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

Bourne Legacy Tops The US Box Office

August 13, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The Bourne Legacy got off to a decent start at the US box office, scoring a $40 million three-day opening. That’s less than the previous Bourne sequels, but that’s not surprising considering the lack of Matt Damon in this one, but it’s still ahead of the first film, which took $27 million on its first weekend. The real question is whether the movie will have legs, which remains to be seen, but the film has had okay reviews and may well do well in the coming weeks.

The Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis political comedy The Campaign came second with an okay but not spectacular $27 million. It’s good news for Ferrell, whose last couple of movies have severely underperformed at the box office (neither Case De Mi Padre or Everything Must Go passed $3 million on their openings).

The only other new entry was Hope Springs, starring Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones as a married couple looking to spice up their lives. It took $15.6 million over the weekend and $20 million since it hit cinema last Wednesday. It’s not a terrible opening, but with Steve Carell also starring, the studio was probably hoping for a little bit more.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of August 10th-12th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Bourne Legacy $40.2 $40.2
2 The Campaign $27.4 $27.4
3 The Dark Knight Rises $19.5 $390.1
4 Hope Springs $15.6 $20.0
5 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days $8.2 $30.5
6 Total Recall $8.1 $44.1
7 Ice Age: Continental Drift $6.7 $144.0
8 Ted $3.2 $209.9
9 Step Up Revolution $2.8 $30.1
10 The Amazing Spider-man $2.2 $255.5
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FILMS: The Bourne Legacy, Hope Springs, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Total Recall (2012), Ice Age: Continental Drift, Ted, Step Up Revolution, The Amazing Spider-man  

Dark Knight Remains On Top Of The US Box Office

August 6, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

The Dark Knight Rises has handily won the US box office race for a third week running, taking $36 million for a very good take so far of $354 million. Batman beat out newcomer Total Recall, which took $26 million. That was at the lower end of expectations, and with suggestions it’s not going down well with audiences, it’s unlikely to keep its grosses up in the coming weeks. It may now be hard for Sony to make back the $125 million is spent on the 2012 makeover of Recall.

The only other new entry in the top 10 is Diary Of A Wimpy Kids: Dog Days, which placed third with $14.7 million. That’s less than the opening gross of the two previous Wimpy Kid movies, but as it only cost $22 million to make, the studio isn’t likely to be worrying too much, especially as the franchise has done very well on DVD.

Ted also had reason to celebrate, as it broke the $200 million mark over the weekend, which certainly isn’t bad for a movie that few people had that many expectations of just a month ago. Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of August 3rd-5th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Dark Knight Rises $36.4 $354.6
2 Total Recall $26.0 $26.0
3 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days $14.7 $14.7
4 Ice Age: Continental Drift $8.4 $131.8
5 The Watch $6.3 $25.3
6 Ted $5.4 $203.4
7 Step Up Revolution $5.3 $23.0
8 The Amazing Spider-man $4.3 $250.6
9 Brave $2.8 $223.3
10 Magic Mike $1.3 $110.8
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FILMS: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Total Recall (2012), Ice Age: Continental Drift, The Watch, Ted, Step Up Revolution, The Amazing Spider-man, Brave, Magic Mike  

Dark Knight Rises Stays Atop The US Box Office

July 30, 2012 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Going into this weekend, there was a lot of debate over whether the US public was still put off going to the cinema by the terrible events in Colorado. In the end, while there probably was still a bit of a knock on effect, it wasn’t as bad as some had predicted. The Dark Knight Rises handily won the weekend, taking another $60 million for a 10 day total of $289 million, just behind the $313 million The Dark Knight had taken at this stage.

The new entries were pretty weak though. The Watch landed in third spot with just $13 million, below many of the already soft predictions many had for it. The marketing seems to be the problem here, with many left unclear exactly what sort of film the Ben Stiller movie is, especially as some promos pretty much ignored the alien invasion angle while others only concentrated on that.

Step Up Revolution made it to number four with $11.8 million. To be honest it’s not a horrible start as the film don’t cost much to make, but it’s well down on previous instalments in the series.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of June 27th-29th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Dark Knight Rises $64.0 $289.0
2 Ice Age: Continental Drift $13.3 $114.8
3 The Watch $13.0 $13.0
4 Step Up Revolution $11.8 $11.8
5 Ted $7.5 $193.6
6 The Amazing Spider-man $6.8 $242.0
7 Brave $4.2 $217.2
8 Magic Mike $2.5 $107.5
9 Savages $1.7 $43.8
10 Moonrise Kingdom $1.3 $38.3
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FILMS: Ice Age: Continental Drift, Neighborhood Watch, Step Up Revolution, Ted, The Amazing Spider-man, Brave, Magic Mike, Savages, Moonrise Kingdom  

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