Monsters vs. Aliens

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

Weekend Box Office – $43.3 Million For HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: March 28th, 2010 at 10:06 am

After siphoning away 30% of Alice in Wonderland‘s precious 3D screens, Dreamworks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon was the big winner this weekend – although its total may have been a bit under what the studio was hoping for.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	How to Train Your Dragon	$43,300,000	$43.3
2	Alice in Wonderland	$17,300,000	$293.1
3	Hot Tub Time Machine	$13,650,000	$13.6
4	The Bounty Hunter	$12,400,000	$38.8
5	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	$10,000,000	$35.7
6	She’s Out of My League	$3,526,000	$25.6
7	Green Zone	$3,350,000	$30.4
8	Shutter Island	$3,175,000	$120.6
9	Repo Men	$3,048,000	$11.3
10	Our Family Wedding	$2,200,000	$16.7

Hollywood Tops $10 Billion for First Time in 2009

by Keith Demko    Posted: December 23rd, 2009 at 9:18 am

With Avatar the reigning champ and Sherlock Holmes still to come, Hollywood crossed the $10 billion line for the first time in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales for 2009.  Through Sunday, the total stood just $36 million short of crossing the $10 billion line, according to tracking firm Hollywood Box Office, and was set to plow across it Tuesday night.

The year’s top box office attractions were Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and with hits like Harry Potter and The Hangover, Warner Bros. was the North American box office champ among studios.  And with both Robert Downey Jr.’s take on Sherlock Holmes and the return of those rascally rodents in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel coming in time for Christmas, the final take is expected to top $10.4 billion.

Hit the jump for a list of the top 20 domestic box office hits of 2009.

5 Clips from MONSTERS VS. ALIENS: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space Airing on NBC October 28th

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: October 16th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

NBC is airing a sequel of sorts to DreamWorks “Monsters vs. Aliens” on October 28th.  It’s called “Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space” and the special starts after the events of “Monsters vs. Aliens”.  It’s sort of like a Charlie Brown Halloween special, except it’s with the cast of “Monsters vs. Aliens”.

Anyway, while I thought the concept of “MVA” was cool, the film just didn’t work for me.  The jokes were all over the place and except for the one great action sequence in San Francisco, I thought the movie was a wasted opportunity.  Saying that, I liked the characters, and if they were to come up with a better story, I’d be up for a sequel.  I just don’t know if this NBC special is it.  But if you loved the movie and have been waiting for more adventures with the monsters, check out 5 clips after the jump. The special features the voices of the Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland and Rainn Wilson.

MONSTERS VS. ALIENS and MADAGASCAR Holiday Specials to Air on NBC

by Ramses Flores    Posted: September 30th, 2009 at 11:40 am

NBC has announced they’ll be airing 2 all-new half-hour holiday specials based off of “Monsters vs. Aliens” and “Madagascar”.  Many of the original characters will return for both films along with the original voice talents.  “Monster vs. Aliens” will have the Halloween special with “Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space”, while “Madagascar” will get the Christmas special with “”Merry Madagascar”.  To find out when both specials will air and what they will be about, continue reading after the jump.

Josh Hartnett to Shoot GUNSLINGER

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 10th, 2009 at 9:50 pm

I hope Josh Hartnett graduates from high school soon.  I wonder what college he’ll go to and how his career will progress as he matures and…what?  He’s 31?  Like in dog years?  He’s 31.  Does he have a portrait of himself in his attic that just gets older for him?  Well, it looks like he’ll be playing the lead in the upcoming film “Gunslinger” which I guess they’ll have set in an alternate world where a 14-year-old can buy firearms along with some Axe Body Spray.  Hit the jump to tell Hartnett that “Halo” skills don’t translate to real weapons.

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