Recap of July, Most Anticipated of August

Overall, at least based on the movies I saw, July was mostly an okay month for movies. But then again, I only saw five (out of 15 of the) major theatrical releases. And out of those five I saw, I only enjoyed two. "Despicable Me 2" was the strongest of the ones I saw. "Pacific …

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August 2-4 Box Office Predictions

"The Smurfs 2" is being released two days early to beat the rush. Now, that worked wonders for "Despicable Me 2," but didn't do anything for "Turbo." After families have emptied their pockets out on legitimately good animated movies like "Monsters University" and "DM2," their budgets for movies are running on empty (as shown by …

Box Office Results July 26-28. (I can’t think of a clever title.)

"The Wolverine" did good business this weekend, but not nearly as great as everyone thought it would be. While it was tracking for a $70 million opening, it was only able to nab a $53.114 million opening. This opening should be attributed to the fact that the disappointing "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" disappointed many, so it …

Box Office Predictions: July 26-28

"The Wolverine" has the benefit of opening on a weekend where there isn't any other blockbuster. Of course, there are the holdovers, but they don't pose much direct competition. The five previous X-Men films open to a weighted average of $76.58 million. It will earn less than that number, but not by a wide margin. …

“The Conjuring” scares a big audience, Snails and Retired Spies do okay, “R.I.P.D.” bombs hard

New releases from the weekend that are still on my watchlist: The Conjuring, R.I.P.D., Red 2, Turbo. So, all of them! I've realized that I haven't been a good box office analyst. I've been posting my predictions, but neglecting to report the results. This weekend, I'll change that. At the beginning of 2013, it was looking like this …

Box Office Predictions: July 19-21

There are four big releases coming out this weekend, so I'll try to keep my thoughts on each of the movies brief, so this article doesn't become too tedious. The movies are "The Conjuring", "Red 2", "R.I.P.D." and "Turbo". "The Conjuring" will do superb business this weekend. James Wan's movies have an average opening of …

Box Office Predictions: 7/12-7/14; Monsters & Robots vs. (Apparently) Funny people vs. the Minions

I say 'apparently funny people' in the title because I'm not sure how funny the guys of 'Grown Ups 2' will be this time around... There are two new releases coming out this weekend, and those are "Pacific Rim" and "Grown Ups 2", the sequel to Adam Sandler's 2010 box office hit. "Pacific Rim" looks …

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

Released: July 3, 2013. Directed by: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud. Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt. Runtime: 98 min. I don't remember some of the first movies I've ever seen. At least the first one I saw at the theatre... I've been trying to remember, but I haven't come up with the answer yet. I blame my …

My most anticipated movies of July

Hi everyone, this is my post for the movies I'm most anticipating this month. I'm going to leave out the ones I'm not anticipating (but will be seeing), because who wants to write a paragraph about a movie they're not particularly passionate about? (I'm talking about you, GROWN UPS 2.) I'll be writing reviews about …

Box Office Predictions: ‘Despicable Me 2’ to crush ‘The Lone Ranger’

Despicable Me is one of those universally loved movies. It's charming, entertaining, heartfelt, and hilarious. Since Monsters University showed that families are willing to spend good amounts of money on animated flicks, Despicable Me 2 is in great condition. And, families might have held out on that - to wait for this. Movies similar to …