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7/6/2016 – Box Office Breakdown

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Welcome back from a long holiday weekend (and for some, it was a bit longer due to work on Tuesday).  Again the little blue fish took the top spot while the next three spots were all new movies while the latest sequel in the box office finished up the top five.

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  1. Finding Dory – just keeps on swimming to that number one spot.
  2. The Legend of Tarzan (new) – another Tarzan movie swinging into the theaters.
  3. The Purge: Election Year (new) – this franchise keeps bringing movies and people keep going to see it. Read our review right here!
  4. BFG (new) – beloved book by a few made leap to big screen by Steven Spielberg yet tanked at the box office in terms of cost of production vs tickets sold.
  5. Independence Day: Resurgence – dropped from second to fifth and has lots of mixed buzz in the market place.

News and Notes

  • Will Dory be challenged this weekend by a lot of house pets? The Secret Life of Pets debuts on Friday with a stellar voice cast so it will be interesting to see what happens.

See you all next week!

6/27/2016 – Box Office Breakdown

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Three new movies in the top five yet NONE OF THEM were able to take down the blue fish known as Dory.

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  1. Finding Dory – just keeps swimming in the top spot for the second week.
  2. Independence Day: Resurgence (New) – twenty years after the original, ID:R is back to show that the aliens were always going to come back.
  3. Central Intelligence – The Rock and Kevin Hart are staying strong against stiff competition.
  4. The Shallows (New) – a surfer and a shark meet at a rock and no one cares.
  5. Free State of Jones (New) – went the Civil War route on this one but forgot one thing…the only “Civil War” people wanted to see had Captain America and Iron Man.

News and Notes:

  • Sequels are the remaining top 10 movies: The Conjuring 2 (6th), Now You See Me 2 (7th), X-Men: Apocalypse (8th), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (9th), Alice Through the Looking Glass (10th). This has bee a summer of sequels up till now.

Trailer – Star Trek Beyond

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The newest and more than likely last trailer for Star Trek Beyond has been beamed down for all of us to see.

Staring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin and John Cho, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella and Joe Taslim.

In Theaters on July 22, 2016.

Keeping Up With the Joneses – Trailer

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If Mr and Mrs Smith were a comedy, you’d have Keeping Up With The Joneses.

Official description: An ordinary suburban couple (Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher) finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses (Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot) – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors – especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. “Jones” are covert operatives.

Staring: Zach Galifianakis, Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, Gal Gadot

In Theaters – October 21, 2016

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – Trailer

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Tom Cruise is back as Lee Child’s ‘Jack Reacher’ in the all new Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back follows the title character as he returns to Virginia to meet the head of his former unit. But she’s missing, he’s being charged with a crime committed nearly 20 years ago, and he may even have a daughter. Making things right will lead him on a cross-country chase to uncover the truth – and maybe even a family.

Starring: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Aldis Hodge

In theaters October 21, 2016

Hollywood lost two recognizable actors over the weekend

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We here at Geek for E would like to make note that Hollywood lost two recognizable actors over the weekend.

Anton_YelchinAnton Yelchin – know for playing: Chekov in the new Star Trek movies, Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation, and was the voice of Clumsy Smurf in The Smurfs movies –  passed away at the age of 27 from a unique automobile accident at his home.

 

 

 

RonLesterRon Lester – know for playing: Billy Bob in Varsity Blues and Reggie Ray (which in itself was a parody of his role from VB) in Not Another Teen Movie – passed away at the age of 45 from long running liver and kideny issues.

 

6/20/2016 – Box Office Breakdown

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with Kevin Hart vs an animated blue fish voiced by Ellen Degeneres. A heavy weight battle of Strength, Wit, and Comedy. One made over $136 MILLION dollars and the other….not so much.  The winner and by a lot of money…Finding Dory took the top spot with the Johnson/Hart comedy coming in second by $100 million dollars. Lots of other recent flicks dropped in the charts.

  1. Finding Dory (new): Disney’s long awaited sequel to Finding Nemo launched to a $126,183,170 MILLION dollar opening weekend. I think Disney may have made some money on this one. Read our review!
  2. Central Intelligence (new): Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart couldn’t compete against an animated fish. Look for word of mouth to propel this movie forward in sales and to keep it in the top five for the next few weeks. Read our review!
  3. The Conjuring 2 (last week was the 1st spot): I’m betting WB is soooo glad they released this last week.
  4. Now you See Me 2 (last week in the 3rd spot): Three weeks out and still holding it’s own.
  5. Warcraft (last week in the 2nd spot): Dropped 73% in ticket sales but is doing amazing over seas. Look for the sequel in three years.

News and Notes:

Welcome to the first day of Summer and the outlook ahead for Summer Movie Fun is shining bright.

  • Independence Day: Resurgence drops on Friday June 24th
  • The Secret Life of Pets drops on Friday July 8th
  • Ghostbusters (2016) flies at you on Friday July 15th
  • Star Trek Beyond continues the five year voyage on Friday July 22nd
  • July ends with Jason Bourne making his return on Friday July 29th

Stay tuned in July for the August outlook.

Trailer: Our Kind of Traitor

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Official Synopsis: While on holiday in Marrakech, an ordinary English couple, Perry (Ewan McGregor – THE IMPOSSIBLE, THE GHOST) and Gail (Naomie Harris –SPECTRE, SOUTHPAW), befriend a flamboyant and charismatic Russian, Dima (Stellan Skarsgård – AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO), who unbeknownst to them is a kingpin money launderer for the Russian mafia.

When Dima asks for their help to deliver classified information to the British Secret Services, Perry and Gail get caught in a dangerous world of international espionage and dirty politics. The couple is propelled on a perilous journey through Paris and Bern, a safe house in the French Alps, to the murky corners of the City of London and an alliance with the British Government via a ruthless and determined MI6 agent (Damian Lewis – HOMELAND).

From the writer of DRIVE (Hossein Amini) adapting the hit John le Carré novel – the mind behind TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, and directed by acclaimed Susanna White – this taut thriller twists and turns its way around the world with dramatic consequences.

Visit http://www.ourkindoftraitorfilm.com/ for more information.

 

 

 

6/13/2016 – Box Office Breakdown

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The top three are all brand new! I think that shows that people were out to the movies this past weekend. Minus one movie, the remaining four of the top five are all sequels.

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Let’s begin:

  1. The Conjuring 2 (new) – Magically took the top spot and nearly doubled the next two in ticket sales.
  2. Warcraft (new) – Based on the very large interactive online game. Didn’t do as bad as some predicted it would.
  3. Now You See Me 2 (new) – Got a great review at Geek for E.
  4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows – Horrible return on investment in week number two; dropped almost 60% in ticket sales.
  5. X-Men: Apocalypse – It is what it is….not much else to say.

News and notes:

  • The Jungle Book (2016 live version) is still in the top 10 and has been out for nine weeks. I think it has some longevity there.
  • Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and The Nice Guys are both four weeks in release and four weeks of dropping returns in sales.  The same is true of Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping after two weeks of release. I think we can say that all three are a bust at the box office.

I hope you all have a great week. Remember to leave a comment either here on the site or on our Facebook page.