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Only ‘Limitless’ Can Top ‘Rango’ at Box Office
It was another relatively quiet weekend at the box office, with only the new thriller Limitless outperforming the animated feature Rango, which continues to perform well in its third weekend of release. Relativity’s Limitless, which stars Bradley Cooper, opened with a $19 million weekend, followed by Rango at an estimated [...]
‘Paul’ Geeks Out for Laughs at Box Office
After sending some moms to Mars last weekend, this weekend the aliens are coming to us. Paul, a live-action comedy about a pair of comic book fans who meet a CG-animated alien outside of Area 51 on their way to San Diego, opens this week at about 2,800 theaters. The [...]
Animated People: Berkeley Breathed
15 Minutes with… Berkeley Breathed Acclaimed cartoonist (Bloom County, Opus) and children’s book author (Mars Needs Moms) Animag: How did you come up with the idea for the book, Mars Needs Moms, which in turn inspired the movie? Berkeley Breathed: When the idea occurred to me, it was a cinematic [...]
Disney Sinks Zemeckis’ ‘Yellow Submarine’ Plans
With Mars Needs Moms flopping at the box office, Disney has decided to officially pass on producer/director Robert Zemeckis’ planned mo-cap remake of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pass means Zemeckis — who’s made mo-cap CG animation his forte with such projects as The Polar [...]
‘Battle’ Pushes ‘Rango’ to No. 2; ‘Mars Needs Moms’ Flops
Animated features faced both success and disappointment at the box office this weekend. While the top spot wen to the sci-fi action film Battle: Los Angeles, which opened with an estimated $36 million, the No. 2 spot fell to the animated feature Rango. Directed by Gore Verbinski and starring the [...]
Question for the Week of March 14 2011
Did you have a chance to check out Mars Needs Moms this past week? What is your take on the Zemeckis Performance Capture technology? • I enjoyed the movie’s visuals. • I think the movie should have been made in live-action. • It made my eyes bleed. • I hope [...]
‘Mars Needs Moms,’ ‘Battle: L.A.’ to Duke It Out at Box Office
It’s getting crowded at the box office with this weekend seeing the third animated release in two months and the second in two weeks with Disney’s Mars Needs Moms. The movie is the final release from the current incarnation of ImageMovers Digital, the Robert Zemeckis-founded company responsible for such animated [...]
‘Rango’ Wins Weekend Box Office Race by a Wide Margin
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 [...]
Verbinski and Depp’s ‘Rango’ Rides into Theaters
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 [...]
‘Gnomeo & Juliet’ Woos its Way to Top Spot at Weekend Box Office
It’s good to be a gnome at the box office this weekend, with Gnomeo & Juliet hanging on to enough business to withstand a couple of weak challenges to land in the No. 1 spot. The animated feature earned $14.2 million in ticket sales in its third weekend, good enough [...]
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