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For the 2007 magazine Auto Express, Paul Walker plays the part of Himself.
In 2007, Paul Walker's character is Caleb Mandrake in the Living Blues.
Paul Walker plays Jared in the 1993 video Anal House Party.
Paul Walker stars as Himself - Presenter in the 1997 Anal Perversions of Lolita.
For the 1899 production of 'Moving' Picture, A, 'Professor' Bennett.
In 1963, he takes the role of Joey Gazelle in the release of 13 Frightened Girls.
For the 1972 feature Aaradhana, Paul Walker stars as Dean Sampson.
In 1968, Paul Walker plays the part of Brandon Collins (1993) in the movie The Admittance.
For the 1919 release of Am Weibe zerschellt, Paul Walker plays the part of Lewis Thomas.
In 2007, Skip Martin in the release of Americanizing Shelley.
In 1980, he plays the part of Chris Johnston in the release of Animalympics.
In 1897, he is cast in the role of Himself in the movie Assassinat du duc de Guise, L'.
In 1966, Paul Walker is cast in the role of Phil Deedle in the B.B. in USA.
In 1971, he takes the role of Lance Harbour in the show Birdbath.
In 1921, Paul Walker is cast in the role of Brian O'Conner in the movie Bare Knuckles.
He is cast in the role of Brian O'Conner in the 1993 movie Bare Market.
He plays the part of Jason in the 1955 The Chocolate Soldier.
In 1946, Paul Walker is cast in the role of Mikey in the feature Chantaje.
In 1898, Paul Walker plays the part of Michael in the show The Christian Herald's Relief Station, Havana.
He is cast in the role of Lawrence in the 2003 video Deviant Behavior.
For the 2000 video Dos carteles, he plays the part of Jeremy Beatty (1986-1987).
He plays Mike in the 1981 production of Devudu Mamayya.
In 2003, he takes the role of Himself in the show The Grateful Dead: A Folktale.
Singer Craig David -- Measuring Length
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Hot BodiesTMZ.com: Wearing nothing but his white boxers, sexy British R&B singer Craig David hung out on his Miami balcony carrying a tape measure on Monday.He looks about the perfect size.
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on 2009-04-30 04:53:40
'Fast and Furious 5' revving production engines!
Paul Walker acknowledges a Brazilian shoot for the sequel is being planned.
on 2009-04-12 05:36:23Walker, Diesel will return for ?Furious? sequel
Paul Walker and Vin Diesel will return for a fifth ?Fast & Furious? film, Walker told a radio station on Friday.
on 2009-04-12 05:21:25'Fast & Furious'' Paul Walker Engaged?
Are the rumors true? Paul Walker reveals whether or not he got engaged to his girlfriend -- and if he'll star in a sequel to his and Vin Diesel's new box-office hit, 'Fast & Furious.'
Asked by the Valentine in the Morning radio show if he's engaged,
on 2009-04-11 04:48:37Uptight Paul Walker
Paul Walker didn't think he was "capable" of relaxing.The 'Fast and Furious' star was left horrified when his doctor ordered him to take a break from work a few years ago.He said: "I'm still learning how to relax. And a while ago I started to feel run dow
on 2009-04-08 04:49:19Diesel And Walker Scrap Australia Visit
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker have cancelled a week-long promotional visit to Australia due to illness.The actors were due to arrive Down Under on Monday (06Apr09) to spend seven days promoting their new movie Fast And Furious, which debuted at the top of th
on 2009-04-07 04:49:39Diesel -- 72 Million Reasons to Return from Exile
Filed under: Movies With "Fast & Furious" strangely raking in $72.5 million this weekend, Vin Diesel was finally able to get past stains on his resume like "Babylon A.D." and "The Pacifier" and show his face again in public.
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on 2009-04-07 04:50:55'Fast & Furious' Speeds to No. 1
The adrenaline-fueled blockbuster 'Fast & Furious' roared into first place this weekend with $72.5 million, studio estimates showed.
The fourth chapter in the high-octane franchise features Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reuniting as th
on 2009-04-06 04:47:12The idiocy comes ?Fast & Furious?
We get stuck spending most of the new film?s running time watching Vin Diesel and Paul Walker squint and say words in a weak approximation of acting.
on 2009-04-04 04:47:13VIN VILL IT END?
WITH their careers stalled, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker have consented to grace the witless retread called "Fast & Furious" with their first joint appearance since "The Fast and the Furious" in 2001. The stars look bored out of their minds when...
on 2009-04-03 04:50:25Universal's in the 'Fast' lane
Front Page: 'Furious' could be biggest April opener -- Universal's "Fast and Furious" hopes to tear up the box office when it opens today, marking the fourth outing for the action franchise and reteaming Vin Diesel and Paul Walker for the first time since
on 2009-04-03 04:49:02Well-played, Paul Walker on 'EXTRA'
Every so often, during EXTRA, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, or the increasingly self-parodical trip-fest TMZ TV, a gem like the following Paul Walker clip pops up and I refuse to stop playing it throughout the next day. Won't you join...
on 2009-04-03 04:47:37Barbie Boy Paul Walker
Paul Walker likes playing with Barbie dolls.The 'Fast and Furious' actor sheds his hardman image and embraces his nine-year-old daughter Meadow's interests when he is at home.He said: "Meadow is definitely a girly girl. She likes to bake stuff with me and
on 2009-04-01 04:49:07Paul Walker gets back behind the wheel
?I wanted to work. Everyone was available to come back and make really the first true sequel,? Walker says about ?Fast & Furious.?
on 2009-03-31 04:46:59Paul Walker Hot For 'fast Women'
Paul Walker loves "fast women".The 'Fast and Furious' star - who was joined by his co-star Vin Diesel in London's Leicester Square for the film's UK premiere last night (19.03.09) - admitted he has bedded a host of beauties over the years.Paul, who is in
on 2009-03-22 04:46:53Paul Walker: The Hot and the Shirtless
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Hot BodiesA bearded Paul Walker resurfaced in the waters off Hawaii on Monday.Shrinkage was not a factor.
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on 2009-01-21 04:48:30Paul Walker?s Romantic Beach Romp
Enjoying a romantic beach romp, the hunky Paul Walker was spotted enjoying the surf and sand of Hawaii on Tuesday (January 19).
Taking a stroll along the beach with his lady, the “Bone Deep” actor seemed quite at peace throughout a long w
on 2009-01-20 04:49:25Paul Walker -- The Bird and The Pecker
Sometimes ladies man Paul Walker enjoys the soft, tickling bristles of man scruff pressed against his cheek ... ... at least he did a few nights ago while at an Irish pub in Riverside, Ca. Your move, Vin Diesel....Permalink
on 2008-11-25 04:49:16Thriller pulls Walker, Christensen in "Deep"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Actors Paul Walker and
Hayden Christensen have been cast in "Bone Deep," a crime
thriller being directed by John Luessenhop.
on 2008-09-05 04:45:30The Results Are In: Recast Wings
Every other Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!
I'm so relieved to know I wasn't alone in my nerd-love for W
on 2008-08-06 04:59:53Fast and Furious
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed -- "Fast and Furious." Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars a
on 2008-06-27 07:19:09Vin Diesel, Paul Walker 'Furious' for More
The 4th "Fast and Furious" flick will feature the franchise's original stars.
on 2008-06-26 04:45:37Jordana Brewster: Is Incest Best?
Filed under: Wacky and WeirdTMZ.com: A pap asked Jordana Brewster who was the better kisser in "The Fast and the Furious," Vin Diesel or Paul Walker -- innocent enough question right? Except that she never kissed Vin ... he played her brother. Ew.
on 2008-04-18 17:01:16-
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Madea's Family Reunion Rocks the Box Office
Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for February 24-26, 2006
By John Hamann
February 26, 2006
Top Ten for Weekend of February 24-26, 2006
Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($)
Cumulative Gross ($)
1 Madea's Family Reunion 2,194 New $30.3 $30.3
2 Eight Below 3,072 -22% $15.7 $45.1
3 The Pink Panther 3,313 -32% $11.3 $61.0
4 Date Movie 2,898 -52% $9.2 $33.9
5 Curious George 2,609 -41% $7.0 $43.1
6 Firewall 2,740 -30% $6.3 $36.9
7 Final Destination 3 2,726 -47% $5.4 $44.8
8 Doogal 2,318 New $3.6 $3.6
9 Running Scared 1,611 New $3.1 $3.1
10 Freedomland 2,361 -50% $2.9 $10.8
It was just a year ago that Tyler Perry'>Tyler Perry and Lionsgate had a huge hit with
Diary of a Mad Black Woman. That film came out of nowhere and opened to
$21.9 million from only 1,483 venues. It made a player out of Tyler Perry'>Tyler Perry,
creator of the Madea franchise, and continued a long winning streak for
distributor Lionsgate, a run that started with Fahrenheit 9/11 in the summer
of 2004 and continues impressively today. On the flipside of Madea's
success, Paul Walker and Running Scared crashed and burned this weekend.
This weekend is all about Tyler Perry'>Tyler Perry and the sensation he has created with
the Madea franchise. The number one movie is Madea's Family Reunion, a small
comedy/melodrama which grossed an astounding $30.3 million from 2,194
venues. It had a super-hot venue average of $13,787, and after a $10.5
million opening Friday, earned a not-bad 2.88 weekend multiplier. The
multiplier (weekend gross divided by opening day gross) is somewhat
consistent with Diary of a Mad Black Woman's 2.96, but was a little lower
due to the sequel effect (audiences tend to come out on Friday if familiar
with a character or story). The opening is the eighth biggest for the month
of February, behind huge films like Passion of the Christ, Hannibal and
Hitch. For distributor Lionsgate, it is their second biggest debut weekend
ever, narrowly behind Saw II's $30.5 million open earned in October of last
year. For Tyler Perry'>Tyler Perry, this opening turns up the heat on an already hot
career. Perry wrote and directed this one, and at age 36 now has had two
films meet their production budget on opening day (much like Lionsgate's Saw
franchise). Diary cost only $5 million to make and ended up grossing $50.6
million, a little better than ten times its budget. Madea's Family Reunion,
with its production budget of $10 million, cost twice as much to make, but
will be an even bigger sensation than Diary.
Reviews weren't kind to Madea. Initially, Lionsgate held Madea back from
reviewers, except in Canada. As of this writing, there are 14 reviews at
RottenTomatoes, and six of those reviews are positive, which may point to a
slight improvement over the original film, Diary of Mad Black Woman. That
film got 103 reviews, and only 17 were fresh, leading to a 17% fresh rating.
No wonder it opened so big and finished at $50 million domestically.
Whatever the case, when your film makes more than its production budget on
opening day, you celebrate, then get up the next day and work on the third
film of the series.
Number two is Eight Below, but it finished with about half the gross of
Madea. In its second weekend, the Disney flick grossed a fantastic $15.7
million from 3,072 venues. It had a venue average of $5,117, and dropped
22% - a little higher than usual due to the holiday weekend in the last
frame, where Sunday numbers are increased due to President's Day on Monday.
What I'm saying here is that Eight Below is a huge hit, despite the slight
percentage drop. Had last weekend not been a holiday, this flick would have
dropped in the low single digits and been an even bigger story today. Eight
Below is proving that it's more than a kids flick, as it is crossing over
into some new demographics. Obviously, audiences didn't care that it stars
Paul Walker (they definitely did with Running Scared) as its total now sits
at $45.1 million. Shot mostly in Canada, this one mostly likely cost
somewhere in the $25-50 million range, so it's likely to be a huge success
for the Mouse House.
Landing in third, ahead of the critically reviled Date Movie, is the Pink
Panther, which is also critically reviled. Despite the tongue-lashing from
critics, The Pink Panther has held strongly since opening to over $20
million three weekends ago. This weekend, the Sony release grossed $11.3
million, down only 32% from the holiday inflated weekend. The Steve Martin
feature has now grossed $61 million, albeit against a huge $80 million
budget. Obviously, The Pink Panther has either found a much older
demographic than intended, or perhaps much younger. After having a Friday
gross of about $3 million, the comedy ended the weekend with a multiplier of
3.76, a number usually reserved for animated or family films.
Fourth this weekend is Date Movie. The spoof film grossed $9.2 million this
weekend, down an embarrassing 52%. It now sits with $33.9 million and will
be forgotten by the time the first quarter is complete.
Curious George wins fifth this weekend, grossing $7 million from 2,609
venues. The little monkey is having a tough go of it, as the film dropped
41% this weekend compared to its $11.8 million gross last weekend, despite
adding 37 venues. The Universal/Imagine release has now taken in $43.1
million domestically against a budget of about $50 million.
Firewall somehow manages to hang on to sixth place, thanks mostly to two
weak openers out of three. The Harrison Ford thriller grossed $6.3 million,
down a lower-than-expected 30% from the previous frame. From Warner Bros,
this one most likely cost in the $75-95 million range, and has only taken in
$36.9 million.
Final Destination 3 continues its freefall after opening to over $19 million
only three weekends ago. This time out, FD3 grossed $5.4 million, off 47%,
similar to the 48% drop this film saw last weekend. Still, with a production
budget of only $25 million and a domestic gross so far of $44.8 million,
this is a huge success for the folks at New Line. That studio was in need of
a hit, as their last film to cross the $50 million mark was The Wedding
Crashers last July.
Doogal, the new animated feature from The Weinstein Co., crashed and burned
this weekend (but not as bad as New Line's Running Scared). Some thought
that Doogal would follow on the heels of Hoodwinked, but that wasn't the
case. The animated dog grossed only $3.6 million this weekend from 2,318
venues, giving it an ugly average of $1,556. The Weinsteins tried to put a
new face on an European film a la Nanny McPhee, but failed miserably.
Finishing an ugly ninth is Running Scared, the other film this weekend with
Paul Walker. Running Scared flopped hard, grossing $3.1 million over its
opening weekend, from 1,611 venues (I'd say New Line knew they had a dog
with this one). Critics hated the film. At RottenTomatoes, 89 reviews were
counted at the time of this writing, and 33 were positive, giving this one a
fresh rating of 37%.
Tenth spot belongs to Freedomland, the thriller that opened poorly last
weekend. This frame, Freedomland grossed $2.9 million, down 50% from last
weekend. The Joe Roth directed picture now has a running total of $10.8
million.
Overall, the top ten struggled versus last year, despite Madea's opening.
The top ten movies at the box office this weekend earned $94.7 this year,
versus about $99 million last year. Next weekend Bruce Willis' 16 Blocks and
Milla Jovovich's UItraviolet take on last year's surprise hit The Pacifier,
so the box office could be in for another losing streak.
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Paul Walker Dismisses 'Clean Cut' Image
February 22, 2006, 7:07:57
"Then when we pulled up on the lot, there was a crowd of people saying
'What's going on?' "The security guards came to the sound stage because they
said, 'There's this black man yelling and screaming on the phone!'" Paul
Walker: 'i'm No Good Guy'.
Movie star PAUL WALKER has dismissed his clean-cut image, insisting he was
once a misunderstood youth with a felony hanging over him.
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS star insists his image as a wholesome Hollywood
pin-up couldn't be further from the truth - his history is laced with crime
and controversy.
Walker refuses to go into details about his criminal past, but reveals, "I
was a troubled kid. I was raised in a Mormon household, went to a Christian
school.
"I think I had a good heart, but if it was bad and I was told not to do it,
I did it.
"I was 18 for two weeks and I was facing a felony. I did all kinds of
stupid, rotten shit when I was a kid.
"I had it (felony) reduced so it's not on my record. Now I'm all good."
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In alt.showbiz.gossip Rick in Oz wrote:
: http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-02-21/
: Walker Urges Press-Shy Stars To Move Out of Hollywood
: The Fast And The Furious star Paul Walker has blasted Hollywood stars who
: complain about becoming paparazzi targets - because it's so easy to escape
: their prying lenses. The hunky movie star is currently topping the US box
: office with Eight Below, and he would rather live far away from Los Angeles
: than let his life be ruined by aggressive photographers. He tells Complex
: magazine, "All these people who complain and bitch about it... move. Get the
: f**k out! You don't like the press, why the hell are you shopping on Rodeo
: Drive? Come on, it's easy to disappear if you want to."
Since one review of this movie said it was no surprise that the dogs
outacted Walker, I doubt Walker will have to worry about paparazzi for
much longer.
Fiona
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By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
41 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - "Eight Below," a tale of survival among abandoned sled
dogs, was the leader of the box-office pack with a $25 million opening
over the four-day holiday weekend.
The romance spoof "Date Movie," from 20th Century Fox, debuted in
second place with $22.3 million, according to studio estimates Monday.
"If you will, we won the dog race," said Chuck Viane, head of
distribution for Disney, which released "Eight Below."
The new movies bumped off Sony's "The Pink Panther," the previous
weekend's No. 1 film, which slipped to third place with $21 million,
raising its 11-day total to $46.7 million.
The weekend's other new wide release, Sony's urban drama "Freedomland"
starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore, opened a weak No. 7
with $7 million.
Hollywood had a healthy weekend, with the top-12 movies taking in
$135.9 million, down a fraction from President's Day weekend last year.
Like the previous weekend, when "The Pink Panther" drew a strong family
crowd while New Line's fright flick "Final Destination 3" grabbed
horror fans, the two top movies scored well with different target
audiences.
Parents and their children accounted for about two-thirds of
movie-goers catching "Eight Below," while four-fifths of the audience
for "Date Movie" was under 25.
"By programming two films that aren't chasing the same audience, you
can really build a pretty good weekend for two movies at the same
time," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker
Exhibitor Relations.
"Eight Below" stars Paul Walker as a guide in Antarctica forced by
a killer storm to leave his sled-dog team behind in the frozen
wasteland, where the animals must band together to survive the winter.
"Date Movie" features Alyson Hannigan and Adam Campbell in a "Scary
Movie"-type parody of such romantic comedies as "Hitch," "Meet the
Fockers" and "The Wedding Planner."
While "Eight Below" drew solid reviews, "Date Movie" was not screened
for critics beforehand, a sign the studio knows a film will get bad
reviews.
"Young teens and early twenty-somethings, and that is who this is
geared for, critics aren't necessarily quite in tune with that crowd,"
said Chris Aronson, general sales manager for "Date Movie" distributor
20th Century Fox.
Focus Features' "Brokeback Mountain," the favorite to win the
best-picture Academy Award, continued to benefit from its Oscar buzz,
taking in $3.8 million to lift its total to $72 million.
In limited release, the Russian fantasy thriller "Night Watch," a huge
hit in its native country, opened strongly with $110,171 in three
theaters, averaging a whopping $36,724 a cinema. By comparison, "Eight
Below" played in 3,066 theaters and averaged $8,164, while "Date Movie"
averaged $7,709 in 2,896 cinemas.
Distributor Fox Searchlight plans to expand "Night Watch" to about 150
theaters by March 3.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Monday at U.S. and Canadian
theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures will
be released Tuesday.
1. "Eight Below," $25 million.
2. "Date Movie," $22.3 million.
3. "The Pink Panther," $21 million.
4. "Curious George," $15.3 million.
5. "Final Destination 3," $12.5 million.
6. "Firewall," $10.3 million.
7. "Freedomland," $7 million.
8. "Big Momma's House 2," $5.85 million.
9. "When a Stranger Calls," $5.8 million.
10. "Nanny McPhee," $5.1 million.
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http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-02-21/
Walker Urges Press-Shy Stars To Move Out of Hollywood
The Fast And The Furious star Paul Walker has blasted Hollywood stars who
complain about becoming paparazzi targets - because it's so easy to escape
their prying lenses. The hunky movie star is currently topping the US box
office with Eight Below, and he would rather live far away from Los Angeles
than let his life be ruined by aggressive photographers. He tells Complex
magazine, "All these people who complain and bitch about it... move. Get the
f**k out! You don't like the press, why the hell are you shopping on Rodeo
Drive? Come on, it's easy to disappear if you want to."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_en_mo/box_office
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
41 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - "Eight Below," a tale of survival among abandoned sled
dogs, was the leader of the box-office pack with a $25 million opening
over the four-day holiday weekend.
The romance spoof "Date Movie," from 20th Century Fox, debuted in
second place with $22.3 million, according to studio estimates Monday.
"If you will, we won the dog race," said Chuck Viane, head of
distribution for Disney, which released "Eight Below."
The new movies bumped off Sony's "The Pink Panther," the previous
weekend's No. 1 film, which slipped to third place with $21 million,
raising its 11-day total to $46.7 million.
The weekend's other new wide release, Sony's urban drama "Freedomland"
starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore, opened a weak No. 7
with $7 million.
Hollywood had a healthy weekend, with the top-12 movies taking in
$135.9 million, down a fraction from President's Day weekend last year.
Like the previous weekend, when "The Pink Panther" drew a strong family
crowd while New Line's fright flick "Final Destination 3" grabbed
horror fans, the two top movies scored well with different target
audiences.
Parents and their children accounted for about two-thirds of
movie-goers catching "Eight Below," while four-fifths of the audience
for "Date Movie" was under 25.
"By programming two films that aren't chasing the same audience, you
can really build a pretty good weekend for two movies at the same
time," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker
Exhibitor Relations.
"Eight Below" stars Paul Walker as a guide in Antarctica forced by
a killer storm to leave his sled-dog team behind in the frozen
wasteland, where the animals must band together to survive the winter.
"Date Movie" features Alyson Hannigan and Adam Campbell in a "Scary
Movie"-type parody of such romantic comedies as "Hitch," "Meet the
Fockers" and "The Wedding Planner."
While "Eight Below" drew solid reviews, "Date Movie" was not screened
for critics beforehand, a sign the studio knows a film will get bad
reviews.
"Young teens and early twenty-somethings, and that is who this is
geared for, critics aren't necessarily quite in tune with that crowd,"
said Chris Aronson, general sales manager for "Date Movie" distributor
20th Century Fox.
Focus Features' "Brokeback Mountain," the favorite to win the
best-picture Academy Award, continued to benefit from its Oscar buzz,
taking in $3.8 million to lift its total to $72 million.
In limited release, the Russian fantasy thriller "Night Watch," a huge
hit in its native country, opened strongly with $110,171 in three
theaters, averaging a whopping $36,724 a cinema. By comparison, "Eight
Below" played in 3,066 theaters and averaged $8,164, while "Date Movie"
averaged $7,709 in 2,896 cinemas.
Distributor Fox Searchlight plans to expand "Night Watch" to about 150
theaters by March 3.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Monday at U.S. and Canadian
theaters, according to Exhibitor Relations Co. Inc. Final figures will
be released Tuesday.
1. "Eight Below," $25 million.
2. "Date Movie," $22.3 million.
3. "The Pink Panther," $21 million.
4. "Curious George," $15.3 million.
5. "Final Destination 3," $12.5 million.
6. "Firewall," $10.3 million.
7. "Freedomland," $7 million.
8. "Big Momma's House 2," $5.85 million.
9. "When a Stranger Calls," $5.8 million.
10. "Nanny McPhee," $5.1 million.
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 01:32:41 GMT, peterfee@home.net (Peter Feecin)
puked:
>On 9 Oct 2005 22:35:43 -0700, "Cindylover1969"
> wrote:
>You sure do know the name of a lot of gay male magazines.
Is that what those were? I wasn't sure. Thanks for using your
expertise to clear that up for us heterosexuals...
--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
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> You sure do know the name of a lot of gay male magazines.
Blame Borders. I know the names of a lot of guns, but that doesn't mean
I use them. Anyway, I'd rather see Jessica naked than Paul naked.
(Actually, I'd rather not see Mr. Walker at all...)
CL
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On 9 Oct 2005 22:35:43 -0700, "Cindylover1969"
wrote:
>see Paul Walker'>Paul Walker in "Playgirl." (Or "Out," or "Inches," or...)
>
You sure do know the name of a lot of gay male magazines.
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Wallace Shines, But Waiting, The Gospel Real Winners at the Box Office
Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for October 7-9, 2005
By John Hamann
October 9, 2005
Top Ten Estimates for the Weekend of October 7-9, 2005
Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($)
Cumulative Gross ($)
1 Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit 3,645 New $16.1 $16.1
2 Flightplan 3,323 -27% $10.8 $60.9
3 In Her Shoes 2,808 New $10.0 $10.0
4 Two for the Money 2,391 New $8.4 $8.4
5 The Gospel 969 New $8.0 $8.0
6 The Corpse Bride 3,004 -35% $6.5 $42.1
7 Waiting 1,652 New $5.7 $5.7
8 A History of Violence 1,340 -37% $5.1 $16.7
9 Serenity 2,189 -51% $4.9 $17.6
10 Into the Blue 2,789 -32% $4.8 $13.9
11 The Greatest Game Ever Played 1,810 +10% $4.0 $8.8
12 Just Like Heaven 2,307 -45% $3.4 $43.6
It's another one of those weekends. The new films and even the holdovers had
a whole bunch of potential this weekend, but failed to draw significant
overall numbers into local movie theatres. g Holdovers included Jodie
Foster's surprisingly leggy Flightplan, arthouse A History of Violence, and
the second (and very key) weekend for Joss Whedon's Serenity.
The number one film of the weekend is Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the
Were-Rabbit, which got off to a fairly good start. Wallace and Gromit,
heroes of the Aardman Universe, took in $16.1 million this weekend from a
summer-like 3,645 venues. While the opening isn't bad, the DreamWorks'
release had to be looking for at least $20 million over the Columbus Day
Weekend, and failed to live up to that billing. At the very least,
DreamWorks had to be hoping to equal the success of Chicken Run's open,
which came in at about $17.5 million, but it opened at only 2,491 venues.
Chicken Run had a per venue average over $7,000 - Wallace and Gromit's venue
average came in at a much lower $4,417. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit had
everything it needed to break out - a big cult following for starters, but
it also had some of the best reviews of the year on its side as well.
Personally, I thought the ad campaign was late and not overly inspired, but
the crowd at my screening of The Corpse Bride sure seemed to like the
trailer. 100 reviews were counted at RottenTomatoes, and only 4, yes four,
were negative. Word of mouth here should be quite good, and we're already
seeing signs of it. After a Friday gross of about $4 million, Wallace and
Gromit had a weekend multiplier (Friday gross divided by weekend gross) of
about 4.0, which is quite good even considering the holiday Monday. With
school in session Friday, the kiddies can't get out in summer-like numbers
on the first day of the weekend, meaning the multiplier gets inflated. The
holiday Monday leads to stronger Sunday numbers, and if you check in with
BOP's Monday Morning Quarterback, you can get a figure on how W&G did over
the long weekend. Last point: with Chicken Run, DreamWorks put a lot of
effort in after opening weekend, into making that animated film a $100
million winner (Chicken Run finished with about $107 million). Because that
one was a June release it had summer on its side, but at least Wallace and
Gromit don't have any animated competition until Disney's Chicken Little
hits screens in early November. I really hope that this one can find similar
success to that of Chicken Run.
Second spot this weekend is Flightplan, a film that I have to admit is more
leggy than this analyst thought it would be. The Jodie Foster flick grossed
another $10.8 million this weekend, down a slim 27% compared to the previous
weekend, thanks in large part to the holiday Monday. Last weekend the
thriller dropped 40%, so it is trending in the right direction. Flightplan
is proving that Foster is still a big draw, as Flightplan now looks to be
heading toward $100 million, although it will probably come up a little
short. Having seen this movie, I'm scratching my head a little, but its
total so far of $60.9 million shows that its found an appreciative audience
out there somewhere, somehow.
In at third is In Her Shoes, Cameron Diaz's first on-screen appearance since
Charlie Angel's: Full Throttle, released in 2003 (of course she was in the
$440 million earner Shrek 2 last year). The film, which co-stars Shirley
MacLaine and Toni Collette, opened to an okay $10 million this weekend, from
2,808 venues. It had a venue average of $3,570. Based on a book by Jennifer
Weiner, In Her Shoes did not have a lot of buzz heading into the weekend,
but was boosted by better than average reviews, and positive preview
screenings in the last frame. At RottenTomatoes, critics were kind but not
over the top. Of the 103 reviews counted, 73 were positive, leading to a
fresh rating of 71%. Considering the pedigree of director Curtis Hanson
(Wonder Boys, LA Confidential), its star and co-stars, one might think this
would review better. While most likely not an expensive film to make, the
cast would have been costly, so Fox will be hoping for a good hold next
weekend.
Fourth goes to our next opener, Two for the Money, the Al Pacino/Mathew
McConaughey sports betting film (if In Her Shoes was a chick flick, this is
its opposite). Two for the Money carried some ugly reviews heading into its
debut, leading it to an opening weekend figure of $8.4 million. This one
opened at 2,391 venues (a figure that tells me distributor Universal didn't
like it so much), and carried a venue average of $3,504. The good news here
is that Two for the Money was made on the cheap. Universal and partners
spent only $20 million on this one, which in the end will make this one a
great gamble.
Fifth spot goes to the surprise of the weekend (at least for this analyst),
as The Gospel takes in more than tracking or analysis had indicated. The
Gospel, from Rainforest Films and distributed by Screen Gems, earned a
powerful $8 million from only 969 venues, resulting in an uplifting average
of $8,255, far and away the best average in the top ten. The Gospel was made
for only $5 million, and is another in what's becoming a long list of
religious features to make some serious cash at the box office. Like A Diary
of A Mad Black Woman, which made $50 million at the domestic box office, The
Gospel should have a good run once the news of its successful first weekend
gets out.
Sixth goes to The Corpse Bride, Tim Burton's solid opener that has been
surprising weak since its debut. This weekend the Bride earned $6.5 million,
down a large-for-the-long-weekend 35%. The Corpse Bride, which cost WB about
$40 million to make, has now earned $42.1 million, and should finish with
about $65 million.
Sixth spot goes to Waiting, Ryan Reynolds latest attempt at being funny. The
gross out restaurant movie earned a slight $5.7 million this weekend from
1,652 venues. The Lions Gate release had a venue average of $3,450.
Considering Waiting had few stars (Reynolds, Anna Faris and Justin Long),
and a first time director, expectations couldn't have been too high. Now for
the really good news for all involved: Waiting, according to Reynolds, was
shot for $1 million dollars (yes, one million) over a four week period. This
means that Waiting is even better off this weekend than The Gospel. Funnily
enough, Waiting is being distributed by Lions Gate, who got Diary of A Mad
Black Woman out to audiences. In fact, Lions Gate is heading toward studio
of the year status, as they have released Diary ($50.4m), Crash ($55m), The
Devil's Rejects ($16.9m), and now they have Waiting, with Saw 2 and A Good
Woman waiting in the wings. Waiting may be critically reviled (32% fresh at
RT), however Lions Gate already has what it needs from this one.
Eighth is a bit of a surprise, as A History of Violence slid harder than I
expected after getting off to a good start last weekend. After earning a
solid $8.1 million last weekend, the David Cronenberg flick fell 37% this
weekend after adding zero screens, to a gross of $5.1 million. Still at
1,340 venues, the Viggo Mortensen flick had a venue average this weekend of
$3,824. The New Line release currently sits with $16.7 million.
In at ninth is Joss Whedon's Serenity, which needed a solid follow up
weekend, but unfortunately didn't get it. Serenity couldn't play past the
built-in audience, and it grossed $4.9 million this weekend. That's a drop
of 51%, hurting Universal's chances of recouping the $40 million spent on
this one. So far, Serenity has earned $17.6 million, and will struggle to
earn $35 million.
Tenth goes to Into the Blue, which will hopefully push Paul Walker towards
retirement. Into the Blue grossed $4.8 million this weekend, down 32%. So
far this one has earned $13.9 million.
Finishing in eleventh this weekend is The Greatest Game Ever Played, which
earned 10% more than last weekend after Buena Vista added almost 800
screens. Game earned $4 million this weekend from 1,810 venues, but still
had to settle for a disappointing venue average of $2,216. So far, this one
has earned $8.8 million.
Overall this weekend, things still aren't very rosy at the box office. The
top ten this year earned about $80 million, well back of last year's $95
million. Next weekend we get The Fog, Elizabethtown and Domino, so maybe
things will perk up a bit next weekend. On the other hand, I wouldn't bet on
it.
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Wallace Shines, But Waiting, The Gospel Real Winners at the Box Office
Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for October 7-9, 2005
By John Hamann
October 9, 2005
Top Ten Estimates for the Weekend of October 7-9, 2005
Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($)
Cumulative Gross ($)
1 Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit 3,645 New $16.1 $16.1
2 Flightplan 3,323 -27% $10.8 $60.9
3 In Her Shoes 2,808 New $10.0 $10.0
4 Two for the Money 2,391 New $8.4 $8.4
5 The Gospel 969 New $8.0 $8.0
6 The Corpse Bride 3,004 -35% $6.5 $42.1
7 Waiting 1,652 New $5.7 $5.7
8 A History of Violence 1,340 -37% $5.1 $16.7
9 Serenity 2,189 -51% $4.9 $17.6
10 Into the Blue 2,789 -32% $4.8 $13.9
11 The Greatest Game Ever Played 1,810 +10% $4.0 $8.8
12 Just Like Heaven 2,307 -45% $3.4 $43.6
It's another one of those weekends. The new films and even the holdovers had
a whole bunch of potential this weekend, but failed to draw significant
overall numbers into local movie theatres. g Holdovers included Jodie
Foster's surprisingly leggy Flightplan, arthouse A History of Violence, and
the second (and very key) weekend for Joss Whedon's Serenity.
The number one film of the weekend is Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the
Were-Rabbit, which got off to a fairly good start. Wallace and Gromit,
heroes of the Aardman Universe, took in $16.1 million this weekend from a
summer-like 3,645 venues. While the opening isn't bad, the DreamWorks'
release had to be looking for at least $20 million over the Columbus Day
Weekend, and failed to live up to that billing. At the very least,
DreamWorks had to be hoping to equal the success of Chicken Run's open,
which came in at about $17.5 million, but it opened at only 2,491 venues.
Chicken Run had a per venue average over $7,000 - Wallace and Gromit's venue
average came in at a much lower $4,417. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit had
everything it needed to break out - a big cult following for starters, but
it also had some of the best reviews of the year on its side as well.
Personally, I thought the ad campaign was late and not overly inspired, but
the crowd at my screening of The Corpse Bride sure seemed to like the
trailer. 100 reviews were counted at RottenTomatoes, and only 4, yes four,
were negative. Word of mouth here should be quite good, and we're already
seeing signs of it. After a Friday gross of about $4 million, Wallace and
Gromit had a weekend multiplier (Friday gross divided by weekend gross) of
about 4.0, which is quite good even considering the holiday Monday. With
school in session Friday, the kiddies can't get out in summer-like numbers
on the first day of the weekend, meaning the multiplier gets inflated. The
holiday Monday leads to stronger Sunday numbers, and if you check in with
BOP's Monday Morning Quarterback, you can get a figure on how W&G did over
the long weekend. Last point: with Chicken Run, DreamWorks put a lot of
effort in after opening weekend, into making that animated film a $100
million winner (Chicken Run finished with about $107 million). Because that
one was a June release it had summer on its side, but at least Wallace and
Gromit don't have any animated competition until Disney's Chicken Little
hits screens in early November. I really hope that this one can find similar
success to that of Chicken Run.
Second spot this weekend is Flightplan, a film that I have to admit is more
leggy than this analyst thought it would be. The Jodie Foster flick grossed
another $10.8 million this weekend, down a slim 27% compared to the previous
weekend, thanks in large part to the holiday Monday. Last weekend the
thriller dropped 40%, so it is trending in the right direction. Flightplan
is proving that Foster is still a big draw, as Flightplan now looks to be
heading toward $100 million, although it will probably come up a little
short. Having seen this movie, I'm scratching my head a little, but its
total so far of $60.9 million shows that its found an appreciative audience
out there somewhere, somehow.
In at third is In Her Shoes, Cameron Diaz's first on-screen appearance since
Charlie Angel's: Full Throttle, released in 2003 (of course she was in the
$440 million earner Shrek 2 last year). The film, which co-stars Shirley
MacLaine and Toni Collette, opened to an okay $10 million this weekend, from
2,808 venues. It had a venue average of $3,570. Based on a book by Jennifer
Weiner, In Her Shoes did not have a lot of buzz heading into the weekend,
but was boosted by better than average reviews, and positive preview
screenings in the last frame. At RottenTomatoes, critics were kind but not
over the top. Of the 103 reviews counted, 73 were positive, leading to a
fresh rating of 71%. Considering the pedigree of director Curtis Hanson
(Wonder Boys, LA Confidential), its star and co-stars, one might think this
would review better. While most likely not an expensive film to make, the
cast would have been costly, so Fox will be hoping for a good hold next
weekend.
Fourth goes to our next opener, Two for the Money, the Al Pacino/Mathew
McConaughey sports betting film (if In Her Shoes was a chick flick, this is
its opposite). Two for the Money carried some ugly reviews heading into its
debut, leading it to an opening weekend figure of $8.4 million. This one
opened at 2,391 venues (a figure that tells me distributor Universal didn't
like it so much), and carried a venue average of $3,504. The good news here
is that Two for the Money was made on the cheap. Universal and partners
spent only $20 million on this one, which in the end will make this one a
great gamble.
Fifth spot goes to the surprise of the weekend (at least for this analyst),
as The Gospel takes in more than tracking or analysis had indicated. The
Gospel, from Rainforest Films and distributed by Screen Gems, earned a
powerful $8 million from only 969 venues, resulting in an uplifting average
of $8,255, far and away the best average in the top ten. The Gospel was made
for only $5 million, and is another in what's becoming a long list of
religious features to make some serious cash at the box office. Like A Diary
of A Mad Black Woman, which made $50 million at the domestic box office, The
Gospel should have a good run once the news of its successful first weekend
gets out.
Sixth goes to The Corpse Bride, Tim Burton's solid opener that has been
surprising weak since its debut. This weekend the Bride earned $6.5 million,
down a large-for-the-long-weekend 35%. The Corpse Bride, which cost WB about
$40 million to make, has now earned $42.1 million, and should finish with
about $65 million.
Sixth spot goes to Waiting, Ryan Reynolds latest attempt at being funny. The
gross out restaurant movie earned a slight $5.7 million this weekend from
1,652 venues. The Lions Gate release had a venue average of $3,450.
Considering Waiting had few stars (Reynolds, Anna Faris and Justin Long),
and a first time director, expectations couldn't have been too high. Now for
the really good news for all involved: Waiting, according to Reynolds, was
shot for $1 million dollars (yes, one million) over a four week period. This
means that Waiting is even better off this weekend than The Gospel. Funnily
enough, Waiting is being distributed by Lions Gate, who got Diary of A Mad
Black Woman out to audiences. In fact, Lions Gate is heading toward studio
of the year status, as they have released Diary ($50.4m), Crash ($55m), The
Devil's Rejects ($16.9m), and now they have Waiting, with Saw 2 and A Good
Woman waiting in the wings. Waiting may be critically reviled (32% fresh at
RT), however Lions Gate already has what it needs from this one.
Eighth is a bit of a surprise, as A History of Violence slid harder than I
expected after getting off to a good start last weekend. After earning a
solid $8.1 million last weekend, the David Cronenberg flick fell 37% this
weekend after adding zero screens, to a gross of $5.1 million. Still at
1,340 venues, the Viggo Mortensen flick had a venue average this weekend of
$3,824. The New Line release currently sits with $16.7 million.
In at ninth is Joss Whedon's Serenity, which needed a solid follow up
weekend, but unfortunately didn't get it. Serenity couldn't play past the
built-in audience, and it grossed $4.9 million this weekend. That's a drop
of 51%, hurting Universal's chances of recouping the $40 million spent on
this one. So far, Serenity has earned $17.6 million, and will struggle to
earn $35 million.
Tenth goes to Into the Blue, which will hopefully push Paul Walker towards
retirement. Into the Blue grossed $4.8 million this weekend, down 32%. So
far this one has earned $13.9 million.
Finishing in eleventh this weekend is The Greatest Game Ever Played, which
earned 10% more than last weekend after Buena Vista added almost 800
screens. Game earned $4 million this weekend from 1,810 venues, but still
had to settle for a disappointing venue average of $2,216. So far, this one
has earned $8.8 million.
Overall this weekend, things still aren't very rosy at the box office. The
top ten this year earned about $80 million, well back of last year's $95
million. Next weekend we get The Fog, Elizabethtown and Domino, so maybe
things will perk up a bit next weekend. On the other hand, I wouldn't bet on
it.
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Unlikely; it's been her only real blip this year. You're more likely to
see Paul Walker'>Paul Walker in "Playgirl." (Or "Out," or "Inches," or...)
Cindylover
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:33:00 +1000, "Rick in Oz"
wrote:
>retirement. Into the Blue grossed $4.8 million this weekend, down 32%. So
>far this one has earned $13.9 million.
>
and hopefully push Jessica Alba to a Playboy spread.
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Wallace Shines, But Waiting, The Gospel Real Winners at the Box Office
Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for October 7-9, 2005
By John Hamann
October 9, 2005
Top Ten Estimates for the Weekend of October 7-9, 2005
Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($)
Cumulative Gross ($)
1 Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit 3,645 New $16.1 $16.1
2 Flightplan 3,323 -27% $10.8 $60.9
3 In Her Shoes 2,808 New $10.0 $10.0
4 Two for the Money 2,391 New $8.4 $8.4
5 The Gospel 969 New $8.0 $8.0
6 The Corpse Bride 3,004 -35% $6.5 $42.1
7 Waiting 1,652 New $5.7 $5.7
8 A History of Violence 1,340 -37% $5.1 $16.7
9 Serenity 2,189 -51% $4.9 $17.6
10 Into the Blue 2,789 -32% $4.8 $13.9
11 The Greatest Game Ever Played 1,810 +10% $4.0 $8.8
12 Just Like Heaven 2,307 -45% $3.4 $43.6
It's another one of those weekends. The new films and even the holdovers had
a whole bunch of potential this weekend, but failed to draw significant
overall numbers into local movie theatres. g Holdovers included Jodie
Foster's surprisingly leggy Flightplan, arthouse A History of Violence, and
the second (and very key) weekend for Joss Whedon's Serenity.
The number one film of the weekend is Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the
Were-Rabbit, which got off to a fairly good start. Wallace and Gromit,
heroes of the Aardman Universe, took in $16.1 million this weekend from a
summer-like 3,645 venues. While the opening isn't bad, the DreamWorks'
release had to be looking for at least $20 million over the Columbus Day
Weekend, and failed to live up to that billing. At the very least,
DreamWorks had to be hoping to equal the success of Chicken Run's open,
which came in at about $17.5 million, but it opened at only 2,491 venues.
Chicken Run had a per venue average over $7,000 - Wallace and Gromit's venue
average came in at a much lower $4,417. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit had
everything it needed to break out - a big cult following for starters, but
it also had some of the best reviews of the year on its side as well.
Personally, I thought the ad campaign was late and not overly inspired, but
the crowd at my screening of The Corpse Bride sure seemed to like the
trailer. 100 reviews were counted at RottenTomatoes, and only 4, yes four,
were negative. Word of mouth here should be quite good, and we're already
seeing signs of it. After a Friday gross of about $4 million, Wallace and
Gromit had a weekend multiplier (Friday gross divided by weekend gross) of
about 4.0, which is quite good even considering the holiday Monday. With
school in session Friday, the kiddies can't get out in summer-like numbers
on the first day of the weekend, meaning the multiplier gets inflated. The
holiday Monday leads to stronger Sunday numbers, and if you check in with
BOP's Monday Morning Quarterback, you can get a figure on how W&G did over
the long weekend. Last point: with Chicken Run, DreamWorks put a lot of
effort in after opening weekend, into making that animated film a $100
million winner (Chicken Run finished with about $107 million). Because that
one was a June release it had summer on its side, but at least Wallace and
Gromit don't have any animated competition until Disney's Chicken Little
hits screens in early November. I really hope that this one can find similar
success to that of Chicken Run.
Second spot this weekend is Flightplan, a film that I have to admit is more
leggy than this analyst thought it would be. The Jodie Foster flick grossed
another $10.8 million this weekend, down a slim 27% compared to the previous
weekend, thanks in large part to the holiday Monday. Last weekend the
thriller dropped 40%, so it is trending in the right direction. Flightplan
is proving that Foster is still a big draw, as Flightplan now looks to be
heading toward $100 million, although it will probably come up a little
short. Having seen this movie, I'm scratching my head a little, but its
total so far of $60.9 million shows that its found an appreciative audience
out there somewhere, somehow.
In at third is In Her Shoes, Cameron Diaz's first on-screen appearance since
Charlie Angel's: Full Throttle, released in 2003 (of course she was in the
$440 million earner Shrek 2 last year). The film, which co-stars Shirley
MacLaine and Toni Collette, opened to an okay $10 million this weekend, from
2,808 venues. It had a venue average of $3,570. Based on a book by Jennifer
Weiner, In Her Shoes did not have a lot of buzz heading into the weekend,
but was boosted by better than average reviews, and positive preview
screenings in the last frame. At RottenTomatoes, critics were kind but not
over the top. Of the 103 reviews counted, 73 were positive, leading to a
fresh rating of 71%. Considering the pedigree of director Curtis Hanson
(Wonder Boys, LA Confidential), its star and co-stars, one might think this
would review better. While most likely not an expensive film to make, the
cast would have been costly, so Fox will be hoping for a good hold next
weekend.
Fourth goes to our next opener, Two for the Money, the Al Pacino/Mathew
McConaughey sports betting film (if In Her Shoes was a chick flick, this is
its opposite). Two for the Money carried some ugly reviews heading into its
debut, leading it to an opening weekend figure of $8.4 million. This one
opened at 2,391 venues (a figure that tells me distributor Universal didn't
like it so much), and carried a venue average of $3,504. The good news here
is that Two for the Money was made on the cheap. Universal and partners
spent only $20 million on this one, which in the end will make this one a
great gamble.
Fifth spot goes to the surprise of the weekend (at least for this analyst),
as The Gospel takes in more than tracking or analysis had indicated. The
Gospel, from Rainforest Films and distributed by Screen Gems, earned a
powerful $8 million from only 969 venues, resulting in an uplifting average
of $8,255, far and away the best average in the top ten. The Gospel was made
for only $5 million, and is another in what's becoming a long list of
religious features to make some serious cash at the box office. Like A Diary
of A Mad Black Woman, which made $50 million at the domestic box office, The
Gospel should have a good run once the news of its successful first weekend
gets out.
Sixth goes to The Corpse Bride, Tim Burton's solid opener that has been
surprising weak since its debut. This weekend the Bride earned $6.5 million,
down a large-for-the-long-weekend 35%. The Corpse Bride, which cost WB about
$40 million to make, has now earned $42.1 million, and should finish with
about $65 million.
Sixth spot goes to Waiting, Ryan Reynolds latest attempt at being funny. The
gross out restaurant movie earned a slight $5.7 million this weekend from
1,652 venues. The Lions Gate release had a venue average of $3,450.
Considering Waiting had few stars (Reynolds, Anna Faris and Justin Long),
and a first time director, expectations couldn't have been too high. Now for
the really good news for all involved: Waiting, according to Reynolds, was
shot for $1 million dollars (yes, one million) over a four week period. This
means that Waiting is even better off this weekend than The Gospel. Funnily
enough, Waiting is being distributed by Lions Gate, who got Diary of A Mad
Black Woman out to audiences. In fact, Lions Gate is heading toward studio
of the year status, as they have released Diary ($50.4m), Crash ($55m), The
Devil's Rejects ($16.9m), and now they have Waiting, with Saw 2 and A Good
Woman waiting in the wings. Waiting may be critically reviled (32% fresh at
RT), however Lions Gate already has what it needs from this one.
Eighth is a bit of a surprise, as A History of Violence slid harder than I
expected after getting off to a good start last weekend. After earning a
solid $8.1 million last weekend, the David Cronenberg flick fell 37% this
weekend after adding zero screens, to a gross of $5.1 million. Still at
1,340 venues, the Viggo Mortensen flick had a venue average this weekend of
$3,824. The New Line release currently sits with $16.7 million.
In at ninth is Joss Whedon's Serenity, which needed a solid follow up
weekend, but unfortunately didn't get it. Serenity couldn't play past the
built-in audience, and it grossed $4.9 million this weekend. That's a drop
of 51%, hurting Universal's chances of recouping the $40 million spent on
this one. So far, Serenity has earned $17.6 million, and will struggle to
earn $35 million.
Tenth goes to Into the Blue, which will hopefully push Paul Walker towards
retirement. Into the Blue grossed $4.8 million this weekend, down 32%. So
far this one has earned $13.9 million.
Finishing in eleventh this weekend is The Greatest Game Ever Played, which
earned 10% more than last weekend after Buena Vista added almost 800
screens. Game earned $4 million this weekend from 1,810 venues, but still
had to settle for a disappointing venue average of $2,216. So far, this one
has earned $8.8 million.
Overall this weekend, things still aren't very rosy at the box office. The
top ten this year earned about $80 million, well back of last year's $95
million. Next weekend we get The Fog, Elizabethtown and Domino, so maybe
things will perk up a bit next weekend. On the other hand, I wouldn't bet on
it.
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Violence, Serenity Hot at the Box Office
Weekend Box Office Wrap-Up for September 30-October 2, 2005
By John Hamann
October 2, 2005
Top Ten Estimates for Weekend of September 30-October 1, 2005
Rank Film Number of Sites Percentage Drop Estimated Gross ($)
Cumulative Gross ($)
1 Flightplan 3,424 -39% $15.0 $46.1
2 Serenity 2,188 New $10.1 $10.1
3 The Corpse Bride 3,204 -49% $9.8 $32.9
4 A History of Violence 1,340 New $8.2 $9.0
5 Into the Blue 2,789 New $7.0 $7.0
6 Just Like Heaven 3,543 -37% $6.1 $38.4
7 The Exorcism of Emily Rose'>Emily Rose'>Emily Rose'>Emily Rose 3,004 -41% $4.4 $68.5
8 Roll Bounce 1,661 -47% $4.0 $12.7
9 The Greatest Game Ever Played 1,014 New $3.7 $3.7
10 The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2,152 -28% $3.1 $101.4
You can really tell that summer is over. There are more good films than bad
in the top ten this weekend, and it feels like an eternity since we've had
this kind of slate for the Weekend Wrap-Up. However, the question remains:
do good films mean more box office, and even if they do, is anyone
listening? Four films spun into the rotation, taking up 7,331 new venues.
That means many of the older titles were flushed, but the average venue
count for the openers came in at about 1,833, meaning at least half of the
debutantes were going to need some good word-of-mouth to continue at the
ball next weekend.
It's tough facing off against last year's numbers. A year ago, Shark Tale
opened to over $45 million, and was followed by Ladder 49, which grossed
over $20 million in its first three days. This weekend is blockbuster-free,
but there are some good titles that moviegoers actually might enjoy instead
of the same old, same old from the likes of something like Shark Tale and
Travolta's Ladder 49. This weekend brings us the blockbuster-wannabe in
Serenity, Joss Whedon's follow-up to his cult hit Firefly series; Into the
Blue, Paul Walker'>Paul Walker and Jessica Alba's latest; the art house A History of
Violence (starring "Viggo," as my wife would say quite dreamily - if I said
mmm...Alba during the Into the Blue trailer, I would be hit); and lastly,
The Greatest Game Ever Played, a golf movie for kids, directed by Bill
Paxton of Aliens fame - "We're on an express elevator to hell". It's a wacky
group of movies this weekend, especially when we add in holdovers like the
brilliant Corpse Bride and the not so brilliant Flightplan. Let's have a
look at how things shook out this weekend.
The number one film again - I'm sad to say - is the not-very-good
Flightplan, starring Jodie Foster. Out of a crop of not-so-bad movies, North
America picks one of the worst in the list (but at least it isn't Into the
Blue). Flightplan grossed $15 million from 3,424 venues, giving it a second
weekend venue average of $4,391. The saving grace here is that at least
Flightplan is down 39%, and may get the shiv similar to the way Just Like
Heaven has performed. Currently Flightplan sits with $46.1 million, and
could see as much as $70 million before this long flight is over.
Pulling up in second this weekend is Serenity, Josh Whedon's take on what a
space opera is in 2005. Serenity did pkay over its opening frame, grossing
$10.1 million, thanks mostly to the cult success of its creator and its
originating TV Series called Firefly. Notable here is that the venue count
was actually quite low for an sci-fi flick at only 2,188. That gives
Serenity the second best venue average in the top ten at $4,634, which means
it stays ahead of new films despite having fewer screens in the per venue
battle. We often talk about how the second weekend of a film's release is so
crucial, and it's even more important in this case. Because this movie is
based on a TV show that only a renegade few watched and stars no one
mainstream audiences would know, the second weekend drop could be inherently
precipitous. However, Serenity does seem to have reviews and word-of-mouth
on its side. At RottenTomatoes, a much higher than expected 80% of critics
gave this one a thumbs up, a number I certainly did not think it would see.
Not only is this one fresh in the critics' eyes, but also in the Users of
RottenTomatoes. Signed-up users of the review compilation Web site combine
to give this a 92% fresh rating. Sure, it may just be a bunch of freaks and
geeks, but remember that this same demo made Napoleon Dynamite a $44.5
million winner against a production budget of $400,000. Universal and
partners spent a small $40 million on Serenity, a good investment for this
kind of opening weekend. If it doesn't drop crazily next weekend, a
franchise could be born. Ah hell, with this sort of open it's probably a
franchise already. A decent follow up weekend probably makes it a trilogy.
It worked for Transporter 2, so there's no reason not to do it here.
Third spot goes to Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride. Proving that good movies
don't always hold well, The Corpse Bride grossed $9.8 million, down a nasty
49% compared to its just shy of $20 million open. Out to 3,204 venues, The
Corpse Bride had a disappointing second weekend venue average of $3,044. As
I mentioned last weekend, this movie is a tough one to keep rolling at the
ticket window. Since it is too old for the younger set and good but not good
enough for repeat viewings from the Goth crowd, Corpse Bride seems to be
falling into a hole versus competition from Flightplan and Serenity. The
best news for Warner Bros is that the production cost was only $40 million,
a sum which will easily be made from DVD sales and rentals. In terms of
theatrical success, I'm looking at you, North America, to keep this churning
at least until Halloween. Also, I'm begging Oscar (and BOP Columnists!) to
keep Danny Elfman in mind for next year's awards.
Pulling up in a surprise number four spot is A History of Violence, a film I
thought would have finished in the lower rungs of this weekend's box office
top ten. History, starring Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello, grossed $8.2
million from only 1,340 venues. It had the best venue average in the top ten
at $6,119. From director David Cronenberg, History was released by New Line
with a big-for-Cronenberg-budget of $32 million. It got off to a great start
last weekend in limited release, grossing about a half million from only 14
venues, giving it an average in the $36,000 area. Reviews are of the
fantastic variety on this one, with 118 out of 131 critics liking this one
enough to give it a thumbs up. Hopefully, word-of-mouth will take over and
get this movie the attention it deserves. So far, A History of Violence has
earned about $9 million.
In fifth is Into the Blue, a leftover from MGM before execs fled after
seeing The Pink Panther. Into the Blue stars Paul 'if you see my name, don't
see my movie' Walker and Jessica Alba in a film about finding drugs,
planning to steal them and then getting caught by the strung-out druggies.
Into the Blue grossed $7 million this weekend from 2,789 venues and should
be out my hair within a few weekends (why can't Paul Walker'>Paul Walker just do porn?).
It had a venue average of $2,509 for Sony, who got the rights for MGM films
after the takeover.
Sixth this weekend, with an inordinate number of venues, is Reese
Witherspoon's Just Like Heaven. Heaven, now in its third weekend, earned
$6.1 million. Still at a mind numbing 3,543 venues, this one had one of the
worst averages in the top ten at $1,721. The DreamWorks product has now
earned $38.4 million against a budget of about $60 million.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose'>Emily Rose'>Emily Rose'>Emily Rose holds onto seventh spot this weekend, as the
shine is coming off of it very quickly. Emily Rose'>Emily Rose'>Emily Rose'>Emily Rose grossed $4.4 million in
her fourth frame from 3,004 venues, dropping 41%. The Screen Gems release
has now earned $68.5 million versus a production budget of about $20
million.
Eighth spot goes to Roll Bounce, the roller-derby Fox Searchlight film that
hasn't made much noise. Roll Bounce grossed $4 million in its second
weekend, down 47%. The '70s-style flick has now grossed a whopping $12.7
million.
Ninth place goes to our last new release, The Greatest Game Ever Played.
Greatest Game, a Disney movie directed by Bill Paxton (I miss the Near Dark
days), earned $3.7 million from a tiny venue count of only 1,014. It had a
strong average at $3,697. Getting the greenlight on this one must have been
tough. Let's do a kids movie, set it in the early 1900s and make it about
golf. Marketed solidly to the Christian Church (don't ask, I don't know why)
worked, and the TV campaign was solid, so awareness is up. The question is
still whether it will find an audience in the weeks to come. For what it's
worth, critics were mostly mixed on this one, but it did come out fresh at
RottenTomatoes, with a 61% fresh rating (less than 60% is rotten, so come up
with your own conclusions on that one).
Tenth goes to The 40 Year-Old Virgin, who hosted Saturday Night Live over
the weekend. The Steve Carell comedy grossed $3.1 million, dropping a slight
28% and finally pulling its total above the $100 million mark. The huge
Universal hit now sits with $101.4 million, versus a production budget of
only $25 million.
Overall, the box office didn't have a chance and could afford to take a
weekend off after cleaning up in the last frame. This weekend, the top ten
films grossed about $72 million, which does not compare favorably with last
year's Shark Tale-enabled top ten gross of about $97 million. Last weekend
we were way up, this weekend we are way down, and next weekend we get
Wallace & Gromit, where last year had Taxi with Jimmy Fallon.
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Fall movie preview
By DEREK TSE -- Toronto Sun
Antonio Banderas dons the black mask once again as Zorro, with Catherine
Zeta-Jones as his damsel in distress, in the sequel The Legend Of Zorro
(Oct. 28).
With the summer movie season drawing to a close, what have we learned?
Mainly that there doesn't seem to be anything close to resembling a sure
thing in Hollywood these days.
Sure, Revenge Of The Sith made a bundle of cash, but it's the aberration.
This was a summer known more for its flops than its small clutch of hits:
Russell Crowe's Cinderella Man got K-Oed at the till, audiences yawned at
Kingdom Of Heaven's epic battles and Bewitched failed to enchant anybody
willing to see Will Ferrell rant and rave for a couple of hours. Even the
Scarlett Johansson-boasting The Island couldn't attract any visitors who
wanted to stay.
So forgive Hollywood bean counters if they're getting a little sweaty under
their collars. Unfortunately for them, it doesn't look like the fall movie
season's going to boost their profit margins -- even if there's an
intriguing slate of films headed our way. There may be few movies that could
be described as potential blockbusters (Harry Potter, Chicken Little), but
there are more than a few that will challenge seriously for Oscars (Jarhead,
Elizabethtown, Into The Blue -- hee-hee, just kidding).
So drop the rake and take a look at what's coming to our movie screens the
next few months ...
10: INTO THE BLUE (Sept. 30)
WHO: Jessica Alba, Paul Walker, Josh Brolin
WHat: Surfer-dude director John Stockwell brings us this tale of a bunch of
hot young treasure hunters (Jessica Alba and human windbag Paul Walker chief
among them) scouring the sea for some hidden booty before a band of bad guys
finds it. Speaking of "hidden booty," we're still steamed Alba didn't go au
naturel for her role as a stripper in Sin City.
WHY: We're pretty sure this won't be a great movie -- or possibly even a
good movie. Still, Stockwell's done good work before (Blue Crush,
Crazy/Beautiful), and Alba in a bikini has to count for something. Best of
all, it affords vapid pretty boy Walker -- the author of such quotes as
"When fans tell me they think the movie guy is cool, I want to tell them
that the real guy is cooler" and "I want to get married. It's important to
me. I think about it a lot. But I also think about my cars" -- a chance to
do more press.
9: FLIGHTPLAN (Sept. 23)
WHO: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen
WHat: In her first movie since 2002's Panic Room, Jodie Foster stars as a
frantic mom whose little daughter disappears at 40,000 feet during a
transatlantic flight. But the crew suspects she may be delusional and making
it all up -- and that her daughter doesn't even exist. Kind of the way the
crew on our recent flight suspected we were delusional when we pointed out
there was a gremlin ripping up the wing.
WHY: It's been too long since we've seen Foster in anything -- her cameo in
A Very Long Engagement notwithstanding. But expect turbulence if audiences
decide not to board another flight into danger so soon after another
airplane thriller (Red Eye). We're betting that people want originality, not
more warmed-over plane food.
8: THE NEW WORLD (Nov. 9)
WHO: Colin Farrell, Christian Bale, Q'Orianka Kilcher
WHat: Reclusive director Terrence Malick returns with the epic tale of the
love between Native American lass Pocahontas (Kilcher) and English
adventurer John Smith (Farrell). Regrettably, rumours of Eddie Murphy
voicing a sass-talkin' raccoon proved to be untrue.
WHY: Any Malick movie is greeted like an event (he's only made five since
1969: Lanton Mills, Badlands, Days Of Heaven, The Thin Red Line and now The
New World) -- although whether this translates into box office is anyone's
guess. Still, it's surefire Oscar bait -- unless, of course, it turns out
like Farrell's last historical epic, whose unclean name we shall not
mention. Okay, it was
Alexander. Great. Now we've gotta take a bath again
7: JARHEAD (Nov. 11)
WHO: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard
WHat: This adaptation of Gulf War I vet Anthony Swofford's memoirs features
Gyllenhaal as the author and takes him through basic training to sniper
training to action in Iraq -- He's initially eager to fight for his country
but rapidly becomes disturbed by what he experiences. From highly decorated
director Sam "Oscar" Mendes (American Beauty, Road To Perdition).
WHY: Mendes' great track record and the timeliness of the film -- there
still is a war going on in Iraq, right? -- make this a must-see. Plus it
will give Foxx -- who plays edgy Sgt. Siek -- a chance to redeem himself
after this summer's release of that supersonic turd Stealth.
6: WALK THE LINE (Nov. 18)
WHO: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon
WHat: Country crooner Johnny Cash gets the ever-popular biopic treatment
with Phoenix playing the Man in Black and Witherspoon as his future bride
June Carter. The flick traces the legendary singer's rise from his early
days on an Arkansas cotton farm to country superstar -- and the troubles
along the way.
WHY: Biopics are all the rage these days -- just ask Jamie Foxx, who got his
Oscar due with Ray. Meanwhile, Witherspoon gets a break from all those
fluffy romantic comedies with this meaty role as Cash's long-suffering
partner. Still, where there's Witherspoon, there's a romantic comedy, as
we'll see with No. 5 ...
5: JUST LIKE HEAVEN (Sept. 16)
WHO: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Jon Heder
WHat: Witherspoon returns to more familiar romcom territory with this
variation on Ghost. When her highstrung med student is sent into a coma
after an accident, her restless ghost returns to her apartment, now being
rented by the hapless Ruffalo. Unfortunately, she isn't the kind of restless
ghost who climbs out of wells and kills people who watch her videotape.
WHY: Reason No. 1: No Whoopi Goldberg, whose "Wacky Psychic Who Can Channel
The Ghost" role is played by Jon Heder of Napoleon Dynamite fame. Of course,
Witherspoon is watchable in just about anything, and Ruffalo has proven his
romantic comedy chops with his turn in the successful Jennifer Garner
vehicle 13 Going On 30.
4: CHICKEN LITTLE (Nov. 4)
WHO: The voices of Zach Braff, Steve Zahn, John Cusack, Amy Sedaris
WHat: When the end of the world is nigh -- thanks to the arrival of a fleet
of invading extra-terrestrials -- the titular minuscule poultry tries to
tell all of his friends and family, only to have his warnings fall on deaf
ears. Kind of like that time we told the flight crew about that gremlin
ripping up the ... oh, never mind.
WHY: This is a biiiig flick for Disney, which ventures into the 3D animation
field for the first time without perennial cash cow Pixar -- call it a dry
run for when the House of Mouse makes the third Toy Story flick on its own.
So let's hope that Disney has remembered to create a good story in addition
to the dazzling animation. Regardless, though, kiddies will drag moms and
dads to see this flick -- hey, if Shark Tale can make $168 million, Chicken
should be able to rake in at least half as much.
3: ELIZABETHTOWN (Oct. 14)
WHO: Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon
WHat: In the latest feature from auteur Cameron Crowe, Bloom stars as a
young sneaker designer heading back home for the funeral of his father. But
then he runs into Dunst's free-spirited stewardess, who sends him on a road
trip of self-discovery with a mix tape/map. Stewardess? Why are there so
many movies with an airplane theme this fall? And why is that gremlin
looking at me?
WHY: While we're no fan of Crowe's overlong -- and, frankly, dull -- movies,
we know we're in the vast minority. Bloom gets to try something new as he
takes on a leading dramatic role for the first time -- which should leave
geeks befuddled as they try to figure out how Legolas managed to wrest Mary
Jane Watson away from Spider-Man.
2: IN HER SHOES (Oct. 7)
WHO: Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine
WHat: In the ultimate chick flick of the fall, Diaz stars as irresponsible,
one-night-stand-loving sister Maggie, who makes life hell for her
straight-laced lawyer sibling Rose (Collette). Throw in Shirley MacLaine as
their loving grandmother, and you've got enough estrogen to make women weep
at the mere mention of this movie.
WHY: This flick comes courtesy of versatile director Curtis Hanson (L.A.
Confidential, 8 Mile), so at least you know he's going to do something
interesting with this moribund genre.
1: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (Nov. 18)
WHO: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
WHat: In the latest adventures of the titular teenage mage, Harry must face
growing evidence that his nefarious arch-nemesis Lord Voldemort has
returned. Meanwhile, the Goblet of Fire chooses Harry to compete in the
Triwizard Tournament, which sees representatives from all the major wizard
schools battling it out in increasingly difficult contests. And no, the
"Goblet of Fire" isn't what the puberty-stricken Harry gets whenever he sees
Hermione.
WHY: With the publication of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince,
Potter-mania is back with a vengeance -- and word is this flick is even
better than the excellent Prisoner Of Azkaban adaptation. We'll forego
gazing into our crystal ball and deem Goblet Of Fire money in the bank --
even if it is another sequel.
THE BEST OF THE REST
Edward Burns tries to repair the damage done to time in the sci-fi action
flick A Sound Of Thunder (Sept. 2) ... The Exorcism Of Emily Rose features
Laura Linney as a lawyer trying to determine the truth in a case of exorcism
gone terribly awry -- check out the spooky trailer, if you dare (Sept. 9)
... Samuel L. Jackson is a tough special agent searching for his partner's
killer; Eugene Levy is the businessman who gets in his way in The Man (Sept.
9) ... An Interpol agent (Ethan Hawke, a.k.a. the ex-Mr. Uma Thurman)
pursues a gun runner (Nicolas Cage) who's having doubts about his profession
in the action flick Lord Of War (Sept. 16) ... Johnny Depp lends his voice
to Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, the tale of a meek man who accidentally gets
betrothed to an undead woman (Sept. 23) ... A struggling mother (Jennifer
Lopez) moves back in with her estranged father-in-law (Robert Redford) in An
Unfinished Life (Sept. 23) ... Roman Polanski adapts Oliver Twist, Dickens'
classic tale of the beleaguered boy orphan (Sept. 23) ... David Cronenberg
returns to prominence with A History Of Violence, in which Viggo Mortensen
is thrust into the spotlight when he kills a man in an apparent case of
self-defence (Sept. 23) ...
The cult TV show Firefly gets the big-screen treatment with Serenity, in
which his space cowboys protect a pair of fugitives from the Alliance (Sept.
30) ... The Greatest Game Ever Played stars Shia LaBeouf as Francis Ouimet,
a 20-year-old who accomplished the improbable by winning the 1913 U.S. Open
(Sept. 30) ... Philip Seymour Hoffman takes a break from playing
mouth-breathing losers to tackle the role of the titular literary icon in
the biopic Capote (Sept. 30) ... Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The
Were-Rabbit sees the beloved clay-animated dog and master duelling a mutant
bunny (Oct. 7) ... Matthew McConaughey's ex-football player joins Al
Pacino's renowned sports-gambling magnate in the gambling drama Two For The
Money (Oct. 7) ... Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley is the model-turned-bounty hunter Domino
Harvey in Domino, a flick based on a true story (Oct. 14) ... Atom Egoyan's
latest puzzler, Where The Truth Lies, peers into the seamy sex incident that
broke up a showbiz comedy duo (Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth) (Oct. 14) ...
The remake of The Fog stars Selma Blair and Tom Welling being menaced by the
titular supernatural meteorological event (Oct. 14) ... The Rock battles
hordes of ugly aliens in the video game flick Doom (Oct. 21) ... Steve
Martin writes and stars in the film version of his novella about the
unlikely romance between an older businessman and a Saks Fifth Avenue clerk
(Claire Danes) in Shopgirl (Oct. 21) ...
Antonio Banderas dons the black mask once again as Zorro, with Catherine
Zeta-Jones as his damsel in distress, in the sequel The Legend Of Zorro
(Oct. 28) ... Nicolas Cage stars as a TV weather man whose life is crumbling
around him in the often-delayed dramedy The Weather Man (Oct. 28) ...
Natalie Portman joins forces with mysterious rebel V (Hugo Weaving) who
battles the British government with terrorist tactics in the comic-book
flick V For Vendetta (Nov. 4) ... Gangsta rapper 50 Cent stars as himself in
the premature biopic Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (Nov. 9) ... Two boys unleash a
universe of trouble when they play a cosmic board game in the family flick
Zathura (Nov. 11) ... Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley stars in the latest adaptation of Jane
Austen's Pride And Prejudice (Nov. 18) ... George Clooney stars as a CIA
agent tracking down a terrorism tip in the Middle East in the political
thriller Syriana (Nov. 23) ... Taye Diggs, Rosario Dawson and Idina Menzel
sing and dance in Rent, the big-screen version of the popular Broadway hit
(Nov. 23) ... The remake Yours, Mine & Ours stars Dennis Quaid and Rene
Russo as newlyweds who try to combine their 18 kids into one happy family
(Nov. 23).
RELEASE SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER 2
A Sound Of Thunder
The Alzheimer Case
Underclassman
SEPTEMBER 9
The Exorcism Of Emily Rose
The Man
SEPTEMBER 16
Just Like Heaven
Lord Of War
The Woods
SEPTEMBER 23
Junebug M Flightplan
An Unfinished Life
Oliver Twist
A History Of Violence
SEPTEMBER 30
Serenity M Capote
A Good Woman
Into The Blue
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Pretty Persuasion
Everything Is Illuminated
OCTOBER 7
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
In Her Shoes M The Gospel
Two For The Money
Where The Truth Lies
OCTOBER 14
The Fog M Elizabethtown
Thumbsucker
Rhinoceros Eyes
The Squid And The Whale
OCTOBER 21
Strangers With Candy
Doom M Shopgirl
Barely Legal
OCTOBER 28
Saw II
The Legend Of Zorro
The Weather Man
NOVEMBER 4
Chicken Little
V For Vendetta
Water
NOVEMBER 9
The New World
Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
NOVEMBER 11
Zathura M Jarhead
Paradise Now M Dark Hours
U-Carmen E-Khayelitsha
NOVEMBER 18
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Walk The Line
Ballets Russes
Pride And Prejudice
NOVEMBER 23
Yours, Mine And Ours
Dying For Dolly
Syriana M Rent
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This year's fall and winter movie season looks fantastic.
That doesn't mean it's going to be particularly good, just that there
are so many ... fantasies.
There are children's fantasies like "Zathura" and "The Chronicles of
Narnia"; gravity-defying fantasies like "The Legend of Zorro" and "Aeon
Flux"; the animated fantasies "Chicken Little," "Tim Burton's Corpse
Bride" and "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit"; sci-fi
adventures "Serenity," "Doom" and "A Sound of Thunder"; the fourth
Harry Potter movie, and Peter Jackson's remake of the ultimate
fantasy-adventure, "King Kong."
We begin our preview at the end of August, but the string of fantasies
gets an early start on Friday with Terry Gilliam's galloping "The
Brothers Grimm," which has more references to classic fairy tale
characters than all the other coming fantasies combined.
Some analysts may attribute the rash of fantasy films to the escapism
that comes with war, and that may play a role. But it seems just as
likely that fantasy reigns because the ability to create incredible
images today makes the genre irresistible to storytellers.
The trailers for all of the above movies are linked on the Web sites
www.apple.com/trailers and www.imdb.com. Take a look and you'll agree:
They look fantastic.
Fall/winter is also Oscar season, and there are plenty of potential
contenders. The high-profile films with awards ambitions include Steven
Spielberg's "Munich," a drama based on the search for the planners of
the assault on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games; Rob
Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha," based on Arthur Golden's acclaimed
novel about a woman who spends her life in the high art of pleasing,
and Terrence Malick's "The New World," an epic account of the first
Virginia colony and the meeting of John Smith and Pocahontas.
Recent Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski returns with a new version
of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," and Marc Forster'>Marc Forster ("Finding
Neverland") turns to drama with "Stay," the story of a psychiatrist's
efforts to stop a patient from carrying out a suicide threat.
Two Broadway musicals make the transition to the screen. Susan Stroman,
who directed "The Producers" on stage, handles the film adaptation as
well, while Chris Columbus directs "Rent."
A few laughs
Comedies abound. Among them are: "Rumor Has It," starring Jennifer
Aniston as a female version of "The Graduate's" Benjamin Braddock; "The
Man," a buddy film featuring unlikely chemistry between Samuel L.
Jackson and Eugene Levy; "The Weather Man," starring Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage as a
TV weather guy who wears his bad forecasts on his shoulders, and a pair
of old-fashioned family films about families that are too big - "Yours,
Mine, and Ours" and "Cheaper by the Dozen 2."
The following schedule may have changed by the time the ink was dry on
this newspaper. But the great majority of films listed are locked in to
those dates.
Every New Film
AUG. 31
The Constant Gardener Brazil's Fernando Meirelles ("City of God")
directs Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz in an adaptation of John
LeCarre's thriller about a British diplomat rousted from his Nairobi
garden to investigate the murder of his activist wife.
Games of Love and Chance Abdel Kechiche directs the Cesar-winning drama
about a group of French students coming of age in a political pressure
cooker of a French project.
William Eggleston in the Real World Director Michael Almereyada
followed the 65-year-old avant garde photographer, musician, draftsman
and videographer across country for this intimate documentary portrait.
SEPT. 2
The Underclassman Action-comedy starring Nick Cannon ("Drumline") as a
young L.A. detective who goes undercover at a posh prep school to break
up a stolen car ring. Directed by Marcos Siega ("Pretty Persuasion").
A Sound of Thunder Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley'>Ben Kingsley and Catherine McCormack
star in an adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story about a group of people
who travel back to the dinosaur era and cause a chain reaction that
alters the future to which they return. Directed by Peter Hyams
("Timecop").
The Transporter 2 Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, a man who
delivers anonymous packages to anonymous clients, no questions asked.
Inevitably, the packages get him into trouble, this time with a
gun-toting blonde (Amber Valletta).
SEPT. 7
Touch the Sound Documentary about symphony percussionist Evelyn
Glennie, a child prodigy from Scotland who lost her hearing at age 12
but didn't miss a beat. At 40, she's still performing.
SEPT. 9
The Exorcism of Emily Rose Laura Linney plays a lawyer defending a
priest (Tom Wilkinson) accused of murder after his exorcism of a
possessed woman leaves her dead. With Campbell Scott.
The Man Comedy of mistaken identity starring Samuel L. Jackson as a
special agent whose search for his partner's killer leads him to a
dorky salesman (Eugene Levy). Directed by Les Mayfield ("Encino Man").
Curandero "Sin City's" Robert Rodriguez wrote the for this
horror movie about a man caught up in black magic in Mexico City.
Director Eduardo Rodriguez is apparently no relation.
An Unfinished Life Lasse Hallstr=F6m's sentimental drama brings the
unlikely pairing of uptight rancher Robert Redford and emotional single
mom Jennifer Lopez. Don't expect sparks, though: he's a grieving
father, and she's the woman who married, and then accidentally killed,
his son. Can her preteen daughter unite them, or will she become just
another wedge in their long-simmering enmity? More important, will
Lopez benefit from a boost in her lukewarm screen career, or has the
shelf-life on this much delayed movie already expired?
Steal Me A 15-year-old boy abandoned by his mother befriends another
boy his age and moves in with his family, soon developing a crush on
both his friend's mother and the sexy older woman living next door.
Keane Lodge Kerrigan ("Claire Dolan") directs Damian Lewis
("Dreamcatcher") in a psychological drama about a man haunted by the
disappearance of his 6-year-old daughter at Manhattan's Port Authority
Bus Terminal - or was it all in his head?
The Outsiders - The Complete Novel Francis Coppola's elongated
version of his 1983 adaptation of the S.E. Hinton novel. The DVD goes
on sale immediately after the release.
Cote d'Azur French comedy about a family whose seaside vacation gets a
little foamy when the couple's daughter takes up with a biker and their
son drifts off with his best friend, who is secretly in love with him.
Walking on the Sky A group of six New York friends have to wrestle with
the new dynamics in their relationships when another member of their
circle kills himself and leaves behind a revealing diary. Directed by
and starring New York native Carl T. Evans.
Green Street Hooligans Elijah Wood plays a wrongly expelled Harvard
student who moves to London, where he is instantly drawn into the
violent subculture of soccer hooliganism. With Charlie Hunnam, Claire
Forlani.
Music From the Inside Out Daniel Anker documentary weaving together a
mosaic of the stories, ideas and experiences of the 105 members of the
Philadelphia Orchestra, a musical institution that hasn't participated
in a film since "Fantasia."
Answering the Call Documentary honoring the people who answered
emergency calls on 9/11.
SEPT. 14
The Future of Food Documentary about genetically engineered products
that have become part of the U.S. food chain - whether they're good
for us or not. Directed by Deborah Koons Garcia, widow of Jerry Garcia.
SEPT. 16
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Big-fee action screenwriter Shane Black ("Lethal
Weapon") makes his directing debut with his own about a New York
actor (Robert Downey, Jr.) who impersonates a detective and gets
himself in all sorts of trouble. With Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan.
Lord of War Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage is an international gun dealer in Andrew
Niccol's topical black comedy, which co-stars Ethan Hawke as an
Interpol agent intent on bringing him down. With Donald Sutherland, Ian
Holm, Jared Leto.
Just Like Heaven "Mean Girls"' Mark Waters directs Mark Ruffalo and
Reese Witherspoon in a romantic fantasy about a young man and the
spirit of a comatose doctor who fall in love while sharing an
apartment. Once they're over their, uh, dimensional differences, the
race is on to keep her body from being taken off life support.
Proof Last time director John Madden and Gwyneth Paltrow worked
together, she landed herself an Oscar. Though more erudite and intimate
than "Shakespeare in Love," Madden's adaptation of David Auburn's
Pulitzer Prize-winning play might just catch the eyes of Academy's
voters, too. Reprising a role she has already tackled on the London
stage, Paltrow plays an overwhelmed young woman rapidly losing her grip
after the death of her father (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant math
professor. Hovering around the edges are her concerned support system:
brainy admirer Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal and coldly practical sister Hope Davis.
The Woods Psychological horror film about the students of an all-girl
boarding school who begin to go missing in the surrounding woods.
Patricia Clarkson is the headmistress and Agnes Bruckner'>Agnes Bruckner is the new
student caught up in the mystery.
Separate Lies It's been a while since we were faced with the sight of
middle-class Brits keeping a stiff upper lip while suppressing
dangerous secrets. Fortunately, Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson are
always willing to suffer stoically for our entertainment. "Gosford
Park" screenwriter Julian Fellowes makes his directorial debut, while
Watson and Wilkinson play a long-married couple who are still quite
happy together (aside from the passionate affair and possible homicide
she's hiding).
Venom Jim Gillespie ("I Know What You Did Last Summer") directs another
teens-in-trouble horror picture, this one involving voodoo in the
bayous of Louisiana. With Agnes Bruckner'>Agnes Bruckner (poor thing), Bijou Phillips.
The Libertine Johnny Depp takes on the role of notorious 17th-century
poet, derelict and debaucher John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester and
grand embarrassment of Charles II (John Malkovich). Samantha Morton is
the actress who comes under Wilmot's shaky tutelage.
Adapted from his play by Stephen Jeffreys and directed by first-timer
Laurence Dunmore.
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Another day, another Johnny Depp-Tim Burton
collaboration. Not that we're feeling cavalier about it: These two have
given us some of the most unusual movies in recent years. Since
Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant
Peach" are among them, we have high hopes for this latest stop-motion
animated fantasy, which is based on an old Russian folk tale about a
young groom (voiced by Depp) who inadvertently finds himself with two
wives (he could do worse than Helena Bonham Carter'>Helena Bonham Carter and Emily Watson).
Thumbsucker Offbeat comedy about a 17-year-old boy whose infantile
habit of sucking his thumb makes him the subject of ridicule and
isolation even in his own home. But the people trying to help him kick
the habit are even stranger. With Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio,
Keanu Reeves, Vince Vaughn. It's the first feature directed by Mike
Mills, maker of the well-received short "Paperboys."
Everything Is Illuminated Actor Liev Schreiber makes his writing and
directing debut with his adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's darkly
comic best seller about a young American Jew who travels to Russia to
find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. With Elijah
Wood.
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
Documentary about the 1972 presidential campaign and political
humiliation of the idealistic former South Dakota senator.
Cry Wolf A high-school prank turns lethal when classmates listed on a
joke Web site as the next victims of a serial killer start turning up
dead. With Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi.
Hard Goodbyes: My Father Greek drama about a lonely boy who has to rely
on his imagination when the father with whom he'd shared a passion for
outer space does not come home.
The Thing About My Folks Paul Reiser wrote this film and co-stars in it
with Peter Falk as a son and father rediscovering the bond between them
on a cross-country trip in a restored '36 Ford. Directed by Raymond De
Felitta ("Two Family House").
The Weeping Meadow The first film in a planned trilogy by Greek master
Theo Angelopoulos follows a pair of refugee children as they come of
age in the small Greek village they are brought to after the Russian
Revolution.
SEPT. 23
A History of Violence With echoes of Alfred Hitchcock's "wrong man"
theme and Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs," David Cronenberg's latest film
stars Viggo Mortensen as a small-town family man whose celebrated
heroism in thwarting and killing two thugs in his diner draws gangsters
to town. The one with the deformed face (Ed Harris) claims he knew the
hero years before and he has come for some payback. Despite his
denials, Mortensen's character ends up having to fight violence with
violence. With Maria Bello, William Hurt.
Oliver Twist If ever there were a story that suited Roman Polanski's
dark sensibilities, it's Charles Dickens' classic saga of an orphan
whose fate falls and rises at the mercy of others. The screenplay was
written by Ronald Harwood, Polanski's partner on their Oscar-winning
"Pianist," so it is always possible that this artistically acclaimed
pair aims to entertain adults and youngsters alike, while
simultaneously approaching the Academy with a respectful request: "May
we have some more?" With Barney Clark as Oliver, Ben Kingsley'>Ben Kingsley as Fagin
and Jamie Foreman as Bill Sykes.
Flightplan In her first starring role in three years, Jodie Foster
plays a recently widowed woman whose 6-year-old daughter disappears in
the middle of a trans-continental flight from Berlin to New York. Since
no one else on the plane remembers seeing the girl, they question
whether she was there only in her mother's mind.
Daltry Calhoun Johnny Knoxville returns to his hometown as a roustabout
and would-be golf magnate whose ex-wife (Elizabeth Banks) throws a
twist into his life by dropping their 14-year-old daughter at his door.
Roll Bounce Nick Cannon, Bow Wow and Mike Epps star for "The Best Man"
director Malcolm D. Lee in this comedy-drama about a group of hip-hop
roller skaters preparing for a competition on the other side of 1970s
Chicago.
Dear Wendy Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, two of the founders of
the Danish film collective Dogme 95, team up as writer (von Trier) and
director (Vinterberg) of this parable about America's contradictory gun
culture. It follows a group of teenage outcasts in a fictional mining
town who form a secret club known as "The Dandies." Their purpose -
to love and admire guns but never use them on anybody - soon goes out
the window.
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Tom Hanks produced and
narrates this 3-D IMAX film that re-creates for the audience what the
12 astronauts who have walked on the moon experienced.
Into the Fire Drama about a troubled NYPD harbor cop who freezes during
a rescue attempt of a drowning woman and tries to make peace with his
conscience and the victim's identical twin. With Sean Patrick Flanery
and Melina Kanakaredes from TV's "Providence."
Dorian Blues Coming-out story about a young man who, on the cusp of
moving to New York, begins showing his preference for men, much to the
dismay of his right-wing father and his jock brother.
7 Dias Mexican film about a U2 super fan determined to raise the
half-million dollars it would cost to bring the band to his country.
Dirty Love Jenny McCarthy wrote this comedy and co-stars in it with
Carmen Electra. It's about a jilted woman who sees a psychic to find
out where she should search for true love.
Occupation: Dreamland Documentary focusing on the men of the 82nd
Airborne in Iraq and on the Army's recruitment tactics.
SEPT. 28
Forty Shades of Blue Rip Torn plays a legendary (and doesn't he know
it) Memphis music producer whose comfy existence is shaken when his
young Russian trophy wife (Dina Korzun) falls in love with his
estranged son.
SEPT. 30
Capote The estimable Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the late novelist and
social gadfly Truman Capote. It's not a conventional biopic, but an
account of the writer's research for "In Cold Blood," his classic
"nonfiction novel" about the murders of a Kansas farm family and the
subsequent trials and executions of their killers. Catherine Keener is
Harper Lee, Capote's young associate (and future author of "To Kill a
Mockingbird") and Clifton Collins Jr. plays the killer Perry Smith,
with whom Capote developed a strong relationship. Bennett Miller is the
first-time director.
The Greatest Game Ever Played Shia LaBeouf ("Holes") stars for director
Bill Paxton in the dramatization of 20-year-old American amateur golfer
Francis Ouimet's legendary victory at the 1913 U.S. Open in Brookline,
Mass. Stephen Dillane plays Harry Vardon, the cocky British champion
who was humbled before the golfing world.
Into the Blue "Blue Crush" director John Stockwell goes back to the
water for this thriller about a group of buff young divers who find a
fortune in the cargo bay of a sunken airplane and make the mistake of
keeping it. With Paul Walker and Jessica Alba.
MirrorMask British fantasy about a 15-year-old circus entertainer whose
guilt over her mother's illness sends her into an alternative universe
of contrasting light and dark kingdoms.
Serenity Feature-length finale to Joss Whedon's 13-episode sci-fi TV
series "Firefly," about a group of adventurers aboard a space
transporter 500 years in the future. Here, Capt. Mal Reynolds (Nathan
Fillion) and his crew are being chased by the galaxy-ruling Alliance,
which wants to reclaim the telepathic fugitive River (Summer Glau)
traveling with them.
Little Manhattan Mark Levin, a story editor for "The Wonder Years,"
makes his directing debut with this tale of first love between two
12-year-olds.
The War Within Drama about a Pakistani engineering student who is
mistaken for a terrorist and placed in confinement.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Julianne Moore is a mother of 10
helping her luckless husband (Woody Harrelson) make ends meet by
entering - and winning - jingles contests in the 1950s. Adapted
from the memoir of Terry Ryan, whose mother did such things.
Going Shopping Henry Jaglom directs his wife, Victoria Foyt, in a story
about a clothing boutique owner's wild experiences during a Mother's
Day weekend sale.
OCT. 5
The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach, son of former Village Voice film
critic Georgia Brown, wrote and directs a loosely autobiographical
drama about two brothers dealing with their parents' divorce in 1980s
Brooklyn. With Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney.
OCT. 7
Goodnight, and Good Luck This drama, directed by George Clooney, is
built around the public fight between legendary broadcast journalist
Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In the
1950s, McCarthy was the most visible member of the witch-hunting House
UnAmerican Activities Committee, which destroyed the careers of
innocent people from all walks of life by associating them with
Communists. Murrow led the reaction to McCarthy and got labeled a
Communist for his trouble. CBS News stuck with Murrow despite the
pressure, and McCarthy's power began to fade. Clooney co-stars as CBS
news producer Fred Friendly and Frank Langella plays the corporation's
chief, William Paley.
In Her Shoes Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential") goes all soft on us
with this story about two estranged sisters (Cameron Diaz and Toni
Collette) who are reconciled by the grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) they
never knew they had.
Two for the Money Matthew McConaughey is a former college football star
whose track record for handicapping sporting events draws him into the
world of high stakes gambling, where nothing short of his life will be
at stake. With Al Pacino as the betting agency mogul who comes to rely
on and dominate him. Directed by D.J. Caruso ("The Salton Sea").
The Gospel An R&B star (Clifton Powell) faces a spiritual crisis when
he returns home on learning of the illness of his father, a church
bishop, and his boyhood rival's plans to take over the church. With
Omar Gooding.
Before the Fall German drama about a young boxing prospect whose
repulsion over Nazi atrocities sets him against the biggest opponent of
all.
Waiting An "American Pie"-style comedy about the crude and rude
employees of a restaurant whose name - Shenanigans - describes
their behavior. With Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit What are the odds we'd
have two stop-motion movies to look forward to this season? (Strangely
enough, Helena Bonham Carter'>Helena Bonham Carter lends her voice to both.) Already the
subject of three Oscar-nominated shorts, inventor Wallace and his dog
Gromit make their feature debut in a comedy about a mysterious monster
who's destroying the garden plots of an English village. Naturally,
it's up to our intrepid heroes to stop him. "Chicken Run," the last
import from the inspired minds at Aardman Animation, was a surprise
smash. Wallace and Gromit deserve nothing less.
Dandelion A coming of age story about a 16-year-old boy and how his
search for his identity is connected with the various forms of love
that are missing from his life.
OCT. 12
Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque Documentary about the film
archivist who inspired French New Wave directors Godard, Truffaut,
Rohmer and Chabrol.
OCT. 14
Nine Lives Rodrigo Garcia directs a series of nine vignettes about
women getting on with their lives in Los Angeles. Each segment is done
as a single 10-minute take. With Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright Penn, Glenn
Close and Holly Hunter.
Elizabethtown Orlando Bloom is an industrial designer hit with three
pieces of devastating news: his girlfriend (Jessica Biel) is breaking
up with him; he has lost his job because of a disastrous mistake, and
his father has died. On the plus side, he meets an irrepressible flight
attendant (Kirsten Dunst) traveling to his father's funeral in Kentucky
and realizes that his life may get better - if it doesn't get worse.
Written and directed by Cameron Crowe ("Almost Famous").
North Country Oscar-winner Charlize Theron'>Charlize Theron ("Monster") stars in a
fictionalized account of the landmark 1984 sexual harassment case
involving a woman working in the Minnesota mining industry and her male
co-workers. With Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson. Directed by Niki
Caro ("Whale Rider").
Domino Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley assumes the title role in Tony Scott's highly
exaggerated account of the adventures of British actor Laurence
Harvey's daughter, who turned her back on a modeling and potential
acting career to become a bounty hunter; she died at age 35 in June.
With Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke.
Where the Truth Lies Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter") adapts Rupert
Holmes' novel about a young journalist (Alison Lohman) probing for the
truth of a 15-year-old scandal that destroyed the careers of a revered
showbiz duo (Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth).
The Fog Rupert Wainwright ("Stigmata") directs the remake of John
Carpenter's 1980 horror film about the ghosts of long-buried lepers who
rise on a dense fog surrounding a coastal California town. Selma Blair
and Maggie Grace are among the terrorized.
Loggerheads Three interwoven stories about a young gay man (Kip
Pardue), his biological mother (Bonnie Hunt) and his adoptive parents
(Chris Sarandon and Tess Harper).
Innocent Voices Based on screenwriter Oscar Torres' childhood
experience, this is the story of a 12-year-old boy who is automatically
enlisted in the army in 1980s El Salvador. Directed by Luis Mandoki
("Message in a Bottle").
OCT. 19
Ushpizin Drama about the daily lives of ultra-Orthodox Jews learning,
living and loving in modern-day Israel.
OCT. 21
Shopgirl Steve Martin'>Steve Martin adapted his slight novella and co-stars with
Claire Danes in a story about a salesclerk at a Beverly Hills
department store who gets involved with a middle-age sugar daddy.
Barely Legal Three high-school sophomores try to make a porno movie in
their basement while their parents are at work. The results are
disastrous, especially when a school bully wants to participate in the
film.
Stay Marc Forster'>Marc Forster ("Finding Neverland," "Monster's Ball") directs Ewan
McGregor and Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts in a thriller about a psychiatrist's
nightmarish effort to prevent a patient from carrying out his threat to
kill himself in three days.
Kids in America At fictional Booker High in Brooklyn, a group of
politically active students joins forces with a fired teacher on a film
documenting their campaign against the repressive school principal.
Dreamer A "Seabiscuit"-like "underhorse" story about a filly who breaks
her leg and is nursed back to health by her trainer (Kurt Russell) at
the insistence of his daughter (Dakota Fanning). The horse then returns
to the track to try and win the Breeder's Cup.
After Innocence Documentary about the reentry into society of seven men
released from prison after DNA evidence proved they were innocent of
the crimes for which they were sent away for decades.
Protocols of Zion Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin takes his camera to
the streets of New York to learn from passing anti-Semites why they
hate Jews.
Doom The Rock stars in Andrzej Bartkowiak's feature version of the
super-hot '90s video game about Marines taking on invading monsters on
their base on a moon of Mars in the year 2145.
Innocence This Belgian-French film is based on an 1888 Gothic novella
about young girls growing up in a subterranean boarding school beneath
an isolated wood.
The Ordeal Belgian psychological drama about a singer who ends up in a
creepy, out-of-the-way motel after his car breaks down in the night.
Derailed Adapted from James Siegel's heralded first novel, this
thriller stars Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston as illicit Manhattan
lovers trying to outwit a violent blackmailer who is much smarter than
they are. With Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, RZA, Tom Conti, Xzibit,
Giancarlo Esposito.
White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Documentary about the brutality of
a jungle gulag created by Belgium's King Leopold II in the colonial
Congo in 1885.
OCT. 26
Ballets Russes Documentary about the famed ballet company, which is
about to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
OCT. 28
The Legend of Zorro The sequel to the 1998 "Mask of Zorro" traces how
Antonio Banderas' Don Alejandro is forced to put on the mask and take
up the sword several years after marrying the lovely Elena (Catherine
Zeta-Jones) and having a son. The boy is now 10 and unaware of dad's
outlaw fame, but he will soon learn as the mark of Zorro begins
appearing anew on the landscape and on the bodies of baddies in Old
California. Returning director is Martin Campbell.
Prime What's a girl (Uma Thurman) to do when she learns that the
psychotherapist to whom she's told the most intimate details of her sex
life is her boyfriend's mother? For that matter, what's the shrink to
do? A comedy by writer-director Ben Younger.
Three ... Extremes A pan-Asian sampler of 30-minute horror shorts from
China's Fruit Chan, Japan's Takashi Miike and South Korea's Chan-wook
Park.
The Dying Gaul A grieving gay screenwriter (Peter Sarsgaard) has a shot
at selling his about his relationship with his late lover and
agent, but there's a Faustian catch: He has to change it to a
heterosexual relationship. With Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott.
Craig Lucas (writer of "Long Time Companion") directs his own .
Saw II The serial killer known as Jigsaw returns to terrorize eight
more strangers with his murderous game playing in the sequel to last
year's Halloween hit.
Paradise Now A drama about two Palestinian boyhood friends spending
their last day together before going off on suicide bombing missions in
Tel Aviv.
The Weather Man Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage is a Chicago TV weatherman, family man and
neurotic whose decision to take a job in New York puts all of his roles
at risk in this offbeat comedy. With Hope Davis, Michael Caine.
Directed by Gore Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean").
Blackmail Boy A blackmail scheme leads to murder in a small Greek town.
NOV. 4
Jarhead Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal is a young Marine forced to grow up fast during
Desert Storm. Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003
best-seller. With Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black. Directed by Sam Mendes
("American Beauty").
NY Doll This documentary about the late Arthur Kane, bassist with the
New York Dolls, centers on the notorious glam-punk band's 2004 reunion.
The Matador In writer-director Richard Shepard's black comedy, Pierce
Brosnan plays an international hit man who, on assignment in Mexico
City, befriends, then enlists, a woebegone businessman (Greg Kinnear)
as a partner in crime. With Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall.
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story British comedy actor Steve
Coogan ("24 Hour Party People") plays the title character in Michael
Winterbottom's audacious adaptation of Laurence Sterne's 1759 novel
"Tristram Shandy," about an egocentric country gentleman sharing his
views with readers, when not digressing about his family.
Chicken Little This non-Pixar CGI cartoon from Disney stars Zach Braff
as the voice of Chicken Little, a vigilant sky watcher who proves he
isn't always wrong when he says "the sky is falling." Joan Cusack, Don
Knotts, Fred Willard and Amy Sedaris also lend their voices.
The Family Stone A romantic comedy about a family that circles the
wagons when Ben Stone (Luke Wilson) brings home an uptight woman
(Claire Danes) he intends to marry. Facing a cold reception, she calls
in her sister (Sarah Jessica Parker) for support, then things get
really bad.
Summer Storm German coming-out story about a camping trip during which
one of two best friends discovers he wants more than friendship.
NOV. 9
The New World Terrence Malick ("The Thin Red Line") wrote and directed
this historical epic about the arrival of British colonists on the
coast of North America and their conflicts with the natives they found
there. It's the story of John Smith, Pocahontas and John Rolfe, and of
the teenage Pocahontas' role in saving the white colonists from her
tribe's warriors, and of her subsequent trip to England. Colin Farrell
plays Smith, Christian Bale is Rolfe and 15-year-old German-born
Q'Orianka Kilcher, partly descended from native South Americans, is
Pocahontas.
Pulse Remake of a Japanese horror film about a computer virus or
supernatural force that turns viewers into suicidal depressives. With
Kristen Bell (from TV's "Veronica Mars").
The Swenkas In South Africa, flamboyant, stylish - and straight -
blue-collar Zulu men replace their overalls with colorful designer
suits to compete in fashion shows of their own making, in a ritual
called "swanking."
NOV. 11
Bee Season Fans of Myla Goldberg's best seller ought to be happy with
the team behind this adaptation: Directors Scott McGehee and David
Siegel did a nice job exploring family tensions in "The Deep End." And
if any actor can handle the story's spiritual twists and turns, it's
surely the Dalai Lama's No. 1 fan, Richard Gere. He plays a theology
professor convinced his young daughter (Flora Cross) has a divine
connection to another plane. Meanwhile, his teenage son (Max Minghella)
and mentally ill wife (Juliette Binoche) are floundering right here on
Earth.
Take My Eyes Acclaimed Spanish drama about a woman who takes her son
and leaves the abusive husband she still loves.
Ellie Parker In this low-budget indie comedy, which originated as a
2001 short film project, Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts plays what she once was, an
Australian actress trying to get traction in Hollywood. With Chevy
Chase as her manager and writer-director Scott Coffey as her boyfriend.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' Taking its cue from "8 Mile," this urban drama
is a loosely autobiographical tale about an inner-city thief and drug
dealer who leaves prison determined to become a rap star. He's played
by - and inspired by - Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The director is
Jim Sheridan ("In America").
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic The raw standup comic expounds on
politics, race, sex and religion.
Cape of Good Hope South African drama about three women whose lives
intersect at an animal rescue shelter, to their lasting good.
Zathura Less a sequel to 1995's "Jumanji" than another wild game. In
this one, directed by Jon Favreau ("Elf"), two young brothers find a
space adventure board game in the attic of their California bungalow
and are soon hoist - house and all - into the galaxy. Tim Robbins
plays their befuddled father. The screenplay by David Koepp and John
Kamps was based, like "Jumanji" and "Polar Express," on a book by Chris
Van Allsburg.
NOV. 16
The Syrian Bride Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis' drama about a Syrian
woman who, in her bridal outfit, is steps away from crossing the border
into Israel to meet her groom when politics stops her in her tracks.
NOV. 18
Walk the Line James Mangold ("Identity") directs Joaquin Phoenix in
this Johnny Cash biopic. Reese Witherspoon plays his wife, June Carter.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire In the fourth part of the series,
Harry, Ron and Hermione face down Voldemort's Death Eaters. There have
been some grumblings that Mike Newell, the director of "Four Weddings
and a Funeral," will not stay true to the daringly dark tone set by his
predecessor, Alfonso Cuar=F3n. As Dumbledore tells Harry, "We must all
face the choice between what is right and what is easy." Here's hoping
Newell chose wisely.
Pride & Prejudice A new adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about the
five Bennet sisters in Georgian England. Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley is Elizabeth,
the most self-determined of the girls, and Matthew MacFadyen is Darcy,
the snob whom love will tame.
Breakfast on Pluto Director Neil Jordan ("The Crying Game") takes up
with another transvestite character in his adaptation of Pat McCabe's
novel about an Irish cabaret singer and prostitute who is wrongly
accused of planting a bomb in a 1970s London club. With Cillian Murphy
("Red Eye") and Liam Neeson.
Wolf Creek Australian horror movie about three young people who follow
their spring break with a trip to the outback, where somebody intends
to have fun at their expense.
NOV. 21
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things A Southern Gothic movie about a
boy learning about the seedy sides of the world while on the road with
his impulsive young mother (played by actress-director Asia Argento).
With cameos by Winona Ryder, Marilyn Manson and Peter Fonda, among
others.
NOV. 23
Syriana George Clooney stars in the biographical drama of Robert Baer,
a 20-year veteran of the CIA, who worked undercover studying terrorists
in the Middle East and became fed up with the growing weakness of the
agency and the cozy relationship between the oil-hungry West and a
certain government (hint: Saudi Arabia). With Matt Damon, Amanda Peet.
Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan.
Rent Chris Columbus, director of the first two Harry Potter movies,
helms the screen version of Jonathan Larson's Tony- and Pulitzer
Prize-winning rock opera about a group of bohemians struggling with
life in the East Village. It stars Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs and
several members of the original Broadway cast.
The Ice Harvest "Groundhog Day's" Harold Ramis directs John Cusack and
Billy Bob Thornton in a comedy about two guys who embezzle $2 million
from corrupt Wichita businessmen and are set to make a clean Christmas
Eve getaway until an ice storm arrives.
Yours, Mine and Ours Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo take over for Henry
Fonda and Lucille Ball in the remake of the 1968 comedy about a man
with 8 kids who marries a woman with 10.
The White Countess The final Merchant-Ivory production (Ismail Merchant
died in May) is set in late-1930s Shanghai, where a blind,
disillusioned American diplomat (Ralph Fiennes) is making a careful
study of the decadent city's rankest bars with the idea of building the
perfect dive. Natasha Richardson plays the Russian taxi dancer who
catches the diplomat's eye and is recruited as the centerpiece of the
club.
Dying For Dolly After saving a mafioso's life, a young African-American
(R&B star Usher) is rewarded with a job in the mob and puts it in
jeopardy by falling in love with the boss' daughter. With Chazz
Palminteri, Emmanuelle Chriqui.
NOV. 30
The Boys of Baraka Documentary about the experience of a group of
Baltimore 12-year-olds sent to an experimental boarding school in
Kenya.
DEC. 2
Transamerica "Desperate Housewives'" Felicity Huffman plays a pre-op
he-to-she transsexual whose plans for the life-changing surgery are
disrupted by the discovery of a son (Kevin Zegers) fathered 20 years
before.
Aeon Flux Charlize Theron'>Charlize Theron has the title role in this adaptation of the
cult MTV action series about a physically agile heroine working as a
rebel operative in a walled city run by scientists 400 years in the
future. With Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo.
Be Here to Love Me Documentary about the late, hard-living songwriter
Townes Van Zandt, with appearances by fans Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett,
Steve Earle and Kris Kristofferson.
The Kid and I California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his first
post-inauguration movie appearance in a comedy about a 17-year-old boy
with cerebral palsy whose wealthy father (Joe Mantegna) decides to
grant his wish by financing an action movie for him to star in.
First Descent A documentary about snowboarding.
DEC. 9
Memoirs of a Geisha Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh, three of the
most beautiful Asian actresses, star in the adaptation of Arthur
Golden's epic novel about a peasant girl who is sold by her father to a
geisha house in 1920s Japan. As she flowers into adulthood, she becomes
the most desired geisha in the popular Gion district, and learns not
only the nuances of her profession but about human nature. With Ken
Watanabe. The director is "Chicago" Oscar nominee Rob Marshall.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe What,
you thought there was room for only one series of CGI-heavy epics made
in New Zealand from an Oxford don's quasi-religious, mythical stories
of good and evil ? Whether "Shrek" director Andrew Adamson can do as
well by C.S. Lewis as Peter Jackson did by J.R.R. Tolkien remains to be
seen, but this tale of four children who discover the land of Narnia
and fight the evil white witch (Tilda Swinton) holds even more
box-office promise. While "The Lord of the Rings" had three parts,
"Narnia" has seven.
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") directs
Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in an adaptation of Annie Proulx's
short story about two ranch hands who - to their great surprise -
fall in love in 1963 Wyoming. With Michelle Williams.
DEC. 14
King Kong Why, you ask, do we need another version of the 1933 classic?
Because the 1976 remake with Jessica Lange was awful and the special
effects in the black-and-white original are a bit too rudimentary for
today's audiences. Besides, Peter Jackson, hot off the "Lord of the
Rings" trilogy, was willing to do it. Unlike the '76 movie, Jackson's
film is faithful to the Depression period and to the original story.
Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts is in for Fay Wray as heroine Ann Darrow, Jack Black is
obsessed filmmaker Carl Denham, and Oscar-winner Adrien Brody ("The
Pianist") plays Watts' love interest, Jack Driscoll. Andy Serkis, who
did the body-motion performance for the computer-animated Gollum in
"Rings," does the same for Kong and also gets a role of his own, as
Lumpy the Cook.
The Grace Lee Project An Asian-American documentary filmmaker with the
extremely common name of Grace Lee sets out to learn what she can about
other Grace Lees current and past, and comes to some conclusions about
Asian stereotypes.
DEC. 16
All the King's Men Sean Penn stars in Steven Zaillian's new version of
Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning political satire about
a populist Southern governor (a thinly-veiled Huey Long) who becomes
intoxicated with power. A 1949 adaptation directed by Robert Rossen won
Oscars for Best Picture and Best Actor (Broderick Crawford). Jude Law
is Jack Burden, the journalist who unwittingly aids the cause of Penn's
Willie Stark, and Kate Winslet is Anne Stanton, the governor's niece
and Jack's girlfriend.
The Promise Chen Kaige ("Farewell My Concubine") directs this romantic
fantasy about a royal concubine in love with a slave.
DEC. 21
The Producers: The Movie Musical At last, the film version of the stage
musical of Mel Brooks' 1968 film arrives! Nathan Lane and Matthew
Broderick reprise their roles of Max Bialy=ADstock and Leo Bloom. The
only actors not from the Broadway production are Uma Thurman, as
Swedish secretary Ulla, and Will Ferrell, as retro Nazi Franz Liebkind.
Susan Stroman, director of the stage hit, makes her film-directing
debut, a stint that prompted rumors that Brooks stepped in to direct
some of the nonmusical scenes. The film was shot in the new Steiner
Studios in Brooklyn.
Fun With Dick and Jane The year's umpteenth remake stars Jim Carrey and
T=E9a Leoni in the roles played by George Segal and Jane Fonda in a 1977
comedy about a quiet suburban couple who moonlight as hooded robbers.
Cheaper By the Dozen 2 Steve Martin'>Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return for the
sequel to the 2003 remake of a 1950 comedy about a couple with an
oversized brood. Here, the Bakers find themselves in competition with a
family of eight children while on vacation. With Eugene Levy.
DEC. 23
Munich Steven Spielberg follows "War of the Worlds" with a true story
about a squad of Israeli secret agents assigned to track down and kill
the terrorists who engineered the plot against Israeli athletes at the
1972 Olympics in Munich. Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team
were killed along with all of their Palestinian captors in a failed
rescue mission. Eric Bana plays the Mossad agent in charge of the
post-Munich search. With Daniel Craig and Geoffrey Rush.
The Ringer Black comedy (you may prefer the word "sick") starring
Johnny Knoxville as a nonhandicapped athlete who infiltrates the
Special Olympics with hopes of dethroning the champion.
Hard Candy When a 32-year-old man brings home a 14-year-old girl he met
on the Internet, things don't go as well as he'd hoped. With Patrick
Wilson and Ellen Page.
Cach=E9 A TV book critic (Daniel Auteuil) and his wife (Juliette
Binoche) have their lives turned upside-down by an increasingly
intimate and anonymously sent stream of videos and drawings depicting
the family in alarming situations.
When the Sea Rises French film starring Yolande Moreau as a married
actress and mother whose out-of-town tour with her one-woman show is
spiced up by her impetuous romance with a parade float conductor.
DEC. 25
Casanova What happens when the legendary seducer meets a Venetian
beauty immune to his charms? Why, he falls in love. With Heath Ledger,
Sienna Miller. Directed by Lasse Hallstr=F6m.
Rumor Has It Rob Reiner is back in "When Harry Met Sally ..." country
with this romantic comedy about a young woman (Jennifer Aniston) who
puts off her engagement (to Mark Ruffalo) when she discovers that her
grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) was the inspiration for Mrs. Robinson in
"The Graduate." When she meets an older man (Kevin Costner) who has
slept with both her mother and her grandmother, she begins to believe
she is reliving the experiences of Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock.
Match Point Woody Allen abandons Manhattan to direct this English
tragicomedy about a former tennis pro who has an affair with the former
girlfriend of his wife's brother. With Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Scarlett
Johansson, Emily Mortimer. It was acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival
in May.
Mrs. Henderson Presents Judi Dench stars in the biographical story of a
society matron who bought an old London theater with hopes of drawing
back audiences that had been lured away by talking pictures. Her
roaring success was an all-nude revue. With Christopher Guest, Bob
Hoskins. Directed by Stephen Frears.
Hoodwinked CGI-animated spoof of "Little Red Riding Hood," involving
cops sent from the animal world to investigate disturbances at Granny's
house. Voices of Andy Dick, Sally Struthers, David Ogden Stiers.
DEC. 28
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein Documentary about a Russian Jewish woman
who became Carl Jung's first patient in 1904, then began a long
correspondence with Sigmund Freud and ended up a renowned psychoanalyst
in her own right.
DEC. 31
In the Land of Women After being dumped by his actress girlfriend, a
young Hollywood screenwriter (Adam Brody) goes home to Michigan to ease
his pain and spend time with his grandmother (Olympia Dukakis). While
there, he starts up a relationship with a family across the street that
will change all of their lives. With Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart.
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