Simon Brew Sep 8, 2016
Lots of films struggled at the box office this summer - but 2016 has not been short of surprise box office hits. This lot, in fact...
Much of the box office analysis of 2016 – especially summer 2016 – has focused on the collection of films that have fallen short of expected revenues. Be they Star Trek Beyond, Ghostbusters, Independence Day: Resurgence, X-Men: Apocalypse or Ice Age: Collision Course, there’s been no shortage of stories of box office troubles.
But what about the films that have genuinely surprised, and that have found a larger audience than people had been expecting? Turns out that there have been quite a few…
Bad Moms
In a summer where the likes of Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates and Bad Neighbours 2 failed to really take off, Bad Moms has proven to be an R-rated comedy treat. Not helped at first by being sold as from the writers of The Hangover,...
Lots of films struggled at the box office this summer - but 2016 has not been short of surprise box office hits. This lot, in fact...
Much of the box office analysis of 2016 – especially summer 2016 – has focused on the collection of films that have fallen short of expected revenues. Be they Star Trek Beyond, Ghostbusters, Independence Day: Resurgence, X-Men: Apocalypse or Ice Age: Collision Course, there’s been no shortage of stories of box office troubles.
But what about the films that have genuinely surprised, and that have found a larger audience than people had been expecting? Turns out that there have been quite a few…
Bad Moms
In a summer where the likes of Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates and Bad Neighbours 2 failed to really take off, Bad Moms has proven to be an R-rated comedy treat. Not helped at first by being sold as from the writers of The Hangover,...
- 9/6/2016
- Den of Geek
Matt Edwards Aug 30, 2016
From Captain America: Civil War through to Ghostbusters, what did we learn from summer blockbuster season 2016?
If it wasn’t for summer blockbuster season it would be a nightmare for Den of Geek to maintain our chic pale complexions. We’ve seen so many films this summer that we look like porcelain dolls (the shine comes from popcorn grease).
It was never our intention to learn anything other than imperative information about Jason Bourne’s backstory. None the less, 2016 had proven to be such an interesting year for cinema that we couldn’t help but be struck by the following observations.
A quick note before we dig in. We’re counting summer blockbuster season as March to the end of August. We know that’s not how seasons work, but that feels like a tidy set of dates to use to capture the films that are part of the mid-year blockbuster flurry.
From Captain America: Civil War through to Ghostbusters, what did we learn from summer blockbuster season 2016?
If it wasn’t for summer blockbuster season it would be a nightmare for Den of Geek to maintain our chic pale complexions. We’ve seen so many films this summer that we look like porcelain dolls (the shine comes from popcorn grease).
It was never our intention to learn anything other than imperative information about Jason Bourne’s backstory. None the less, 2016 had proven to be such an interesting year for cinema that we couldn’t help but be struck by the following observations.
A quick note before we dig in. We’re counting summer blockbuster season as March to the end of August. We know that’s not how seasons work, but that feels like a tidy set of dates to use to capture the films that are part of the mid-year blockbuster flurry.
- 8/24/2016
- Den of Geek
It has begun, folks.
A film that basically flew under my radar until a month or two ago (I'll admit it, I don't really get excited about cartoons), but has sat atop many "Most Anticipated Film Of The Summer" lists, Finding Dory, began its hot run last night.
Deadline is reporting that the film had a stellar $9.2 million preview showing last night, which dwarfs the $3.7 that last year's Inside Out made for Disney/Pixar on its preview night. That film ended up making $90.4 million in its opening weekend, with a final domestic haul of $356 million. So, based on that, the positive reviews, and the general buzz around the sequel to Finding Nemo, the film is expected to have a monster weekend ahead of it.
If it matches the hype, this would add to Disney's absolutely insane year, which includes The Jungle Book, Zootopia, and Captain America: Civil War. Couple that...
A film that basically flew under my radar until a month or two ago (I'll admit it, I don't really get excited about cartoons), but has sat atop many "Most Anticipated Film Of The Summer" lists, Finding Dory, began its hot run last night.
Deadline is reporting that the film had a stellar $9.2 million preview showing last night, which dwarfs the $3.7 that last year's Inside Out made for Disney/Pixar on its preview night. That film ended up making $90.4 million in its opening weekend, with a final domestic haul of $356 million. So, based on that, the positive reviews, and the general buzz around the sequel to Finding Nemo, the film is expected to have a monster weekend ahead of it.
If it matches the hype, this would add to Disney's absolutely insane year, which includes The Jungle Book, Zootopia, and Captain America: Civil War. Couple that...
- 6/17/2016
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Fandango, the nation’s leading digital network for all things movies visited by 63 million unique visitors per month, today revealed the results of its Most Anticipated Summer Movies Survey, in which Captain America: Civil War, was voted by movie fans as the most anticipated action movie of the season. The May 6 release is currently outselling all previous Marvel movies, including the first two Avengers movies and Captain America: Winter Soldier, at the same point in the sales cycle on Fandango.
Finding Dory was selected as the most anticipated family film, with The Secret Life Of Pets and Alice Through The Looking Glass coming in a close second and third. Paul Feig’s female-led Ghostbusters reboot was voted the most anticipated summer comedy, followed by Central Intelligence and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. Top 5 lists for each film genre can be found below.
Fandango’s summer movie survey also revealed:
71% would...
Finding Dory was selected as the most anticipated family film, with The Secret Life Of Pets and Alice Through The Looking Glass coming in a close second and third. Paul Feig’s female-led Ghostbusters reboot was voted the most anticipated summer comedy, followed by Central Intelligence and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. Top 5 lists for each film genre can be found below.
Fandango’s summer movie survey also revealed:
71% would...
- 4/22/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
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