Archive for July, 2015

Ant-Man stays number one at US box-office

Sunday, July 26th, 2015

Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man kept its top spot at the US box office for a second week in a row but not without competition from Adam Sandler’s Pixel.

Ant-Man took in $24.7m, putting its total box office gross to $106m, while Pixels debuted in second place with $24m.

In Pixels, Sandler alongside Kevin James, Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad and Michelle Monaghan must save the world from an alien invasion of real-life video game characters such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong.

Aside from Pixels, other new releases include Southpaw and Paper Towns. Southpaws landed in fifth place with $16.5m, followed by Paper Towns in sixth place with $12.5m.

Three of the summer’s biggest movies remain in the top ten list. Minions, which had a huge debut earlier this month, slipped from second place to third place with $22.1m. Its total earning is now $261.6m.

Inside Out went from fourth place to seventh place with $7.3m, adding to its total earning of $320.3m.

Meanwhile, Jurassic World‘s $6.9m put it in fifth place, three spots down from last weekend’s number eight spot. The dinosaur franchise has made a total of $623.8m in the box office since its debut in June.

Sir Ian McKellen’s Mr Holmes improved from its last ranking, climbing up from eleventh place to ninth place with $2.8m.

Trainwreck and Terminator: Genisys dropped from the ranking but remain in the top ten this week.

The US weekend box office top 10 for July 24-26 is as follows:
1. (1) Ant-Man – $24,765,000
2. (-) Pixels – $24,000,000
3. (2) Minions – $22,100,000
4. (3) Trainwreck – $17,300,000
5. (-) Southpaw – $16,500,000
6. (-) Paper Towns – $12,500,000
7. (4) Inside Out – $7,356,000
8. (5) Jurassic World – $6,900,000
9. (11) Mr Holmes – $2,849,000
10. (6) Terminator: Genisys – $2,400,000

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Jurassic World sequel is coming in 2018

Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard will be back for another prehistoric adventure when a Jurassic World sequel opens in 2018.

Universal Pictures officially announced today (July 23) that a follow-up to this year’s record-breaking box office titan will be released on Friday June 22, 2018.

Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow is back in the fold to pen the sequel’s screenplay with Derek Connolly, despite having initially cast doubts on his return to the franchise.

An announcement of a sequel comes as little surprise, given that Jurassic World is the highest-grossing movie ever distributed by Universal.

Jurassic World also currently sits as the fourth highest-grossing movie of all-time, behind only Avatar, Titanic and The Avengers.

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Ant-Man debuts on top at US box office

Sunday, July 19th, 2015

Ant-Man took the top spot at the US box office this weekend, beating last week’s number one movie Minions.

The superhero movie, starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lily, brought in $58m on its first weekend with Minions closely behind with $50.2m.

The Despicable Me spin-off, starring Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Michael Keaton, easily debuted at number one last weekend with $115m. Its total earning is now at $216.69m.

Along with Ant-Man, there were also two other new releases – Amy Schumer’s rom-com Trainwreck and Ian McKellen’s Mr Holmes.

Trainwreck landed in third place with $30.2m, while Mr Holmes came in tenth place with $2.48m.

Based on the 2005 novel A Slight Trick of the Mind, Mr Holmes is the latest film about the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes.

Two of the summer’s biggest movies Inside Out and Jurassic World still remain in the top five movies after their release a month ago.

Inside Out dropped from third to fourth place with $11.6m, adding to its box office total with $306.3m. Meanwhile, Jurassic World slipped from second place to fifth place with $11.4m, adding to its box office total with $611m.

Terminator: Genisys, Magic Mike XXL, The Gallows and Ted 2 also dropped from last weekend’s ranking but remain in the top ten this week.

The US weekend box office top 10 for July 17-19 is as follows:
1. (-) Ant-Man – $58,040,000
2. (1) Minions – $50,200,000
3. (-) Trainwreck – $30,200,000
4. (3) Inside Out – $11,660,000
5. (2) Jurassic World – $11,400,000
6. (4) Terminator: Genisys – $5,400,000
7. (6) Magic Mike XXL – $4,500,000
8. (5) The Gallows – $4,005,000
9. (7) Ted 2 – $2,700,000
10. (-) Mr Holmes – $2,489,000

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‘Minions’ dominates the US box office

Monday, July 13th, 2015

Minions easily won the number one spot at the US box office this weekend.

Starring Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm and Michael Keaton, the Despicable Me spin-off took in $115m on its debut weekend.

Last week box office’s reports initially said that Jurassic World was the weekend’s number one movie, but final numbers showed that Inside Out was at the top spot, finally knocking down Jurassic World to second place.

This weekend Jurassic World remained in second place with $18m – adding to total receipts which now stand at $590m – while Inside Out slid to third place with $17m. Its total gross is now at $283.6m.

Terminator: Genisys went from third place to fourth place with $13.7m, adding to its total of $68.7m.

New releases The Gallows, Self/Less and Baahubali: The Beginning each occupied a spot in the top ten.

Horror flick The Gallows debuted at fifth place with $10m, while Self/Less took eighth place with $5.3m followed by Baahubali: The Beginning in ninth place with $5.3m.

Magic Mike XXL, Ted 2 and Max drop down the standings but all remain in the top ten this week.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for July 10-12 is as follows:
1. (-) Minions – $115,200,000
2. (2) Jurassic World – $18,100,000
3. (1) Inside Out – $17,108,000
4. (3) Terminator: Genisys – $13,700,000
5. (-) The Gallows – $10,015,000
6. (4) Magic Mike XXL – $9,640,000
7. (5) Ted 2 – $5,600,000
8. (-) Self/Less – $5,379,000
9. (-) Baahubali: The Beginning – $3,575,000
10. (6) Max – $3,420,000

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Jurassic World tops US box office for a fourth week

Sunday, July 5th, 2015

Jurassic World was the number one movie at the US box office for the fourth weekend in a row.

The dinosaur franchise took in $30.9m with a total gross of $558.1m since debuting at the top spot last month.

Inside Out follows in second place with $30.1m, adding to its total gross of $246.1m. Both Jurassic World and Inside Out have occupied the top two spots at the box office in the last weekend.

New releases Terminator: Genisys and Magic Mike XXL could not knock down either top two movies as they came in third and fourth place respectively.

The latest Terminator instalment had $28.7m for the weekend with a total gross of $44.1m for the five-day weekend. Meanwhile, the Channing Tatum sequel took in $11.6m for the weekend with a total gross of $26.6m for the five-day holiday weekend.

Comedy Ted 2 slipped from third place to fifth place with $11m. Its total gross is now $58.3m.

Mad Max: Fury Road landed in sixth place with $6.6m, followed by Spy with $5.5m.

San Andreas, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Dope round up the top ten list.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for July 3-5 is as follows:
1. (1) Jurassic World – $30,900,000
2. (2) Inside Out – $30,105,000
3. (-) Terminator: Genisys – $28,700,000
4.(-) Magic Mike XXL – $11,600,000
5. (3) Ted 2 – $11,000,000
6. (4) Max – $6,610,000
7. (5) Spy – $5,500,000
8. (6) San Andreas $3,030,000
9. (-) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – $1,320,000
10. (7) Dope – $1,098,000

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