Tag: Memorial Day

Twilight Breaking Dawn Isle Esme Image Washes Ashore

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   February 15, 2011

Summit Entertainment and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon have turned holidays into picture teases for the upcoming two-part supernatural series finale. As I predicted would likely happen late last year, earlier today… Read More

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Weekend Box Office Predictions Game: Marmaduke Growls at Shrek

• Box Office

   June 3, 2010

Last weekend was a bust at the box office as Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Sex and the City 2’s underperformance ensured the worst Memorial Day frame in the past 15 years. Despite a poor performance by the Prophet, the players were… Read More

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Shrek 4 Wins Slow Memorial Weekend Box Office

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   May 30, 2010

This year’s Memorial Day weekend box office, which usually yields Hollywood with some of its biggest numbers of the year, turned out to be a bit of a sleeping giant. Thanks to mediocre bows by the critically-maligned pics Sex and the City… Read More

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Quick $14.2 Million for Sex and the City 2

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   May 28, 2010

Warner Bros. decision to roll out Sex and the City 2 on Thursday is so far paying dividends. Through its opening mid-week day, Sex and the City 2 has raked in $14.2 million at the box office. That number includes $3 million from midnight screenings.… Read More

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Weekend Box Office Predictions Game: Sex and a Prince

• Box Office

   May 25, 2010

Shrek Forever After’s low $70.8 million opening threw off scores in our Weekend Box Office Prophet game. The Prophet missed the ogre’s mark by nearly $20 million, but still managed to beat the player averages for all five films… Read More

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Mission Impossible 4 Release Date and Possible Pixar Alum Director

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   May 6, 2010

Paramount has pushed back the release date of Mission Impossible IV starring Tom Cruise from Memorial Day 2011 to December 16, 2011. Also opening that day is Fox’s second Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel. Pixar alumnus Brad Bird (The Iron… Read More

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X10 Release Date Unveils: Alan Wake, Fable 3, Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction

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   February 11, 2010

Right in San Francisco, Microsoft is allowing select game journalists a shot at playing some of this year’s hottest games coming to Xbox 360. Amongst them: Halo: Reach and Dead Rising 2. Timed with X10 were some release date announcements… Read More

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Paramount Announces Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible IV

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   February 9, 2010

Months of insinuations and rumors came to a head today when Paramount Pictures formally announced Mission Impossible IV is a “go” with Tom Cruise returning to star/produce and J.J. Abrams/Bad Robot set to co-produce. No real… Read More

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Universal Pulls Taylor Lautner Into Stretch Armstrong

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   February 5, 2010

Universal has nabbed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse star Taylor Lautner to star in the upcoming adaptation of Hasbro’s Stretch Armstrong toy for the big screen. No word on whether Lautner will be required to dye his hair bleach blond for… Read More

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Indiana Jones Enjoys Box Office Gold

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   May 26, 2008

Harrison Ford better keep hitting the gym if Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull continues to dominate the box office. In the first four days of release including the special Thursday night midnight showings, Crystal Skull earned… Read More

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