New Movies & Box Office Predictions: earth, Fighting, Obsessed, The Soloist, The Informers, Is Anybody There? - Page 2

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Author: Chris Beaumont — Published: Apr 24, 2009 at 12:08 am 0 comments

Is Anybody There? (2009, 92 minutes, PG-13, drama) This is a film that I have been looking forward to. It centers on a young boy (Rambow's Bill Milner) whose mother has turned their home into a retirement home. He is having a tough time growing up, becoming fascinated by those retirees who have come and died. He then meets Clarence (Michael Caine), a retired magician and a grieving widower who befriends the young boy. It looks like a quiet, character-driven piece, and with Michael Caine on board, it is sure to be at least watchable.

Also opening this week, but not near me:
  • The Garden
  • Il Divo
  • The Mutant Chronicles
  • Treeless Mountain
  • Tyson

Box Office Predictions
The Zac Efron vehicle, 17 Again, propelled the box office last weekend. Does it have the juice to lead a second frame? Somehow I doubt it; which begs the question, what will? What movie this week will have what it takes to set the pace in the final weekend before blockbuster season begins?

Here is how I think it could play out.

RankTitleBox Office
1Obsessed$17 million
217 Again$13 million
3The Soloist$11 million
4earth$9.5 million
5Fighting$8 million
6State of Play$7.25 million
7Monsters vs Aliens$6.75 million
8Hannah Montana: The Movie$4.25 million
9Fast & Furious$3.5 million
10Crank: High Voltage$2.5 million

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    Release date: 2009-04-21
    Publisher: Decca U.S.

    THE SOLOIST features original music by Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli, as well as popular and powerful works by Beethoven (Eroica, Ninth Symphony) and the haunting Cello Suite No. ...

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