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Hobbit Takes December US Box Office Record With $84m

December 17, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The-Hobbit-poster-1There was no doubt that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey would top US the box office in its first weekend of release. The only real question was how big it would be. The film has taken $84.7 million in its first three days, which is a record for a December weekend, beating out the opening of I Am Legend, which took $77.2 million back in 2007.

Despite this, some are still seeing The Hobbit as an underperformer, simply because many thought it should have cracked $100 million. However December is an unusual month as while most of the year you have to get what you can in the first few days and then hope the drop off is slow, the festive season tends to give movies longer legs than they’d usually have, and so The Hobbit is likely to continue to find audiences through the New Year, especially as it’s getting strong word of mouth.

As for whether the higher frame rate screenings have made a difference, Warner hasn’t released a breakdown, although 49% of tickets were sold across all the 3D playdates, and IMAX has reported a significantly higher per screen average for venues showing the movie at 48fps. Anecdotal evidence suggests there’s still confusion over the format, and that some people are being put off by bad notices given to HFR and are assuming all screenings are in that format, while others apparently don’t realise HFR is also in 3D.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 14th-16th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $84.7 $84.7
2 Rise Of The Guardians $7.4 $71.3
3 Lincoln $7.2 $107.9
4 Skyfall $7.0 $272.2
5 Life Of Pi $5.4 $69.5
6 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 $5.1 $276.8
7 Wreck-It Ralph $3.2 $168.7
8 Playing For Keeps $3.2 $10.8
9 Red Dawn $2.3 $40.8
10 Silver Linings Playbook $2.0 $16.9
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FILMS: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Rise Of The Guardians, Lincoln, Skyfall, Life Of Pi, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Wreck It Ralph, Playing For Keeps, Red Dawn, The Silver Linings Playbook  

Skyfall Rises Back To The Top Of The US Box Office

December 10, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The couple of weeks after Thanksgiving always tend to be dominated by holdovers at the US box office, but this year it’s been particularly light on new entries, seemingly because everyone is running scared of The Hobbit, which is expected to completely take over cinemas this coming weekend.

This has allowed Skyfall to rise back to the top of the US box office on its fifth weekend, taking $11.4 million over the three days. It’s not a huge amount to make it to the top of the chart, and indeed overall it’s been the third worst weekend at the boox office this year. However it’s good news for Skyfall, as no movie has toped the box office on its fifth weekend since 2010.

The only major new release tanked, with the Gerard Butler soccer themed rom-com Playing For Keeps taking just $6 million on its first three days.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 7th-9th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Skyfall $11.4 $261.6
2 Rise Of The Guardians $10.5 $61.9
3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 $9.2 $268.7
4 Lincoln $9.1 $97.3
5 Life Of Pi $8.3 $60.8
6 Playing For Keeps $6.0 $6.0
7 Wreck-It Ralph $4.9 $164.4
8 Red Dawn $4.2 $37.2
9 Flight $3.1 $86.2
10 Killing Them Softly $2.7 $11.7
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FILMS: Skyfall, Rise Of The Guardians, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Lincoln, Life Of Pi, Playing For Keeps, Wreck It Ralph, Red Dawn, Flight, Killing Them Softly  

Gerard Butler Gets Shirtless In New Playing For Keeps Pic

November 17, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment


I have a theory that when the people marketing a rom-com start releasing shots of the male stars with their shirts off, it’s almost an admission the film won’t be great – almost as if they’re saying, ‘Hey, the film might be rubbish, but maybe you’ll be able to at least get your rocks off a little’.

Hopefully that won’t be true of Playing For Keeps, even if we do now have a random shot of Gerard Butler wearing nothing but a towel, showing off his abs and the scruff of hair on his chest.

In the movie, Gerard Butler gets his David Beckham on as a charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star who returns home to put his life back together. Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching the boy’s soccer team. But his attempts to finally become an “adult” are met with hilarious challenges from the attractive “soccer moms” who pursue him at every turn. The film co-stars Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

The movie hits US cinemas on December 7th and comes to the UK on January 1st. Hopefully despite my theory about shirtless rom-com pics, Playing For Keeps will be a good one (and personally I’m hoping for more rubbish rom-coms as the images are certainly nice).

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Gerard Butler  FILMS: Playing For Keeps  

Playing For Keeps Trailer – Gerard Butler is popular with the soccer moms

August 8, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Gerard Butler gets his David Beckham on as a charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star who returns home to put his life back together. Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching the boy’s soccer team. But his attempts to finally become an “adult” are met with hilarious challenges from the attractive “soccer moms” who pursue him at every turn. The film co-stars Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

CHECK OUT THESE RELATED ARCHIVES:
ACTORS: Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gerard Butler  DIRECTORS: Gabriele Muccino  FILMS: Playing For Keeps  

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