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Weekend Box Office: ‘Lego Movie’ and romantic trio lift up holiday weekend


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Despite a foursome of new releases, The Lego Movie repeated at No. 1 with a $62.5M four-day weekend, nearly outranking 2010’s Valentine’s Day ($63.1M) as the highest President’s Day Weekend on record. Its three-day weekend total of $49.85M was a slight drop from its $69.1M opening and, with two more weeks to itself, the toy […]

Romantic new releases face box office struggle


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With the most romantic day of the year falling on Friday, this weekend’s three new releases are, unsurprisingly, romances. About Last Night, starring Kevin Hart, will most likely come out on top as the only comedy. The star-studded Winter’s Tale, helmed by Academy Award-winning writer Akiva Goldsman, may not be a big draw due to […]

Weekend Box Office: ‘Lego Movie’ assembles awesome opening weekend


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Much like the aggressively catchy theme song featured in The Lego Movie, everything was awesome at the box office this weekend for the toy adaptation. The film managed a phenomenal $69.1M, the second largest February opening ever behind 2004’s The Passion of the Christ ($83.85M), and displaced Ride Along’s three-week hold on the No. 1 […]

Weekend Box Office: Ride Along to new January record


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January is proving to be its own blockbuster month. Just last week, the Afghan war drama Lone Survivor nearly broke Cloverfield’s January record of $40M. This week, Ride Along actually broke the record, with a $41.5M three-day opening and a massive $48.6M over the four-day MLK weekend, becoming the largest January opening. The cop comedy, […]

My Week With Marilyn: an homage to actors


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My Week With Marilyn, the new feature adaptation of Colin Clark’s memoir of the same name, has been receiving a lot of buzz prior to its debut today — especially in terms of its leading lady, Michelle Williams, in the title role of Marilyn Monroe. First-time feature director Simon Curtis at the Screen Actor’s Guild […]

No high expectations for Snoop Dogg, Khalifa flick


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Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa starring in their own stoner flick? Sounds like potentially one of the worst ideas to come out of the music business lately — but then again, there was P.O.I. Yesterday, the two rappers, dubiously known for their association with and admiration of Mary Jane (and we’re not talking Watson here), […]

Brad Pitt to retire in three years


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In an interview for Australian show 60 Minutes, Brad Pitt stated that he would like to act for another three years, when he turns 50. When pressed on the matter, the actor said that he was enjoying his role as a producer and saw his future as being behind the camera. The interview, shot in Tokyo […]