Mamma Mia!

Weeeknd Box Office – DESPICABLE ME Clears $60 Million for First Place; PREDATORS Third with $25.3 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: July 11th, 2010 at 10:02 am

With summer 2010 so clearly dominated by reboots and sequels, it’s nice to see an original concept rise to the top for a change. Even with Toy Story 3 and The Last Airbender still out there occupying those precious 3D screens, Universal’s 3D animated Despicable Me exceeded most projections by taking first place this weekend with an estimated $60.1 million.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Despicable Me	$60,100,000	$60.1
2	Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$33,400,000	$237
3	Predators	$25,300,000	$25.3
4	Toy Story 3	$22,000,000	$340.2
5	The Last Airbender	$17,150,000	$100.2
6	Grown Ups	$16,400,000	$111.3
7	Knight & Day	$7,850,000	$61.9
8	The Karate Kid	$5,700,000	$164.6
9	The A-Team	$1,800,000	$73.9
10	Cyrus	$1,375,000	$3.5

Green Day’s Musical, AMERICAN IDIOT, in Talks to Rock on the Big Screen with Tom Hanks Producing

by Max Steven Miller    Posted: March 23rd, 2010 at 4:11 am

It appears that the musical rock opera concept album that shot the punk rockers from Green Day into superstardom just cannot be stopped.  After the success of their 2004 album, Green Day transformed American Idiot into a successful, one-act stage musical, which also includes music from their follow up album, 21st Century Breakdown.

Even though the musical has yet to debut on Broadway, Deadline has just reported that talks are underway with Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman to turn the musical into a feature film.  For those that are unfamiliar with Playtone, they were responsible for the box office smash, Mamma Mia!, which of course was originally a Broadway musical adapted from the music of Abba.  Apparently, Playtone has a first look deal with Universal, but Hanks and Goetzman are working on actually getting the rights to American Idiot before they bring it to the studio.

Based on the material, it’s clearly obvious that the film will be more Rent than Sweeney Todd, but feel free to judge for yourself. Hit the jump to check out a brief synopsis and the official video for “21 Guns”, featuring the cast of American Idiot.

Weekend Box Office – How Original! VALENTINE’S DAY Tops Valentine’s Day Weekend with $52.4 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: February 14th, 2010 at 10:18 am

It seems that every week of 2010 has brought us a new record-breaker at the box office. Last week the romantic drama Dear John became the top earner on a Super Bowl weekend. Only slightly more impressive was the month-long reign of Avatar during which the 3D titan took down nearly every all-time box office category Hollywood could throw at it.  This weekend saw yet another record fall. Valentine’s Day, director Garry Marshall’s star-packed romantic comedy, has already become the highest grossing film over President’s Day weekend – before Monday’s numbers have even been counted.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Valentine’s Day	$52,400,000	$52.4
2	Percy Jackson	$31,100,000	$31.1
3	The Wolfman	$30,600,000	$30.6
4	Avatar	$22,000,000	$659.6
5	Dear John	$15,300,000	$53.1
6	Tooth Fairy	$5,600,000	$41.5
7	From Paris w/Love	$4,740,000	$15.8
8	Edge of Darkness	$4,585,000	$36
9	Crazy Heart	$4,000,000	$16.5
10	When in Rome	$3,429,000	$26

MAMMA MIA 2 Update: Colin Firth Says They May Use Another Band’s Music. Plus News on THE KINGS SPEECH

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: September 15th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

Colin Firth is really having a great week. As the star of Tom Ford’s first film ” A Single Man”, Colin just won the Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival and the film was the subject of an intense bidding war last night here in Toronto. While many studios tried to acquire the story of a British college professor struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner (played by Matthew Goode), the Weinstein Company ended up winning the battle.

Anyway, to help promote the film, I was able to speak with Colin earlier today and he gave me an update on “Mamma Mia 2″ and what he’s doing next (“The King’s Speech”). The big news is he’s heard if a sequel is made to the incredibly popular “Mamma Mia!” movie, it’s going possibly use a new band’s music to tell the story. More after the jump:

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