New films with demons and assassins enjoyed moderate debuts while Oscar contenders for Best Picture scored solid sales figures but the overall North American box office remained stuck in a funk. Another snowstorm affected theaters in the Northeast but a weekend with football made audiences more available. Opening at number one with a respectable but not stellar debut was the supernatural thriller The Rite starring Anthony Hopkins which scared up an estimated $15M which was enough to lead the weak frame. The Warner Bros. release about an American sent to the Vatican to study with a priest that specializes in exorcisms averaged a decent $5,027 from 2,985 locations.
The New York Times’ A.O. Scott says we’re in a golden age of foreign films, but most Americans don’t know it — and he thinks the Academy Awards are partly to blame.
Can’t get enough of pictures and video from the set of the “Spider-Man” reboot? Here’s some more.
It has James Cameron’s name attached as producer, but with a $30 million budget and a relative novice directing, “Sanctum” isn’t your average would-be action blockbuster.
It can be hard to remember during Hollywood’s January freeze, but we have plenty of movies worth looking forward to on the schedule this year.
As studio business shenanigans continue behind the scenes, Javier Bardem has been offered a starring role in the next Bond movie.
Based on a tweet from Roberto Orci, it looks like he and partner Alex Kurtzman have climbed aboard Gavin Hood’s adaptation of “Ender’s Game.”
Just in case you thought two years of no news meant the project was dead, The Weinstein Company would like you to know that “Scary Movie 5″ is definitely happening.