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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema and more

Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

New Year’s Eve Tops The US Box Office

December 12, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

The idea that lightning can strike in the same place twice took a hit over the weekend, with New Year’s Eve, the star-studded follow-up to Valentine’s Day, topping the US box ofice but with a very tepid $13.7 million. With a cast that includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Zac Efron, Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Lea Michele, Robert De Niro, Josh Duhamel, Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Hilary Swank and Seth Meyer, Warner Bros had been expecting it to make over $20 million, especially since it’s predecessor opened to $72 million 18 months ago.

Quite why Warner didn’t actually open the movie at New Year is still a bit of a mystery, as you’d have expected it to do better then.

New Year’s Eve wasn’t the only movie that was met with a giant ‘meh’ by US audiences, as the new Jonah Hill film The Sitter took $10 million to place second. It was about in line with not very high expectations.

While early December isn’t usually a great time at the box office, last weekend wasn’t just weak, it was the lowest grossing weekend overall since September 5th-7th 2008, showing just how weak things are at the moment – indeed many in Hollywood are wondering what’s happened to the audience. While cinemas had reason to cheer in the summer, the rest of the year has been pretty bad for them, and they’re now desperately hoping for a huge Christmas movie that’ll help save what could otherwise be a pretty dismal 12 months at the box office.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 New Year’s Eve $13.7 $13.7
2 The Sitter $10.0 $10.0
3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 $7.9 $259.5
4 The Muppets $7.0 $65.8
5 Arthur Christmas $6.6 $33.4
6 Hugo $6.1 $33.4
7 The Descendants $4.8 $23.6
8 Happy Feet Two $3.7 $56.8
9 Jack And Jill $3.2 $68.6
10 Immortals $2.4 $79.8

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FILMS: New Year's Eve, The Sitter, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, The Muppets, Arthur Christmas, Hugo, The Descendants, Happy Feet Two Jack And Jill, Immortals  

Breaking Dawn Tops US Box Office Again

December 5, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

It was quite an unusual week at the US box office, as no new movies at all made it into the top 10, with older film merely shifting around a little. Things remained exactly the same at the top though, with Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 in the number 1 slot, despite dropping 60% from last weekend to $16.9 million, while The Muppets stayed at number 2 with an $11.2 million weekend gross.

The only notable new entry was outside the top 10. Many eyes were on Shame and whether the highly acclaimed movie could find box office success, despite getting an adults-only NC-17 rating, which many view as commercial suicide in the US (most companies would prefer to release a movie with no rating that having an NC-17 rating). While it only opened on 10 screens, it took $361,000, giving it by far the highest per-screen average on the chart. All eyes will now be on whether it can continue to do well as it expands onto more screens in the next few weeks.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 2nd-4th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 $16.9 $247/3
2 The Muppets $11.2 $56.1
3 Hugo $7.6 $25.1
4 Arthur Christmas $7.3 $25.3
5 Happy Feet Two $6.0 $51.7
6 Jack And Jill $5.5 $64.3
7 The Descendants $5.2 $18.0
8 Immortals $4.3 $75.5
9 Tower Heist $4.1 $70.8
10 Puss In Boots $3.0 $139.5

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FILMS: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, The Muppets, Hugo, Arthur Christmas, Happy Feet Two, Jack And Jill, The Descendants, Immortals, Puss In Boots  

Breaking Dawn Scores Huge Opening Weekend

November 21, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

The question this weekend wasn’t whether Twilight: Breaking Dawn would have a good opening, it was just how big it would be. That question has now been answered with the latest in the series taking $139 million in its first three days in the US, and $283.5 million around the world. It’s the fifth biggest North American opening in history, but didn’t quite take the franchise record, which is still held by New Moon’s $142.8 million. It also scored the third biggest opening day gross ever, after the final Harry Potter and New Moon, taking $72 million in America on Friday.

The weekend’s other big opener didn’t have quite as much to cheer about, as Happy Feet Two landed with a rather tepid $22 million, about half what the first movie took when it opened. Warner knew they may face some competition for young females fromTwilight, but perhaps underestimated quite how much, as they’d predicted a $30 million plus opening.

However one other movie did outperform expectations – indeed going by per-theatre average, it outdid Breaking Dawn – and that’s George Clooney’s new movie The Descendants. The Hawaii set movie, directed by Sideways helmer Alexander Payne, took $1.2 million from only 27 screens. That’s a very impressive $42,000 per theatre, suggesting the film will do very well as it explands over the next few weeks.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of November 18th-20th, 2011.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 $139.5 $139.5
2 Happy Feet Two $22.0 $22.0
3 Immortals $12.2 $52.9
4 Jack And Jill £12 $41.0
5 Puss In Boots $10.7 $122.3
6 Tower Heist $7.0 $53.4
7 J. Edgar $5.9 $20.6
8 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas $2.9 $28.3
9 In Time $1.6 $33.4
10 The Descendants $1.2 $1.3

General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser

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FILMS: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, Happy Feet Two, Immortals, Jack And Jill, Puss In Boots, J. Edgar, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, In Time, The Descendants  

Gratuitous Shirtlessness: The Men Of Immortals

November 17, 2011 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The reviews for Immortals may not exactly have been kind (it currently stands at a rather measly 36% on Rotten Tomatoes), but there’s little doubt that there’s plenty of very pretty man-flesh on display. As in 300, the film shows us that ancient Greek time, men had an aversion to wearing clothes, and were all ridiculously buff! It may not be historically accurate, but it’s sure pretty. Immortals, starring future Superman Henry Cavill, alongside Kellan Lutz, Luke Evans, Mickey Rourke, and Stephen Dorff, is in cinemas now – but if you just fancy ogling the pecs, take a look below (click on the images to enlarge). [Read more…]

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Immortals Tops The US Box Office

November 14, 2011 By Movie Muser Leave a Comment

Despite some rather stinging reviews, Immortals has gotten off to a pretty good start at the US box office with $32 million dollars. That may not be as much as the likes of 300 and Clash of The Titans, but still marks the biggest opening for a film not released by one of the six major studios since The Expendables.

Adam Sandler’s Jack And Jill had to settle for second spot with $26 million, slightly lower than most of Sandler’s movies, but still ahead of Funny People. The film film should play well over the next couple of weeks though, with those looking for a laugh over Thanksgiving.

The only other new entry was J. Edgar, which despite the hype and star power of Leo DiCaprio made only $11.4 million. That’s not an amazing start, but is actually slightly ahead of Clint Eastwood’s last movie, Hereafter. Although with rather mixed reviews it may struggle in the weeks ahead.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of November 11th-13th, 2011.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Immortals $32.0 $32.0
2 Jack And Jill $26.0 $26.0
3 Puss In Boots $25.5 $108.8
4 Tower Heist $13.2 $43.9
5 J. Edgar $11.4 $11.5
6 A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas $5.9 $23.2
7 In Time $4.1 $30.6
8 Paranormal Activity 3 $3.6 $100.8
9 Footloose $2.7 $48.8
10 Real Steel $2.0 $81.7

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FILMS: Immortals, Jack And Jill, Puss In Boots, J. Edgar, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, In Time, Paranormal Activity 3, Footloose  

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