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I saw both this weekend. One royally sucked – one was awesome. It’s hard to guess, right? So I LOVED Ocean’s 13. It was so much better than the hugely disappointing Ocean’s 12. Fantastic 4 on the other hand – man, that was PAINFULLY awful. The boys wanted to see it, so I took them. It was worse than I thought it would be.
Did you see either of these this weekend? What did you think?
A week after DreamWorks picked up Peter Jackson’s “Lovely Bones,” Steven Spielberg and Jackson are teaming up again, this time to bring Spielberg’s long-gestating pet project “Tintin” to the big screen.
Sources said Monday that Jackson and Spielberg would each direct installments of the franchise, which is based on a series of Belgian comic books called “The Adventures of Tintin” by Herge. It is unclear whether other filmmakers would be involved, and no script has been written.
The movies would be made using motion-capture technology.
In the comics, Tintin is a young Belgian reporter and world traveler who is aided in his adventures by his faithful dog Snowy. He later was joined by such colorful characters as Captain Haddock, Professor Cuthbert Calculus and bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson. The books, hugely popular in Europe, have been translated into 50 languages, with more than 200 million sold.
Spielberg is a lifelong Tintin fan, first optioning the film rights just before Herge, whose real name is Georges Remi, died in 1983.
Spider-Man kept up his box office heroics for a second weekend, as the worldwide total for the third film in the superhero trilogy hit $622 million, the film’s distributor said on Sunday.
In its second weekend of release, “Spider-Man 3″ sold an estimated $145.5 million worth of tickets, split between $60 million for North America and $85.5 million internationally, said Columbia Pictures.
The worldwide lead is likely to change next weekend when “Shrek the Third” opens and then again the following weekend when “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” sets sail.
“Spider-Man 3″ enjoyed a wide margin in North America over the two new releases that rounded out the top three: the zombie thriller “28 Weeks Later” with $10 million, and the latest Lindsay Lohan flop “Georgia Rule” with $5.9 million.
After 10 days, the North American total for “Spider-Man 3″ stands at $242.1 million. By contrast, 2004′s “Spider-Man 2″ had earned $256 million after two weekends, and 2002′s “Spider-Man” $223 million. (“Spider-Man 2″ got a two-day head start, opening on a Wednesday.)
The latest film suffered a steep 60 percent drop from its first weekend, compared with 49 percent for “Spider-Man 2″ and 38 percent for “Spider-Man.” Columbia said it was comfortable with the slide given the film’s record-breaking $151 million first weekend. The previous holder of that record, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” fell 54 percent last year.
Columbia Pictures is a unit of Sony Corp .. “28 Weeks Later” was released by Fox Atomic, a unit of News Corp. “Georgia Rule” was released on behalf of producer Morgan Creek Prods. by Universal Pictures, a unit of General Electric Co.’s NBC Universal.
“Shrek the Third” will be released by Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures on behalf of producer DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., while the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films are Walt Disney Co. releases.
The best opening ever in the history of the box office!
The Sam Raimi-directed film added $227 million from May 1st through today internationally as well, bringing the worldwide total to $375 million!
Spider-Man caught just about everyone in his web. The superhero’s latest adventure, “Spider-Man 3,” smashed box-office records with $148 million in its first three days, according to studio estimates Sunday.
That put it ahead of the previous record debut of $135.6 million set last summer by “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”
With $59.3 million on opening day Friday, Sony’s “Spider-Man 3″ broke the single-day box-office record, also held by “Dead Man’s Chest” with $55.8 million in its first day.
Since it began rolling out overseas on Tuesday, “Spider-Man 3″ has taken in $227 million in foreign markets, bringing the film’s worldwide total to $375 million. In just days, the movie has grossed $117 million more than its whopping $258 million production budget.
In just two days, it also nearly matched the $114.8 million opening weekend of 2002′s “Spider-Man,” which had held the debut record until “Dead Man’s Chest” opened.
So how much money did Spiderman 3 make on Friday? $59,000,000! It beat out POTC 2 (which was expected) and will probably continue on to be the higest grossing opening of all time.
I went and saw it yesterday afternoon – and I liked it. There were some really cheesy moments, but overall I really enjoyed it. I love the Spiderman movies (my personal favorite cheesy moment was when spidey flew through the air – and stops in front of an American Flag), so I probably would have liked it even if it totally sucks. I have a soft spot for Tobey Maguire what can I say.
So alot of you guys had to have seen it as well. What did you think?
Spiderman 3 smashed box office records across eight Asian markets yesterday. The latest installment of the superhero movie took $3.5 million in Japan alone, the biggest ever for a Tuesday. The movie also set the highest marks for an opening day ever in South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, The Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand.
I actually can’t wait to see this movie. I love the Spiderman movies.
Alcon and Warner Bros. have hired director Sanaa Hamri to helm a sequel to 2005′s The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, reports Variety. The original core ensemble — America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel and Blake Lively — are all in talks to reprise.
The plan is to begin production June 3, starting in Greece, then moving to New York and Connecticut. The challenge on the sequel has been squaring the availability of the actresses because of TV series commitments, but the hope is that all the actresses return.
Written by “Pants” co-writer Elizabeth Chandler, the sequel uses as its foundation “Forever in Blue,” the fourth installment of the “Pants” novel series by Ann Brashares. Bits of the second and third books will also be used. The girls once again take different paths during the summer, but remain bonded by a pair of secondhand pants they take turns wearing.
Now college age, the girls have storylines that take place in Turkey, Greece, New York, Vermont and Providence. They faced some heavy dilemmas in the original film, but the sequel concentrates on issues 19-year old girls deal with. While the original film was PG rated, the sequel is likely to be PG-13.
Gotta admit, that’s one of those cheesy movies I totally loved!
