The Z Cast has returned for our second episode where we recapped summer 2009. With Labor Day approaching the end of the summer movie season has arrived so we decided to bring you our best and worst picks for the 2009 summer. The last three months have been filled with blockbuster hits, box office bombs, [...]
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Box Office Report: G.I Joe is Box Office Hero
After months of hearing negative buzz for G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra the one voice that matters finally spoke: the public. With an opening weekend of $54.7 million audiences clearly didn’t allow any bad buzz prevent them from seeing this summer popcorn movie. Led by a mediocre cast including Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, and [...]
Box Office Report: Transformers and Ice Age Tie Holiday Weekend
This doesn’t happen too often. For the July 4th holiday weekend two new films entered the race against Optimus Prime and Co. and who finished on top? Oddly enough it was Transformers 2 and Ice Age 3 which both grossed $42.5 million over the three day weekend. Come tomorrow morning, one movie will push the [...]
Box Office Report: Transformers 2 Hits $201 Million in 5 Days
After five days of release Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen became the second film in history to make $2oo million in five days. Of course, the first film being last summers The Dark Knight which made $203 million in the same amount of time. These numbers are so close that we won’t know the exact [...]
Box Office: Transformers 2 Preparing to Break Records
Summer blockbuster season is now in full swing with the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The sequel to the 2007 hit film opened last night to $16 million in ticket sales for midnight showings across the country. Midnight shows were selling out at a record pace in both regular and IMAX screens. Some [...]
Box Office Report: The Proposal is a Hit for Bullock and Reynolds
I just finished watching The Proposal and was pleasantly surprised. The film is your standard romantic comedy, but the casting of Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds is what brought in such a big audience. $34.1 million worth of an audience to be exact. The romantic comedy was the number one film this weekend marking the [...]
Box Office Report: ‘Hangover’ Delivers for a Second Weekend; UP Stays Close Behind
For the second weekend in a row The Hangover has taken audiences on the ultimate drunken bender. The Vegas bachelor party comedy dropped only 25% in its second week of release bringing in another $33.4 million. This puts the sleeper hit of the summer at $105 million and counting. At this rate, The Hangover will [...]
Box Office Report: Up Holds off Hangover
For the second weekend in a row, Pixar’s latest animated adventure Up, was number one at the box office with another $44.2 million in the bank. This is the first movie this summer to be number one for more than one week. Up has now grossed $137 million in just two weeks of release. Two [...]
Box Office Report: Pixar Does it Again With ‘Up’
The final numbers are here for Up and as expected the film went up, up, and away at the box office this weekend. Coming in with a strong first place finish, the tenth movie by Pixar animation studios grossed a whopping $ 68.1 million over the three day weekend. Up is third biggest opening for [...]
Box Office Report: Star Trek Reboot Soars to $72.6 Million Opening
Live long and prosper? Looks like J.J Abrams’ new Star Trek movie is set to do just that. With an opening weekend of $72.6 million (with Thursday night showings you can tack $4 million more to that number) the Star Trek reboot opened bigger than any Star Trek film in history. To put it in [...]
Box Office Report: Wolverine Starts Summer Off With $87 Million Weekend
Whoever thought that the leaked version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was going to hurt it’s box office gross can eat their words. Summer is officially here and Wolverine has started the season off with a bang. From Friday to Sunday, Wolverine grossed an estimated $87 million. This was right around most predictions (including mine which [...]
New Batch of Wolverine Photos For You to Enjoy
By Jeff Olson April 9, 2009 Source: 20th Century Fox Wolverine is only a few short weeks away, but to gear you up for the first big release of summer we have a batch of 7 new photos to show you. These high res photos are of Wolverine himself, along with Sabretooth, Gambit, and Deadpool. [...]
New Poster for The Taking of Pelham 123
By: Jeff Olson Source: Comingsoon.net Directed by Tony Scott, the summer film, The Taking of Pelham 123 has debuted it’s poster. The movie stars Denzel Washington and John Travolta, and is a remake of the 1974 film by the same name. Interestingly, the original film starred the late, great Walter Mathau. The story of Pelham [...]
