Thursday, November 3, 2011 6:10PM - By Damon Houx
This weekend Tower Heist and A Very Harold and Kumar 3-D Christmas won’t have to face the winter storms of last weekend. That’s good for them, as this is considered the first heavy hitting weekend of the fall season. What it also means is that shortly we’re going to see a number of the bigger Oscar pictures go into limited and wide release. But – for the most part – big studios aren’t in that race any more, and so other than J. Edgar, we won’t see a big studio Oscar-bait film until around Christmas.
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Monday, October 31, 2011 10:51AM - By Laura Aguirre
The weekend, the 3D Shrek spinoff Puss In Boots took the top spot earning $34 million. The DreamWorks animated movie didn’t do as well as we predicted, but that’s probably not Puss‘ fault. There was a snow storm in the northeast that could have contributed to its mediocre outcome. Despite it being Halloween appropriate, Paranormal Activity 3 suffered a huge slump following its debut weekend. The horror sequel came in at No. 2 with just $18.5 million, while Justin Timberlake‘s new sci-fi flick In Time opened with $12 million at No. 3. Rounding out the top five were Footloose with $5.4 million, and the new Johnny Depp movie, The Rum Diary with $5 million.
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Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:30PM - By Damon Houx
The biggest question of the weekend is this: why did Paramount, which won last weekend with Paranormal Activity 3, bump up Puss in Boots to the first week of October when the first week of November has become the official start of the fall season? It should handily win the weekend over some lesser competitors – like Anonymous, The Rum Diary, and In Time – but are they following the formula of Fast Five and getting an early jump on the competition, or do they think they have a weak sister?
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Monday, October 24, 2011 9:20AM - By Laura Aguirre
October is the perfect time for costumes, candy corn and Paranormal Activity 3. The sequel of the sequel blew away competition this weekend at the box office, opening with an estimated $54 million. The horror film broke the record for best fall opening ever, a title that previously belonged to Jackass 3D. Other new big releases, The Three Musketeers and Johnny English Reborn. underperformed.
The Three Musketeers didn’t land at No. 2 like we expected, instead the remake came in at No. 4 with $8.8. million. The British sequel Johnny English Reborn performed well overseas with gross of &104.5 million, but failed to make an impact in the U.S. and brought in only $3.8 million. Check out the numbers.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:00PM - By Damon Houx
Going into Halloween, Paranormal Activity 3 has the prime slot, with ten days left to generate horror-filled bucks at the box office. It’s got a weak field competition, as it should easily trump the leftovers, and the newer films. Both The Mighty Macs and Johnny English Reborn appear to be contractually obligated releases, while The Three Musketeers seems dusty and cheap. Let’s take a look at the box, shall we?
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Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:00PM - By Damon Houx
Realistically, Oren Peli‘s 2009 film Paranormal Activity should never had generated a sequel. There’s not much of a story to tell and explaining why people are haunted by ghosts is just as likely to ruin the mystique as expand on it. But 2010′s Paranormal Activity 2 was also a huge hit, and so a year later there’s a third film. And unlike the last film – which went back and forth in time- this time it’s entirely a prequel. The results are more effective, but it works better as a haunted house film than as a story.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:42PM - By Damon Houx
You have to give credit to the people behind Paranormal Activity. The first film by Oren Peli became a word of mouth sensation, and they were smart to rush the second film into production to come out a year later. Now, just two years after the first film, they’ve already got a third film due out October 21. They’ve released a better trailer for it, and it already looks scarier than the second film. Check it out…
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Thursday, July 21, 2011 4:13PM - By Travis Woods
Today in “hey, let’s strike while the iron’s hot and make as much money off this sucker as we can” news: so, apparently, there’s going to be a Paranormal Activity 3. And, on top of that it’s being directed by Catfish directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, because, well, they had a popular movie, so tossing this franchise to them means a hit movie, right? Right guys? Anyway, there’s a trailer—check it out after the jump.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010 2:57PM - By Krystal Clark
In October, Paranormal Activity 2 opened to great reviews and even greater money. The film was a huge success and has grossed $156 million so far at the box office. The first film topped off at $193 million so it won’t be long before the sequel catches up. While Paramount is counting their money, they’ve decided to push a third film into development, and according to Bloody Disgusting they’ve already got a release date set.
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