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

2 Guns Beats The Smurfs 2 To The Top Of The US Box Office

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2-guns-movie-posterEarly last week many had expected The Smurfs 2 to take the top spot this weekend at the US box office, but in the end it had to settle for the number three spot. Topping the list was 2 Guns, with the Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington action flick taking a solid but unspectacular $27.3 million. Many have suggested that the fact the marketing concentrated on the stars and said little about the story may have held the film back.

The second weekend of The Wolverine took second spot with $21.7 million, which is a pretty steep drop of 60% from its first weekend, but it was still enough to beat Smurfs 2. The little blue men took $18.7 of the weekend and $27.7 million since if opened last Wednesday. That’s behind the $35 million of the first film and the lowest start of any of this summer’s family film. Even Turbo, which most considered a flop, started better.

It’s now going to have to hope that like the first movie its gross will hold up over the coming weeks and turn it into a true hit (and also that it makes a lot of cash internationally).

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

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 2 Guns $27.3 $27.3
2 The Wolverine $21.7 $95.0
3 The Smurfs 2 $18.2 $27.7
4 The Conjuring $13.6 $108.5
5 Despicable Me 2 $10.3 $326.6
6 Grown Ups 2 $8.1 $116.4
7 Turbo $6.4 $69.4
8 Red 2 $5.6 $45.1
9 The Heat $4.7 $149.5
10 Pacific Rim $4.5 $92.9
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The Wolverine Tops The US Box Office With $55 Million

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wolverine-teaser-poster2The Wolverine has taken the US box office crown with a $55 million opening. While that’s not a bad take, and certainly better than recent disappointments such as The Lone Ranger and Pacific Rim, it’s still being seen as rather soft, as most had expected it to take $60 million plus.

There was more to cheer globally though as the mutant movie took an impressive $141 million, suggesting that even if it doesn’t become a huge hit in North America, it’ll still be a massive success around the globe. With the film costing $120 million – versus the $200 million plus of other recent failures – it may suggest Hollywood needs to rethink how much it spends on some of its movies.

The only other film making its first appearance in the top 10 is Fruitvale Station, which added 1,000 screens (up from 34 screen last weekend), allowing it to take $4.6 million, placing it in 10th spot on the chart. The film, based on the true story of Oscar Grant, has got massive amounts of attention in the US following the aquittal of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed African-American Trayvon Martin, helping Fruitvale Station to find a larger audience than it might have otherwise.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of July 26th-28th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Wolverine $55.0 $55.0
2 The Conjuring $22.1 $83.8
3 Despicable Me 2 $16.0 $306.4
4 Turbo $13.3 $55.7
5 Grown Ups 2 $11.5 $101.6
6 Red 2 $9.4 $35.0
7 Pacific Rim $7.5 $84.0
8 The Heat $6.8 $141.2
9 R.I.P.D. $5.8 $24.3
10 Fruitvale Station $4.6 $6.3
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The Conjuring Tops The US Box Office, With Turbo & RIPD Faltering

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conjuring-posterLast week a sequel to The Conjuring was announced, which suggested Warner Bros had an inkling it would do well. They were right, as the James Wan directed horror movie, which cost just $20 million to make, grossed $41 million in its first three days in cinemas to top the US box office.

It’s the top opening ever for an original R-rated horror movie, and more than the far pricier Pacific Rim took in its first weekend last week.

All the other new openers cost a lot more to make, but none of them made much of a dent in the box office. DreamWorks Animation’s Turbo took the number three spot with $21.5 million and $31.2 million since it opened last Wednesday. The company will be hoping that good word of mouth will help keep the gross up over the coming weeks, but it’s not an amazing start, especially as it opened behind the third weekend of Despicable Me 3.

Indeed it was a bad weekend for Ryan Reynolds all round, as not only does he voice the title character in Turbo, but he also stars in R.I.P.D., which became the summer’s latest big budget bomb, grossing a paltry $12 million in its first weekend. As it cost $130 million to make, it’s going to end up losing an awful lot of cash.

R.I.P.D. placed seventh on the chart, and while Red 2 did a little better than that, with a fifth place finish and an $18.5 million gross it still didn’t have a lot to cheer. That’s lower than the $21 million the first film opened to. That earlier film became a word of mouth hit, which should have ensured a good opening gross for a sequel, but it seem audiences simply aren’t interested.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of July 19th-21st.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Conjuring $41.5 $41.5
2 Despicable Me 2 $25.0 $276.1
3 Turbo $21.5 $31.2
4 Grown Ups 2 $20.0 $79.5
5 Red 2 $18.5 $18.5
6 Pacific Rim $15.9 $68.2
7 R.I.P.D. $12.7 $12.7
8 The Heat $9.3 $129.2
9 World War Z $5.2 $186.9
10 Monsters University $5.0 $248.9
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New Red 2 Trailer – Plus Mary-Louise Parker gets a character poster

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Red was a surprise success in 2010, attracting an older audience to an action film than would normally go to the multitude of young guy oriented flicks we get each year. Now a sequel is on its way and a new trailer is here, as well as a character poster featuring Mary-Louise Parker.

The likes of Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich are back, this time joined by the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins and David Thewlis.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In RED 2, the high-octane action-comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they’ll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world-and stay alive in the process.’

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New Posters: Red 2 & Sign Up To Defend The Earth For Pacific Rim

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More posters have come online, including a couple more character pics for Red 2 (following Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Catherine Zeta-Jones), featuring newcomers to the action franchise, Anthony Hopkins and Byung Hun Lee. You can take a look at them below.

We’ve also got a new poster for Pacific Rim, letting us know we need to Go Big Or Go Extinct in this film, which sees humanity responding to monsters rising from a portal in the Pacific, by building enormous human-operated robots to battle them.

Along with the new promo pic, there’s also three recruitment posters, which want us to join the PPDC – Pan Pacific Defense Corps, which fights the monsters – aka Kaiju. And if you fancy seeing if you’ve got what it takes to join, you can sign up at http://www.panpacificdefense.com/

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Helen Mirren & Catherine Zeta-Jones Get Red 2 Posters

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Yesterday we posted a couple of character posters for Red 2 featuring Bruce Willis and John Malkovich, and now we’ve got a couple more, featuring Helen Mirren and a new face for the franchise, Catherine Zeta-Jones.

The film sees Bruce Willis’ character back on the run, and along with his girlfriend (Mary-Louise Parker), making a run for it across Europe. Zeta-Jones isn’t the only new addition to the cast, as Anthony Hopkins, David Thewlis, and Byung-hun Lee will also star.

The film will be in cinemas this summer. Hopefully the film itself won’t be such a horrible shade of orange though.

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New Posters For Star Trek Into Darkness, Rush & Red 2

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star-trek-into-darkness-character-poster1A fair few new posters have popped up online in the last 24 hours, so we’ve decided to pull them all together so that you can take a look at them here.

First up is a new set of character posters for Star Trek Into Darkness, giving us a look at Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and co., ahead of the movies launch in the UK on May 9th and May 17th in the US.

Also offering a couple of character posters is Red 2, with Bruce Willis and John Malkovich looking very orange. The sequel sees the former CIA operatives back in action, and arrives in cinemas in July.

Finally the first poster for Rush, starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl has arrived, and charts the rivalry between F1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda in the 1970s. The Ron Howard directed film is out later this year.

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Red 2 Trailer – Bruce Willis and co. are back in action

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Red was a surprise success in 2010, attracting an older audience to an action film than would normally go to the multitude of young guy oriented flicks we get each year. Now a sequel is on its way and the trailer is here.

The likes of Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich are back, this time joined by the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins and David Thewlis.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘In RED 2, the high-octane action-comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they’ll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world-and stay alive in the process.’

The film hits cinemas in the UK on August 2nd.

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Bruce Willis, John Malkovich and Mary-Louise Parker Back In First Red 2 Pic

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Red grossed $200 million worldwide on a budget of $58 million, and so it’s not too surprising that Summit Entertainment wants a sequel. That movie has recently been shooting, and now the first image has arrived via EW, with Bruce Willis, John Malkovich and Mary Louise Parker all back in the action.

Helen Mirren is also returning, and this time around is joined by Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Byung-hun Lee and David Thewlis. Not too much info has been released about the plot, although we’d love to know why Malkovich is wearing a kilt and Willis seems to be rocking the pyjamas look.

It’s due in cinemas August 2nd, 2013.

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David Thewlis Joins Bruce Willis In Red 2

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David Thewlis has had to hang up his werewolfy wizard robes now that Harry Potter has come to an end, but it’s not the last we’ll see of him in major movies and he has joined the cast of Red 2, according to THR.

The actor will portray an information dealer known as The Frog. He acquired that nickname after poisoning the water supply at the Kremlin with an exotic Amazonian amphibian. Red stars Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, and Mary-Louise Parker are all ser to reprise their roles from the original movie, with new additions Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins, and Byung-hun Lee rounding out the cast.

Dean Parisot is directing from a script by Red writers Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber.Shooting will begin later this autumn in Montreal.

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