Paramount’s horror film “The Devil Inside” opened to a record-breaking $34.5 million. The R-rated movie–acquired by Paramount for only $1 million–scored the best opening ever for early January, and the third biggest for the month after fellow Paramount title Cloverfield($40.1 million) and George Lucas‘ 1997 reissue of Star Wars($35.9 million). Those two films were …
Read More »‘War Horse’ Actor Benedict Cumberbatch Joins Star Trek Sequel
Benedict Cumberbatch, who us getting rave reviews in his current role in Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse,” has joined the cast of the J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” sequel. While keeping the details under wraps, it is being speculated that Cumberbatch will play the main villain in the film. The cast of the 2009 Trek movie …
Read More »M.I. 4 Leads The New Year
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol continued to beat the competition as the film rang in 2012 with $31.3 million for the three-day New Year’s weekend for a domestic total of $134.2 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, through January 1, 2012 are as follows: Rank …
Read More »Mission: Impossible Fails But Still Wins Weekend
It’s amazing what a few years can do someone’s memory. Mission: Impossible’s win over the Christmas box office has the movie industry yelling that Tom Cruise is back. However, Mission: Impossible 4’s five day total of $58.9 million doesn’t match Mission: Impossible 3’s open. The third installment made $47.7 million …
Read More »Mission: Impossible The Game Social Experience Brings Fans Into The Mission
Paramount Pictures and Funtactix, a worldwide developer and publisher of online worlds and social games, announced the launch of Mission: Impossible The Game the official social game based on the Mission: Impossible movie franchise from Paramount Pictures. Mission: Impossible The Game is available now on Facebook. Mission: Impossible The Game casts players in the leading …
Read More »Box Office Goes Paranormal
“Paranormal Activity 3” opened to a massive $54 million at the domestic box office–the top launch of all time for a horror pic, as well as the best October debut ever. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 23, 2011 are as follows: Rank …
Read More »The First Avenger Comes Home
Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures introduce the latest addition to the incomparable Marvel Super Hero team with CAPTAIN AMERICA: The First Avenger , ready for action on high definition Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD October 25, 2011. When a terrifying force threatens everyone across the globe, the world’s greatest soldier wages war on the …
Read More »Super 8 Arrives On Blu-Ray and DVD This November
SUPER 8 debuts in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack with Digital Copy November 22, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Produced by Amblin, Bad Robot and Academy Award winner* Steven Spielberg, the exhilarating story follows a group of friends in a small Ohio town who witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie. When …
Read More »Captain America Blasts Box Office
Paramount and Marvel Studios scored another victory as Captain America: The First Avenger topped the domestic box office with an estimated $65.8 million launch, in line with fellow superhero pic Thor and successfully priming the audience for next summer’s The Avengers. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected …
Read More »Watch Trailer for Scorsese’s Hugo Here
A trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, has just been released. Shot in 3D, the film, now just called Hugo, is based on Brian Selznick’s best-selling novel “The Invention of Hugo Cabret. ” It follows the title character of Hugo (played by Asa Butterfield), an orphan living within the walls of …
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