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Weekend Box Office Report: 3/21-3/23

HortonFor the second week in a row, Horton heard theater registers ringing, bringing its total take to the tune of $86.5 million. In what was the slowest Easter weekend for movies in three years, the Seusstastic comedy’s weekend take was a very-respectable $25.1 million. Following close behind with $25 million was Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns, followed by the PG-13 suspense/horror flick Shutter, which stars Dawson’s Creek graduate Joshua Jackson.

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Coming Soon-The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe

Calling The Lost Boys a cult classic is like calling Tivo a “pretty good little gadget.” In 1987, The Lost Boys made vampires cool (and funny) again and gave birth to Buffy (which was only released 5 years after TLB….and side note: did you know Ben Affleck was in the original Buffy movie, uncredited?), Angel, and more recently movies like Blade and Van Helsing. The original TLB was directed by a still-new-to-the-scene Joel Shomacher, and starred the Coreys Haim and Feldman, Keiffer Sutherland, and Jason Patric.

Sometime this year we’ll be treated to a sequel, although you’re more likely to catch the premiere at your local RedBox than in Hollywood, as the flick is expected to go straight to disc. The redo also features Feldman, who honestly looks like he hasn’t aged a bit, most likely Haim, and possibly Patric. Here’s the trailer:

Weekend movie preview - Friday 3/14

Here’s a look at what’s playing this weekend:

OPENING THIS WEEKEND:
Horton Hears a WhoHorton Hears a Who - The great thing about Dr. Seuss is how he managed to wrap a socially-conscious message inside a shiny silly wrapper. Like, if Dr. Seuss had made An Inconvenient Truth, it would have been a puppet show with Steve Martin as the Lorax. But it would have worked, and so will Horton. With Jim Carey and Steve Carell voicing the leads, and an amazing supporting cast (including one Carol Burnett), this movie about how, “a person’s a person, no matter how small” is a sure bet to be #1 at the box office.

Doomsday movie posterDoomsday - starring Kate Beckinsale look-alike newcomer Rhona Mitra, Doomsday promises that at the very least you will see lots of stuff blow up and lots of people and/or zombies die.

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Now See This: 2008 Spring movie preview

10,000 B.C. - The director of “Independence Day” brings us what will surely be a raucus, sweeping epic, set in an ice-ageian wilderness. At first glance, the premise seems pretty new, although moviegoers will probably quickly subconsciously identify with it as a post-apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy. It’s got big beasts, scantily-clad menfolk, and big battle scenes (remind anyone of another massive hit - “300″?). Should be a good time.

The Bank Job - Jason Statham’s not exactly the greatest emoter of our time, but I don’t think he’s ever made a boring movie. This bank-heist flick set in 1971 London might just be the sort of vehicle he can drive to success. He’s got a supporting cast of mostly-unknowns, but the trailer looks pretty solidly funny, and the fact that it’s inspired by a true story should add some fun.

March 14
Horton Hears a Who - It’s got a main course of Dr. Seuss, Jim Carey and Steve Carell, with a side-order of Carol Burnett and Will Arnett (the guy in Arrested Development that you love but don’t know his name). Need I say more? It’s made by the guys who did Ice Age (20th Century Fox Animation), so we know they’ve got animation chops. With an amazing cast, solid source material, and very little competition for the youth movie vote($), expect this to be a big hit.

Rhona Mitra - Kate Beckinsale lookalikeDoomsday - This one might have flown under your radar until a couple of weeks ago when Rogue Pictures started bombarding us with some pretty interesting looking trailers. It stars a relative newcomer Kate Beckinsale look-alike named Rhona Mitra, who you may have seen in…well, probably nothing. This Mad Maxian flick looks to be half “I Am Legend” and half “28 Days Later”, which is not a bad thing to be.

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