This week:
Beyonce is Obsessed with being number one; Tony Scott and Denzel Washington are Unstoppable; it’s all Greek to Warner Bros. with Odysseus; James Marsden hassles the “Hoff” in Straw Dogs; will DiCaprio Beat the Reaper? Catherine is Keener for Jackson.
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Box Office
It looks like all the independent women threw their hands up in the air for Beyonce Knowles starring Obsessed. The female fronted film grossed $28.5 million – which is about $10 million more than the studio predicted.
Zac Efron had to settle for a runner-up spot this week with an $11.5 weekend take for 17 Again. The film has so far banked about $39 million clearly going through the door-marked profit.
Channing Tatum (who’s on the cusp of big things with G.I Joe) and Iron Man’s (but not Iron Man 2) Terrance Howard came a close third this weekend with $11.3 million for Fighting.
Iron Man himself Robert Downey Jr was fourth with The Soloist. The film which co-stars Jamie Foxx was delayed by Paramount and although reviews were good it couldn’t make enough sweet music. With a weekend gross on just over $9 million it looks like The Soloist might have to sing for its supper.
Monsters vs. Aliens earned another $8.5 million. With a total of almost $180 million – expect a sequel.
State of Play couldn’t use its good reviews to build on its audience. With just over $7 million it looks like the Russell Crowe/ Ben Affleck film will have to find its audience on DVD.
Hannah Montana: The Movie has now banked $65 million (if you care) at least Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus will be happy. Vin Diesel and Paul Walker’s Fast and Furious has powered to $145 million. I wonder how fast and furious the next installment will be?
Movie News
1. Tony Scott and Denzel Washington are like er… Tony Scott and orange filters – inseparable.
Washington is in talks to star in Unstoppable, Scott’s runaway train movie.
If Washington cho-cho-choses (I know I made that joke before) the action pic will be their fifth film together…
Their fourth The Taking of Pelham 123 opens on June 12.
Source: Variety
2. Warner Bros. have won a major bidding war for the script Odysseus.
According to The Hollywood Reporter:
“The story centers on the legendary hero Odysseus, famed king of Ithaca, who returns to his island after 20 years of fighting the Trojan Wars, only to find his kingdom under the brutal occupation of an invading force. Odysseus single-handedly defeats every last man and takes back his wife, his son and his kingdom.”
Warner’s seem to love Greek based movies – a few years ago they had Troy, 300 and they have the forthcoming Clash of The Titans.
Haven’t they heard the expression “beware of Greeks bearing gifts”?
Source: Variety
3. James Marsden will play the Dustin Hoffman role in Rod Lurie’s Straw Dogs remake.
The former X-Man will star in the film which is due to start shooting in August.
The controversial original film Sam Peckinpah saw an American return to his wife’s rural village in England, only for the locals to turn nasty.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
4. Brian Koppelman and David Levien have been hired to adapt the Josh Bazell novel Beat the Reaper in the hopes that Leonardo DiCaprio will star.
“The drama, being developed as a potential star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio, revolves around a Manhattan ER doctor whose life becomes complicated when a mobster recognizes him from his former life as a hitman.”
Well, we haven’t seen this since A History of Violence.
Source: Variety
5. Catherine Keener will join former James Bond Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Sean Bean, Kevin McKidd in Christopher Columbus’ Percy Jackson.
The non Warner Bros. produced Greek fantasy film “put(s) Greek gods in modern times, (it) involve (s) Poseidon’s half-human son, Percy, who is on a quest in modern America to prevent a war among the gods.”
Keener will play Percy’s mother in the film which is currently shooting in Canada.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
That’s it for now. See you at the movies.
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11 Comments
im a little suprised that “the soloist” wasnt mumber 1, however im beting “xmen origins wolverine” will be number 1 next week
The Soloist wasn’t really advertised that much and isn’t one of those big blockbuster type movies. I think I only saw like 2 commercials for it ever…
ive seen a fair share of advertisements for the film..well trailers anyway, of course not as many as wolverine or star trek
I went to see Fighting and I thought it was terrible. I’m not getting Terrence Howard; the man has talent but his agent is choosing the wrong films or is asking for too much money (IM 2). His character in Fighting talks like he’s drunk and the fighting was horrible. Never Back Down was better, and we all know what a letdown that movie was.
I can’t believe Obsessed made so much green. I thought the previews looked HORRIBLE and it just seemed like a really stupid movie. I guess the slutty aspects of the movie appealled to a big audience. I expect we’ll see a HUGE drop off next week.
I think “The Soloist” did quite well for a movie not aimed at the 12-25 year-old viewing public. It’s not really a boys’ night out movie (”Obsessed”, “Fight”) or a date, get-her-in-the-mood movie (”He’s Just Not That Into You”, etc.). It also comes off as something of a downer (and who needs that right now?) in the trailers. It actually wasn’t a downer at all-I loved it- and was a good deal better than reviews led me to believe it would be!
Sean Bean needs to reprise his role as Odysseus.
When I first saw the trailer for Fighting I said to myself, “what the hell is this? They remade Lionheart!”
John “Kahless”, is this movie bascially Lionheart except just a more stankier version of it?
And, Lionheart is a classic!
I like that Warner Bros. has got another Sword & Sandals Epic in their hands. I love these types of films, and Warner Bros. has a long history of making these types of movies. I just hope that the end result from their “bidding war” does not turn into something terrible.
I was annoyed to find that, although my local theater showed previews for the soloist before every movie there for 3 months, they did not show it there. I really want to see this film.
@SK-47
Comparing Fighting with Lionheart is about the same as comparing Dragonball: Evolution with Enter the Dragon (although Enter the Dragon is a lot better than Lionheart IMHO). DB:E is better than Fighting, so that should tell you how bad Fighting was.
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