Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Weekend Boxoffice: Friday September 25th - Sunday September 27th 2009

Pandorum was the only horror movie opening this past weekend. It took in $4,424,126 on 2,506 screens. It came in sixth place. Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis, was another newbie coming in second place with $14,902,692 on 2,951 screens.

Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN 2 is winding down it's run with $347,033 this weekend for 26th place (down from 17th). It's cume so far is $32,056,389.

THE FINAL DESTINATION 3D made $1,376,614 for a cume of $64,603,402. It came in at number 12 down from tenth last week.

Sorority Row made $1,083,874 for $10,719,202. It was 14th down from ninth.

Whiteout made $421,450 for a cume of $9,825,004. It was in 21st place, down from 11th place.

Number one again was Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs taking in $25,038,803 for a total so far of $60,474,555.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

PREVIEW: Pandorum

Opening this Friday, Septmber 25th 2009 is the horror film Pandorum.

You can visit the official website at:

http://www.pandorummovie.com/

Weekend Boxoffice: Friday September 18th - Sunday September 20th 2009

JENNIFER'S BODY was the only new horror movie to open this weekend. It came in fifth with $6,868,397. SORORITY ROW dropped from sixth to ninth taking in $2,499,758 for $8,880,742. WHITEOUT dropped from seventh to eleventh with $2,131,043 for $8,553,633.Other horror holdovers: HALLOWEEN 2 took in $751,894 for a total so far of $31,477,782. It came in 17th dropping from 14th. THE FINAL DESTINATION 3D made $2,388,473 for a total of $62,405,206. It is still in the top ten at number ten, dropping for fifth.This weekend another horror movie opens, Pandorum.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

PREVIEW: JENNIFER'S BODY--New from 20th Century Fox

JENNIFER'S BODY--New from 20th Century Fox -
http://www.jennifersbody.com

Opening this Friday September 18th 2009 is JENNIFER'S BODY, starring Megan Fox.

Weekend Boxoffice: Friday September 11th-Sunday September 13th 2009

SORORITY ROW took in $5,059,802 for 6th place this weekend. In 7th was WHITEOUT with $4,915,104. HALLOWEEN 2 was 14th with $2,114,486. HALLOWEEN 2 has made $30,094,379 thru the weekend, and has made $30,414,517 thru Tues Sept 15th. FINAL DESTINATION was 5th with $5,522,377. THE FINAL DESTINATION has grossed $59,196,557 thru Tues Sept 15th.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

HALLOWEEN 3-D for 2010

On the heels of the success of THE FINAL DESTINATION 3D, the Weinstein Brothers' Dimension Films plans to bring us Michael Myers in 3D!!! They are planning to produce/release Halloween 3-D for 2010. Rob Zombie will not be returning for Part 3. Rumor had Steve Miner (Friday the 13th PART 2 & 3, Halloween H20) to direct, but will probably not happen. Variety, has revealed the name of the filmmaker who’s currently in discussions with Dimension Films to write and direct HALLOWEEN 3-D. Patrick Lussier, who has a long history with Dimension (editing the SCREAM pics and helming the DRACULA franchise), and most recently revisited another classic slasher in 3-D with MY BLOODY VALENTINE, is the man in talks to do the latest Michael Myers adventure.

DVD NEW RELEASES: Tuesday September 15th 2009

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 7: THE NEW BLOOD and FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 8: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN come out in Deluxe Edition Dvd's this Tuesday Sept 15 2009 from Paramount Pictures.

PREVIEW: Sorority Row and Whiteout in theaters Friday Sept 11th 2009

Horror continues this weekend with the release of Summit's SORORITY ROW. Checkout the website at http://thetapi-ordie.com/.Also coming to theaters this Friday is WHITEOUT, a thriller from Warner Brothers. Their website is at http://whiteoutmovie.warnerbros.com/

PREVIEW: The Stepfather

THE STEPFATHER is coming to your home....THEATER... Friday October 16th 2009. Check out the website at http://www.welcometothefamily.com/.

Weekend Boxoffice: Friday September 4th-Monday September 7th 2009

The Final Destination 3D was number one again this four day Labor Day weekend. It made $12,368,882 for 3 days ($47,508,879 total) and $15,295,069 for the four days ($50,435,066 total). Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 was sixth with a 3 day take of $5,745,206 which was a drop of -64.9% from last weekend. ($25,801,098 total). For the 4 days, Halloween 2 made $6,872,800 and came in seventh with a -58.0% dropoff from last weekend. Four day total for Halloween 2 is $26,928,692.

Weekend Boxoffice: Friday August 28th-Sunday August 30th 2009

The Final Destination 3D was number one taking in $27,408,309 opening weekend. The New Line/Warner sequel beat out Michael Myers. Halloween 2 came in third with $16,349,565 for Dimension Films.