Paramount broke the summer sophomore weekend slump with the impressive launch of “Star Trek” this weekend, earning $72.5 million for the three days and an extra $4 million from Thursday evening showtimes. On the same weekend that supposed summer blockbusters “Speed Racer,” “Poseidon” and “Battlefield Earth” all imploded out of the gate, J.J. Abrams and […]
SUNDAY CENTS: A ‘Star’ is reborn
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 7:50 pm · May 10th, 2009
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SUNDAY CENTS: ‘X’ marks the spot
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 2:53 pm · May 3rd, 2009
After all the hype, “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” opened with a solid $87.0 million at the box office this weekend. Both “X2” and “X-Men: The Last Stand” started with over $100 million* but “Wolverine” does better the $72.6 million of Bryan Singer’s original from 2000. When a film is received as poorly as Brett Ratner’s third […]
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Oh, Jennifer
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:12 am · May 2nd, 2009
I have a horrible confession to make: I am probably going to see “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” at some point this weekend. As if that wasn’t mortifying enough to admit in public, I’ll go further: I am doing so voluntarily. This time, no friend or manipulative relative is dragging me into the theatre as a […]
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