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Weekend Box Office Breakdown: August 18 – 20

August 20, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

Box Office Breakdown: Weekend of August 18

The Hitman’s Bodyguard – $21.6 million
Annabelle: Creation – $15.5 million
Logan Lucky – $8.05 million
Dunkirk – $6.7 million
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature – $5.1 million
The Emoji Movie – $4.35 million
Spider-Man: Homecoming – $4.25 million
Girls Trip – $3.84 million
The Dark Tower – $3.72 million
Wind River – $3.02 million

Another grueling August weekend at the domestic box office in the books. Summer 2017 is looking to Continue reading Weekend Box Office Breakdown: August 18 – 20 →

Lists

10 Consistently Great Movie Podcasts

August 8, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

The podcast universe is an ever-expanding, increasingly inaccessible audio medium with many diamonds in the rough. The diamonds, however, can be hard to find. Even when discussing the subgenre of cinema-related podcasts, it is hard to narrow down the wheat from the chaff.

The upshot is that, for movie fans, it is hard to go wrong with any movie podcast. However, there are clear winners that rise to the surface and are consistently high quality. From the serious to the silly, the scholastic to the plebeian, these podcasts represent quality listening experiences for your drive-time commute or household chores.

Honorable Mentions:

The Black List Table Reads

Only relegated to the honorable mentions column because it is recently defunct, “The Black List Table Reads” gave listeners something that no other movie podcast could: Continue reading 10 Consistently Great Movie Podcasts →

Box Office Predictions, Movie News

Weekend Box Office Predictions: June 30 – July 2

June 27, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

Last weekend, the fifth installment in the Michael Bay Transformers franchise, The Last Knight, drastically under-performed. Coming in at $44.6 million, the film has received the lowest grossing opening weekend in the franchise.

With that knowledge, the introductory weekend to July will prove interesting at the box office. Transformers will likely see a significant drop, and three other wide releases look to take its place at number one.

Box Office Predictions: Weekend of 6/30

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Weekend Box Office Predictions: June 2 – June 4

May 31, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

The first weekend of June is looking to be a smash at the domestic box office. A strong opening for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales could translate into an equally strong second week. The impressive run of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is looking to continue into June.

And then there’s this little movie. This DC Studios film by the name of Wonder Woman.

Box Office Predictions: Weekend of 6/2

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Box Office Predictions, Movie News

2017 Summer Box Office Predictions

May 27, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

I’m about a month late to this game, but, you know, life gets in the way sometimes. Who are you to judge? This said, I am cheating a bit with a month’s worth of data already available.

Either way, it is time to take a look at what Hollywood blockbusters will top the domestic box office in Summer 2017 (Summer 2017 in this case encompassing the period between the first weekend in May and Labor Day weekend). Shall we?

The Top Ten: Continue reading 2017 Summer Box Office Predictions →

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Weekend Box Office Predictions: 4/28 – 4/30

April 28, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

This weekend sees the new release of the Emma Watson-Tom Hanks thriller The Circle, based on the novel by Dave Eggers, and How to Be A Latin Lover, a comedy directed by Ken Marino and starring Eugenio Derbez and Salma Hayek.

Additionally, Bollywood sequel Baahubali 2: The Conclusion will be looking to make a similar smash to its predecessor. According to Box Office Mojo, the first film grossed $3.5 million in its opening weekend, and its sequel has already pulled in an estimated $2.5 million in Thursday night previews.

Box Office Predictions: Weekend of 4/28

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Weekend Box Office Predictions: 4/21 – 4/23

April 19, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

This weekend is an interesting one in terms of box office. While it is somewhat clear what movie will take the top spot, the number of new releases of various sizes leads to some question marks. There are five new releases this Friday: Unforgettable, Free Fire, The Promise, Born in China, and Phoenix Forgotten. Additionally, The Lost City of Z will see an expansion.

This is adding to the already full theaters that still carry Boss Baby, Beauty and the Beast, and Smurfs. Then there’s Fate of the Furious, entering its second week after a record breaking opening weekend internationally.

It’s a full house. Let’s (try to) figure it out.

Box Office Predictions: Weekend of 4/21

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Weekend Box Office Predictions: 3/31-4/2

March 30, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

March is coming to an end, and it is has been a healthy month at the box office. Beauty and the Beast has continued to dominate over its first two weeks and is looking to add to its domestic gross.

Two new releases take aim at the Disney giant: Fox’s Boss Baby and Paramount’s Ghost in the Shell. Both are opening in over 3,000 theaters. But can either of them contend with the Beast?

Box Office Predictions: Weekend of 3/31

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Weekend Box Office Predictions: 3/17-3/19

March 17, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

This weekend sees the release of yet another Disney juggernaut, Beauty and the Beast. Next to that is a much smaller new release in Blumhouse Tilt’s The Belko Experiment.

Vying for attention outside of the new kids on the block are a number of healthy box office contenders. Kong: Skull Island and Logan are two big box office draws still looking good in their second and third weekends. And Get Out remains strong as the genre engine that could.

How will the two newcomers fare in this market? Well…let’s just plop of photo here to break up the text before we get to the answer to that question…

Box Office Predictions: Weekend of 3/17

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Film Philosophy / Editorials

Film Criticism: On Grading Movies

March 5, 2017 Alex Brannan Leave a comment

Criticism of art, as reviled and looked-down upon as it is, is a necessary and inextirpable facet of art itself. It is the checks and balances of the creative industry. As it relates to film, it is a mediated industry within what is perhaps arts most mediated field.