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

Texas Chainsaw 3D Tops The US Box Office

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Texas-Chainsaw-3DGoing into this weekend, most box office watcher had expected Django Unchained and The Hobbit to fight it out for the top spot, with few thinking Texas Chainsaw 3D would be in the mix. In the end it was the horror movie that topped the chart with $23 million, far more than most expected.

However Django and Les Miserables had something to cheer about, as they both crossed the $100 million mark in the US.

There was one other first timer on the top 10 list, the Gus Van Sant movie Promised Land. The Matt Damon and John Krasinski starring film expanded from 22 screens to over 1,600 and took $4.3 million, which is a decent but unremarkable expansion.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of January 4th-6th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Texas Chainsaw 3D $23.0 $23.0
2 Django Unchained $20.0 $106.3
3 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $17.5 $263.8
4 Les Miserables $16.1 $103.6
5 Parental Guidance $10.1 $52.7
6 Jack Reacher $9.3 $64.8
7 This Is 40 $8.5 $54.6
8 Lincoln $5.2 $143.9
9 The Guilt Trip $4.5 $31.2
10 Promised Land $4.3 $4.6
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Hobbit Takes Weekend US Box Office, But Les Miserables & Django Still Strong

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The-Hobbit-poster-1Despite some stiff competition from newbies Les Miserables and Django Unchained, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey held them them off to top the box office for a third weekend, taking another $32 million. That takes its US total past the $200 million mark, while worldwide it moves past $600 million.

Although the new entries couldn’t beat The Hobbit, Les Miserables, Django Unchained and Parental Guidance have all outpaced most people’s expectations since their Christmas Day release. Django took second place over the weekend with $30 million and $64 million since its release. With many expecting the film to have a strong awards run, it should continue to do well over the coming weeks.

Les Miserables was in third spot with $28 million and $67 million since its release. It’s one of the strongest starts ever for a musical and while the film began to tire after its incredibly strong first couple of days, it still suggests the movie will have legs over the coming weeks, especially if it scores a few Oscar nominations.

The Bette Midler and Billy Crystal comedy Parental Guidance also had a stronger than expected showing with $14.8 million over the weekend and $29.5 million since Christmas. Although not an amazing take, it’s good for a family comedy with older leads and has had decent reaction from audiences.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 28th-30th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $32.9 $222.7
2 Django Unchained $30.6 $64.0
3 Les Miserables $28.0 $67.4
4 Parental Guidance $14.8 $29.5
5 Jack Reacher $14.0 $44.6
6 This Is 40 $13.1 $37.1
7 Lincoln $7.5 $132.0
8 The Guilt Trip $6.7 $21.1
9 Monsters, Inc (3D) $6.3 $18.4
10 Rise Of The Guardians $4.9 $90.2
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Hobbit Stays Atop The US Box Office, With New Movies Struggling

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The-Hobbit-poster-1The weekend before Christmas is often fairly quiet, but this year a slew of new movies were released, hoping to line themselves up for the festive period (when they’ll be joined by the likes of Les Miserables and Django Unchained). However none of the new entries could beat the Hobbit, which itself isn’t holding up as well as many had hoped.

It dropped 56% from its first weekend, adding $36.7 million to take its total to $149.9 million. While by no means a disaster (and it’s still doing good business internationally), it not as much as many had expected and significantly lower than the second and third Lord Of The Rings movies had made at this stage.

The Tom Cruise starrer Jack Reacher took $15.6 million to take second spot on the chart, lower than most of the star’s movies, but about what many had expected, especially for the weekend it was release. In third place is Judd Apatow’s This Is 40, which took $12 million to place fourth. Again it could be worse, but many had hoped for more from the sort-of Knocked Up sequel.

Barbra Streisand’s first starring role since 1996’s The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Guilt Trip, landed with a thud taking $5.3 million to place sixth, despite the presence of Seth Rogen. Middling to bad reviews certainly didn’t help. The 3D re-release of Monster’s Inc. took seventh spot with $5 million, suggesting interest in 3D versions of Disney movies is waning.

The final new nationwide release, Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away, placed outside the top 10 at number 11, but it’s difficult to judge exactly how well it did, due to the fact that it only played on 840 screens and had just two showing a day. That means the screenings were fairly well attended, but it’s difficult to judge it against other movies as it was screened in a different way. We’ll be able to tell more in the next few weeks whether the film – which is partway between narrative and concert movie – will be a success.

Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty also did well in its opening very limited release, taking $410,000 on just five screens, suggesting it will do very well as it expands onto more screens.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of December 21st-23rd.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey $36.7 $149.8
2 Jack Reacher $15.6 $15.6
3 This Is 40 $12.0 $12.0
4 Rise Of The Guardians $5.9 $79.6
5 Lincoln $5.6 $116.7
6 The Guilt Trip $5.3 $7.4
7 Monsters, Inc (3D) $5.0 $6.5
8 Skyfall $4.7 $279.9
9 Life Of Pi $3.8 $76.1
10 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 $2.6 $281.6
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This Is 40 Red Band Trailer – Paul Rudd tries to look up his own butt

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The sort-of sequel to Knocked Up, This Is 40, hits UK cinemas on February 14th, and to get us excited things are getting a little rude with a new red band trailer, where Paul Rudd tries to look up his butt and Megan Fox shows off her bra. It looks like it could be a lot of fun.

The film focuses on Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann’s married couple from Knocked Up, Pete and Debbie, taking a look at their lives five years later as they reach their 40s. That involves a lot of dealing with kids, negotiating sex and putting up with the idiosyncracies of life. The film also stars Jason Segel, Chris O’Dowd, Melissa McCarthy and Albert Brooks.

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This Is 40 Trailer – Take a look at the Knocked Up spin-off

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Judd Apatow is back with a spin-off from Knocked Up, which focuses on Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann’s married couple from that movie, Pete and Debbie. The two children in the image are Maude Apatow and Iris Apatow, Judd’s real-life daughters, who play Pete and Debbie’s two kids in the movie. Not too much is known about the plot, other than it’ll be a coming-of-midlife dramedy. This Is 40 is currently set for UK release on February 14th.

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New Posters: This Is 40, iLL Manors and GI Joe: Retaliation

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New posters have shown up online for Ben ‘Plan B’ Drew’s iLL Manors (watch the trailer here – the film’s out June 6th), GI Joe Retaliation (trailer – out August 3rd) and the ‘sort of’ Knocked Up sequel This Is 40 (out December 21st). Take a look above and below.

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First Photo From Judd Apatow’s This Is 40 & Adam Sandler’s Donny’s Son

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The first images have arrived online for a couple of films that are hoping to be this year’s big comedy hits – This Is 40 and Donny’s Son. The pic above is our first look at This Is 40, Judd Apatow’s Knocked Up spin-off, which focuses on Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann’s married couple, Pete and Debiie. The two children in the image are Maude Apatow and Iris Apatow, Judd’s real-life daughters, who play Pete and Debbie’s two kids in the movie. Not too much is known about the plot, other than it’ll be a coming-of-midlife dramedy. The film is currently set for UK release on December 21st.

Below is the first image from Donny’s Son, previously known as I Hate You, which pairs former Saturday Night Live cast member Adam Sandler with current SNL-er Andy Samberg as a father and son who don’t quite see eye-to-eye. Sandler dad-character moves in with his son right before his wedding and soon begins sparring with his prospective daughter-in-law. It’s due out September 7th.

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