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Weekend Box Office – Monsters School Superman

            Monsters and Brad Pitt dominated the Top 2 slots at the Box Office this weekend, and defeated Superman in the process.  First up,  Monsters University silenced all of the ‘Pixar shouldn’t do sequels!’ critics this weekend, when it took #1 with an estimated $82 million for the company’s all-time #2 opening (2nd only to Toy Story 3’s $110m).  …

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Weekend Box Office – ‘Man’ Flies

            Contrary to all the people proclaiming Superman KIA in theaters, the Kryptonian immigrant managed to swoop back into theaters with a vengeance this weekend to the tune of $116 million and $128m since its Thursday opening, according to studio estimates.  Man of Steel is officially the largest June opening ever (slightly ahead of Toy …

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Weekend Box Office – The Surge

          Shocking audience members as well as every Box Office analyst yuppie across America was The Purge, which stole #1 with a whopping $36 million, according to studio estimates, this past weekend, doubling even the boldest predictions.  People apparently love the idea of getting to torture for 12 hours straight.  Maybe we’ll see a new Amendment soon. Slowing …

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Weekend Box Office – Earth Disappears

            Well, Fast & Furious 6 continued to zip past everyone else, even as it dropped 64% to $34.5 million for $170m total so far.  By next week, Diesel and his crew should easily pass the $215m of Fast Five for the biggest film yet in the long running franchise.  Worldwide, it’s already past $400m …

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Now You See Me – Movie Review

          There are two types of magic tricks: The one that dazzles you with its ‘HOW did that HAPPEN?!’ mystery, and the other that your generally inebriated friend does at parties.  You know, the one where you can’t quite figure it out, and after you do…it wasn’t nearly as impressive as it should have been?  The …

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