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

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

Silver Linings Playbook (Blu-ray)

April 2, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Bradley Cooper
Director: David O. Russell
Running Time: 122 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: April 1st 2013

It took many by surprise when Silver Linings Playbook picked up eight Oscar nominations, as while it got decent reviews, few thought it was a serious Academy Award contender. However, as the ceremony approached it picked up momentum to the point where many thought there was a decent possibility of it taking the Best Picture prize. In the end its only gong was a much deserved Bst Actress award for Jennifer Lawrence, but you can certainly see why it became a bit of a sleeper awards contender. [Read more…]

Oz Stays Top Of The US Box Office, While Burt Wonderstone Bombs

March 18, 2013 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Oz The Great And Powerful has stayed top of the US box office, adding another $42.2 million. Disney will be pleased as while major movies often drop more than 50% of their take in their second weekend, Oz eased off by just 46%.

Most box office watchers had expected The Incredible Burt Wonderstone to take the number two spot, but the film bombed ending up in third spot with just $10.3 million, which is one of the worst debuts for either Steve Carell or Jim Carrey. Many are suggesting the marketing failed to get the idea of the movie across, but as it doesn’t look like the audiences that did turn up enjoyed it a lot, it’s unlikely to have a long life at the box office.

However The Call, starring Halle Berry – which most people didn’t have much hope for – significantly exceeded expectations by taking $17 million over the weekend. It’s one of the best starts ever for a Halle Berry starrer (outside ensemble franchises like X-Men).

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of March 15th-17th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross
(millions)
Total Gross to
date (millions)
1 Oz The Great And Powerful $42.2 $145.0
2 The Call $17.1 $17.1
3 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone $10.3 $10.3
4 Jack The Giant Slayer $6.2 $53.9
5 Identity Thief $4.5 $123.7
6 Snitch $3.5 $37.2
7 21 And Over $2.6 $21.8
8 Silver Linings Playbook $2.5 $124.6
9 Safe Haven $2.4 $66.9
10 Escape From Planet Earth $2.3 $52.1
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FILMS: Oz The Great And Powerful, The Call, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Jack The Giant Slayer, Identity Thief, Snitch, 21 & Over, The Silver Linings Playbook, Safe Haven, Escape From Planet Earth  

Oz Is Great & Powerful At The US Box Office With An $80m Opening

March 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

oz-great-powerful-poster2The question this weekend wasn’t whether Oz The Great And Powerful would top the US box office, but how much it would take. While expectations meant that anything under $80 million would have been seen as a disappointment, if the final figures hold up, Oz just scraped in with $80.2 million.

Although it’s less than Alice In Wonderland (which many have been comparing it to, due to it being a new take of a classic fantasy, produced by Disney and released at the same time of year), that film benefited from being released just as the craze for 3D reached its zenith in the wake of Avatar, so comparisons are slightly unfair.

Oz’s opening is by far the biggest of 2013 so far, and more than double last year’s Disney debacle, John Carter. The House Of Mouse will be breathing easier, with all eyes on whether it can continue to make decent numbers over the coming weeks (although it’s likely to make far more internationally that it has in the US).

The only other new opener was the Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace film Dead Man Down, which sank with a fourth place opening and a $5.3 million take.

Warner will also have more to worry about concerning Jack The Giant Slayer, which had a weak start last week and has now plummeted 63% from it opening take to $10 million. It means that despite having a similar budget to Oz (around the $200 million mark), Jack is likely to wind up grossing less in its entire run than Oz has in its first weekend.

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

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Oz The Great And Powerful $80.2 $80.2
2 Jack The Giant Slayer $10.0 $43.8
3 Identity Thief $6.3 $116.5
4 Dead Man Down $5.3 $5.3
5 Snitch $5.1 $31.8
6 21 And Over $5.0 $16.8
7 Safe Haven $3.8 $62.8
8 Silver Linings Playbook $3.7 $120.7
9 Escape From Planet Earth $3.2 $47.8
10 The Last Exorcism Part II $3.1 $12.0

 

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FILMS: Oz The Great And Powerful, Jack The Giant Slayer, Identity Thief, Dead Man Down, Snitch, 21 & Over, Safe Haven, The Silver Linings Playbook, Escape From Planet Earth, The Last Exorcism Part II  

Jack The Giant Slayer Fails To Make A Killing At The US Box Office

March 4, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

jack-the-giant-slayer-new-posterBryan Singer’s Jack The Giant Slayer is the first mega-budget movie of 2013, but if Hollywood was hoping it would break the box office bank and point to a bumper year ahead, they’ll be disappointed. The film took $28.1 million in its first weekend in US cinemas, which isn’t a complete disaster, but considering the movie cost nearly $200 million to make, it’s now going to have to rely on becoming a major success outside North America if it hopes to make its money back.

For comparison, the similarly budgeted John Carter took $30 million last March and ended up a financial disaster for Disney.

There were two more new entries in the US top 10, although neither of them covered themselves in glory. 21 And Over, the directorial debut of Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, took $9 million to place third on the chart. That’s less than half what the similarly pitched Project X took last year.

At number 4 is The Last Exorcism Part II, taking $8 million in its first three days. Considering the first film opened with $20 million, it’s a bit of a failure (but at least it was cheap to make).

While it was a rough weekend at the box office, with the overall gross down 38% on last year, at least there were a couple bright spots, with Identity Thief passing the $100 million mark in the US while, thanks to China, The Hobbit made it to $1 billion worldwide.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of March 1st-3rd.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Jack The Giant Slayer $28.0 $28.0
2 Identity Thief $9.7 $107.4
3 21 And Over $9.0 $9.0
4 The Last Exorcism Part II $8.0 $8.0
5 Snitch $7.7 $24.4
6 Escape From Planet Earth $6.7 $43.2
7 Safe Haven $6.3 $57.0
8 Silver Linings Playbook $5.9 $115.5
9 A Good Day To Die Hard $4.5 $49.6
10 Dark Skies $3.5 $13.4
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FILMS: Jack The Giant Slayer, Identity Thief, 21 & Over, The Last Exorcism Part II, Snitch, Escape From Planet Earth, Safe Haven, The Silver Linings Playbook, A Good Day to Die Hard, Dark Skies  

Identity Thief Goes Back To The Top Of The Us Box Office

February 25, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Despite the box office usually being fairly open over the Oscar weekend, it was a particularly bad time for new movies, as the Dwayne Johnson action flick Snitch just missed out on the top spot, taking $13 million to place second. That allowed Identity Thief to return to the top, adding another $14 million, to take its total so far in American to $93 million.

There was only one other new entry in the top 10, the sci-fi horror Dark Skies, which could only place sixth with $8.8 million – although as it only cost $3.5 million to make, it’s by no means a disaster.

If Bruce Willis was hoping A Good Day To Die Hard would have a long run at the US box office, he’s likely to be disappointed, as the film plummeted from first to fifth spot over the weekend, dropping 60% to take $10 million over the three days. At least the film is still top of the international box office, with those outside the US still enjoying a bit of John McLane.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 22nd-24th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Identity Thief $14.0 $93.6
2 Snitch $13.0 $13.0
3 Escape From Planet Earth $11.0 $35.1
4 Safe Haven $10.6 $48.0
5 A Good Day To Die Hard $10.0 $51.8
6 Dark Skies $8.8 $8.8
7 Silver Linings Playbook $6.0 $107.4
8 Warm Bodies $4.7 $58.2
9 Side Effects $3.5 $25.2
10 Beautiful Creatures $3.4 $16.3
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FILMS: Identity Thief, Snitch, Escape From Planet Earth, Safe Haven, A Good Day to Die Hard, Dark Skies, The Silver Linings Playbook, Warm Bodies, Side Effects, Beautiful Creatures  

Argo Takes The Best Picture Oscar – See The Full List Of Winners!

February 25, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

argo-posterIt was undoubtedly one of the most open Oscar races for years, with the result that rather than one film sweeping the entire thing, the Academy has spread the cheer amongst a bunch of movie. The winner of the big prize was Argo, marking one of the few times the Best Picture Oscar has gone to a film whose helmer wasn’t even nominated for Best Director. The film also won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing

Although Best Picture and Best Director usually go hand-in-hand, that couldn’t happen this time, and so it was Ang Lee who scooped the gong for Life Of Pi. It’s the second time he’s picked up the award for a film that didn’t win Best Picture (after Brokeback Mountain).

In the acting categories, Daniel Day Lewis became the first man to win three Best Actor Oscars after winning for Lincoln, while Jennifer Lawrence become the second youngest Best Actress Oscar winner ever (she’s 22, while Marlee Matlin was 21) when she picked up the gong for Silver Linings Playbook.

Christoph Waltz took Best Supporting Actor, making it his second Tarantino film in a row to scoop him the award. And as expected, Best Supporting Actress went to Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables, in what was seen as one of the few certain categories of the night.

The Oscars spread the love in the other categories, with Skyfall winning Best Song, Brave picking up best Animated Feature and Amour getting the Best Foreign Language film. Even Anna Karenina won a gong for best Costumes.

Take a look below for the full list on winners.

BEST PICTURE:
WINNER:
Argo

Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR:
WINNER:
Ang Lee – Life of Pi

Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Michael Haneke – Amour
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER:
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman – Les Miserables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER:
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts – The Impossible

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER:
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained

Alan Arkin – Argo
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER:
Anne Hathaway – Les Miserables

Amy Adams – The Master
Sally Field – Lincoln
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
WINNER:
Argo – Chris Terrio

Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Life of Pi – David Magee
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
WINNER:
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino

Amour – Michael Haneke
Flight – John Gatins
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
WINNER:
Austria, Amour, Michael Haneke, director;

Canada, War Witch, Kim Nguyen, director;
Chile, No, Pablo Larraín, director;
Denmark, A Royal Affair, Nikolaj Arcel, director;
Norway, Kon-Tiki, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, directors

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
WINNER:
Brave

Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
WINNER:
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda

Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall – Roger Deakins

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
WINNER:
Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Duran

Les Miserables – Paco Delgado
Lincoln – Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood

BEST FILM EDITING
WINNER:
Argo – William Goldenberg

Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
Lincoln – Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Crispin and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty – Dyan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
WINNER:
Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul

5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi
The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh
How to Survive a Plague – David France
The Invisible War – Kirby Dick

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
WINNER:
Les Miserables – Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:
WINNER:
“Skyfall” from Skyfall – Music and Lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth

“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice – Music and Lyric by J Ralph
“Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from Ted – Music by Walter Murphy, Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi – Music by Mychael Danna, Lyric by Bombay Jashiri
“Suddenly” from Les Miserables – Music by Herbert Kretzmer, Lyric by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
WINNER:
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna

Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Lincoln – John Williams
Skyfall – Thomas Newman

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
WINNER:
Lincoln – Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)
Les Miserables – Eve Stewart (Production Design); (Set Decoration)
Life of Pi – David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration)

BEST SOUND MIXING:
WINNER:
Les Miserables – Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

BEST SOUND EDITING:
WINNER:
Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N.J. Ottosson

Skyfall – Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Argo – Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
WINNER:
Life of Pi – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
Marvel’s The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:
WINNER:
Paperman – John Kahrs

Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole – PES
Head Over Heels – Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare – {PEbf5gdf477Mde||David Silverman

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM:
WINNER:
Inocente – Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine

King’s Point – Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider
Monday’s At Racine – Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan
Open Heart – Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption – Jon Alpert, Matthew O’Neill

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM:
WINNER:
Curfew – Shawn Christensen

Asad – Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzukashi Boys – Sam French and Ariel Nasr
Death of a Shadow – Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry – Yan England

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ACTORS: Daniel Day Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Christoph Waltz  DIRECTORS: Ang Lee, Ben Affleck  FILMS: Argo, Life Of Pi, Django Unchained, Lincoln, The Silver Linings Playbook  

A Good Day To Die Hard Tops The US Box Office

February 18, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

good-day-die-hard-poster1Despite some truly atrocious reviews, audiences’ love of John McLane won out over the weekend, with the movie topping the US box office with $25 million from Friday to Sunday and $33 million since it was released last Thursday.

Although not a great start, it’s not too far behind Die Hard 4’s $38 million four-day total. However, it’s not likely to get great word of mouth, so it may find it difficult to sustain its box office power over the coming weeks.

As it’s Presidents Day weekend, Die Hard 5 was just one of a slew of titles hitting cinemas. Safe Haven placed third with a decent $21 million (and $30 million since its Thursday opening), which is about on par with The Lucky One, but well behind Dear John’s first weekend.

While indie animation doesn’t usually do that well, Escape From Planet Earth took a pretty good $16 million, no doubt helped by the holiday weekend and the fact that for the last couple of months US cinemas have been full of R-rated entertainment.

While Warner Bros might have hoped Beautiful Creatures would be the new Twilight, it certainly won’t be, as the film placed sixth on the chart and took just $7 million over the weekend. It’s safe to say we’re unlikely to get the sequels Warner were hoping to make.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 15th-17th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 A Good Day To Die Hard $25.0 $33.2
2 Identity Thief $23.4 $70.7
3 Safe Haven $21.4 $30.2
4 Escape From Planet Earth $16.0 $16.0
5 Warm Bodies $9.0 $50.2
6 Beautiful Creatures $7.4 $10.0
7 Side Effects $6.3 $19.1
8 Silver Linings Playbook $6.0 $98.4
9 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $3.4 $49.6
10 Zero Dark Thirty $3.1 $88.0
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FILMS: A Good Day to Die Hard, Identity Thief, Safe Haven, Warm Bodies, Beautiful Creatures, Side Effects, The Silver Linings Playbook, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Zero Dark Thirty  

Identity Thief Proves A Big Hit At The US Box Office

February 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

identity-thief-poster1The Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman grossout comedy Identity Thief may have been faced with some vitriolic reviews, but US audiences obviously didn’t care as the film significantly outperformed expectations, taking $36.5 million in its first three days in cinemas. It’s one of the best starts ever for an R-rated comedy, suggesting the film should have strong legs over the coming weeks.

The only other new entry in the top 10 was Steven Soderbergh’s pharmaceutical thriller Side Effects, which took $10 million over the weekend. It’s not a disaster but not a great start for a film with a cast including Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Rooney Mara and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It certainly suggests diminishing returns for Soderbergh’s brand of ensemble thriller, as it’s less than half of what Contagion took in 2011.

Top Gun 3D returned to cinemas but placed just outside the top 10. However it was only showing on 300 screens, so did pretty well to make $1.9 million (it’s per screen average was double that of Side Effects).

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

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Identity Thief $36.5 $36.5
2 Warm Bodies $11.5 $36.6
3 Side Effects $10.0 $10.0
4 Silver Linings Playbook $6.9 $90.0
5 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $5.7 $43.8
6 Mama $4.3 $64.0
7 Zero Dark Thirty $4.0 $83.6
8 Argo $2.5 $123.7
9 Django Unchained $2.2 $154.5
10 Bulllet To The Head $1,9 $8.1
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FILMS: Identity Thief, Warm Bodies, Side Effects, The Silver Linings Playbook, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Mama, Zero Dark Thirty, Argo, Django Unchained, Bullet To The Head  

Warm Bodies Heats Up The US Box Office

February 4, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

WARM BODIESNobody seemed sure quite how well Warm Bodies would do at the US box office, but it turns out audiences were up for some zombie fun over the Superbowl weekend, as the Nicholas Hoult starring movie took $20 million in its first weekend to top the chart. It’s considered a pretty good opening for a relatively cheap movie that could easily have been ignored.

The only other new movie in the top 10 was Bullet To The Head, which placed sixith with $4.5 million. It’s not been a good few weeks for 80s action stars, as Arnie’s comeback, The Last Stand, failed to hit is big, and now Sylvester Stallone is having the same trouble with his new movie. It’s been noted that it’s the star’s worst opening since 1981’s Nighthawks, and even that movie had a higher attendance.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of February 1st-3rd.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Warm Bodies $19.5 $20.0
2 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $9.2 $34.4
3 Silver Linings Playbook $8.1 $80.3
4 Mama $6.7 $58.2
5 Zero Dark Thirty $5.3 $77.7
6 Bulllet To The Head $4.5 $4.5
7 Parker $3.2 $12.4
8 Django Unchained $3.0 $150.9
9 Les Miserables $2.4 $141.5
10 Lincoln $2.4 $170.7
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FILMS: Warm Bodies, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Silver Linings Playbook, Mama, Zero Dark Thirty, Bullet To The Head, Parker, Django Unchained, Lincoln  

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Takes US Box Office Crown

January 28, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Hansel-Gretel-witch-hunters-poster2The Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton starrer, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, has topped the US box office on its first weekend of release, taking $19 million. While it came in number one, many are still seeing the grown-up fairytale as an underperformer, as most had expected an opening in the $20 million range.

The other new openers did much worse though. The Jason Statham starrer Parker placed fifth with $7 million, which isn’t amazing but is about on par with most of the actor’s recent US opening (barring The Expendables movies).

And despite its incredibly starry cast, the anthology comedy Movie 43 tanked with just $5 million to place seventh. It also been receiving atrocious word of mouth, so it’s unlikely this going to be a sleeper.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of January 25th-27th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters $19.0 $19.0
2 Mama $12.8 $47.6
3 Silver Linings Playbook $10.0 $69.4
4 Zero Dark Thirty $9.8 $69.9
5 Parker $7.0 $7.0
6 Django Unchained $5.0 $146.2
7 Movie 43 $5.0 $5.0
8 Gangster Squad $4.2 $39.6
9 Broken City $4.0 $15.2
10 Les Miserables $3.9 $137.2
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FILMS: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Mam, The Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty, Parker, Django Unchained, Movie 43, Gangster Squad  
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