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Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (Cinema)

April 16, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Amr Waked, Kristin Scott Thomas
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Running Time: 106 mins
Certificate: 12A
Release Date: April 20th, 2012

Dr. Alfred Jones (Ewan McGregor) is a buttoned down man living a buttoned down life. He works as a scientist at the Department Of Agriculture & Fisheries, working on projects that will only be of interest to a tiny few fishermen and wishes nothing more than to be left alone to get on with his studies. Outside his job his marriage is stuck in a rut, where it feels like things have reached an end, but nobody wants to say it.

Things begin to chance when he’s forced to go to a meeting with Harriet (Emily Blunt), who looks after the UK holdings of a ridiculously wealthy sheikh (Amr Waked). The sheikh has a dream – to bring salmon fishing to the Yemen. Without spending any time thinking about it, Fred brands the project ludicrous and decides the sort of person who’d want to do must be incredibly selfish, putting their passions ahead of their people. [Read more…]

Hunger Games Stays Atop The US Box Office

April 9, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The Hunger Games has cemented its position as a true movie powerhouse, managing the increasingly rare feat of staying top of the US box office for three weeks, passing through the $300 million mark as it did so. That puts it ahead of all the Twilight movies’ final tallies, suggesting Lionsgate has something truly exceptional on its hands.

However the real battle of the weekend was between Titanic and American Reunion, with many questioning which would end up in the second spot at the US bo office. In the end it was American Reunion with $21.5 million that won out, which was a long way off the last two theatrical Pie movies, but that’s perhaps not unexpected for a franchise that’s been out of cinemas for a decade.

Titanic came third with $17.3 million over the weekend and $25 million since it opened last Wednesday. It’s not an amazing box office take, but with the Titanic anniversary still to come and overseas reporting healthy business, it’s still likely to be viewed as a success by the end of its run.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of April 6th-8th.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	The Hunger Games	$33.5	$302.8
2	American Reunion	$21.5	$21.5
3	Titanic 3D	$17.3	$25.7
4	Wrath Of The Titans	$15.0	$58.8
5	Mirror Mirror	$11.0	$36.4
6	21 Jump Street	$10.2	$109.5
7	Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax	$5.0	$198.2
8	Salmon Fishing In The Yemen	$0.97	$4.6
9	John Carter	$0.82	$67.9
10	Safe House	$0.58	$124.7

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FILMS: The Hunger Games, American Reunion, Titanic, Wrath Of The Titans, Mirror Mirror, 21 Jump Street, The Lorax, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, John Carter, Safe House

Hunger Games Tops The US Box Office Again

April 2, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

While it dropped nearly 60% from its record-breaking opening, The Hunger Games easily topped the US box office for a second weekend with $61.1 million, marking the seventh highest second-weekend ever.

It handily beat Wrath Of The Titans, which came in second with $34.2 million. That probably won’t bring massive amounts of cheer to Warner Bros. as it’s only half what the film of the Greek fantasy films took on its opening, although that film came out at the heights of excitement over 3D films.

Tarsem’s family fantasy take on Snow White, Mirror Mirror, came in third with $19 million. That’s considering a slight underperformance, as while it seems to have attracted young girls, teens and older women are still more interested in The Hunger Games. The hope is that with Easter coming this week, it will be able to continue making cash over the next couple of weeks.

Also making its first appearance in the top 10 was Salmon Fishing Of The Yemen, which added 350 screens and went from 16 to number 7 on the chart, with $1.2 million.

Take a look below for the US top 10 for March 30th to April 1st.

Rank	Title	Weekend Gross (millions)	Total Gross to date (millions)
1	The Hunger Games	$61.1	$251.0
2	Wrath Of The Titans	$32.2	$32.2
3	Mirror Mirror	$19.0	$19.0
4	21 Jump Street	$15.0	$93.1
5	Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax	$8.0	$189.6
6	John Carter	$2.0	$66.2
7	Salmon Fishing In The Yemen	$1.2	$3.1
8	Act Of Valor	$1.0	$67.7
9	A Thousand Words	$0.9	$16.5
10	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	$0.8	$98.4

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FILMS: The Hunger Games, Wrath Of The Titans, Mirror Mirror, 21 Jump Street, The Lorax, John Carter, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, Act Of Valor, A Thousand Words, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Salmon Fishing In The Yemen Trailer – Ewan McGregor brings fish to the desert

December 19, 2011 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

This one is likely to be making an Oscar run in 2014, but the first trailer is here nevertheless, despite not being released until next September. Based on the bestselling novel, a visionary sheik (Amr Waked) has a big dream – to bring salmon fishing to the desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative (Emily Blunt) to turn his dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain’s leading fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor), who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister’s overzealous press secretary (Kristin Scott Thomas) latches on for its potential as a ‘good will’ story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible. Lasse Halstrom (Chocolat) directs.

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ACTORS: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas DIRECTORS: Lasse Hallstrom FILMS: Salmon Fishing In The Yemen