‘Rango’ Wins Weekend Box Office Race by a Wide Margin

March 7, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Animation brought a little bit of life back to the box office this weekend, as Rango rode to first place among the weekend’s releases. Rango grossed an estimated $38 million. That’s slightly short of last March’s animated release, How to Train Your Dragon, which took in about $43 million in [...]

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Verbinski and Depp’s ‘Rango’ Rides into Theaters

March 3, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments

Go West, animation fans, and prepare for the arrival of Rango. Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring the voice of his Pirates of the Caribbean collaborator Johnny Depp, Rango opens Friday at an estimated 3,700 cinemas. The film skews toward the adult end of the medium’s appeal, and is distributed [...]

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