‘The Vow’ is #1 at the box office

This pre-Valentine’s day weekend put the romantic drama, ‘The Vow’ in the first place with $ 41.7 million. It seems like this predictable romance with Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum will stick it through post the romantic holiday.

The upbeat action thriller ‘Safe House’ earned $39.3 million dollars at the second spot. This one might fight for first place soon, since many are excited to have Denzel Washington doing what he does best.

Dwayne Johnson’s family movie, ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island’ took third place with $27.6 million dollars. It is followed by ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3D’.

The Top 10 in the Box Office are:

1. The Vow- $41.7 million dollars  

2. Safe House -$39.3 million

3. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island -$27.6 million

4. Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace 3D – $23 million

5. Chronicle – $12. 3 million dollars

6. The Woman in Black -$10.3 million

7. The Grey – $5.1 million

8. Big Miracle -$3.9 million

9. The Descendants – $3.5 million

10. Underworld: Awakening – $2.5 million dollars

‘Chronicle’ fights hard for the #1 spot

Surprisingly ‘Chronicle’ and ‘The Woman in Black’ went head to head for the number one spot and weren’t that far off from one another. But the sci-fi thriller about 3 young men that unexpectedly get superpowers, ‘Chronicle’ placed itself there with $22 million dollars.

‘The Woman in Black’ a movie of a whole other genre, horror, came second with $21 million. Daniel Radcliffe has a strong following which might help keep it on the top three long enough to make up for the $14million spent in advertising alone.

‘The Grey’, Liam Nesson’s action film dropped to the third spot with $9.5 million dollars. The family film ‘Big Miracle’ and the horror action film ‘Underworld Awakening’ follow it.

The Top 10 in the Box Office are:

1. Chronicle – $22 million dollars

2. The Woman in Black -$21 million

3. The Grey -$9.5 million

4. Big Miracle -$8.5 million

5. Underworld Awakening -$5.6 million

6. One for the Money -$5.2 million

7. Red Tails -$5 million

8. The Descendants -$4.6 million

9. Man on a Ledge -$4.5 million

10. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close -$3.9 million 

Chronicle (Movie Review)

‘Chronicle’ makes great use of the “found footage” technique many movies have used such as ‘Cloverfield’ did, this makes the public feel like part of this crazy journey. So, there’s mainly just a handheld camera that’s used, but the use of security cameras as well give it a nice twist. This isn’t just a movie about super powers, but also about friendship and self-growth. We see what power does to people and how easily the lines between right and wrong are crossed when there’s nothing to stop you. Despite of the fact that this is an action/Sci-fi film, there’s a genuineness to it that makes aspects of the film, such as having superpowers almost seem possible.

Our main cameraman is Andrew (Dane Dehaan), a senior in high school who’s basically an outcast, there’s bullies coming at him not only in school, but also in the streets and even at home. For whatever reason he decides to start documenting his life and the camera becomes witness to everything he goes through. His only friend is Matt (Alex Russell) who has his own quirkiness but yet the aura of a cool guy. Unexpectedly, Steve (Michael B. Jordan) one of the most popular guys in school enters the picture and the three of them find a suspicious cave that not only gives them superpowers but also forms a strong bond between them. Their friendship starts growing as they explore their newly given powers, which for some of them are too much to take to the point that all their lives spin out of control.

Dehaan is for sure the biggest asset to the movie, not only because he’s the main character, but also because he’s able to go through every single emotion throughout the film naturally. One of the things the film does best is combine a mundane life like the one of Andrew, with a special event without loosing grip on reality, although it manages to lose this element a bit towards the end. The fact that the audience is able to go through most of the journey step by step with them makes it more believable.     

‘Chronicle’ is a spin on superhero movies, this is more like: what would an everyday person do if they suddenly had superpowers? Throughout the film you are waiting for something to happen, seeing the boys play around with their telekinetic powers is interesting but it starts dragging and when the big boom happens it scales too quickly and makes it a little too over the top. The ending doesn’t leave much to be desired, it’s like we experienced a car crash and then we are expected to go home like nothing happened. Perhaps this is the way of putting the audience back on the ground and reminding us that after all it was just a film.

Great ‘The Grey’ is #1!

‘The Grey’ starring Liam Neeson turned up at number one this weekend with $20 million dollars. This movie deserves its position for the reasons we give in our film review.

Another movie that’s great follows it, ‘Underworld Awakening’ that even though it went down to second place it continues to collect money such as the $12.5 million from this time around.

The box office surprises us with the other spots, in third place is ‘One for the Money’ which collected $11.7 million. Another big surprise, thanks to the Oscars is ‘The Descendants’ in seventh place, obviously those who hadn’t seen it became curious with all the buzz.

The Top 10 in the Box Office are:

1. The Grey -$20 million

2. Underworld Awakening -$12.5 million

3. One for the Money – $11.7 million

4. Red Tails -$10.4 million

5. Man on a Ledge -$8.3 million

6. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close -$7.1 million

7. The Descendants -$6.5 million

8. Contraband -$6.5 million

9. Beauty and the Beast 3D -$5.3 million

10. Haywire -$4 million

A fresh new weekend with a sequel at number 1

Finally this weekend a good mix of movies that are worth going to the theater for premiered. Starting with ‘Underworld: Awakening’, this new segment of the franchise collected more money than the previous ones of the series, $25.4 million dollars; the main character Kate Beckinsale also stars in another movie in the top 10 this month of January 2012, but in this one she’s phenomenal!

‘Red Tails’ premiered on second place with $19.1 million, this movie of aerodynamic drama has been widely promoted and the reviews it has received are very mixed.

The number one movie from last weekend, ‘Contraband’ falls to third place with $12.2 million dollars. It’s followed by the action movie ‘Haywire’ and ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’. There are rumors that with the website megavideo being shut down, the finances in Hollywood will improve.

The Top 10 in the Box Office are:

1. Underworld: Awakening -$25.4 million

2. Red Tails -$19.1 million

3. Contraband -$12.2 million

4. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close -$10.5 million

5. Haywire -$9 million

6. Beauty and the Beast 3D -$8.6 million

7. Joyful Noise -$6.1 million

8. Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol -$5.5 million

9. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows -$4.8 million

10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -$3.7 million

‘Contraband’ is #1

This month of February continues to give us films not worthy of the number one spot in the box office. Mark Wahlberg’s thriller ‘Contraband’ appeared at number one this past weekend. This American version of the Icelandic film collected $24.1 million in the United States.

The remake of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ in 3D arrived at second place with $18.5 million dollars. Which tells us that the Disney classics continue to please children in every way.

The action film ‘Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol’ fell to third place with $11.5 million dollars. ‘Joyful Noise’ another crappy movie this month gives us, which seems to be unfortunately the rule for the beginning of the year.

The Top 10 in the Box Office are:

1.Contraband -$24.1 million

2. Beauty and the Beast 3D -$18.5 million

3. Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol -$11.5 million

4. Joyful Noise -$11.3 million

5. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows -$8.4 million

6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo -$8.3 million

7. The Devil Inside -$7.9 million

8. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked -$ 5.8 million

9. War Horse -$5.6 million

10. The Iron Lady -$ 5.4 million

‘The Devil Inside’ Scarily is #1

The first movie of 2012 ‘The Devil Inside’ surprisingly arrived at the number one spot in the first week of the year. Apparently many of the moviegoers didn’t listen to the bad reviews this film about demonic possession received. It collected $34.5 million this weekend.

‘Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol’ which was firmly at number one in the last two weeks dropped to second place. Adding $20.5 million to the $170.2 it already has.

The other action movie that has been in second place ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ ended up in third place with $14.1 million. Surely the exaggerated hype of ‘The Devil Inside’ will die off, but these last two will continue to be in the top 10 for a good while longer.

 The Top 10 in the Box Office are:

1. The Devil Inside – $34.5 million

2. Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol-$20 million

3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows-$14.1 million

4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- $11.3 million

5. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked-$9.5 million

6. War Horse-$ 8.6 million

7. We Bought a Zoo-$8.4 million

8. The Adventures of Tintin-$6.6 million

9. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy-$5.8 million

10. New Year’s Eve-$3.3 million

‘Mission:Impossible-Ghost Protocol’ begins 2012 at #1

‘Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol’ began the year 2012 holding on to the #1 spot in the box office. Tom Cruise’s movie finished the end of the year with $31.2million in the United States with a grand total of $134.1million since it premiered. It seems like it will be a mission impossible to take its place.

The other film that held on to its spot was ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ which accumulated $22.1 million dollars. These two have fought for the number one spot since they came out in theaters.

Lastly, ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked’ followed the example by keeping the third place for the second consecutive week. The other two films that followed have received a lot of positive reviews: ‘War Horse’ & ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’.

The top 10 in the box office are:  

1. Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol- $31.2 million

2. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows- $22.1 million

3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked – $18.2 million

4.-War Horse-$16.9 million

5.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo-$16.3million

6.We Bought a Zoo-$14.3million

7. The Adventures of Tintin-$12million

8.New Year’s Eve-$6.7million

9.The Darkest Hour-$4.3million

10.The Descendants-$3.6million