UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 19th to Sunday 21st December 2014… Despite competition from comedy sequels Night at the Museum: The Secret of the Tomb and Dumber and Dumber To, it’s an unchanged top two at the UK box office heading into Christmas, with The Hobbit: The Battle […]
US BOX OFFICE – American Sniper blows away competition with $90 million
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 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 […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 tops the UK box office chart with biggest opening weekend of 2014
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd November 2014… Exactly a year after its predecessor topped the chart, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 debuted in first place at the UK box office, pulling in £12,654,109 – accounting for 2 out of every 3 cinema tickets […]
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 12th to Sunday 14th December 2014… Exactly a year after The Desolation of Smaug debuted in first place and two years after An Unexpected Journey did the same, Peter Jackson is back at the top of the UK box office chart with the […]
Paddington topples The Hunger Games at the UK box office, Frozen re-enters the top ten
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 28th to Sunday 30th November 2014… After just one week atop the UK chart, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has been pushed down into second place, with new release Paddington taking top spot with a solid £5,125,519 opening weekend. Despite being […]
Interstellar fends off The Imitation Game at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November 2014… Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar fought off competition from The Imitation Game and Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?! to retain top spot at the UK box office in its second weekend, pulling in £3.78 million to take its […]
Top 5 Movies to Stream Online (25.11.15) – Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Gravity, The Imitation Game and more…
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Harvey Weinstein discusses Grace of Monaco, Snowpiercer and more
In his now yearly chat with the good folks over at Deadline, producer/mogul Harvey Weinstein sat down with the website to discuss his success with The Imitation Game, the problems with Grace of Monaco and his reputation of recutting some of his films, including Monaco and Snowpiercer. On Grace of Monaco: “…The script we signed […]
Second Opinion – The Imitation Game (2014)
The Imitation Game, 2014. Directed by Morten Tylbum. Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Rory Kinnear and Matthew Goode. SYNOPSIS: The true story of mathematician Alan Turing and his time spent at Bletchley Park developing a machine to crack the enigma code. The treatment of Alan Turing by the British Government is […]
