Actual Domestic Top 5, July 22nd-24th: 1. “Star Trek Beyond” (PG-13, 3,928 theaters) – My Prediction: #1, $85 million first weekend weekend, $250 million final What Actually Went Down: #1, $59.3 million first weekend Well, ...
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Box Office Futures Listcore: Trekking “Beyond” A “Collision?”
I feel like a hypocrite. All summer, I’ve been berating Hollywood for its seemingly unyielding parade of prequels, sequels, reboots, and adaptations. “WHERE IS THE ORIGINALITY???” has been my implicit rallying cry to this point. ...
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Box Office Breakdown Listcore: Who You Gonna Call? “The Secret Life of Pets”
I hate to say it, but I told you so. Despite an understandable 51% slide, Louis CK and co. outpaced the rookie “Ghostbusters” reboot in their sophomore weekend, though the race was, as I also ...
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Box Office Futures Listcore: Can Ghosts Bust “Pets?”
THE MOMENT IS HERE. The most-loathed trailer in YouTube history (943K+ dislikes and counting!) finally proves that, yes, it honestly was promoting a real, actual “Ghostbusters” re-boot. Truth be told, I would count myself among ...
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Box Office Breakdown Listcore: A Not-So-“Secret” Victory
As predicted, it was a critter-tastic weekend at the domestic box office. “The Secret Life of Pets” unseated “Finding Dory” with a monster opening weekend, “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” opened softer than Zac ...
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Box Office Futures Listcore: “Pets” Vs. Pixar
Weekend: July 8th-10th, 2016 Big New Releases: “The Secret Life of Pets,” “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,” “Sultan” (limited) Big Holdovers: “Finding Dory,” “The Legend of Tarzan,” “The BFG,” “The Purge: Election Year” Projected ...
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Scrumptious Zappa Chatter
Review, “Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words” — *** 1/2 stars (out of ****) Released June 24th, 2016 Directed by Thorston Schutte Starring Frank Zappa Running Time: 90 minutes Box Office (in ...
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TV Core-ner: “Game of Thrones” Pod – “The Winds of Winter” (Season 6, Episode 10) Review
Armani Barron, Michael Reed and TJ Morrison sift through the Cersei-centric season finale of “GoT” season 6. Subscribe to the Filmcore Podcast on iTunes! You can also listen to the episode on Filmcore’s SoundCloud.
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Box Office Breakdown Listcore: Jungle Love Vs. DeGeneres
Your trusted Filmcore Box Office Listcore Prognosticator was off the clock on Thursday, so you didn’t get your standard dose of pre-weekend predictions. For that, I do apologize, but I was on vacation in Chicago ...
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Box Office Breakdown Listcore: “Dory” Runs Roughshod Over “Resurgence”
Remember when Jeff Goldblum was the lead alien (THE LEAD ALIEN) in “Earth Girls Are Easy?” Or the lead fly (THE LEAD FLY) in Cronenberg’s remake of “The Fly?” Or the lead human (THE LEAD ...