HOP CAN’T BOOST BOX OFFICE
April 5, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Hop didn’t jump quite so far as Universal had estimated. Still, with $37.5 million, it performed better than analysts had predicted going into the weekend. Weekend estimates, which are released on Sunday, are based on actual figures for Friday and Saturday and an informed guess for Sunday. The film had opened on Friday with $11.5 […]
HOP SKIPS FORECASTS, JUMPS TO $38 MILLION
April 4, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Hop leaped beyond the best predictions of box office analysts over the weekend, taking in an estimated $38.1 million. The Universal live-action/CGI feature nearly quadrupled the $10.2-million take for 20th Century Fox’s second week of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, with which it was supposed to vie closely for the family audience. Instead, Wimpysettled for […]
MOVIE REVIEWS: INSIDIOUS
April 3, 2011 by admin · 2 Comments
Generally speaking, critics give short shrift to horror movies produced on shoestring budgets. In fact studios rarely bother to schedule press screenings for them at all. So it’s no surprise that some of the reviews for Insidious are pretty frightful. What is surprising is that several critics have some positive things to say about it. […]
WHAT’S UP (AT THE MOVIES), DOC?
April 1, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Easter may be more than three weeks away, but the teenage son of the Easter Bunny is arriving early at movie theaters this weekend and capturing the family audience until the real holiday comes along. Hop — a hybrid live/computer-generated film, is expected to earn around $25 million, despite dismal reviews. Box-office forecasters say that […]
