Archive for November, 2013

The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones Review

Tuesday, November 26th, 2013
Click image to read the full review at GenreOnline.net

Click image to read the full review at GenreOnline.net

‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ reigns at US box office

Monday, November 25th, 2013

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire dominated the US box office over the weekend.

The Jennifer Lawrence-starring Hunger Games sequel knocked Thor: The Dark World out of the top spot on the chart by earning $161.1m.

Catching Fire‘s opening haul surpasses the previous record set by The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which earned $142.8 million in 2009.

Thor: The Dark World fell to second place with $14.1m, while The Best Man Holiday came in third with $12.5m.

The top five was rounded out by Vince Vaughn’s comedy Delivery Man with $8.2 million and Free Birds with $5.3m.

Dallas Buyers Club – which stars Matthew McConaughey as a drug smuggler – finished in 10th place by earning $2.8m.

Captain Phillips fell out of the top 10 over the weekend.

The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (-) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – $161,125,000
2. (1) Thor: The Dark World – $14,117,000
3. (2) The Best Man Holiday – $12,522,000
4. (-) Delivery Man – $8,215,000
5. (4) Free Birds – $5,300,000
6. (3) Last Vegas – $4,400,000
7. (5) Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – $3,450,000
8. (6) Gravity – $3,305,000
9. (8) 12 Years a Slave – $2,800,000
10. (-) Dallas Buyers Club – $2,770,000

This box-office news can be discussed here

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition Gift Set (unboxing)

Tuesday, November 19th, 2013

‘Thor 2’ wins again at US box office

Sunday, November 17th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World has taken the number one spot at the US box office for the second week in a row.

The superhero sequel – starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and Tom Hiddleston – took in $38.4m with its total gross now at $146.9m. It debuted in first place last weekend with $86.1m.

Thor: The Dark World saw competition in The Best Man Holiday, which was $8m shy of taking the top spot. The film debuted in second place with $30.5m.

Directed and written by Malcolm D Lee, The Best Man Holiday stars Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Terrence Howard, Nia Long, Regina Hall, Harold Perrineau and Morris Chestnut. It is a follow-up to the 1999 movie The Best Man.

Last weekend’s second place Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa slipped to fifth with $7.6m. Its total earnings are now $90.2m. The film debuted at the number one spot in October, dethroning Gravity.

Sandra Bullock’s Gravity, which remained the top US movie for three consecutive weekends, kept its number six place with $6.2m. It’s total US box office gross is at $240.5mm.

Ender’s Game, which also took first place on its debut earlier this month, fell from fifth place to seventh with $6.2m. Its total earnings stand at $53.7m.

The critically-acclaimed drama 12 Years a Slave slid one spot to eighth place with $6.2m. Its total earnings are now $24.9m.

Last Vegas, Free Birds, Captain Phillips and About Time make up the top ten list.

The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (1) Thor: The Dark World – $38,454,000
2. (-) The Best Man Holiday – $30,593,000
3. (4) Last Vegas – $8,850,000
4. (3) Free Birds – $8,300,000
5. (2) Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – $7,670,000
6. (6) Gravity – $6,280,000
7. (5) Ender’s Game – $6,200,000
8. (7) 12 Years a Slave – $4,700,000
9. (8) Captain Phillips – $4,500,000
10. (9) About Time – $3,462,000

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‘Thor: The Dark World’ dominates the US box office

Sunday, November 10th, 2013

Thor: The Dark World has dominated the US box office this weekend.

The latest Marvel superhero epic took the top spot on the chart with impressive weekend earnings of $86.1m.

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa held strong in second position over the weekend with $11.3m, while Free Birds and Last Vegas were in third and fourth place respectively.

The Harrison Ford-starring Ender Game‘s fell sharply from its victory at the box office last weekend, by dropping to fifth place with $10.3m.

Director Richard Curtis’s romantic comedy About Time entered the top ten with earnings of $5.2m, to finish in ninth place.

Carrie – the latest adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel – and The Counsellor both dropped out of top ten.

The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Thor: The Dark World – $86,109,000
2. (2) Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – $11,300,000
3. (4) Free Birds – $11,180,000
4. (3) Last Vegas – $11,100,000
5. (1) Ender’s Game – $10,250,000
6. (5) Gravity – $8,405,000
7. (7) 12 Years a Slave – $6,600,000
8. (6) Captain Phillips – $5,800,000
9. (-) About Time – $5,172,000
10. (8) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – $2,800,000

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South Park: The Complete Sixteenth Season On Blu-ray Disc Review

Thursday, November 7th, 2013
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Click image to read the review at GenreOnline.net

‘Ender’s Game’ tops US box office

Monday, November 4th, 2013

The science fiction drama Ender’s Game has topped the US box office this weekend.

Harrison Ford’s latest movie attracted considerable controversy ahead its of release due to the original Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card’s anti-gay comments, but still managed to earn $28m in its debut.

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa finished in second position with $20.5m, after dominating the competition last weekend.

The comedy Last Vegas – which stars Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman – and the animated film Free Birds charted in third and fourth place respectively in their first weekend of release.

The Sandra Bullock-starring Gravity continued its strong run at the US box office by rounding out the top five.

Historical drama 12 Years a Slave continued its climb up the chart by finishing in seventh position with $4.6m.

Escape Plan and Enough Said both fell out of the top ten this weekend.

The US weekend box office top ten in full:
1. (-) Ender’s Game – $28,000,000
2. (1) Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa – $20,500,000
3. (-) Last Vegas – $16,520,000
4. (-) Free Birds – $16,200,000
5. (2) Gravity – $13,130,000
6. (3) Captain Phillips – $8,500,000
7. (8) 12 Years a Slave – $4,600,000
8. (5) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – $4,200,000
9. (5) Carrie – $3,400,000
10. (4) The Counsellor – $3,250,000

This box-office news can be discussed here