverfield), the film sees a group of friends go to a remote place in the woods, where things quickly turn terrifiying, in a film that’s keen to turn the horror genre inside-out. Now a new trailer has popped up online, do take a look

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Great New Cabin In The Wood Poster Emerges

December 2, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

The Joss Whedon written and produced Cabin In The Woods hasn’t had much luck. Shot over two years ago, it got trapped in the debacle that surrounded MGM’s bankruptcy (along with the likes of the Red Dawn remake) and so has taken a ridiculously long time to get to cinemas. However now Lionsgate has taken over distribution and an April 13th, 2012 release has been set.

AICN has debuted a superb new poster for the movie, which you can see about.

The film stars Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth (it was shot pre-Thor, which should give you some idea how long it’s been waiting to emerge from the MGM mire), Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford. As the title suggests it sees a group of young people heading to an isolated cabin, but things don’t go too well for them once they get there.

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ACTORS: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford DIRECTORS: Drew Goddard FILMS: Cabin In The Woods