The Top Ten

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Film

Weekend Take

Change(%)

Total Take

1

TMNT

$25,450,000

–

$25,450,000

2

300

$20,510,000

-37.6%

$162,354,000

3

Shooter

$14,501,000

–

$14,501,000

4

Wild Hogs

$14,362,000

-24.6%

$123,815,000

5

The Last Mimzy

$10,200,000

–

$10,200,000

6

Premonition

$10,100,000

-42.5%

$32,191,000

7

The Hills Have Eyes 2

$10,000,000

–

$10,000,000

8

Reign Over Me

$8,000,000

–

$8,000,000

9

Pride

$4,000,000

–

$4,000,000

10

Dead Silence

$3,468,000

-55.8%

$13,243,000

CommentaryThere were six new wide releases this weekend. Six! That is obviously way too much. There is simply no space in the marketplace for six new releases to do really well. So coming into this weekend we knew that many of […]

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It's true, he is joining the ranks of directors.
Russel believes he can bring a fresh set of techniques to the director chair which are not being used by other directors currently. For example, he plans to keep a telephone with him at all times in order to "motivate" his actors to do good […]

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Dead Silence
The Players: James Wan and Leigh Whannell, respectively the director and the writer of the original SAW movie.The Story: There is a dummy that kills people. And that really is all you need to know.Rotten Tomatoes: Not screened for critics. Trailer
The creative team behind the creation of the SAW franchise try to prove […]

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Here are the elements:
Blindness, the novel by Nobel prize winner José Saramago that tells the story of a sudden and inexplicable epidemic of blindness .
Fernando Meirelles, the director of City of God and The Constant Gardner.
Daniel Craig (James Bond!) and Julianne Moore.
If you put all these things together, what do you get? […]

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So, we have the first true blockbuster of 2007.  300 opened to the tune of $70.9 million over the weekend. To put things into perspective, this is bigger than last year's openings of Superman Returns ($52 millions) , Cars( $60 million) and Ice Age 2($68 million). It is also just a little shy of the […]

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But it is happening, and there is nothing I can do about it. And today we are even starting to see the first of what I'm sure will be many test images, set photos and other little bits of information.
In case you are not aware, Watchmen is Zack Snyder's next project. All the luck […]

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Variety has the full report, but here are the most interesting tidbits:

Ghost Rider was the top performer last week, and it's international cume stands at $61.6 million.
Dreamgirls is not doing quite so well, but that is expected because it's a musical with a mostly African-American cast. Apparently these things tend to result in lower […]

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GoodThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) will direct this movie based on the book about a female detective in Botswana. Just different enough to make it interesting and a good director to boot.
Three Men Seeking Monsters
Based on the true story of three friends who go around England seeking monsters, […]

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Slow week, the only big opener is 300. Of course, that will be plenty for many people.
300
The Players: The director Zack Snyder, who had previously directed the very good remake of Dawn of the Dead and Frank Miller, who wrote the comic book in which the movie is based. Oh, yeah, Gerard Butler […]

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I love horror movies with cool sounding but somewhat ludicrous names. Add in an weird, also ludicrous plot and you'll have me sitting at the dark theater for sure.
Unfortunately the last decade hasn't been good in terms of good name. I mean, there is nothing wrong with The Ring, The Grudge, Final Destination, Scream […]

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