This week in The Callow Way, Neil Calloway looks at the box office so far in 2015… Number one at the global box office so far this year is Furious 7, which has made $1.5 billion dollars so far, the vast majority of it outside the US, and also become the highest grossing film in […]
How Tomorrowland’s Bottom Line Informed My Viewing of Mad Max: Fury Road
Kat Kourbeti on how Tomorrowland’s bottom line informed her viewing of Mad Max: Fury Road… (SPOILER WARNING for both films within.) There’s something I need to get off my chest: I didn’t really like Mad Max: Fury Road. I mean, it’s not bad, it’s got things to say, and it’s got very interesting dystopian world-building […]
Jurassic World enjoys biggest opening at the UK box office since Skyfall
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 12th June to Sunday 14th June 2015… Having pulled in a record domestic and international debut, Jurassic World has stormed to the top of the box office here in the UK with a whopping £19,350,727 haul – the biggest opening weekend on these […]
Melissa McCarthy comedy Spy tops the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 5th June to Sunday 7th June 2015… Melissa McCarthy’s latest collaboration with director Paul Feig, the action comedy Spy, has topped the UK box office chart in its opening weekend, with the film earning £2,557,824, including £198k in previews. That’s pretty much on […]
Mad Max: Fury Road crosses $300 million worldwide
Mad Max: Fury Road has passed $300 million at the global box office, with the fourth instalment of George Miller’s post-apocalyptic action franchise having pulled in $130.8 million domestically and $177 million from international markets for a global haul of $307.8 million and counting. Miller has already revealed that he’s completed a screenplay for a […]
San Andreas tops the UK box office chart in its opening weekend
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 29th May to Sunday 31st May 2015… Warner Bros.’ disaster flick San Andreas has topped the UK box office chart in its opening weekend, with the Dwayne Johnson-headlined film pulling in £4,628,394 to dethrone reigning champ Pitch Perfect 2. In addition to San […]
The Most Disappointing: Our Insatiable Appetite for More
Anghus Houvouras on our insatiable appetite for more… Like any good column, I was hoping to create a discussion on the topic of our collective box office obsession. Something that has seeped into the groundwater of film fanaticism and poisoned the well. It’s not enough for our movies to be great anymore. They must also […]
Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road remain strong at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 22nd May to Sunday 24th May 2015… Disney and director Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland scored a soft opening in the US over Memorial Day Weekend with just $40.7 million, and it hasn’t fared too well on these shores either, with the sci-fi blockbuster opening […]
The Most Disappointing: Caring About Box Office
Anghus Houvouras on caring about box office… What is your favorite film? An easy question to ask and a difficult question to answer. If you’re anything like me you struggle with narrowing it down to your 10 favorite films, much less a single solitary choice. Last week a friend asked me to name my top […]
Coma the Doof Warrior (Guitar Dude) from Mad Max: Fury Road has an origin story
For some, the mystique of that electric flamethrower guitar playing henchman is what propels the character to cult phenomenon status. Others might wish to know a little bit more about him, and now we have. The Playlist recently conducted an interview with the man behind the tunes of the apocalypse, iOTA, about this inexplicably charming […]
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