Your US BOX OFFICE report for 16th – 18th January Last week, it was Taken 3 that was breaking new barriers, becoming the second biggest January opening in history. But this week, American Sniper blew that away. Taking a whopping $90.2 million, American Sniper has shattered the record for biggest January opening. This is the biggest […]
Taken 3 fends off American Sniper at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th to Sunday 18th January 2015… American Sniper enjoyed a record-breaking January debut over in the States, but despite giving director Clint Eastwood his biggest ever opening here in the UK with £2,530,47, the Bradley Cooper-headlined war drama couldn’t dethrone Bryan Mills from the […]
Taken 3 tops the UK box office chart ahead of Into the Woods
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 9th to Sunday 11th January 2015… Despite taking a pasting from critics, Liam Neeson’s third outing as former CIA agent Bryan Mills proved to be a hit with audiences as Taken 3 took the UK box office by storm with an opening weekend […]
Taken 3 opens to $91.8 million worldwide
Your US box office report for January 9th – 11th… Despite the mediocre reviews (read our review here) with some critics outright calling the film “Die Hard 5 bad” (Den of Geek’s Ryan Lambie), Taken 3 has opened to the second-biggest January weekend in the US with $40.4 million. Just falling shy of Ride Along‘s […]
Liam Neeson open to the idea of Taken 4
Despite being maligned by the critics (including our own ★★ review), Taken 3 has endured all obstacles to win the second-biggest January opening of all-time. Having taken $39 million domestically, the movie sits at just under $92 million worldwide – prompting new talk of a fourth entry. In an interview with Fox, Bryan Mills himself Liam […]
Liam Neeson on the chances of Taken 4
Coinciding with the release of the action threequel Taken 3, which is out in cinemas today, Yahoo! Movies caught up with Liam Neeson and asked about the possibility of Bryan Mills putting his particular set of skills to good use for a fourth outing in the franchise: “I don’t think [the Taken franchise] can develop […]
Judd Apatow discusses his 25 year old Simpsons script, which airs on Sunday
On Sunday, FOX will air an episode of The Simpsons scripted by Judd Apatow, which just so happened to be penned back in 1990 when the Knocked Up filmmaker’s career was in its infancy and the classic animated sitcom was still in its first season. Speaking to TV Guide, Apatow has discussed ‘Bart’s New Friend’, and how […]
The Theory of Everything topples The Hobbit at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th January 2015… After three weeks atop the UK box office chart, Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies has been dethroned by The Theory of Everything, with the Eddie Redmayne-headlined Stephen Hawking biopic pulling in £3,749,293 […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain Marvel, Agent Carter, Daredevil, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Spider-Man 3, Supergirl and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain Marvel, Inhumans, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Agent Carter, Daredevil, A.K.A. Jessica Jones, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Spider-Man 3, Gotham, The Flash, Arrow, Constantine, Supergirl, Powers and more… Happy New Year all! Here […]
X-Men: Days of Future Past Rogue Cut to be a “distinct film”, confirmed for summer 2015
We already knew that the ‘Rogue Cut’ of this year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past is set to arrive next year, but now Fox Home Entertainment EVP James Finn has confirmed on Twitter that the extended edition of the film is set for release in summer 2015. Finn also went on to state that the […]
