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Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters (Blu-ray)

December 8, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Douglas Smith, Jake Abel
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Running Time: 106 mins
Certificate: PG
Release Date: December 9th 2013

After Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief failed to become a massive success, most people thought that would be the last we’d see of Rick Riordan’s boy demigod. While it took Fox a while to decide to make a follow-up, it’s now here.

This time around Percy (Logan Lerman) is living at Camp Half-Blood alongside the other half-human kids with Olympian parents, which is the only place they’re safe, thanks to a protective barrier that prevents the forces that would like to kill them from getting in. However just as Percy learns that his nemesis from the first film, Luke (Jake Abel), isn’t dead, the tree that’s responsible for the maintaining barrier begins to die. The only way to reverse the poisoning is with the mystical Golden Fleece. [Read more…]

Insidious Chapter 2 Hits It Big At The US Box Office

September 16, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

After a few low budget horror flops, news of the genre’s demise has been extremely premature, as Insidious Chapter 2 has scored the second highest September opening ever with $41 million, behind only last year’s Hotel Transylvania.

It’s three time more than the first movie took when it opened, suggesting the franchise has gained a lot of fans, and about on par with the same director’s The Conjuring, which opened in July.

The only other new entry in the top 10 was The Family, which took a decent but unspectacular $14.5 million. That said, it’s actually one of Robert De Niro’s best openings for years outside the Meet The Fockers franchise. However with mediocre word of mouth, it’s unlikely to do well over the coming weeks.

There was good news for The Butler, which passed the $100 million mark at the North American box office.

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

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	Insidious Chapter 2	$41.0	$41.0
2	The Family	$14.5	$14.5
3	Riddick	$7.0	$31.2
4	Lee Daniels’ The Butler	$5.5	$100.0
5	We’re The Millers	$5.4	$131.6
6	Instructions Not Included	$4.2	$26.5
7	Planes	$3.0	$82.9
8	One Direction: This Is Us	$2.4	$26.8
9	Elysium	$2.0	$88.3
10	Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters	$1.8	$62.0

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FILMS: Insidious Chapter 2, The Family, Riddick, The Butler, We're The Millers, Instructions Not Included, Planes, One Direction: This Is Us, Elysium, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

The Butler Fights Off One Direction At The US Box Office

September 2, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

While One Direction’s 3D documentary, This Is Us, topped the three-day weekend, when estimates for the Labor Day holiday were added in, The Butler held off the boy band onslaught to take the top spot on the US box office chart with $20 million.

This Is Us took the second spot with $18 million. That’s below the likes of Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson, but ahead of flops from Katy Perry and the Jonas Brothers. And seeing as it only cost $10 million to make it should be very profitable.

However the big story was the film at number 5, Instructions Not Included. Few mainstream film analysts had even heard of the movie, largely because it was only opening on 347 screens. However its 10 million four-day take ended up being the biggest opening ever for a Spanish-language movie. While movies for Hispanic audiences have been growing in popularity, this one blew all previous efforts out of the water.

The final new entry was the Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez movie Getaway, which just snuck into the top 10 with a less than impressive $5.5 million.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of August 30th to September 2nd.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	Lee Daniels’ The Butler	$20.0	$79.2
2	One Direction: This Is Us	$18.0	$18.0
3	We’re The Millers	$15.9	$112.8
4	Planes	$10.6	$73.7
5	Instructions Not Included	$10.0	$10.0
6	Elysium	$8.3	$80.4
7	The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones	$6.8	$24.2
8	The World’s End	$6.0	$17.5
9	Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters	$6.0	$56.5
10	Getaway	$5.5	$5.5

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FILMS: The Butler, One Direction: This Is Us, We're The Millers, Planes, Elysium, The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, The World's End, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Getaway

The Butler Tops The US Box Office Again, Beating Mortal Instruments & The World’s End

August 26, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Despite what many had thought would be some strong competition, in the end The Butler topped the US box office for a second week with $17 million, with We’re The Millers coming second once more with $13.5 million.

That was enough to beat newcomer The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, which despite suggestion early on its marketing that it was on track to be the new Twilight (and resulted in a sequel already being in the works), took $9.3 million over the weekend and $14 million since it opened last Wednesday. As young adult adaptations tend to be quite front loaded and then drop off, it doesn’t suggest this will become a hit in the long run (and certainly doesn’t bode well for the sequel).

The World’s End came in at number 4 on its US debut with $8.94 million. That’s more than either Hot Fuzz or Shaun Of The Dead, although those film got more limited releases. It’s not too bad though, especially as few expected it to do that brilliantly in America.

The horror film You’re Next took seventh spot on the chart with $7 million. It’s one of the weakest starts of the year for a nationwide horror release, but as it cost little to make, it’ll probably still end up turning a profit.

Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine expanded onto more screens in its fifth weekend at cinemas and made its first appearance in the top 10 with $4.3 million. It continues Allen’s run of decent earners after years when his movies barely made a cent.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for weekend of August 23rd-25th.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	Lee Daniels’ The Butler	$17.0	$52.2
2	We’re The Millers	$13.5	$91.7
3	The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones	$9.3	$14.0
4	The World’s End	$8.9	$8.9
5	Planes	$8.5	$59.5
6	Elysium	$7.1	$69.0
7	You’re Next	$7.0	$7.0
8	Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters	$5.2	$48.3
9	Blue Jasmine	$4.3	$14.7
10	Kick-Ass 2	$4.2	$22.4

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FILMS: The Butler, We're The Millers, The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones, The World's End, Planes, Elysium, You're Next, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Blue Jasmine, Kick-Ass 2

The Butler Tops The US Box Office, With Kick-Ass 2 Faltering

August 18, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Going into the weekend, most box office watchers were predicting that Kick-Ass 2 would win the weekend, with Lee Daniels’ The Butler coming second. In the end The Butler did better than expected and took the top spot, with Kick-Ass 2 faltering and only managing fourth place on the chart.

The Butler took $25 million to take the top spot, about on par with The Help, which opened August 2011. It did a lot better than expected, with Hollywood once more underestimating the African American audience, who turned out in large numbers to support the civil rights themed movie. With good word of mouth building, some are saying it could end up taking $100 million.

Kick-Ass 2 ended up fourth with a comparatively dismal $13.5 million, about half what some had expected and six million below the first film’s opening weekend take. However the Kick-Ass only really became a hit on DVD, so the sequel will now have to hope it can do the same.

The only other new movie in the top 10 is Jobs, which took $6.7 million. It’s not a great start but about in line with expectations. It seems that mixed reviews didn’t help a movie that never managed to really sell why you should want to see a film about Steve Jobs.

At least it did better than Paranoia, as despite the presence of Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Liam Hemsworth, it only took $3.5 million for a 13th place finish. Many expect it to become the lowest grossing movie Ford’s ever starred in.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of August 16th-18th.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	Lee Daniels’ The Butler	$25.0	$25.0
2	We’re The Millers	$17,7	$69.5
3	Elysium	$13.6	$55.9
4	Kick-Ass 2	$13.5	$13.5
5	Planes	$13.1	$45.0
6	Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters	$8.3	$38.9
7	Jobs	$6.7	$6.7
8	2 Guns	$5.5	$59.2
9	The Smurfs 2	$4.6	$56.9
10	The Wolverine	$4.4	$120.4

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FILMS: The Butler, We're The Millers, Elysium, Kick-Ass 2, Planes, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Jobs, 2 Guns, The Smurfs 2, The Wolverine

Elysium Tops We’re The Millers & Planes At The US Box Office

August 12, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

After a couple of quiet weeks, there was a bit of a crush of new movies at the US box office this weekend, and heading into the weekend nobody was entirely certain which would end up on top. In the end it was the Matt Damon sci-fi Elysium, which took $30 million to top the chart. That’s a passable start, although not as much as the $35 million plus Sony had been hoping for.

We’re The Millers came in second with $26 million over the weekend and $38 million since it hit cinemas last Wednesday. Going into the weekend some thought the movie had a chance to come out on top, but it eased off on Saturday, although the Ed Helm and Jennifer Aniston movie still did pretty well.

After a very strong Friday, Disney’s Planes didn’t quite capitalise on that on Saturday and Sunday, ending up in third place with $22.5 million. Although it’s not a massive start compared to some other animated offerings, it only cost $50 million to make – significantly less than the $100 million plus most major CGI movies cost – so it’s still likely to turn a handsome profit.

Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters had less reason the cheer with a fourth place finish and a $14.6 million weekend, with the film taking $23 million since it opened last Wednesday. That’s significantly less than the $37 million the first movie opened with, and at the time even that was seen as a mediocre start. However the earlier movie did strong business outside the US, so Fox will be hoping for the same with the sequel.

Here’s the US box office top 10 for the weekend of August 9th-11th.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	Elysium	$30.4	$30.4
2	We’re The Millers	$26.5	$38.0
3	Planes	$22.5	$22.5
4	Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters	$14.6	$23.4
5	2 Guns	$11.1	$48.5
6	The Smurfs 2	$9.5	$46.6
7	The Wolverine	$8.0	$111.9
8	The Conjuring	$6.7	$120.7
9	Despicable Me 2	$5.7	$338.3
10	Grown Ups 2	$3.7	$123.8

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New Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters Trailer – Logan Lerman & the demi-gods return

June 26, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson are back, and this time Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, continues his epic journey to fulfill his destiny, as he teams with his demigod friends to retrieve the Golden Fleece, which has the power to save their home and training ground, Camp Half-Blood.

Now a new trailer has been released for the movie, which actually looks pretty fun, if a little nutty.

The movie is out August 16th, when it will hope to beat the rather lacklustre box office of its predecessor.

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ACTORS: Logan Lerman DIRECTORS: Thor Freudenthal FILMS: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Logan Lerman Is Looking Good In Two New Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters Cast Posters

June 21, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Fox is hoping that audiences are going to get excited about some more Percy Jackson fantasy, even if the first movie didn’t break the bank. Now two new cast posters for the film have arrived, which you can see above and below.

Logan Lerman, Alexandra Dadarrio and Brandon T. Jackson are back in the world of modern day Greek gods for Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters. This time Percy Jackson (Lerman), the son of Poseidon, continues his epic journey to fulfill his destiny, as he teams with his demigod friends to retrieve the Golden Fleece, which has the power to save their home and training ground, Camp Half-Blood.

It’s out in August.

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ACTORS: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Dadarrio, Brandon T. Jackson DIRECTORS: Thor Freudenthal FILMS: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Logan Lerman’s Chin Gets A Percy Jackson Poster, Plus One For Insidious Chapter 2

June 13, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A new poster for Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters has arrived, which shows off Logan Lerman’s jaw and his sword. This time around Percy and his friends must go under the sea to retrieve the Golden Fleece. It’ll be out in August.

There’s also a creepy new poster for Insidious Chapter 2, which you can see below. Insidious was a surprise hit, grossing just under $100 million worldwide on a budget of just $1.5 million. It’s no surprise they wanted a sequel, which will hit cinemas in September.

Director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell bring back the entire original cast, including Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Barbara Hershey, for more creepy adventures from ‘The Further’, a strange place that first became part of their lives when young Dalton fell into a coma.

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ACTORS: Logan Lerman DIRECTORS: James Wan, Thor Freudenthal FILMS: Insidious Chapter 2, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Logan Lerman Gets Stylish In A New Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters Poster

June 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

While some are still wondering why they made a sequel to Percy Jackson, it was actually a fun film and quite frankly any opportunity to get the prettiness of Logan Lerman on the big screen is something Hollywood should take.

While you might expect all the posters to sell big action and fantasy, as new one has popped up over at MTV, which goes rather simple and stylish, simply reminding us that Lerman’s profile is nice to look at.

Lerman, Alexandra Dadarrio and Brandon T. Jackson are back in the world of modern day Greek gods for Sea Of Monsters. This time Percy Jackson (Lerman), the son of Poseidon, continues his epic journey to fulfill his destiny, as he teams with his demigod friends to retrieve the Golden Fleece, which has the power to save their home and training ground, Camp Half-Blood.

It’s out in August.

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ACTORS: Logan Lerman DIRECTORS: Thor Freudenthal FILMS: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters