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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Step Brothers, The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Chris Beaumont — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:27:52 EDT

Can anyone unseat the Bat-behemoth?
Last week The Dark Knight absolutely dominated the box office, it is likely to do so again this week as it cruises towards the $300 million mark in record time. Will this week's new releases be able to make any sort of a dent in the Batman film's box office domination? I would have to say that it's doubtful, but I am still interested in...

New Movies and Box Office Predictions: The Dark Knight, Mamma Mia!, Space Chimps

Chris Beaumont — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:32:02 EDT

Guess what movie is at the top of my list?
The story of this weekend is all about one film. It gained much of its early notoriety because it was slated as a summer tent pole flick, it was a big budget sequel, it is a superhero film, and the first trailer was killer. It garnered more notoriety when one if its stars died in tragic fashion. Early word says that it will live up to the hype and...

New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D, Meet Dave

Chris Beaumont — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:39:12 EDT

A new weekend means new movies.
This week seems to be a bit of a lull between blockbusters. Last week had Will Smith in Hancock and next week delivers the highly anticipated The Dark Knight. This week brings a trio of films that will likely see some success, but are hardly guaranteed smashes like those other two movies. Of those three, I am only really excited by one of them, a...

New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Hancock, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

Chris Beaumont — Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:51:57 EDT

New releases arrive early this week.
This week Hollywood is not waiting for Friday to release their new wares. With Friday being Independence Day, the new releases have been pushed up to Wednesday. Will it help them? Sure! A couple extra days for people to go see them and spread the word never hurts, unless your film is flat out awful, but if that were the case you would not be seeing...

New Movies and Box Office Predictions: WallE, Wanted*

Chris Beaumont — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:15:36 EDT

Action or animation? Make your choice.
This weekend will be ruled by a single movie. One movie will rise to the top and crush all competition. That movie is the successor to last year's hit Ratatouille and has been quite highly anticipated by me since its first trailer. Perhaps not as much as The Dark Knight, but it is way up there. Outside of that, this week's two wide releases...

New Movies and Box Office Predictions: The Happening, The Incredible Hulk

Chris Beaumont — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:11:28 EDT

Superheroes and the unknown invade the weekend.
Two weeks ago we had a pair of R rated films targeting an older audience, last week were a pair of more teen and family oriented films, and now we get a mix. One of this week's wide releases is rated R, a first for this particular director, and looks like it could be a fascinating thriller. The other wide release has its roots in comic books...

New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Kung Fu Panda, You Don't Mess with the Zohan

Chris Beaumont — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 06:29:31 EDT

Pandas and hair stylists, oh my.
This weekend is the exact opposite of last weekend. Last week we got two films opening wide, both R-rated, and both clearly targeting an older audience (well, an argument could be made for The Strangers being for teens, but with the R rating...). This weekend we get two films targeting a wider audience. One is going after the entire family, and...

New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Sex and the City, The Strangers

Chris Beaumont — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:37:17 EDT

Ready to spend some time in the theater?
The past couple of weekends have only had one new film each added to the nationwide roster. If nothing else, the audience has not had much of a choice when it comes to fresh meat. This weekend changes things -- we get two, count 'em, two, new movies heading out to the nation. However, they are both R-rated films with targeted demographics that...

New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Chris Beaumont — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:51:03 EDT

Just one new release to shoot for.
The young summer movie season has been a bit of a box office roller coaster. It began on a high with Iron Man, fell miserably with Speed Racer, and then rebounded, although not as high as hoped, with Prince Caspian. As for perceived quality, it has been a decline from week to week, with Prince Caspian pulling up the rear. This weekend, featuring...

New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Speed Racer, What Happens in Vegas, Redbelt

Chris Beaumont — Thu, 8 May 2008 21:57:36 EDT

Speed Racer, slow down!
Last weekend saw the summer season get off to a hot start with the potent offering of Iron Man. Besides doing well at the box office, the movie is actually really good. So, if you have not seen it, make sure you do. As for this week's top release, it has an uphill battle if it wants to overtake the comic book hero. It has a pedigree steeped in...