There are two things to note about this weekend. Man of Steel can only disappoint, and This is the End can only come off well. But first, let me explain.

Last weekend showed the start of a summer slump, which should end next Friday with the release of Man of Steel (which is already tracking to open over $100 Million dollars). This means it's a good weekend to release something like The Purge, which is a low budget, high concept horror film, and maybe it was a good idea to open The...

We're a long ways away from the glory days of Will Smith's box office run. In fact it was over fifteen years ago when Smith saved the world in Independence Day and busted aliens in Men in Black. They launched him into the A-list, and he was once considered "the last movie star," but a prolonged absence from the screen, and with huge changes...

Has the tide turned against The Hangover Part III? It seems likely as the previous movie opened to a $10 Million midnight gross, while the latest opened to a paltry (in comparison) $3 Million. Then again, that's what Star Trek Into Darkness did as well in the same time frame the weekend before, and it got to $85 Million for it's four day...

Currently, people are predicting a hundred million dollar weekend for Star Trek Into Darkness, a number that may be made possible by the fact that the studio opened the film on Wednesday night. The film pocketed $3.3 Million from those shows, and has a full day today to rake in extra cash so it can say that it crossed the nine digit mark by Sunday.

The second week of May has been a place where Warner Brothers has released their fumbles. The second weekend of May has launched Dark Shadows, Speed Racer, and Poseidon, though they did have some luck with 2004's Troy. Other studios have had more luck with the date (2009's Star...

So, even though it's May, the summer season has begun in Hollywood this weekend with the release of Iron Man 3. This is the third year in a row that Marvel has led the summer season. They started with Thor two years ago, and then The Avengers last year. Thor did okay, The...

It's the end of April, which means that the summer season starts next week with Iron Man 3 (which is really good). Until then, we get a Michael Bay movie starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson, which would normally be a big summer event, but since this is Bay's small art film, it's being released with the hope of having little competition and a quick payday.

When there's only one movie opening in wide release during a weekend (and it stars Tom Cruise), it's not hard to guess what's going to be the number one picture come Sunday. 42. Again (just kidding).

An inspirational true story versus hacky "remember this" jokes. On merits, 42 should be the clear winner this weekend, but Scary Movie 5 gives ample evidence that merit is generally not what gets people into theaters these days.

It's hard to want to talk numbers after the recent announcement of Roger Ebert's passing. He was as important to modern film culture as any living filmmaker. This weekend brings Evil Dead and the 3D reissue of Jurassic Park, but there will likely be a pall over this weekend as cineastes remember one of the most famous critics to ever discuss...

If G.I. Joe Retaliation had opened on its original launch date of June 29, 2012, we'd probably have already forgotten about it by  now. It's also possible it would have been seen as weak next to Ted, would have fell hard in the face of The Amazing Spider-Man and would have died by the time The Dark...

Though often there are films that succeed because of their inherent draw, just as often a film can win by being in the right place at the right time. Though Oz: The Great and Powerful was kids friendly, the only animated movie in recent weeks was Escape From Planet Earth. So The Croods has a very good shot of making...

It feels like Warner Brothers was slow on their game with The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, but maybe that's just because there's not much of a movie there. The movie has Steve Carell and Jim Carrey as rival magicians, and that points out the duo starred opposite each other a decade ago in Bruce Almighty. But now Carell is more of a draw....

It took a little over two months to get there, but it looks like we're going to have the first blockbuster of 2013 with Oz: The Great and Powerful. Sorry Jack the Giant Slayer.

Last year at this time we had John Carter, a big fantasy effort based on classic literature that was deigned a loser and everyone involved got dinged for their efforts. This year we have Jack the Giant Slayer. And where John's director Andrew Stanton is regrouping by directing a sequel to Finding...

This weekend, the movie industry felat celebrates itself by having a gala party and giving 20% or less of the people there awards. It's a big weekend for movies, except the ones in theaters.

Originally, the first two Die Hard films were set on Christmas (even though both were summer movies). By the third film, there was no set holiday (school was still in session, that much is sure), while the fourth film played up it's Independence Day release date. As A Good Day to Die Hard is coming out for Valentine's Day, we would hope - but...

If it feels like the off season for cinema, you're not wrong. But that doesn't mean there aren't gems in the rough. This week we get the latest/possibly last movie from Steven Soderbergh, but then also Identity Thief. Which should win the weekend.

Generally the weekend of a Super Bowl is one of the lowest grossing box office weekends of any given year. most of the big December titles have lost their steam, and the new stuff is usually weak. There are two new films this weekend, one can be seen as counter-programing, the other, a sacrifice to the gods.