Cloverfield

Weekend Box Office – CHRONICLE and THE WOMAN IN BLACK Both Break $20 Million on Super Bowl Weekend

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: February 5th, 2012 at 9:31 am

It didn’t claim the record for highest debut or the greatest attendance, but this year’s Super Bowl weekend still caught most box office watchers by surprise with two bigger-than-expected openings. Fox’s Chronicle was first with $22 million from 2,907 locations, but CBS Films’ The Woman in Black was right on its heels with $21 million from 2,855. That’s the first time that two titles have opened to over $20 million on a Super Bowl frame since… ever.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Chronicle	$22,000,000	$22
2	The Woman in Black	$21,000,000	$21
3	The Grey	$9,500,000	$34.7
4	Big Miracle	$8,480,000	$8.5
5	Underworld Awakening	$5,600,000	$54.3
6	One For The Money	$5,250,000	$19.6
7	Red Tails	$5,000,000	$41.3
8	The Descendants	$4,600,000	$65.5
9	Man on a Ledge	$4,460,000	$14.7
10	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	$3,925,000	$26.7

Exclusive: Matt Reeves Talks LET ME IN, CLOVERFIELD, THE PASSAGE, THIS DARK ENDEAVOR, More at the Saturn Awards

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: June 27th, 2011 at 1:52 pm

While on the red carpet for the 37^th annual Saturn Awards, we got the chance to speak with Cloverfield and Let Me In director Matt Reeves. He gave a wide-ranging interview, talking at length about Let Me In (including his comments on the ending of the film), giving updates on his upcoming projects The Passage, This Dark Endeavor and a new script he’s currently writing, discussing the similarities between the creatures in Cloverfield and J.J. Abrams’ Super 8, and much, much more.

Hit the jump to watch the interview. If you missed our other coverage from the Saturn Awards, be sure to check out our conversations with makeup artists Rick Baker and Dave Elsey, Brandon Routh, Fringe’s Lance Reddick, producer Dean Devlin, Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd for The Walking Dead, and Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan.

Weekend Box Office – SUPER 8 Defies Expectations with $37 Million Debut

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: June 12th, 2011 at 9:34 am

After months of buildup, Super 8 took top honors this weekend with an estimated $37 million from 3,379 locations.  That figure is significantly higher than the film had been tracking just five days ago.  Is it higher than the studio was hoping for five months ago?  Not exactly.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Super 8	$37,000,000	$38
2	X-Men: First Class	$25,000,000	$98.8
3	The Hangover Part II	$18,500,000	$216.5
4	Kung Fu Panda 2	$16,635,000	$126.9
5	Pirates of the Caribbean 4	$10,845,000	$208.7
6	Bridesmaids	$10,154,000	$123.9
7	Judy Moody	$6,267,000	$6.2
8	Midnight in Paris	$6,146,000	$14.2
9	Thor	$2,370,000	$173.6
10	Fast Five	$1,714,000	$205

Weekend Box Office – LIMITLESS Takes Number One with $19 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: March 20th, 2011 at 10:24 am

After pulling ahead of the pack on the traffic jam that was this Friday’s box office, Relativity’s Limitless stayed on top with an estimated $19 million from its 2,756 locations.  Fellow newcomers Paul and The Lincoln Lawyer had more modest starts, making this one more in 2011’s long line of down weekends.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Limitless	$19,000,000	$19
2	Rango	$15,300,000	$92.6
3	Battle: Los Angeles	$14,600,000	$60.6
4	The Lincoln Lawyer	$13,400,000	$13.4
5	Paul	$13,200,000	$13.2
6	Red Riding Hood	$7,255,000	$25.9
7	The Adjustment Bureau	$5,930,000	$48.7
8	Mars Needs Moms	$5,310,000	$15.4
9	Beastly	$3,260,000	$22.2
10	Hall Pass	$3,600,000	$39.6

Director Matt Reeves Exclusive Video Interview LET ME IN; Plus Updates on the CLOVERFIELD Sequel and THE INVISIBLE WOMAN

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: August 1st, 2010 at 8:36 pm

At this year’s Comic-Con, I was able to sit down with writer-director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) for Let Me In.  Based on the best-selling Swedish novel Lat den Ratte Komma In (Let the Right One In) by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and the highly-acclaimed film of the same name by Tomas Alfredson, Reeves film has been the subject of a lot of online bashing since before filming began.  However, over the past few weeks, as footage and images have been released, you can see the tide turning online, with many now excited to see Reeves take on the material.  Also, it didn’t hurt that the panel for Let Me In at Comic-Con was loaded with some great footage.

Anyway, before the panel, I managed to get some time with Reeves.  We talked about the online buzz for his movie and how things have been changing, how much of the original movie is in his version, has he already deleted sequences for the DVD/Blu-ray, what has the test screening process been like, how did he get Michael Giacchino to do the score, what is it like for him to be at Comic-Con and what does he collect/geek out over, and a lot more.  If you’re interested Let Me In and why Reeves wanted to do a remake, you’ll love the interview.

Finally, for all you Cloverfield fans, I asked if there’s been any movement on a sequel/prequel (the answer is no), and Reeves mentioned he’d still like to get back to The Invisible Woman someday.  It’s all after the jump:

A Shot by Shot Description of the SUPER 8 Teaser Trailer; Steven Spielberg Is Producing, J.J. Abrams Is Directing

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 6th, 2010 at 8:47 am

Earlier this week we learned that Iron Man 2 has a top secret trailer for a film called Super 8, a J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) project.  Then details leaked that the trailer featured an alien and was set in the 1970s; it was rumored to be a Cloverfield prequel, but that was debunked by Abrams yesterday.

A very enlightening rundown of each shot of the mysterious trailer has hit the net. Since some of you might not want to know what the trailer shows or what the film is about, everything is after the jump.  Saying that, it sounds like everyone will be talking about this project after the trailer starts to show tonight with Iron Man 2.

J.J. Abrams Says SUPER 8 Has No Connection to CLOVERFIELD

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 5th, 2010 at 10:08 pm

Leave it to J.J. Abrams to try and use secrecy about a trailer to steal some of Iron Man 2‘s thunder this weekend.  Attached to IM2 will be the first look at Abrams’ next super-secret film, Super 8.  Super 8 is being compared to Cloverfield due to the extent of the secrecy and attempt to garner interest via viral marketing.  On Tuesday, we reported that Super 8 “was absolutely connected to Cloverfield“, most likely as a prequel.  Today, Abrams categorically denied that rumor, telling Vulture, “You have to check [out the trailer, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with Cloverfield, despite your expert reporting.”

I suspect we’ll know what’s in the Super 8 trailer before Iron Man 2 debuts at midnight tomorrow.  And hey, at least we know the title of the film, which is more than we could say about Cloverfield when the teaser debuted with Transformers back in 2007.  Just remember: after you see the Super 8 trailer, there’s this whole major motion picture afterwards.  It has superheroes and it’s pretty good.  You’ll probably enjoy it.

Details on the Secret Trailer for the Abrams-Produced SUPER 8

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 4th, 2010 at 3:48 pm

Things are rather busy at Bad Robot, the home of Star Trek director J.J. Abrams, as of late.  In news that’s not shrouded in secrecy, the Abrams-produced spy series Undercovers earned an early pickup from NBC.  But mum’s the word for the other two items, which describe a possible collaboration with Steven Spielberg and a double secret trailer attached to Iron Man 2 that’s going by the name Super 8.

It didn’t seem the latter two projects were related, but we also had no real clue as to the contents of the trailer.  Vulture did some sleuthing, and may be able to shed light on what we’ll see in the trailer.  We’ll save the spoilerly details for after the jump, so only click “Continue Reading” if you’re sure you want to ruin the surprise.

Secret J.J. Abrams Trailer SUPER 8 To Surprise IRON MAN 2 Audiences This Weekend?

by Germain Lussier    Posted: May 4th, 2010 at 9:05 am

In a world where spoilers for Hollywood blockbusters pop up online weeks before the film hits theaters, there is one man who regularly surprises the crap out of us: J.J. Abrams.  And it looks like he might be doing it again as a report has hit the net that prints of Iron Man 2 this weekend will have a surprise trailer for a film called Super 8 attached to it and that the film hasn’t even been shot yet! It might be a sequel to Cloverfield, it might not, but Abrams directed the teaser and will not be directing the film.

Would you like to know more? Then hit that jump.

Has J.J. Abrams Decided on His Next Directing Gig and Will it be With Steven Spielberg?

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: April 28th, 2010 at 7:20 pm

Let’s say that the next project that lures J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) to the director’s chair is like a puzzle.  Vulture has a few of the pieces, and while I have no idea what picture is on the front of the box, it’s a pretty safe bet that once completed, I will be immensely satisfied.  Here’s what we have so far:

-Piece 1: The Abrams script is “a tip of the hat to [Spielberg's] movies of the 70′s and early 80′s” like Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and E.T., and Abrams wants Spielberg involved in some capacity to make sure the homage is legit.
-Piece 2: The narrative revolves around “everyday people whose personal relationships are tested when they are thrown up against extraordinarily fantastic–and possibly other-worldly–events.”
-Piece 3: The budget is low, near Cloverfield‘s modest $25 million
-Piece 3a: One source referred to it as a kind of “anti-Avatar”

After the jump, let’s try and fill in some of the blanks: I think the Spielberg thing is a corner piece, and that Avatar comparison looks kind of like a cloud . . .

Awesome Fake Video Games: Atari 2600 Covers Based on Modern Movies Like AVATAR, THE DARK KNIGHT, WALL-E

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: February 7th, 2010 at 10:30 am

Now this is just awesome.  Someone at penneydesign has imagined what modern movies and TV shows would have looked like as video games if they had been made back in the late ’70′s.   While they designed the game covers for a fake system called the CVS 2600  Cartridge Video System, it’s clear the covers are designed for the Atari 2600.  The fake games are Batman: The Dark Knight, Cloverfield, James Cameron’s Avatar, Lost, Prison Break, Snakes on a Plane, The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift and Wall-E.

What’s also great about the covers is the way they’ve added fake stickers, price tags and writing.  On The Dark Knight cover the writing says:

David & Mary Merry XMas ’78.  This is to share! Love Aunt Julie

If you ever played the Atari 2600 or just want to see some awesome fake video game covers, hit the jump.

Matt Reeves on LET ME IN and Its Inevitable Comparison to TWILIGHT

by Michael Sullivan    Posted: January 19th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

Director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) wasn’t kidding when he told MTV today that his “Americanization” of Let the Right One In has “a real bull’s-eye on it.”  The heartwarming Swedish horror gathered quite the cult following after its 2008 release. However, Reeves wanted to reassure fans of the original that his adaptation will stay true to the first film and the book on which it’s based — and to remind people that thisisn’t Twilight or True Blood.

Let Me In moves John Ajvide Lindqvist’s story from semi-urban Sweden to small town New Mexico, telling the tale of a boy (The Road‘s Kodi Smit-McPhee) who befriends his neighborhood vampire (Kick-Ass‘ Chloe Moretz).  The film recently secured its October 1, 2010 release date. See what Reeves had to say for himself after the break.

Weekend Box Office – AVATAR Back At Number One for a Fifth Consecutive Weekend

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: January 17th, 2010 at 10:39 am

The debut of The Book of Eli on Friday may have knocked Avatar out of the spot it had been occupying, more or less unchallenged, for the past 28 days but, as expected, that was just a temporary hiccup. Saturday signaled a return to grace for James Cameron and Fox, with Avatar ringing up another $41.3 million through Sunday. And with Monday a holiday, that means that Avatar should clear the $500 million mark within the next 24 hours.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Avatar	$41,300,000	$491.7
2	Book of Eli	$31,615,000	$31.6
3	Lovely Bones	$17,060,000	$17.5
4	Alvin	$11,500,000	$192.5
5	Sherlock	$9,825,000	$180
6	Spy Next Door	$9,700,000	$9.7
7	It’s Complicated	$7,672,000	$88.2
8	Leap Year	$5,828,000	$17.5
9	The Blind Side	$5,565,000	$226.7
10	Up in the Air	$5,460,000	$62.8

J. J. Abrams Talks CLOVERFIELD 2

by Bob Starr    Posted: January 17th, 2010 at 9:23 am

While attending the National Board of Review red carpet event, director J.J. Abrams commented on the status of a potential Cloverfield sequel.  For those who may not remember, Cloverfield was a first-person take on giant monster movies.  It followed a group of bystanders, armed with a video camera (which was the single point of view for the film) as they desperately tried to escape New York under siege by a monster of unknown origin.  While vague, Abrams at least acknowledged that something is being worked on, “We’re working on something right now with that and again, you know its early stages.”

Hit the jump for more on one possible direction Cloverfield 2 could take.

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