The internet is still getting over the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens which was unveiled last week. After causing a great deal of excitement, fans are eager to know when the next trailer for Episode VII will be unveiled, offering up more footage from our return to a galaxy far, far away. […]
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 […]
A Wrinkle In Business: Disney’s Blind Spot When It Comes to Science Fiction
Henry Bevan on Disney’s sci-fi efforts… Those who have read James Stewart’s The Disney War will know that the company creates its most ambitious work when it shies away from filmmaking formulas. The Neo-Disney period (or the post-renaissance or second dark age or whatever) that followed the fabled Disney Renaissance, and contained animated wonders like […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is Disney failing at creating original live action movies?
George Chrysostomou on Disney’s original live-action movies… The House of Mouse is one of the biggest content producers in the world. With its combination of theme parks, TV shows, toys, shops and soon to be released streaming service, Disney is ahead of much of the competition in regards to being a cultural cornerstone of our […]
10 Box Office Flops From 2015
Luke Owen looks at a few box office flops… It has been a very successful year at the box office for most of the major studios (Disney and Universal have done particularly well), but that doesn’t mean we’ve had a few duds along the way. Not just from a critical standpoint, but also from a […]
Tomorrowland: or The Curse of the Standalone Blockbuster
Sean Wilson re-evaluates the unfairly maligned Disney movie, and why its failure is an unfortunate reflection of the modern-day cinema industry… Just under a year ago, I appeared to be one of approximately five people on the planet who was more than a little dismayed and disheartened at the critical roasting afforded to Disney epic […]
The biggest box office flops of summer 2015
2015 may be poised to deliver the second-best summer box office of all time with $4.36 billion and counting, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t big several huge failures on the big screen this year, and The Hollywood Reporter has the inside track on the summer’s box office bombs, and exactly how much they’re projected […]
