THE SOCIAL NETWORK MAKES 2.9 MILLION FRIENDS

The Social Network attracted about 2.9 million unique visitors over the weekend — the movie about the founding of Facebook, that is. (Facebook itself currently counts about 165 million unique visitors in the U.S.) Together they plunked down an estimated $23 million for tickets — on the low end of forecasts. On her DeadlineHollywood website, […]

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS IS TOP MONEYMAKER

More than 20 years after the original Wall Street premiered, the sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps awoke at the top of the box office with a weekend take of $19.01 million, according to final studio figures released on Monday. The Warner Bros. 3D animated feature Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole came […]

MOVIEGOERS BUY WALL STREET DERIVATIVE (UPDATED)

The overall economy may be sagging but Wall Street raked in handsome profits this weekend — Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the 20th Century Fox movie, that is. According to studio estimates, it earned $19 million, about what industry gurus had predicted. Also as predicted, persons over 30 made up the bulk of the movie’s […]

OWLS AND BEARS DEBUT ON SCREEN

Although the critics are mostly bearish on it, box-office analysts are quite bullish on Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, which they figure should open this weekend with around $20 million in ticket sales. Several analysts suggest it’s a toss-up between the Wall Street sequel and the family film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of […]

MOVIE: LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole may seem like a strange title for an animated movie, but several critics suggest that the movie itself is mighty strange, something that one might expect from 300 and Watchmen director Zach Snyder. What with all of its characters — heroes and villains — owls, some critics […]