Archive for July, 2017

Dunkirk fends off attack from The Emoji Movie

Sunday, July 30th, 2017

Dunkirk has held onto the top of the US box office for the second week running after smashing expectations in its opening weekend – but it faced slightly more competition that we probably expected it too this week.

Yep, it seems The Emoji Movie – the animated film that follows the ‘Meh’ emoji that’s been panned by critics – gave Christopher Nolan’s WWII epic a run for its money as the family film finished just $3 million behind Dunkirk this weekend, making $25,650,000 and placing it firmly at the second spot at the box office.

Dunkirk managed to hold onto the top spot by making another $28,130,000 in its second week of release, making for a total US box office gross of $103 million.

The film, which stars newcomers Fionn Whitehead and Tom Glynn-Carney, as well as Nolan favourites Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy and little-known pop star Harry Styles, focuses on the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk during World War II and has already been tipped as an Oscar contender.

Summer buddy-comedy Girls Trip, which stars Queen Latifah and Jada-Pinkett Smith in a Bridesmaids meets The Hangover-style movie, took the third spot, making $20,085,540 in its second weekend – not bad when you consider that the film’s budget was just $19 million.

Elsewhere, new arrival Atomic Blonde, the action movie starring Charlize Theron, earned $18,554,000 in its debut weekend, putting it at number four at this week’s box office round up, while Spider-Man: Homecoming clung onto a spot in the top five, making another $13.5 million after four weeks of release.

Still, it’s all better news than what’s facing the verifiable box office flop Valerian and the City of A Thousand Planets this week, which follows up a poor opening with a 60% drop in takings in its second week of release.

The film, which stars Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan, took in another $6,800,000 for a total US box office taking of $30,626,147 so far, and managed to drop three places down to the eighth spot as it did so too.

Check out the July 28-30 figures below:

1. Dunkirk — $28.1 million
2. The Emoji Movie — $25.7 million
3. Girls Trip — $20.1 million
4. Atomic Blonde — $18.6 million
5. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $13.5 million
6. War for the Planet of the Apes — $10.4 million
7. Despicable Me 3 — $7.7 million
8. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets — $ 6.8 million
9. Baby Driver — $4.1 million
10. Wonder Woman — $3.5 million

This box office news can be discussed here

The Mummy again tops the list of most pirated movies

Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. ‘The Mummy’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Ghost in the Shell’. ‘Going In Style’ completes the top three.

This week we have two newcomers in our chart.

The Mummy is the most downloaded movie for the second week in a row.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

RSS feed for the weekly movie download chart.

This week’s most downloaded movies are:
Movie Rank Rank last week Movie name IMDb Rating / Trailer
Most downloaded movies via torrents
1 (1) The Mummy 2017 (Subbed HDRip) 5.8 / trailer
2 (2) Ghost In the Shell 6.8 / trailer
3 (…) Going In Style 6.8 / trailer
4 (3) The Boss Baby 6.5 / trailer
5 (…) Spider-Man: Homecoming (HDTS) 8.0 / trailer
6 (5) Despicable Me 3 (HDTS) 6.7 / trailer
7 (6) Wonder Woman (Subbed HDrip) 8.2 / trailer
8 (…) S.W.A.T.: Under Siege ?.? / trailer
9 (4) Alien Covenant (Subbed HDrip) 6.7 / trailer
10 (7) Kong: Skull Island 6.9 / trailer

Dunkirk defies expectations with a $50.5 million opening at the US box office

Sunday, July 23rd, 2017

Dunkirk has soared to the top of the US box office in its opening weekend, defying estimates to make a massive $50.5 million and come out $20 million ahead of its nearest competition..

According to The Wrap, the film was projected to make between $30-40 million in its opening weekend, and it even managed to surpass the first weekend takings of Nolan’s last film, the Oscar-winning Interstellar, which took $49.5 million.

The takings put it $20 million ahead of its closest competition, fellow new release Girls Trip. The buddy-comedy stars Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett-Smith and earned $30,370,720.

But even that’s a much better performance than the much-hyped Valerian and the City of A Thousand Planets, which stars Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan and finished in the fifth spot in its opening weekend.

Yes, it seems not even Rihanna’s presence in the film could help drive audiences to see Valerian and the sci-fi action film made just $17,020,000, making it a relative flop for director Luc Besson against its massive budget of over $200 million.

Elsewhere in the US box office this week, Spider-Man: Homecoming is continuing to enjoy its status as the superhero with the most successful introduction into the MCU by taking another $22,010,000 in its third week of release, finishing up in the third spot.

Last week’s number one, War for the Planet of the Apes, took another $20.4 million and ended the week in fourth place.

Check out the July 21-23 figures below:

1. Dunkirk — $50.5 million
2. Girls Trip — $30.4 million
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming — $22 million
4. War for the Planet of the Apes — $20.4
5. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets — $17 million
6. Despicable Me 3 — $12.7 million
7. Baby Driver — $6 million
8. The Big Sick — $ 5 million
9. Wonder Woman — $4.6 million
10. Wish Upon — $2.5 million

This box office news can be discussed here

The Mummy tops this week’s list of most downloaded movies

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. ‘The Mummy’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Ghost in the Shell’. ‘The Boss Baby’ completes the top three.

This week we have two newcomers in our chart.

The Mummy, which came out as a subbed HDRip last week, is the most downloaded movie.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

RSS feed for the weekly movie download chart.

This week’s most downloaded movies are:
Movie Rank Rank last week Movie name IMDb Rating / Trailer
Most downloaded movies via torrents
1 (9) The Mummy 2017 (Subbed HDRip) 5.8 / trailer
2 (2) Ghost In the Shell 6.8 / trailer
3 (10) The Boss Baby 6.5 / trailer
4 (1) Alien Covenant (Subbed HDrip) 6.7 / trailer
5 (4) Despicable Me 3 (HDTS) 6.7 / trailer
6 (5) Wonder Woman (Subbed HDrip) 8.2 / trailer
7 (3) Kong: Skull Island 6.9 / trailer
8 (7) The Fate of the Furious 6.7 / trailer
9 (…) Going in Style 7.2 / trailer
10 (6) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 7.2 / trailer

Apes win the box office war against Spider-Man

Monday, July 17th, 2017

The latest in the Planet of the Apes franchise has brought in an estimated $56.5 million in its first weekend of release, while also playing well with fans. The newest Planet of the Apes movie follows Caesar (played once again by Lord of the Rings‘ Andy Serkis) as he embarks on a quest to avenge his fellow apes after their forces are decimated in a deadly battle against an army of humans lead by Woody Harrelson’s ruthless Colonel.

In second place this week is Spider-Man: Homecoming with estimated earning of $45.2 million, bringing the movie’s domestic total to $208.3 million after only 10 days in theaters.

At No. 3 is Illumination and Universal’s Despicable Me 3, with the animated feature film bringing in an estimated $18.9 million this week.

In fourth place is Edgar Wright’s critically acclaimed Baby Driver, earning an estimated $8.75 million.

Cracking the top 5 is none other than the Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan-starring The Big Sick with an estimated $7.6 million.

Elsewhere in the top 10, DC’s Wonder Woman saw a small drop in its earnings (29.9 percent) as it earned an estimated $6.9 million, bringing its domestic total to $380.7 million, cementing its status as, domestically, the highest-grossing DC Extended Universe movie.

In seventh place is newcomer Wish Upon with an estimated $5.6 million.

Check out the July 14-16 box office figures below:

1 – War for the Planet of the Apes – $56.5 million
2 – Spider-Man: Homecoming – $45.2 million
3 – Despicable Me 3 – $18.9 million
4 – Baby Driver – $8.75 million
5 –  The Big Sick – $7.6 million
6 – Wonder Woman – $6.9 million
7 – Wish Upon – $5.6 million
8 – Cars 3 – $3.2 million
9 – Transformers: The Last Knight – $2.8 million
10 – The House – $1.8 million

This box office news can be discussed here

Alien Covenant replaces Skull Island as the most downloaded movie

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. ‘Alien Covenant’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Ghost in the Shell’. ‘Kong: Skull Island’ completes the top three.

This week we have three newcomers in our chart.

Alien Covenant is the most downloaded movie.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

RSS feed for the weekly movie download chart.

This week’s most downloaded movies are:
Movie Rank Rank last week Movie name IMDb Rating / Trailer
Most downloaded movies via torrents
1 (7) Alien Covenant (Subbed HDrip) 6.7 / trailer
2 (…) Ghost In the Shell 6.8 / trailer
3 (1) Kong: Skull Island 6.9 / trailer
4 (…) Despicable Me 3 (HDTS) 6.7 / trailer
5 (2) Wonder Woman (Subbed HDrip) 8.2 / trailer
6 (3) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 7.2 / trailer
7 (4) The Fate of the Furious 6.7 / trailer
8 (…) Transformers: The Last Knight (TC/HDTS) 5.3 / trailer
9 (5) The Mummy 2017 (HDTS) 5.8 / trailer
10 (6) The Boss Baby 6.5 / trailer

Spider-man devours Despicable Me at the US box office

Monday, July 10th, 2017

Proving that despite the franchise fatigue derailing the last attempt to bring him back, Spider-Man can still deliver when handled properly, Spider-Man: Homecoming has launched with a a healthy $117 million opening in the States alone, according to studio estimates.

Knowing to stay well clear of the Marvel juggernaut (even if the studio only had a smaller part to play here), there were no competing wide releases. Which meant that most of the rest of the top 10 just shunted down one spot. Despicable Me 3 moved to second with $33.9 million (the franchise has made more than $3 billion collectively at this point), while Baby Driver was pushed to third on $12.7 million. Wonder Woman stayed in place at fourth, adding $10.1 million for a $368.7 million US total so far. And in fifth place was Transformers: The Last Knight, which earned $6.3 million, but is still seemingly relying on foreign business to keep it motoring along.

Sixth place went to Cars 3, which made $5.6 million, while comedy The House continued to disappoint, falling one place to seventh and $4.8 million. Hit indie comedy The Big Sick added screens and made the leap from 12th place to eighth, taking in $3.6 million and bringing its Stateside total to $6.9 million.

Ninth was shark thriller 47 Meters Down, which mustered $2.84 million, just ahead of The Beguiled, which earned $2 million in 10th place.

Check out the July 7-9 box office figures below:

1 – Spider-Man: Homecoming – $117 million
2 – Despicable Me 3 – $34 million
3 – Baby Driver – $12.7 million
4 – Wonder Woman – $10.1 million
5 – Transformers: The Last Knight – $6.3 million
6 – Cars 3 – $5.6 million
7 – The House – $4.8 million
8 – The Big Sick – $3.7 million
9 – 47 Meters Down – $2.8 million
10 – The Beguiled – $2.1 million

This box office news can be discussed here

Kong remains king of the pirated movies…

Tuesday, July 4th, 2017

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. ‘Kong: Skull Island’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Wonder Woman’. ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ completes the top three.

This week we have two newcomers in our chart.

Kong: Skull Island is the most downloaded movie for the second week in a row.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

RSS feed for the weekly movie download chart.

This week’s most downloaded movies are:
Movie Rank Rank last week Movie name IMDb Rating / Trailer
Most downloaded movies via torrents
1 (1) Kong: Skull Island 6.9 / trailer
2 (3) Wonder Woman (Subbed HDrip) 8.2 / trailer
3 (2) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword 7.2 / trailer
4 (4) The Fate of the Furious 6.7 / trailer
5 (5) The Mummy 2017 (HDTS) 5.8 / trailer
6 (7) The Boss Baby 6.5 / trailer
7 (…) Alien Covenant (Subbed HDrip) 6.8 / trailer
8 (10) Logan 8.6 / trailer
9 (9) John Wick: Chapter 2 8.0 / trailer
10 (…) The Lost City of Z 6.9 / trailer

Despicable Me beats Baby Driver at the US box office

Sunday, July 2nd, 2017

It’s a big yellow victory for the minions this weekend, as Despicable Me 3 has won the US weekend box office battle.

Illumination and Universal’s animation opened to $75.4 million, making it the biggest hitter by a long way despite falling short of studio estimates, according to Variety.

New entry Baby Driver has also made its mark on the US box office, having earned $30 million since opening for previews last Tuesday (June 27), with $21 million coming from its opening weekend totals.

Meanwhile, the latest in the long-running Transformers franchise, The Last Knight, is in third place after earning $17 million during its second weekend.

It’s a pretty stark drop for the film, which stars Mark Wahlberg and opened last week to a franchise low opening week total.

Rounding out this week’s top five is Wonder Woman, which has been smashing records all over the place and took another $16.1 million, and Disney and Pixar’s Cars 3, which finishes up its third week of release with a $9.5 million total.

It’s not such good news for Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell’s new release The House, which debuted at number six this weekend and earned just $9 million.

Check out the June 30 – July 2 box office figures below:

1 – Despicable Me 3 – $75.4 million
2 – Baby Driver – $21 million
3 – Transformers: Last Knight – $17 million
4 – Wonder Woman – $15.6 million
5 – Cars 3 – $9.5 million
6 – The House – $9 million
7 – 47 Meters Down – $4.7 million
8 – The Beguiled – $3.3 million
9 – The Mummy – $2.8 million
10 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales – $2.4 million

This box office news can be discussed here