The Croods took the #1 spot by a wide margin with an estimated $44.7 million, and $108m worldwide. People love their cavemen cartoons. The Croods also serves as the biggest hit Nic Cage has had in a VERY, very long time. Can you see his overacting in the pixels? In #2 was Olympus Has Fallen with $30.5m, which …
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Weekend Box Office Mar 15-17
Oz continued its Great & Powerful domination at the box office with $41.2 million, down only 48% from last weekend for a $144m total. Based on its current trajectory, the Wizard of Oz prequel is on course to end up with about $230m total US and over $500m worldwide. Not a bad number for a …
Read More »Episode 84 – The HO’s Behind the Curtain
Upcoming releases Olympus Has Fallen, Admission and The Croods; review of Oz the Great and Powerful; trailers for Kick-Ass 2, The Hangover 3 & Much Ado About Nothing; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: a listener suggested topic on if classic films would benefit or suffer from modern special effects. As always, we also bring you the …
Read More »New Releases – Oz, Dead Man Down & more…
Out today, as we discussed in Episode 82 of The HO, Oz the Great & Powerful is poised to trample all other newcomers. Sam Raimi’s inventive take on the classic Wizard of Oz has claimed all media space for the last week as the towering film poses to be the first great event film of the year. Here are the …
Read More »Weekend Box Office Mar 1-3
Jack the Giant Slayer slaughtered the competition (yes, that just happened) with a $27.2 million opening. BUT on a budget of $195m, this is seen as a flop by the studio. The film brought in even less than John Carter did last year about the same time, a film that was also considered a flop due to the extreme budget …
Read More »Episode 82 – HO’s In the Skies!
Upcoming releases Oz the Great and Powerful, Dead Man Down and Emperor; review of Dark Skies; trailers for Game of Thrones Season 3 and Peeples; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: Our Favorite Movie One-Liners. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie and TV news (An X-Man for a Crow remake; Death Wish loses …
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