Matthew Lee takes a look back at the summer blockbusters of 2015… Last year, Forbes reported that last summer’s box office was down by a whopping $1.223 billion. Hollywood executives were undoubtedly shitting themselves. This was significantly more problematic considering last year’s summer held a number great critical surprises; Guardians of the Galaxy was a […]
LEGO unveils Minions: The Rise of Gru tie-in sets
LEGO has unveiled five new tie-in sets for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming Despicable Me prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru which are set to arrive in stores this April ahead of the movie’s July release; check out the official promotional images here… 75551 – Brick-Built Minions and Their Lair Kids who love Minions […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru gets a first trailer
Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for Illumination Entertainment’s upcoming Despicable Me prequel Minions: The Rise of Gru which tells the untold story of 12 year old Gru as he dreams of becoming the world’s greatest supervillain; watch it here… In the heart of the 1970s, amid a flurry of feathered hair and flared […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru gets a first-look teaser and poster
With the first trailer set to drop this Wednesday, a teaser was released during last night’s Big Game for Minions: The Rise of Gru, the next instalment Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s hit animated franchise which you can check out below along with a poster for the movie… This summer, from the biggest animated franchise […]
Pixels tops the UK box office thanks to four extra days of previews
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th August to Sunday 18th August 2015… Adam Sandler’s sci-fi comedy Pixels topped the UK box office chart with £2,660,772 from its opening “weekend”, which happens to include four days of previews, which accounted for £1.33 million of that figure. If it wasn’t […]
Straight Outta Compton goes straight to the top of the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 28th August to Sunday 30th August 2015… Having proven a smash hit over in the States, the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton took first place at the UK box office this past weekend, with the F. Gary Gray-directed film pulling in an opening […]
Fantastic Four tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 7th August to Sunday 9th August 2015… It may have failed to dethrone Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in the States, but 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four has had a modicum of good new here in the UK, with the reboot shaking off […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation tops the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 31st to Sunday 2nd August 2015… Tom Cruise returned to the top of the UK box office this past weekend, with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation claiming first place with an opening haul of £5,351,344. Despite claiming top spot, Rogue Nation couldn’t overtake […]
Ant-Man topples Minions at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July 2015… After three weeks atop the chart, Minions has been knocked from pole position at the UK box office by Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster Ant-Man, which debuted in first place with an opening weekend of £4,011,345. While certainly […]
Inside Out topples Ant-Man at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July 2015… It was Joy at the UK box office for Disney this past weekend, as Pixar’s Inside Out topped the chart with an opening weekend of £7,376,513, while Marvel’s Ant-Man enjoyed a healthy second weekend of £2.52 million […]
