Brad Pitt, dolphins, Taylor Lautner, Jason Statham… one and all, they fell before might of the King. The Lion King, re-released and in 3-D, came in at number one for the second week in a row, its weekend gross of $22.1 million narrowly beating out new releases Moneyball ($20.6 million) and Dolphin Tale ($20.2 million) while giving Abduction ($11.2 million) and Killer Elite ($9.5 million), both new releases as well, a solid trouncing. Looks like no one every told them it’s a bad idea to go up against the second golden age of Disney.
New limited releases out last weekend included Pearl Jam Twenty ($65,000), Machine Gun Preacher ($44,000) and Puncture ($35,714).
Out next weekend are wide releases 50/50, Courageous, Dream House and What’s Your Number?, with The Double, Margaret, American Teacher, Benda Bilili!, Bunraku, My Joy, Take Shelter and Tucker & Dale vs Evil coming out in limited release—and if at least one of those can’t manage to beat The Lion King (original release date: June 24, 1994), it’ll just be embarrassing.
These are the strangest movies we've ever seen — some of which are also among…
Beautiful cars have driven movies from the start. Let's speed through some favorites.
These horror movie remakes did things the originals couldn't.
Last Stop in Yuma County, the riveting debut feature of writer-director Francis Galluppi, is an…
We miss these Gen X movie stars who died young.
Here are some classic rock songs inspired by classic movies we love. Some are obvious,…