Sun, July 21, 2013 I'm not sure exactly what this guy did, but clearly the outfit alone was reason enough for what happens to him in this new clip from The Wolverine. Also, we get some new interview footage of Hugh Jackman and director James Mangold discussing the scene as well. Check out the clip below:
Love it. The Wolverine arrives in theaters this Thursday night.
Sun, July 21, 2013 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. The Conjuring - $41.5 million
2. Despicable Me 2 - $25 million
3. Turbo - $21.5 million
4. Grown Ups 2 - $20 million
5. Red 2 - $18.5 million
6. Pacific Rim - $15.9 million
7. R.I.P.D. - $12.7 million
8. The Heat - $9.3 million
9. World War Z - $5.2 million
10. Monsters University - $5 million
For the second time this summer, the weekend was won by a horror movie. The Conjuring opened with an excellent $41.5 million, which beats out the $34 million that The Purge opened with last month. Even better, this ghost story earned an impressive "A-" CinemaScore rating from audiences, which is unusual for a horror film, and which is likely to give it some decent staying power in the weeks ahead.
The other releases this weekend may well have been haunted, as audiences seemed reluctant to show up for any of them. The animated Turbo fared the best, opening in third place $21.5 million, but couldn't manage to topple Despicable Me 2, which held second place in its third weekend with $25 million, or come anywhere near Monsters University's $82 million opening a month ago. Families have seemingly hit animated movie fatigue, at least from films that aren't from Pixar or feature any Minions.
That was the better news of the weekend for Ryan Reynolds, who was the voice of Turbo. His other film opening this weekend, R.I.P.D., outright bombed with a lousy $12.7 million. No way to put a positive spin on that one. It's just another big-budget bomb, joining a long list of them this summer.
Red 2 opened with $18.5 million, which is just under the original Red's $21 million opening in 2010. Like the first movie, the sequel will probably see a better life on video in a few months.
Any hopes for Pacific Rim's business to pick up were quickly dashed this weekend, as the robot/monster extravaganza dropped nearly 60% in its second weekend, earning just $15.9 million. At just $68 million so far, it may have trouble reaching $100 million domestically, although it's already crossed that mark overseas with $110 million.
In limited release, The Way, Way Back picked up another 225 theaters and earned $2.2 million, while Fruitvale Station expanded into 34 theaters nationwide and earned $742,000.
We're not quite finished with superheroes yet, as The Wolverine arrives in theaters starting on Thursday night. It won't have that much competition to deal with either, as the only big release also happening next weekend is the R-rated comedy, The To-Do List.
Sun, July 14, 2013 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Despicable Me 2 - $44.7 million
2. Grown Ups 2 - $42.5 million
3. Pacific Rim - $38.3 million
4. The Heat - $14 million
5. The Lone Ranger - $11.1 million
6. Monsters University - $10.6 million
7. World War Z - $48.8 million
8. White House Down - $6.1 million
9. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain - $5 million
10. Man of Steel - $4.8 million
It was Minions vs. Giant Robots vs. Adam Sandler at the box office, and not surprisingly, the Minions won the race this weekend, although it was close. Taking first place for the second weekend in a row was Despicable Me 2, which earned another $44.7 million and pushed its domestic total past the $200 million mark, having earned $229 million. Worldwide, the animated sequel has owned $472 million.
That left us with Giant Robots vs. Adam Sandler, and much to the dismay of Giant Robot fans, it was Sandler's Grown Ups 2 that easily took second place with an estimated $42.5 million. Despite scathing reviews, audiences apparently still love their Adam Sandler movies. Want to be even sadder about that? It's the second-biggest opening of any Adam Sandler film (behind The Longest Yard), and the highest opening for any comedy this year.
Now where did that leave Pacific Rim? Well, the good news is that it's director Guillermo Del Toro's highest opening weekend. The bad news is that overall, a $38.3 million opening is just not a very good opening weekend, especially not with a budget that was reportedly close to $200 million. You can blame lousy marketing that didn't catch on with mainstream audiences, or you can blame reviews that were decent but praised the special effects and not much else. It's just not going to be the breakout hit that Del Toro fans were hoping it would be.
But at least its not The Lone Ranger. Adding insult to last week's already embarrassing opening, the Disney western dropped an awful 62% in its second weekend. At this rate, it's not even likely to earn $100 million domestically. At least they can be happy that Monsters University still doing well, that picked up another $10.6 million this weekend.
And if you're still shaking your head about so many people turning up to see Grown Ups 2, you'll be happy to know that the far-superior The Heat is still doing great business with $14 million this weekend, bringing its domestic total up to $112 million.
In limited release, Fruitvale Station earned a terrific $377,000 in just seven theaters nationwide. The Way Way Back expanded to a whopping 79 theaters, and earned $1.1 million. Both films are expected to go into wider release as the summer progresses.
Next week has a lot of Ryan Reynolds in it: he's the voice of the racing snail in the animated Turbo, which opens on Wednesday, and he's co-starring with Jeff Bridges in R.I.P.D., which exists for some reason. Joining them in theaters will be the sequel Red 2, which has no Ryan Reynolds and looks far superior to either of his movies coming out next weekend.
Mon, July 8, 2013 Don't you hate it when you're riding a bullet train through Tokyo, and a bunch of assassins show up to try and kill you? Wolverine is apparently not a fan of that either, as we see in this new clip from The Wolverine, which opens in theaters on July 26:
According to reports from the footage screened recently, Wolverine is also in the process of not healing from a gunshot wound as that whole sequence is going on. So that complicates things a bit. Others have reported back to say that the full train sequence is pretty awesome, so if you're still understandably skeptical after the way the last movie turned out, try to hold that back for another few weeks. The movie may just surprise you.
Sun, July 7, 2013 This looks like its meant to go with the Japanese release of The Wolverine (where it's called Wolverine: SAMURAI, and doesn't open until September), but it's pretty neat way to do the 20th Century Fox titles nonetheless:
Cool, right? Back stateside, the TV spots are hitting the airwaves as well, including these two, which show off a particularly awesome Wolverine sucker-punch:
Be on the lookout for the first official clip from the film, which is supposed to premiere online sometime tomorrow.
The Wolverine opens in theaters on July 26.
Sun, July 7, 2013 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Despicable Me 2 - $82.5 million
2. The Lone Ranger - $29.4 million
3. The Heat - $25 million
4. Monsters University - $19.5 million
5. World War Z - $18.2 million
6. White House Down - $13.5 million
7. Man of Steel - $11.4 million
8. Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain - $10.1 million
9. This Is The End - $5.8 million
10. Now You See Me - $2.7 million
The July 4th holiday weekend was a very busy moviegoing weekend that was great news for most (party on, Minions), and not-so-great news for others (sorry, Kemosabe).
The great news: Despicable Me 2 ruled the holiday weekend, earning an estimated $142.1 million since opening in theaters on Wednesday. It also knocked Monsters University out of the top spot, which it's held for the last two weekends. But that film has nothing to be sad about, as its $19.5 million over the weekend pushed it over the $200 million mark, becoming the 11th Pixar film to reach that milestone.
The not-so-great, but also not-so-unexpected news was that Disney's The Lone Ranger tanked over the weekend, earning just $48 million since its Wednesday opening. Scorched by awful reviews, and with audiences tiring of Johnny Depp's offbeat-character routine, it's going to be impossible for the film to earn back its bloated $215 million budget, much less kickoff a new Lone Ranger franchise.
Opening in just 876 theaters, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain earned an excellent $17.5 million, making it the fifth-highest stand-up comedy film of all time. It gives Kevin Hart two films in the top ten, as he also appears in This Is The End (actually, that applies to someone else in the top ten as well, but that's too good of a This Is The End spoiler to give away). Audiences looking for laughs this weekend were also still enjoying The Heat, which earned another $25 million this weekend.
World War Z is still doing quite well, earning a solid $18.2 million. The same can't be said for White House Down, which hasn't really picked up from its disappointing opening last weekend. The second White House takeover film of the year has earned just $50 million.
For those looking for non-summer blockbuster fare, there was The Way, Way Back, which only opened in 19 theaters nationwide, but still earned a decent $575,000. That film will going into wider release over the next few weeks.
If you haven't seen Man of Steel at the IMAX yet, you'd better hurry up and catch it this week, since Pacific Rim will be taking over the giant screens on Thursday night. Joining it will be Grown-Ups 2, and Fruitvale Station.
Mon, July 1, 2013 It's July, and that means The Wolverine will be slashing his way into theaters at the end of the month. Courtesy of the folks at Digital Spy, check out this new behind-the-scenes video detailing Wolverine's upcoming journey to Japan, which is based on the popular 1982 comic series by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller:
Advance tickets for The Wolverine went on sale today, and Fandango is giving away a free digital version of the original Japan saga comic if you order your tickets between now and July 21.
The Wolverine opens in theaters on July 26th.
Sun, June 30, 2013 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Monsters University - $46.1 million
2. The Heat - $40 million
3. World War Z - $29.8 million
4. White House Down - $25.7 million
5. Man of Steel - $20.8 million
6. This Is The End - $8.7 million
7. Now You See Me - $5.5 million
8. Fast & Furious 6 - $2.4 million
9. Star Trek Into Darkness - $2 million
10. The Internship - $1.4 million
At the box office this weekend, we learned that Pixar and Melissa McCarthy can do no wrong, that reports of Superman's demise were greatly exaggerated, and that one White House-siege movie per year is probably enough.
In the top spot again was Monsters University, which earned a healthy $46.1 million in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total to $171 million. This is especially good news for Pixar, as not only will the prequel continue their streak of films earning more than $200 million at the box office, it will likely get there by the time Despicable Me 2 invades theaters over the upcoming holiday weekend.
So what do you get if you team up Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in an R-rated buddy cop comedy? Lots of people show up to see it. The Heat comes in second this weekend with an estimated $40 million, which is the highest opening weekend for both of the film's leading ladies. Fox, which produced The Heat, reports that women made up 65% of the audience for the film this weekend. With little R-rated comedy competition standing in its way amongst the minions, monsters, robots, superheroes, and Lone Rangers taking over the box office in the next few weeks, this should continue to play well for awhile.
Remember how the over-budgeted, problem-plagued, the whole-ending-had-to-be-reshot World War Z was going to be a great big flop that we were all going to laugh over? Well, that didn't happen. Although it dropped around 55% in its second weekend, the zombie adventure still earned a solid $29.8 million, passed the $100 million mark, and could possibly surpass Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Brad Pitt's highest-grossing film. Whether or not it will earn back that impossibly inflated budget is another story, but it does appear a lot of people like this movie. Go figure.
Lost somewhere amidst the box office totals was White House Down, which really did get lost in theaters with just $25.7 million. Blame it on poor scheduling, poor marketing, and the simple fact that Olympus Has Fallen, another White House takeover film, was just in theaters a few months ago and did quite well (and still in theaters - it ranked 29th this weekend). Even Channing Tatum couldn't save it from that.
Man of Steel, which looked to be on shaky ground after a cringeworthy drop last weekend, seems to have found its footing, earning an excellent $20.8 million in its third weekend, bringing its domestic total up to $248 million. That $300 million is still a ways off, but its entirely possible it could still happen. He is Superman, after all.
Next weekend gets to an early start, with Despicable Me 2 and Disney's The Lone Ranger taking advantage of the July 4th weekend by opening on Wednesday. Despicable Me 2 should easily dominate, but it will be an interesting weekend at the box office nonetheless.
Sun, June 23, 2013 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Monsters University - $82 million
2. World War Z - $66 million
3. Man of Steel - $41.2 million
4. This is the End - $13 million
5. Now Your See Me - $7.8 million
6. Fast & Furious 6 - $4.7 million
7. The Internship - $3.4 million
8. The Purge - $3.4 million
9. Star Trek Into Darkness - $3 million
10. Iron Man 3 - $2.1 million
Not even Superman could break Pixar's opening weekend streak, as Monsters University blew away the competition, opening with an estimated $82 million. Not only did the prequel become the 14th Pixar film in a row to open in first place at the box office, this opening was second only to Toy Story 3's $110 million opening in 2010. It also beat the $62 million opening weekend of Monsters Inc, although that opened in 2001 and didn't have the benefit of 3D. With Despicable Me 2 waiting just around the corner, that was definitely the start that Disney was hoping for.
In second place, seemingly against all odds, was the Brad Pitt zombie thriller World War Z, which earned an excellent $62 million. Despite its reported production problems and massive budget (including having to reshoot the film's entire third act), the movie wound up not only scoring some decent reviews, but cashed in on the current Walking Dead-infused zombie craze, as audiences turned up in droves anyway. Whether it makes its budget back remains to be seen, but it definitely didn't crash and burn the way After Earth did earlier this month.
And that leaves us with Man of Steel, which had some trouble keeping up with this weekend's newcomers and lands in third place with $41.2 million. Check out Jamie's excellent wrap-up of what that all means for the franchise here, and don't worry, Superman will be fine.
Proving to be a nice little is This Is The End, which earned $13 million this weekend. The apocalyptic comedy has earned $57 million domestically so far. Also holding up well amidsts all of these superheros and zombies has been Now You Can See Me, which looks likely to be passing the $100 million mark at some point this week.
Next weekend brings this year's second White House under-siege action movie, White House Down, along with our second Melissa McCarthy comedy of the year, The Heat. And they are probably both going to make a ton of money.
Sun, June 16, 2013 
Courtesy of Box Office Mojo:
1. Man of Steel - $113 million
2. This is the End - $20.5 million
3. Now You See Me - $10.3 million
4. Fast & Furious 6 - $9.4 million
5. The Purge - $8.2 million
6. The Internship - $7 million
7. Epic - $6 million
8. Star Trek Into Darkness - $5.6 million
9. After Earth - $3.7 million
10. Iron Man 3 - $2.9 million
A few days ago, the fanboy community went into a collective tizzy when the Rotten Tomatoes review meter for Man of Steel landed with an unexpected thud. They needn't have worried. Man of Steel raced through its opening weekend faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive as it broke June's opening weekend box office record with a spectacular $113 million.
In fact, it's actually a little better than that. Screenings of Man of Steel started on Thursday night, thanks to screenings sponsored by Walmart, which earned it about $12 million before the midnight screenings even started. So that makes the whole weekend haul closer to $125 million. Overseas, the film earned an additional $71 million.
So, Superman is doing just fine.
Also opening this weekend was the apocalypse comedy This is the End, which earned $20.5 million. That movie opened last Wednesday, to get at least a day in before Man of Steel, so its domestic total right now stands at an estimated $32 million. With comedies Hangover III and The Internship already mostly forgotten about, This is the End should enjoy a successful counterprogramming run against all of the superheroes, Pixar monsters, and zombies infiltrating multiplexes for the next few weeks.
Now You See Me is still chugging along impressively as well, holding up in third place with $10.3 million. Not so impressive was last week's champ, The Purge, which took an awful 76% nosedive in its second weekend, earning just $8.2 million. But it only had a reported budget of around $3 million, so after its first weekend, it doesn't really matter what it does from here.
Next week will have monsters vs. monsters, but they're not really competing for the same audience, as one is Pixar's Monster University, and the other is Brad Pitt's troubled-but-finally-here zombie film, World War Z.
And that Superman guy will still be around. Sound like he's going to be around for awhile this time.
