Box Office Notes: Twilight says it all

A few days late: Most of the world already know that Twilight is the #1 movie for the last weekend at the box office in all over the world. The movie did not cost too much to make. They made back all the money this weekend 50,000,000$US Their box office receipt: $143mUS just in the US/Canada alone! All over the world, it earned approx $118.1mUS.
As for the rest: The Blind Side, starting Sandra Bullock remains strong for the second week for now. At the first week, it earned a surprisingly healthy $34.1mUS.
Coming soon this week: Old Dogs with Robin Williams, John Travolta, Seth Green.
Ninja Assassin, and limited run: The Private Lives of Pippa Lee staring Robin Wright. These will be the time (US Thanksgiving)to watch how the holiday season would go.

2012 wins the box office race easily

2012 has done thus far approx: $65USm of domestic box office while in overseas, $160USm internationally. In the U.S., "2012" skewed slightly older, with 55% of the audience over age 25. It also skewed slightly female, at 52%.
"The opening number says that Roland Emmerich is an incredible filmmaker whose work resonates everywhere. He has truly set a new bar with this film in regards to the amazing images and special effects, as well as the story," said Sony pres of worldwide distribution Rory Bruer.
Pirate Radio unfortunately did not fare too well overall. Oprah produced film, which is still in limited release, Precious, did very well at the box office, approx $8.7USm. The film itself is a very serious one to watch! Originally I did want to do a review, but I feel a review might give too much away, so I am briefly going to say that Precious is one of the films that will make you think when you come out of the theaters. The trailer is below:

Source via Variety

Pondering: The Simpsons

It may not be not much to a surprise that when Michael Jackson was alive, he really was a fan of Bart Simpson. For the years that The Simpsons are in the air, he tried to contribute songs for Bart. For years also, I am also a fan of the Simpsons, their language that they have spoken over the years, and how they have understand the current culture throughout the years. If Michael Jackson can be a child within him, I believe within us, we can have a little child within a grownup us.

Despicable Me Poster: Photos

via flickr.com

 

The reason why I post these are: these are pretty neat 2D pictures, and these will be shown in 3D next year with Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment. The plot revolves around a supervillain named Gru (Steve Carell) plotting to steal the moon while he hides underground in a suburban neighborhood. In the teaser trailer, the Great Pyramid of Giza is shown to have been stolen and may contribute to part of Gru's plan. His plot is jeopardized by three orphaned girls (Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, and Elsie Fisher) who see him as a prospective father.

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Box Office: Christmas Begins on November

Maybe you know it already for a number of years already, Christmas started on November a decade or so ago. I don't know prior to that, but the box office responded to a movie: the Christmas Carol, a classic remake of the movie in 3D into a #1 North American movie, not bad @ all!

Sony's This Is It, a Michael Jackson doc is #2 with $14m US, not bad money rolling in for the second week. The Men Who Stare At Goats with George Clooney and I do think that this movie is a tad odd is in #3 at the box office.

Lots of festival circuits and George did help the movie receipts, I think!

Michael Jackson live stream

If you don't have nothing better to do and sitting at home on Tuesday night, you might want to see the red carpet (Nokia Theatre @ LA) via live: Ustream, Facebook, and Crackle.com. That is before the worldwide premiere on Wednesday, Oct 28.
Source via Mashable

Movies to Note: Mid-October

Lately surprises of box office did happen, Where the Wild Things Are becomes a hit in the North American box office. People's tastes now become more unpredictable. The quality of movies evidently do remain, important! Not the amount of choices of movies that we can select from overall, I guess.


An everyday guy decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets his family's killers free. His target: The district attorney who orchestrated the deal. With Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler.

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world. With Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor

Limited Time: The Simpsons Contest: Create another yellow character

Hit animated comedy The Simpsons is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a competition to create a new character.
The character has to be a human being.
The premises of the story: Marge and Homer are heading to a wedding, Homer is late, because he went to buy a lotto ticket. There, he met a new character, the new face, the character, who you the audience (the winner) will create!
For more info: read BBC News
Contest end: Oct 23ish