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Weeeknd Box Office – THE EXPENDABLES Retain Title with $16.5 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: August 22nd, 2010 at 9:47 am

With only days left in the summer movie season, a stunning five new releases elbowed their way into theatres this weekend. And not one was a match for The Expendables. Sylvester Stallone’s testosterone parade easily held its place at number one for its second weekend; earning an estimated $16.5 million and bringing its new domestic cume to $64.8 million.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	The Expendables	$16,500,000	$64.8
2	Vampires Suck	$12,200,000	$18.5
3	Eat Pray Love	$12,000,000	$47.1
4	Lottery Ticket	$11,100,000	$11.1
5	The Other Guys	$10,100,000	$88.1
6	Piranha 3D	$10,035,000	$10
7	Nanny McPhee Returns	$8,310,000	$8.3
8	The Switch	$8,100,000	$8.1
9	Inception	$7,655,000	$261.8
10	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World	$5,035,000	$20.7

Bow Wow, Brandon T. Jackson, Naturi Naughton, Ice Cube and Terry Crews Interview LOTTERY TICKET

by Christina Radish    Posted: August 18th, 2010 at 1:04 pm

In the comedy Lottery Ticket, Kevin Carson (Bow Wow) is a young man living in the projects and working at a local Foot Locker, until he wins $370 million in the lottery, causing everyone to suddenly want a piece of him. Kevin quickly learns that his longtime friends Benny (Brandon T. Jackson) and Stacie (Naturi Naughton), his grandmother (Loretta Devine) and the reclusive Mr. Washington (Ice Cube) may be the only ones with his best interests at heart.

During a recent press conference for the film, co-stars Bow Wow, Brandon T. Jackson, Naturi Naughton, Ice Cube and Terry Crews talked about how much fun they had making Lottery Ticket together, what they would do if they won $370 million and how money can change people. Check out what they had to say after the jump:

New Release Dates for 5 Screen Gems Flicks and Universal’s REPO MEN

by Matt Currie    Posted: February 4th, 2010 at 9:53 pm

Per boxofficemojo.com, Sony’s Screen Gems has shuffled the release dates for a few of its upcoming films. Thriller The Roommate, starring Leighton Meester, has been bumped from September 17th to February 4, 2011. Crime thriller Takers, starring Idris Elba and Matt Dillon, originally set for release on May 14th, moves to August 20th.  Underworld 4, which will see director Len Wiseman return to the helmer’s chair of the action-horror franchise, has been bumped from January 21, 2011 to September 23, 2011; moreover, according to boxofficemojo.com, the film will apparently not be shot in 3D, despite previous reports. Another action-horror title, Priest, starring Paul Bettany, will be getting the 3D treatment (in post-production) and, as a result, has been bumped from August 20th to January 14, 2011. Finally, high school comedy Easy A, starring Emma Stone, has been assigned a September 17, 2010 release date.

Finally, Universal’s sci-fi actioner Repo Men, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker, has been bumped up from April 2nd to March 19th.

Hit the jump to see what all 6 films will have to contend with at the box office on their new release dates.

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