For the past six days, Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man has held the top spot at the daily box office. It should surprise no one, therefore, that the reboot easily netted the weekend prize as well; earning an estimated $65 million from 4,318 locations. That gives the film a new domestic total of $140 million, a number that’s higher than early projections but lower than past entries in the Spider-Man series. Worldwide, the film has now earned a reported $341 million, which is not too bad for reboot…

One of fall’s most anticipated films had an auspicious start, befitting its legacy as “The Facebook Movie.” The Social Network had no trouble placing first with an estimated $23 million. Meanwhile, horror releases Let Me In and Case 39 continued to inspire little fear and even less money after their anemic Friday debuts.

The estimates are in and it looks like, for once, the financial analysts got it right… I mean the box office analysts. Oh, what’s the difference anyway? There was indeed enough equity left in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street premise after 23 years to put the sequel – Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – in the top spot for the weekend with an estimated $19 million.

The sequel to Wall Street – director Oliver Stone’s iconic commentary on 1980s greed – has arrived in theatres in time to comment on the greed of recent years… and to make a bunch of money. Ain’t capitalism grand?  Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps topped the box office on Friday; earning an estimated $8 million from its 3,565 locations. When adjusted for inflation, that is just a few thousand over what the original made in its debut back in 1987. It is also more than double what Stone’s last major feature, W., made just under two years ago. Last weekend’s number one movie, The Town, pulled off another surprise heist – snatching Friday’s number two spot over two newcomers: Disney’s You Again and director Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. It’s been months since a strictly family film dominated, and with Wall Street 2 now projected to make over $20 million by Monday, it doesn’t look like that streak will be ending anytime soon. Full details on Wall Street weekend when you check back tomorrow.

Oliver Stone’s recent output shows a man desperate to remain topical.  Unfortunately, World Trade Center is pandering melodrama and W., while nowhere near the disaster it could’ve been, lacked adequate perspective beyond noting we all would’ve been better off if George W. Bush has just been commissioner of baseball.  Now Stone is trying to capitalize on the financial collapse of 2008 by returning to his classic 1987 drama Wall Street.  However, like with W., Stone is so centered on the idea of making a movie that’s socially relevant, that he misses an opportunity for insight or even controversy.  Instead, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is a movie that, despite strong performances, loses itself in a convoluted plot and a cheap ending.

In 2033, when you feel like taking the robot wife out to dinner and a 4D movie on your tandem jet pack, an Oliver Stone-directed Wall Street 3 may be among your options.  The first sequel–titled Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps–hits theaters this September, nearly 23 years after the 1987 original.  In an interview with Reuters*, the inquisitor jokingly asked whether a similar time frame would yield a third movie in the franchise.  Stone responded, “Why not? We left it open at the end in a way on which we can hang a Wall Street 3. We’ll have Gekko back and maybe Josh Brolin, too.”  More after the jump:

There are plenty of films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival that you’ll curse the heavens you’re not able to go.  However, there’s one big glaring omission: Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life.  There was heavy speculation that the film would make its long-awaited premiere at the festival, but presumably the ambitious sci-fi film starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn wasn’t ready in time.

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t other noteworthy films.  Cannes is a great time to get a heads-up on a films although they may not be the finished product (a longer version of Inglourious Basterds premiered at last year’s festival to mixed reviews).  This year’s films to watch are Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Biutiful, Doug Liman’s Fair Game, Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.  Of course, the most-acclaimed films may turn out to be the ones currently flying under the radar.

Hit the jump for this year’s full line-up.  The 2010 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 12-23.

Never actually a good sign for a movie, it seems that the sequel to Oliver Stone’s 1987 critically acclaimed Wall Street is getting the boot, once again. Originally slated for a February 2010 release, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps has officially been bumped from April 23^rd to September 24^th.  In the Oliver Stone directed film, Michael Douglas revisits greedy businessman, Gordon Gekko -the role that landed him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Shia Lebouf co-stars, perhaps to help pique the interest of a new generation of moviegoers who, very possibly, have never even seen the first film.

Considering Iron Man 2 will be obliterating the box office just two weeks after the initial release date and with the Toronto Film Festival kicking off the awards season in early September, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps will, in all likelihood, fare better in the Fall.  Hit the jump to check out the most recent trailer for the film:

Director Oliver Stone has signed on to direct Don Winslow’s upcoming novel Savages, which is about:

Two pals from Laguna Beach pals share the same girlfriend and a thriving business growing and distributing the best-quality pot on the planet. When they resist being muscled by a Mexican drug cartel, the girl is kidnapped and the ransom is every cent they’ve made for the last five years.  They agree to pay but hatch an alternate plan to get her back, get revenge, and then get lost.

While Stone has been ripping his previous movies from headlines, Savages sounds like it could be a slick, fun action film.  I just don’t want to see yet another movie where Stone comments on recent events without giving them enough distance to explore their lasting ramifications.  His previous film, W., isn’t bad, but it feels rushed and I fear that Stone’s upcoming Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps will be a commentary on current events first and a good story second.  Hopefully, Savages caught his attention because he likes the story and not just the opportunity to explore the drug trade in North America. [Deadline]

The teaser trailer for Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps may have been a little jokey and overly slick, but the Sun has premiered the international trailer for the film and it gets down to the nuts and bolts of the plot.  It doesn’t reveal anything more that we don’t already know from the plot synopsis.  However, the trailer also features boxing, riding motorcycles, and helicopters so that’s weird, although I suppose they’re symbols of extravagance.  I just love that the whole thing is set to The Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.”

The sequel to the 1987 film stars Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Frank Langella, and Josh Brolin.  Click here to check out the trailer and hit the jump to read the official synopsis.  Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps hits theaters on April 23rd.

Always remember that release dates are subject to change.  You should remember that so you’re not surprised when I tell you that The Losers has returned to an April release date.  The film was originally scheduled to hit theaters on April 9th.  Then Warner Bros. moved it all the way to June 4th so it wouldn’t crowd Clash of the Titans–which the studio is releasing on April 2nd–and to make some fixes after a recent test screening.

Today, Warner Bros. has announced that those changes won’t take too long The Losers has now moved the film up to April 23rd where it will face off against MacGruber and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Directed by Sylvan White, The Losers stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric and Peter Macdissi.  Hit the jump for the official synopsis.

IMDb has premiered (weird to write that phrase) the teaser trailer for Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and makes no secret in hiding its biggest selling point: Michael Douglas as the infamous Gordon Gekko.  The trailer has a couple laughs (“Gold money clip with no money in it.”) but it doesn’t seem to fit the seriousness one would expect from such a film commenting on how greed isn’t only good, but now it’s legal.  The trailer is, for lack of a better word, slick.  And that slickness just reminds me of the Futurama episode where the 80s guy/Gordon Gekko-parody comes out of cryogenesis and proceeds to be sleazy but hilariously dated.  I wonder if Gekko’s only regret is that he has boneitis.

Hit the jump to see the teaser and hit the jump for the official synopsis.  Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps hits theaters on April 23rd. [UPDATE: We've now included the teaser poster after the jump]

USA Today has premiered new images from Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, a high profile film that opens in three months but has been relatively quiet as to its marketing.  These new images may be the first step in advertising the film and presumably a poster and a trailer won’t be too far behind.  As for the images themselves, they look good but I’m not so much excited to see Douglas return as Gordon Gekko, but to see Josh Brolin hit another performance out of the park.  He was fantastic in his last collaboration with Stone, W., and is going to be in two sweet-looking westerns with Jonah Hex this summer and the Coen Brothers’ True Grit on Christmas.  Throw rising star Carey Mulligan into the mix and I think Wall Street 2 looks better for its ensemble than Douglas playing his Oscar-winning role again.

Hit the jump to see the new images with USA Today’s comments on each image.  Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps hits theaters on April 23rd.