Synopsis – A young married couple’s lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband’s past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years. My Take – Advertised as yet another version of Fatal Attraction, which this film clearly is not! This directorial debut by Joel Edgerton (Zero Dark Thirty, Warrior, Black Mass) is more … Continue reading The Gift (2015) Review!!!
After losing out to War Room (though just barely) on Friday, Straight Outta Compton is back on top of the box office. The NWA bio earned an estimated $13.2 million in the last three days, bringing its domestic total up to $134.1 million. That means that Compton is now by far the most successful musical biography of all time, topping 2005’s Walk the Line ($119.5) … Continue reading ‘Compton’ still on top as ‘War Room’ & ‘No Escape’ succeed, while ‘We Are Your Friends’ tanks at the BO!!
No disrespect to Straight Outta Compton, but this is more like an August box office. Sure, the last two years have given us more than a few big hits in summer’s final month – Straight Outta Compton, for one. But this is how you know that summer is winding down: when a clutch of mediocre new releases hits theatres only to be shown up by … Continue reading ‘Compton’ stomps ‘Sinister 2’, ‘American Ultra’ & ‘Hitman: Agent 47’ at the BO!!
Universal is estimating that Straight Outta Compton made $56M in 2,757 theaters, a remarkable $20,345 per screen average. Compton easily bested the other wide release, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which is under-performing with an estimated $13.5M. The Top 12, at $133.6M, is up 4% from last year when The Expendables 3 shocked many by opening in 4th place with $15.9M, beaten not only by holdovers … Continue reading Universal scores another smash hit with ‘Crompton’, while Man from U.N.C.L.E underperforms!!
Fox‘s Fantastic Four got a Thing-like pummeling at the box office with a $26.2M first outing, allowing Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation to take #1 for the second weekend in a row with $29.4M. Fantastic‘s $6,558 take per screen underwhelmed across the board and it doesn’t look like the Josh Trank-directed film has any hopes of turning things around. The film earned a dismal “C-” … Continue reading Fantastic Four reboot gets clobbered at the Box Office!!
