MCN Weekend Archive for March, 2011
Box Office Hell — March 10
Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com Battle: Los Angeles|36.4|31.4|27.0|31.0|30.0 Red Riding Hood|23.0|15.7|22.0|20.0|16.5 Rango |22.0|23.4|23.0|22.0|21.0 Mars Needs Moms|14.3|10.6|17.0|11.5|13.5 The Adjustment Bureau|13.1|13.0|11.5|12.0|12.0
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I’m going to be right up front about Mars Needs Moms and tell you that I wasn’t overly impressed with this movie. And I feel bad saying that, because it’s apparent that an awful lot of work went into making it. Actors wore little dots all over their faces, for Pete’s sake! To do motion…
Read the full article » 5 Comments »Weekend Estimates — March 6, 2011
Rango|37.8 (9,660)|NEW|37.8 The Adjustment Bureau|20.9 (7,350)|NEW|20.9 Beastly|9.7 (4,980)|NEW|9.7 Hall Pass|8.8 (2,990)|-35%|26.8 Gnomeo and Juliet|7.0 (2,350)|-48%|83.8 The King’s Speech|6.5 (2,890)|-12%|123.8 Just Go With It|6.4 (2,200)|-39%|88.1 Unknown|6.4 (2,210)|-49%|52.9 I Am Number 4|5.7 (1,970)|-48%|46.5 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never|4.2 (1,880)|-55%|68.8
Read the full article »The Weekend Report — March 6
Paramount’s Rango delivered the biggest opening of the year. The Adjustment Bureau settled in between Liam Neeson and Natalie Portman. And Beastly was no great Beauty while Take Me Home Tonight was beastly indeed.
Read the full article » 1 Comment »Friday Estimates – March 4, 2011
It didn’t take long for Rango to go from a question mark to the movie that every studio other than Paramount was overhyping to being a Friday afternoon “disappointment.” Meanwhile, a decent opening for The Adjustment Bureau, a terrible opening for Beastly, and a disastrous launch of Take Me Home Tonight are all being paid little attention.
Read the full article »Critics Roundup — March 3
The Adjustment Bureau|Yellow|||| Rango|Green||Green||Green Beastly||||| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives|||Green||Green I Saw the Devil||||Green| Heartbeats|||Green|| Take Me Home Tonight|||||Red
Read the full article »Box Office Hell — March 3
Our Players|Coming Soon|Box Office Prophets|Box Office Guru|EW|Box Office . com Rango |42.7|n/a|36.0|44.0|43.0 The Adjustment Bureau|19.3|n/a|16.0|19.0|20.0 Gnomeo and Juliet|8.5|n/a|8.5|8.2|7.5 Hall Pass |7.5|n/a|6.5|13.0|7.7 Unknown|7.0|n/a|n/a|n/a|7.8 Beastly|6.1|n/a|n/a|6.0|8.0 Take Me Home Tonight|5.4|n/a|7.0|10.0|n/a The King’s Speech|6.2|n/a|n/a|8.1|8.7
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