Archive for February, 2014

Lego Movie tops US box office for third week

Sunday, February 23rd, 2014

The Lego Movie has held on to the number one spot at the US box office for the third weekend in a row.

The Warner Bros computer-animated movie took in $31.4m, earning a total of $183.1m. It beat two new releases – 3 Days to Kill and Pompeii – for the number one spot.

The Lego Movie features voices from actors including Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Charlie Day and Nick Offerman.

Kevin Costner’s action-thriller 3 Days to Kill debuted in second place with $12.3m, while Pompeii took third place with $10m.

Directed by Paul WS Anderson, Pompeii is a disaster-adventure movie starring Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss and Kiefer Sutherland.

The RoboCop remake slipped from third place to fourth place with $9.2. The film stars Joel Kinnaman in the title role.

Both Ride Along and Frozen remained on the top ten list after being out for a more than five weeks. The other movies on the list have only been released for two to three weeks.

Ride Along, which premiered on January 17, took the the seventh spot with $4.6m.

Kevin Hart’s comedy was followed by Disney’s Frozen in eighth place with $4.3m. Released in November, the animated feature has been out for 14 weeks. Its total earnings are $324m.

Hart’s other comedy About Last Night, a remake of the 1986 film of the same name, debuted in second place last week, but slipped down to sixth place with $7.4m.

The Monuments Men, Endless Love and Winter’s Tale round up the top ten list.

The US weekend box office top ten for February 23 is as follows:
1. (1) The Lego Movie – $31,450,000
2. (-) 3 Days to Kill – $12,300,000
3. (-) Pompeii – $10,010,000
4. (3) RoboCop (2014) – $9,400,000
5. (4) The Monuments Men – $8,100,000
6. (2) About Last Night (2014) – $7,400,000
7. (6) Ride Along$4,667,000
8. (8) Frozen – $4,357,000
9. (5) Endless Love (2014) – $4,301,000
10. (7) Winter’s Tale – $2,130,000

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Escape Plan Blu-ray Disc Review

Sunday, February 16th, 2014
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Lego Movie wins top spot again at US box office

Sunday, February 16th, 2014

The Lego Movie has held the number one spot at the US box office for the second weekend in a row.

The computer-animated movie took in $48.8m, earning a total of $129.1m. It debuted at number one last weekend with takings of $69.1m.

Directed and co-written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, The Lego Movie features the voice talents of Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.

Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Charlie Day and Nick Offerman also star in the Warner Bros movie.

Four new releases made the top ten list – About Last Night, the RoboCop remake, Endless Love and Winter’s Tale.

Starring Kevin Hart and Regina Hall, the romantic comedy About Last Night debuted in second place with $27m, followed by the RoboCop remake in third place with $21.5m.

Endless Love landed in fifth place with $13.3m, while Winter’s Tale debuted in seventh place with $7.7m.

Hart has recently enjoyed box office success with comedy Ride Along occupied the number one spot for three weekends in a row.

Ride Along, which also stars Ice Cube, took sixth place this weekend with $8.7m, earning a total of $116.1m.

The Monuments Men, Frozen, Lone Survivor and That Awkward Moment also feature in this week’s top ten.

The US weekend box office top ten for February 16 is as follows:
1. (1) The Lego Movie – $48,810,000
2. (-) About Last Night – $27,000,000
3. (-) RoboCop – $21,500,000
4. (2) The Monuments Men – $15,000,000
5. (-) Endless Love – $13,380,000
6. (3) Ride Along – $8,759,000
7. (-) Winter’s Tale – $7,785,000
8. (4) Frozen – $5,855,000
9. (5) Lone Survivor – $4,076,000
10. (6) That Awkward Moment – $3,337,000

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All Is Lost Blu-ray Disc Review

Monday, February 10th, 2014
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The Lego Movie debuts at number one on US box office

Sunday, February 9th, 2014

The Lego Movie has debuted at the top spot in the US box office.

Directed and co-written by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the computer-animated movie landed in first place with $69.1m.

Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman lend their voices for the Warner Bros movie along with Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Charlie Day and Nick Offerman.

The Lego Movie is followed by another new release – George Clooney’s The Monuments Men, which took in $22.7m.

Clooney starred in and directed the war movie, which features an all-star cast including Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray and John Goodman.

The Lego Movie‘s first place debut knocked off Ride Along to third place with $9.3m. The Kevin Hart and Ice Cube comedy occupied the top spot for three weekends in a row with total box office earnings of $105.1m.

Ride Along is followed by Frozen in fourth place with $6.9m. The Disney movie – released in November – continues its stay on the top ten, with total earnings now at $368.6m.

That Awkward Moment, starring Zac Efron, Michael B Jordan and Miles Teller, got bumped from third place to fifth place with $5.5m.

Vampire Academy debuted in seventh place with $5.2m. Starring Zoey Deutch and Lucy Fry, the movie is based on Richelle Mead’s young adult book series.

Lone Survivor, The Nut Job, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and Labor Day round out the top ten movies this weekend at the box office.

The US weekend box office is listed below:
1. (-) The Lego Movie – $69,110,000
2. (-) The Monuments Men – 22,700,000
3. (1) Ride Along – $9,394,000
4. (2) Frozen – $6,914,000
5. (3) That Awkward Moment – $5,540,000
6. (5) Lone Survivor -$5,293,000
7. (-) Vampire Academy – $4,101,000
8. (4) The Nut Job – $3,809,000
9. (6) Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit -$3,600,000
10. (7) Labor Day – $3,230,000

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Ride Along holds US box office for third week

Sunday, February 2nd, 2014

Kevin Hart and Ice Cube’s Ride Along has landed at the top spot at the US box office for the third weekend in a row.

The comedy made $12.314m over the weekend, raising its total gross to $92.9m.

It beat out the debut of the Zac Efron and Michael B Jordan comedy That Awkward Moment, which came it at third place behind Disney’s Frozen with $9m.

The Nut Job, Lone Survivor and Jack Ryan all dropped spots to numbers four, five, and six respectively.

Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin’s drama Labor Day debuted at number seven, earning $5.3m.

Meanwhile, Aaron Eckhart’s I, Frankenstein, described by filmmakers as a different take on the Frankenstein novel, took a heavy blow after falling from its sixth place debut last weekend to number ten with $3.5m.

The film, featuring an updated version of the Mary Shelley character, cost $65m to make and has so far grossed $14.49m.

The US weekend box office is listed below:
1. (1) Ride Along – $12,314,000
2. (4) Frozen – $9,310,000
3. (-) That Awkward Moment – $9,010,000
4. (3) The Nut Job – $7,613,000
5. (2) Lone Survivor – $7,161,000
6. (5) Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – $5,400,000
7. (-) Labor Day – $5,300,000
8. (7) American Hustle – $4,300,000
9. (8) The Wolf of Wall Street – $3,550,000
10. (6) I, Frankenstein – $3,520,000

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