Box Office Leaders

In a sheer stroke of Hollywood genius, Warner Brothers, as well as the other people behind the film franchise of Harry Potter, author JK Rowling included, have decided to split the last installment of the hugely successful film about a boy magician, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, into a two-part series that will be shown a year apart.

Filming will be done as if the films were one though, so as to preserve some semblance of continuity. The people behind Deathly Hollows have cited that they wanted to give more justice to the conclusion of the Harry Potter story. David Yates, who directed the two Harry Films that came before, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as well as Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – which is out in the summer – will remain at the helm of the project.

Announcing the delay last year of the moving of the release date for the next installment of the Harry Potter film franchise was a disappointment to many. This installment is hailed to be the second to the last but plans saying that the last movie is to be split into two may give some insight at the power the Harry Potter series has over the movie world.
Hailed a phenomenon with its young actors taking over the record books as the youngest and biggest earning young stars in the whole world, having grown into their roles what fitting reward. The film franchise may not be the world’s top grossing but with a total of six or seven films under their belts, this may be one of the most successful franchises ever taking their place besides Star Wars and Batman Movie series as the highest grossing movies of all time.

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Here’s a quick peek at the box office. An estimate weekend box office in the US. from October 17 to 19.

• Max Payne 20th Century Fox Distribution $18,000,000
• Beverly Hills Chihuahua Buena Vista Pictures Distribution $69,067,000
• The Secret Life of Bees Fox Searchlight Pictures $11,050,000
• W. Lionsgate $10,550,000
• Eagle Eye DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures $81,335,000
• Body of Lies Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $24,481,000
• Quarantine Sony Pictures Releasing $24,687,000
• Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist Sony Pictures Releasing $26,707,000
• Sex Drive Summit Entertainment, LLC $3,566,000
• Nights in Rodanthe Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $36,892,000

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Anyway, back to MovieLink. What is it and how does it work? From the site:

“Movielink is changing the way America rents and purchases movies. No more trips to the video store. No DVDs to carry or return. Just fast, easy, legal movie downloads direct from the studios that you can watch at home or on the road.”

There’s two ways to watch these movies: you can rent them for up to 30 days or you can out and out buy them. And there’s nothing to pick up or mail or any of that mess; you’re downloading them to your computer. Prices start at 8.99 and go up from there.

Box Office Leaders: Platoon and Outrageous Fortune

For our first entry, let me share you this good news about Oliver Stones movie about the Vietnam War called Platoon. The said movie remained at the No. 1 spot at the film box office last week. It said news came out at the Academy Award nominations eve. It was reported that the movie already reached its $8.2 million, and its gross even raised up to $38.3 million in the span of eight weeks.

The second box office film of the week was the comedy film Outrageous Fortune starring Shelley Long and Bette Midler. The said movie reached its $5.4 million in its second week.

I am a movie fan myself and whenever I get the opportunity I watch movies with friends and together we criticize them. In my 22 years, I have liked and loved movies, both locally and internationally and I would just like to share them with you.
1. Cutting Edge this is my all time favorite. Ever since I was a kid I’ve adored ice skating and
watching this movie made me love it more.
2. Center Stage aside from ice skating, I’ve also loved ballet. This movie has inspired me a lot about
dancing and how one can be so persistent about pursuing her dreams.
3. Chronicles of Narnia
4. Harry Potter
5. Step-up 1

Happy Feet and Casino Royal Leads

Are you a fan of the happy penguins? Or do you prefer the dashing agent named James Bond?

We don’t really care if you stay loyal to any of these two leads, but we would like you to know that the animated penguin film “Happy Feet” and the James Bond sequel “Casino Royale” were in the lead at the box office for three straight weeks!
“Happy Feet” regains the No.1 position with $17.5 million. On the other hand, “Casino Royale” places second with the gross of $15.1 million.
So whether you are a kid a heart who loves to dance with the penguins or you are idolizing or admiring James Bond, you have all the reasons to be happy.