Here are your top five films for the weekend of May 17th-19th:
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Star Trek Into Darkness - $75.6M (Opening Weekend) = $84,091,000 4-Day Total - ($190M production budget)
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Iron Man 3 - $35.2M = $337,073,000 17-Day Total - ($200M production budget)
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The Great Gatsby - $23.4M = $90,159,000 10-Day Total - ($105M production budget)
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Pain & Gain - $3.1M = $46,574,000 24-Day Total - ($26M production budget)
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The Croods - $2.8M = $176.750,000 59-Day Total - ($135M production budget)
After dominating the box office for the past two weekends, Iron Man 3 was finally outdone by a newcomer in the form of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek sequel, Into Darkness. The sequel debuted to great $70.5 million, numbers similar to its predecessor’s debut four years ago. Factoring in its four-day start, the film has brought in a total of $84 million and still has a ways to go to make up its $190 million production budget.
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Here are your top five films at the box office for the weekend of May 10th-12th:
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Iron Man 3 - $72.5M = $284,893,000 10-Day Total - ($200M production budget)
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The Great Gatsby - $51.1M (Opening Weekend) - (production budget n/a)
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Pain & Gain - $5M = 41,608,000 17-Day Total - ($26M production budget)
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Tyler Perry Presents Peeples - $4.9M (Opening Weekend) - ($15M production budget)
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42 - $4.7m = $84,732,000 31-Day Total - ($40M production budget)
Despite two new releases, it was last week’s number one film that retained the top spot as Iron Man 3 held its position. The third Iron Man film had a second weekend total of over $72 million, pushing it above the $200 million mark and also becoming the highest grossing film of the year so far, ahead of Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful. With another strong weekend, next week the film will not only surpass the $300 million mark domestically, but also the $1 billion mark worldwide — the 16th film to do so — while also becoming the highest grossing Iron Man film to date.
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“I wish I had done everything on earth with you.”
The quintessential high school English teacher’s go-to novel for nearly the last century, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby has received no fewer than five film adaptations and an opera. So why on earth did we need another film version of this masterwork? The honest answer is, we didn’t, but it’s more likely that none of the previous adaptations have been wholly successful in bringing the novel to life.
So how did director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge) & executive producer Jay-Z fare on their version of Gatsby? Read on to find out…
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It’s that time of the year again. May is once again set to kick off the summer season in cinema.
Last year, The Avengers set a new all-time record for an opening weekend, and though this year’s kick-starter features a character from that film, this month won’t compare to last year.
There are a total of 14 notable films out this month divided into 10 wide releases and five limited releases.
Opening up the month of May and highlighting the month is Iron Man 3 with other high profile films being The Great Gatsby, Star Trek Into Darkness, Fast & Furious 6, The Hangover Part III and the recently moved up After Earth.
Hit the break to check out the month’s full schedule and the film staff’s picks of the month.
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Latest Poster For “The Great Gatsby”
Warner Bros. has released another poster for the upcoming adaptation of the Scott F. Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby.
The poster features the film’s more prominent cast members including Leonardo Di Caprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Isla Fisher, Joel Edgerton and Elizabeth Debicki. Despite that, only four of the actors have their names on the poster.
Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge), The Great Gatsby is set for a May 10th release.
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“The Great Gatsby” Trailer
Here’s the first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s 3-D adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway.
It looks suitably opulent and Luhrmann-esque, and considering that most of the previous adaptations of Gatsby have been notable failures, this looks promising.
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![Latest Poster For “The Great Gatsby”
Warner Bros. has released another poster for the upcoming adaptation of the Scott F. Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby.
The poster features the film’s more prominent cast members including Leonardo Di Caprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Isla Fisher, Joel Edgerton and Elizabeth Debicki. Despite that, only four of the actors have their names on the poster.
Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge), The Great Gatsby is set for a May 10th release.
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