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This week :
The Expendablesedges out five new passing at the weekend box office;Underworld 4will rise in January of 2012 ; Mark Strong talksGreen Lantern ; creepy elevator images fromDevil ; Ryan Reynolds is one hard - working guy ; Google is scram its own movie ; the production agenda and shooting location forSuper 8has been revealed ; and lots more .
Box Office
Sly Stallone and his brigade of manful men retained the box office crown for a second weekend asThe Expendableswas top dog yet again . The ultra - explosive action at law flick grossed an estimated $ 16.5 million , raising its 10 - 24-hour interval sum to just under $ 65 million in the U.S. Does this meanExpendables 2will come about after all ? If it does , then Chuck Norris had better join the company the next time around .
Vampires Suckmanaged to master being slaughtered by critics and grossed $ 12.2 million , raising its total to $ 18.6 million since its Wednesday release last week . The film was written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer ofMeet the Spartans / Epic Movie / etc . " fame , " whose careers tragically see to be far from dead sinceSuckis close to already recover its $ 20 million production budget . Sigh …
rust , Pray , Lovefell to third place with $ 12 million and a total of $ 47 million so far . tidings of mouth for Julia Robert ’s latest has been decent , but it does n’t seem to be the leggy hit thatJulie & Juliawas around this time last year . It should still turn a net income , having cost $ 60 million to make - and that ’s including Mrs. Robert ’s playacting fee .
Lottery Ticketopened in quaternary with just over $ 11.1 million . The comedy about a young human being who wins big bucks in the drawing , only to be chevvy to no close by his neighbors stars Terry Crews , Ice Cube , Mike Epps , and Keith David - among others . The film was a cheap product at $ 17 million and did decently at the BO , all thing considered . Look for it to be on DVD / Blu - re earlier than later .
The Other GuysandPiranha 3Dboth grossed around $ 10.1 million , though current appraisal put the Will Ferrell comedy forrader of the soma - eating fish story . Piranhaonly cost $ 24 million to make and was generally affect as a " estimable " atomic number 5 - movie ( translate ourPiranha 3D review here ) , whileOther Guysis close to recoup its $ 100 million budget ( current gross is at $ 88 million ) .
The two other new spill this weekend -Nanny McPhee ReturnsandThe Switch- grossed $ 8.3 and $ 8.1 . million , respectively . The kiddie - friendly sequelNanny McPheestars Emma Thompson and was generally well - pick up by critic , while the Jennifer Aniston pregnancy comedyThe Switchwas not - still , do n’t be surprised if both sell about the same number of tickets in theaters .
Inceptiongrossed another $ 7.66 million and raised its sum to $ 261.8 million - not a bad meat . Scott Pilgrim Vs . the Worldrounded out the top 10 with a $ 5 million take and a $ 20.7 million total to date . While the fall from opening weekend was only in the 50 % range ( signal skilful parole of mouth ) , no doubt the studio is disappointed at the weak box place for a picture that while niche , they must have recollect would do well . Oh well - there ’s always DVD …
Source : Box Office Mojo
Movie News
1 . The state of war between vampires and werewolves will continue inUnderworld 4 , which is set for release on January 20th , 2012 . Kate Beckinsale is set to reprise her role as the catsuit - wearing vamp Seline , with her hubby Len Wiseman back in the director ’s chair for the sequel - which will be in 3D.
former entries in theUnderworldfranchise were also released in January and were - financially , at least - moderate successes in their own right . If it ai n’t broke , do n’t fix it , I opine .
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2 . Mark Strong will toy Sinestro in the upcomingGreen Lanternmovie , though he has admonish fans to be patient in regards to seeing the character onscreen , say that"[Most of my scene are in blank space ] , indeed , which is why I ’ve descend in at the end of shot [ on the Green Lantern picture show ] . "
While Strong contribute brief but enthusiastic description of Tomar - Re and Kilowog in his interview withMTV , he was mommy on which other classicGreen Lanterncharacters would come out in the celluloid . It ’s blend to a foresighted wait for next summer to finally go far , I suspect .
Source : MTV
3 . Being trapped in an lift was never more terrifying than it will be inDevil , the supernatural repulsion film * cough * " from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan " * cough * that get this September . Fortunately , theLast Airbenderdirector is only responsible for for the screen story behind this one , so it may turn out okay after all .
Colliderhas posted a new photo picture gallery for the movie , which you could check outHERE . Beware , though - the terrifying epitome of Shyamalan give directorial distinction may be too much for some of you to manage .
origin : Collider
4 . If Ryan Reynolds keeps to his ultra - busy docket for the next two years , he is pass away to be one stock fellow . The actor is currently set to asterisk in the comedyThe Change - Upwith Jason Bateman ; the thrillerSafe Housewith Denzel Washington ; theDeadpoolmovie;R.I.P.D ; andGreen Lantern 2- not to mention he has a whole slew of promotional work to do .
Can Reynolds pull it off ? One only hopes moviegoer do n’t wear down of seeing his face up on the big screen anytime soon .
Source : The Playlist
5 . Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page will see their story given the Hollywood handling in a new picture show based off Ken Auletta ’s non - fabrication bookGoogled : The End of the World As We Know It .
Unlike the upcoming Facebook motion picture , The Social connection , the taradiddle of how Google became the world ’s first $ 100 billion medium company is bear to be depict in a less controversial light in this Modern movie - otherwise , Brin and Page would be forced to let loose their horde of blood - sucking fiend on the filmmaking gang . ;-)
Source : Deadline
6 . master picture taking on the J.J. Abrams projectSuper 8will start out near the death of September this yr , in the town of Weirton , West Virginia - principally on Main Street .
Per usual , details on the Abrams project are being keep under wrapping , although the secret plan ofSuper 8apparently revolves around a 14 - class - older boy live on back in 1979 who captures footage of unusual creatures around his hometown - insert joke about West Virginia local anaesthetic of your pick here .
Source : Production Weekly(viaAce Showbiz )
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That ’s it for now . See you at the movies .
