Tag: First Class

Green Lantern Lacks Power in $52.7 Million Box Office Debut

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   June 20, 2011

Warner Bros. held nothing back in marketing Green Lantern over the past month, yet their efforts didn’t register in the film’s paltry box office debut. Super 8, meanwhile, was able to steal the top spot from aging Jim Carrey whose… Read More

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Green Lantern Midnight Showings Top $3 Million Despite Pitiful Rotten Tomatoes Rating

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   June 17, 2011

Warner Bros. Green Lantern pulled in approximately $3.35 million from midnight screenings last night from just over 1,800 showings. The strong start is on par with Marvel’s Thor and Fox’s X-Men: First Class, but well short of… Read More

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Super 8 Opening Friday Earns $12.2 Million

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   June 11, 2011

Writer and Director J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 is off to an admirable start at the box office, but not one that will be remembered for being overly successful or weak. Coming off approximately $8 million from Thursday preview showings promoted… Read More

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“X-Men” Finishes First In the Top Ten “Class” at Weekend Box Office

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   June 6, 2011

The latest episode of the long-running X-Men franchise, X-Men: First Class, wrangled the number one spot at the North American box office this weekend. The 20th Century Fox release easily beat out holdovers The Hangover Part II and Kung-Fu… Read More

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Weekend Box Office: Hangover Part II is Life of the Party in Debut

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   May 30, 2011

As expected, the Warner Brothers sequel The Hangover Part II commanded the North American box office over the long Memorial Day weekend, setting a record for an R-rated comedy opening in the process. Paramount/Dreamworks launched the 3D… Read More

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New X-Men: First Class Footage in ‘Family Tree’ Featurette

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   May 27, 2011

Fox has released so many X-Men: First Class trailers, featurettes and TV spots that I decided a week or two ago to shy away from them. That is until this new one came along that I couldn’t resist from passing along. This over four-minute… Read More

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Jennifer Lawrence a Brunette in First Hunger Games Photo

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   May 18, 2011

Entertainment Weekly promised and delivered a first look at Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games movie today as she will appear on the cover of their May print edition. The photo depicts Jennifer as Katniss in presumably… Read More

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X-Men: First Class Clip is a ‘Magic Trick’

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   May 12, 2011

Fox has released the first clip from Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class after barraging us with trailers and TV spots over the past few months. In this first clip, Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) explains to the CIA’s top brass… Read More

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Prometheus Adds Michael Fassbender, Moves to June 2012

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   January 26, 2011

Twentieth Century Fox has moved Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, the upcoming sci-fi flick with strands of Alien prequel DNA running through it, to a June 8, 2012 release date. In addition, a second actor has joined the cast. Prometheus was… Read More

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X-Men: First Class Magento with Helmet Image and Teaser Poster

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   January 20, 2011

X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn wasn’t in on the first look at the cast of his upcoming film. Not only that, he vehemently hated and has Fox running around to figure out how it got released without director approval to begin… Read More

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