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Box Office: Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles Tops Weekend Receipts

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5 years ago

June 9, 2016

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows clobbered its closest rival at the box office over the weekend, earning $35.2 million running at 4,071 theaters, while the other mutants, the X-Men (in X-Men: Apocalypse) earned a mere $22.3 million in 4,153 venues.

Who’d a thunk it? Whenever I think of those four hyper-drive turtles, I wonder who’s laughing their way to the bank. It turns out to be comic writers and artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, who were in a goofy mood after an evening of (reportedly) dull TV.

I’d love to say that’s when “genius struck,” but I’m not willing to go that far. That’s when … the killer weed kicked in, perhaps, although I’m not staking my claim on that, either. Anyway, from sillier things empires are hatched. Am I right?
Warner Bros. release Me Before You received a mid-range welcome from U.S. audiences, earning $18.2 million, despite criticism from the so-called “disabled community” who objected to the underlying message (which would spoil the film if I spelled it out). Of course, if that doesn’t work, they could have complained that it’s the sappiest romantic comedy since Love Story. That would have turned the trick.
Following Me Before You is Alice Thorough The Looking Glass, a Disney release that earned $10.6 million in its second weekend. Angry Birds: The Movie, took in $9.7 million, another potential case of weed-inspired genius or doth I protest too much? I say “potential,” of course, because I haven’t a clue whether stoners or not created Angry Birds … I just wouldn’t be surprised if it was true.

Six through 10 includes Captain America: Civil War ($7.5 million), Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising ($4.6 million), Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping ($4.6 million), The Jungle Book ($4.2 million), The Nice Guys ($3.5 million).

As is our habit these days, let’s take a walk through the critic’s side of things, going straight to critic survey site Rotten Tomatoes, which gives a broad-based score of critical thinking out there…For the week, let’s just say, you can hear the tomatoes going splat through the night.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows was probably not Oscar material, anyway, but critics said “Pllttt!” as it earned a 35 percent rating. X-Men: Apocalypse was given a less embarrassing score of 48 percent. Me Before You earned an insipid 56 percent, followed by Alice Through The Looking Glass (29 percent), Angry Birds: The Movie (43 percent), Captain America: Civil War (90 percent), Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (63 percent), Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (77 percent), The Jungle Book (94 percent) and The Nice Guys (90 percent).

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Movie Magic: The De-Aging Technique of The Irishman

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1 year ago

November 20, 2019

Matt

Have you read Izzy yet? If so, you know that Izzy makes the apples that give the Gods their youth and immortality. It also seems Robert De Niro discovered one of Izzy’s apples too… In Martin Scorsese’s upcoming biographical film, he stars as Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, a labor union leader and alleged hitman for the Bufalino crime family. The trailer for the movie, which will premieres NEXT WEEK (!), also features a “de-aged” De Niro. “We’re so used to watching them as the older faces,” Scorsese said in an interview on the A24 podcast. “Does it change the eyes at all? …If that’s the case, what was in the eyes that I liked? Was it intensity? Was it gravitas? Was it threat?…How do we get that? I don’t know.” Some might consider this magic and I for one can’t wait to see the impact of Izzy’s apples on screen for myself. ????

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“Captain Marvel” Retains Top Slot at the Box Office

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2 years ago

April 17, 2019

Mark McPherson

It’s no surprise that in its second weekend, the first Marvel Cinematic Universe of 2019 is still riding high. Captain Marvel, the latest in the MCU with Brie Larson starring as the lead, generated another $69 million over the weekend, placing its domestic total at $266 million. Tallying up the international box office, the film’s global total to date is $760 million. Despite the online controversy, the film is looking to be another strong box office smash for Disney and Marvel.

As for the premieres for the weekend, and there were plenty, they were all over the map. Just below Captain Marvel was the animated adventure Wonder Park, bringing in $16 million, another film with controversy when the director’s name was removed from the picture after sexual harassment charges. Five Feet Apart, the dying teen drama about a romance amid cystic fibrosis, only came in at #3 with a weekend gross of $13 million. And debuting the lowest in the top 10 for debuts was Captive State, a sci-fi dystopian tale, only making $3 million. The film debuted so low the little film No Manches Frida 2 was able to sneak about it at #6 with a gross of $3.8 million.

Drops were fairly low all around for the returning films, mostly because Captain Marvel was dominating the previous weekend. The only milestone worth noting is that The LEGO Movie 2, after six weeks at the box office, finally cracked $100 million. And the sun is now setting on Green Book’s post-Oscar run by coming in at #10 for the final weekend of its top 10 run over the past few weeks.

View the full top ten weekend box office results below:

Captain Marvel ($69,318,000)

Wonder Park ($16,000,000)

Five Feet Apart ($13,150,000)

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($9,345,000)

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral ($8,085,000)

No Manches Frida 2 ($3,894,000)

Captive State ($3,163,000)

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part ($2,135,000)

Alita: Battle Angel ($1,900,000)

Green Book ($1,277,000)

Next weekend, Captain Marvel may very well have some competition when Jordan Peele’s new horror film Us hits over 3,600 theaters.

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“Dragon” Continues To Soar, “Funeral” Close Behind, “Green Book” Back

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2 years ago

March 11, 2019

Mark McPherson

With little competition for the weekend, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third in the animated fantasy saga, was able to secure the box office once more. In its second weekend, the animated epic made $30 million to push its domestic total to $97 million. So far the film has done about the same as the previous film and is on track to stay in the top 10 for a few more weeks in March.

Debuts this weekend were small with one big exception. Tyler Perry’s latest Madea film, A Madea Family Funeral, naturally made a relatively big splash with its dedicated audience. Starting at #2, the film made $27 million for its first weekend. No word on the budget yet but it’s most likely on a budget as most Tyler Perry productions are, so it’s safe to call this a success, especially for debuting with a box office so close to Dragon.

The rest of the premieres were not as strong at all. Greta, the new thriller starring Chloe Moretz, debuted all the way down at #8 with $4.5 million box office. To be fair, however, the film was in a constant battle for its spot as three other films also reported earnings around $4 million for the weekend. Of note, Green Book, fresh off winning the Academy Award for Best Picture one weekend ago, splashed back into more theaters to arise even higher in the top 10 with its domestic total now sitting at $73 million. Don’t count on it remaining there long as bigger blockbusters will be swooping as we plow through the last remnants of winter movies.

Check out the full listing of the top 10 box office weekend results below:

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($30,046,000)

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral ($27,050,000)

Alita: Battle Angel ($7,000,000)

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part ($6,615,000)

Green Book ($4,711,000)

Fighting With My Family ($4,691,284)

Isn’t it Romantic ($4,645,000)

Greta ($4,585,000)

What Men Want ($2,700,000)

Happy Death Day 2U ($2,516,000)

Next weekend is once again all about Marvel as their latest superhero solo film, Captain Marvel, will be appearing in 4,100 theaters.