Despicable eliminates Rangers & Monsters

Despicable eliminates Rangers & Monsters

[June6-8]

#1-Despicable Me 2 had a wonderful start as it blasted off to making $82million in its first weekend.Its opening was on par with Monsters University ,and is currently the 4th biggest debut for an animated movie.

Despicable Me 2 follows the latest adventures of villain-turned hero ,Gru and his league of adorable minions.Critics were very much pleased with the result giving the movie a positive 75%.

So far the movie has made $142million domestically within 5 days ,and $151million overseas ,giving it a gross total of $293million!Made at a simple budget of $76million ,this sequel has already been declared a blockbuster!

#2-Although the same cant be said for Disney's Lone Ranger.The movie slumped and hit the rocks pretty bad ,making just $29million.The Johnny Depp starrer ,was completely out gunned by Despicable as it staggered to make a worldwide total of $72million.

Critics heavily panned the movie  ,complaining about the poor story ,bloated action sequences and the lengthy duration of the movie.It holds a rotten rating of just 25%.This makes it Depp's 6th rotten movie in a row (excluding the animated Rango).His last highly rated movie was 2007's Sweeney Todd.

But Depp is an international box office gold and most of his domestic flops have been saved by the international market.But Ranger's huge budget of $215million is a daunting task for Depp fans.

#3-The Heat slid to 3rd with $25million.The movie is doing very well and doesnt seem to have been caught in the firing line of Despicable Me 2.Heat has made $92million worldwide so far and is still growing.

#4-Monsters University was brought crashing down by this weeks entries.The movie made $19.5million ,bringing its worldwide total to $400million.Its now the 12th highest grossing Pixar movie out of 14 movies.Still a long way to go ,but it seems tough with the strong competition.

#5-World War Z is enjoying its time as it made $18million this weekend.The zombie movie easily recovered its budgets and has enough money to calm down and start planning for its sequel.The movie has so far made $366million.

2013 Top 5

#5-Oz The Great and Powerful -$491million

#4-Man Of Steel -$586million

#3-The Croods -$578million

#2-Fast & Furious 6- $695million

#1-Iron Man 3 -$1.211 billion (#5 on all time grossing list)

This week we have one very very anticipated movie and one loathed movie.Which one will win box office gold?

My analysis on Pacific Rim

story-When Monsters from the oceans arise , humans build giant robots to defend themselves.

+ This is acclaimed director ,Del Toro's first movie since 2008's Hellboy 2.The trailers looks great,action scenes and visuals look awesome too.

- Chance of being all visuals ,dull story.

Grown Ups2

story-After moving his family back to his old hometown,Lenny (Adam Sandler) finds trouble following him.

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- The cast are actors who barely have any good movies in their resume.Adam Sandler has not been in a good movie since 2009's Funny People.The original Grown Ups has a rating of 9%.Trailers look awful.Director Dennis Dugan hasnt made even one positively reviewed movie in his life!

My obvious pick of the week is---------PACIFIC RIM!!

If you do go for Grown Ups 2 by avoiding Pacific Rim ,please stop by the doctors to have your brain checked as well.

Monsters keeps the Heat down

Monsters keeps the Heat down

[June28-30]

#1-Monsters University kept the Pixar flag flying high as it topped the box office for the second week in a row.The movie made $46million in its second weekend.With that MU has already made $300 million worldwide and is another hit for Pixar.But it still has a long way to go to match the financial success of other Pixar movies.It all depends on how its going to stand upto next weeks release Despicable Me 2.

#2-The female oriented action-comedy The Heat made an excellent opening considering it faced tight competition from all around.The movie made $40million ,almost recouping its $43million budget.The movie has yet to open internationally and its a guaranteed superhit already.

Meanwhile reviews for Heat were above average.The movie has a rating of 63% ,with critics  praising its lead actresses.But it was the predictable story that brought the movie down.

#3-World War Z continued its good run ,making $29million this week.This brings the worldwide gross of World War Z to an excellent $259million.The movie has easily recovered its budget of $190million ,and is the highest grossing zombie movie of all time!

#4-Meanwhile all was not good for White House Down which made just $25million and is headed towards a FLOP status.Starring two big stars of 2012 ,Channing (21Jump Street,Vow,Magic Mike) and Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained) ,and directed by destruction king ,Roland Emmerich (2012,Day After Tomorrow,Independence Day) ,White House Down had big expectations.But its major stumbling block was March's Olympus Has Fallen ,which has a very similar story to WHD, that is ,Terrorists capturing White House and one guard trying to free it.

Unlike Olympus which became a surprise hit with a moderately sized budget of $70million ,White House Down is headed towards a flop with a huge budget of $150million.

Critics werent pleased with the movie either.The movie scored 48% ,with critics happy with Channing & Foxx, but irritated with Roland's poor direction.

This is Roland's second failure in a row.His 2011 movie ,Anonymous ,flopped badly.I guess 2012 (his 2009 movie) ,only brought disaster to Roland!

#5-Man Of Steel continued to slip down the charts as it made just $20million in its 3rd week.But MOS is safe from any danger as it has already crossed its expectations.The movie has made a solid $520million worldwide ,which is the highest grossing Superman movie and also Zack Snyder's highest grossing movie.

2013 Top 5

#5-Oz The Great and Powerful -$491million

#4-Man Of Steel -$520million

#3-The Croods -$577million

#2-Fast & Furious 6- $682million

#1-Iron Man 3 -$1.210 billion (#5 on all time grossing list)

2013 Top 5 welcomed Man Of Steel which entered the list within 3 weeks after its release.MOS looks set to overtake Croods by next week ,but it has very few chances of overtaking Fast Furious 6.

Next week ,we have 2 more anticipated movies locking horns!First my initial analysis on the two:

Despicable Me 2 - JUL3

story- Gru lives at peace with his 3 adopted daughters,but trouble crops up with the entry of Lucy from the Anti-Villain League. (animation)

+ The cute characters returns.So does the original team behind the first movie.Theres more new characters.

- Theres a slight chance it might go completely into the childish area

Lone Ranger- JUL3

story-A masked hero and a Red Indian Warrior team up to fight against corruption.

+Gore Verbinski (Pirates Of Caribbean) directs this action flick.Johnny Depp as another quirky character is as always an enjoyable watch.

- Casting a superstar as a supporting actor against an upcoming new actor doesnt sound like a great idea.Depp is bound to steal the show and divert attention.On the other hand ,Depp has not been delivering good movies as of late.This movie might just be all action with a weak story

My pick of the week is.............DESPICABLE ME 2!

I loved the first movie ,and the trailers for the second looked great.On the other hand Lone Ranger's trailers were downright boring.And checking the initial ratings i maybe right!Its bound to take down Monsters this week!

Despicable Me 2 -81% (Mini review-Not good as first but very very funny)

Lone Ranger - 25% (Mini review-poor story overloaded with action minus the fun)

Monsters kick out Zombies & Superheroes

Monsters kick out Zombies & Superheroes

[Jun21-23]

#1-Monsters University made a solid debut as it opened with a powerful $82million.This is the 4th highest debut for a animation movie with only Toy Story3,Shrek2&3 ,making bigger openings.MU made $54million overseas to bring its worldwide total to $136million.

MU is the prequel to Pixar's classic Monsters Inc (2001) ,and follows the story of how Mike & Sully met.Critics were pleased with the result and MU has been getting good reviews.The movie has a rating of 77% which in Pixar levels ,is below average.

Excluding MU ,in Pixar's 13 movies ,only 3 movies have got a rating below 90% ,Cars 1&2 [74%&39%] and Brave[78%] ,and all 3 were a far cry from the usual Pixar standards of quality story telling.

MU's reviews pales in comparisons to previous Pixar classics ,but its definitely this years best animation movie (so far).

#2-Brad Pitt returned to big budget action movies ,with his World War Z ,the latest zombie apocalypse movie.The movie made a powerful $66million domestically and $45 overseas ,to make a worldwide gross of $111million.World War Z's budget of $190million looks to be easily recoverable considering the big opening.WWZ's opening is the highest debut for a zombie flick (Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead held that record for almost 9years with a distant $26million) ,and also Brad Pitt's highest weekend debut.

Reviews for the movie was average with a rating of 67%.WWZ's altering its source material (the novel its based upon) and its uneven plot is the major criticism.Although the action and Brad Pitt's acting is praised.

#3-Man Of Steel had a steep fall of 65% as it stumbled to $41million in its second week.But with a world wide gross of $398million ,the movie has safely recovered its budget and might be able to cross $600million if it doesnt lose steam this week.

MOS has now become the highest grossing Superman movie ,beating 2006's Superman Returns ($200million).

#4-This is the End held on making $13million ,bringing its total gross to $57.7million.For a small budget movie ,TITE is a big success.

#5-Now You See Me stuck around making $7.8million in its 4th week.The movie has so far made a worldwide gross of $134million.

2013 Top 5

#5-Star Trek Into Darkness -$430million

#4-Oz The Great and Powerful -$491million

#3-The Croods -$577million

#2-Fast & Furious 6- $645million

#1-Iron Man 3 -$1.207 billion (#5 on all time grossing list)

This week is going to be another action movie oriented one.And i must admit both dont look to be any good.One is an action comedy,The Heat, and the other an all out action movie,White House Down.My pick of the week is....WHD

White House Down- JUN28

story- after a group take over the White House ,a Secret Service Agent must rescue the President.

+ Stars Channing Tatum & Jamie Foxx who are both on a good run.

- its directed by Roland Emmerich ,who is known more for his liking of destruction rather than a good story.

Heat on the other hand is directed by Paul Feig ,who directed the superb Bridesmaids.The Heat stars Sandra Bullock & Melissa McCarthy.The trailers havnt been too funny and i think this will be a disaster.

As for WHD ,its directed by Roland (2012,Day After Tomorrow) and could be entertaining.

What your pick?

BIGGIES OF JUNE

5 BIGGIES OF JUNE

MAY packed in 7 anticipated movies out of which only 3 pleased the critics while making money (IronMan3,StarTrek2,FastFurious6).

JUNE has less number of anticipated movies ,but chances of scoring more great movies are high! This is the End & World War z has already been getting good reviews.White House Down is a wildcard and most likely to make money while being panned by critics.But the 2 biggest draws are Pixar's MONSTERS UNIVERSITY and Nolan's MAN OF STEEL directed by Snyder (300).Are you ready for JUNE ?

Here is my early analysis on the 5 anticipated movies of JUNE 2013.

This Is The End- JUN12

story-A group of friends unite after the world starts under going a series of apocalyptic events.

+ Star studded comedians ,James Franco ,Jonah Hill ,Seth Rogen and more star in this action comedy movie.The real life friendship between the cast will be a major high point for This Is The End.The movie is reaping great initial reviews,some say its the best comedy of 2013 so far.

- Seth Rogen isnt very consistent.While most hit the mark ,many have failed terribly too.The comedy might not connect with majority.

Man of Steel- JUN14

story-A reboot of the Superman franchise,takes a more realistic take on his origin.

+ Reboot of one of the biggest superheroes,Superman.Man of Steel has a strong backbone.Story by Goyer and produced by Nolan ,Man Of Steel carries Dark Knight's goodwill.

- Zack Snyder is a good director ,but his last widely appreciated movie was 2007's 300.Watchmen was excellent but the hype killed it ,The Owls of GaHoole and Sucker Punch were big time fails.Will his style of direction help MOS ?

Monsters University- JUN21

story-The story of how Sully & Mike met ,10 years before th events of Monsters Inc.(animation)

+ PIXAR ! The animation studio has brought about multiple animated classics and this is the sequel to one of their earlier classics.

- Being a sequel to a classic carries a lot of weight.And Pixar hasnt made a classic since 2010's Toy Story 3.Cars 2 was horrible and Brave too kiddish ,can Monsters University break the bad run?

World War Z- JUN21

story-A UN employee travels around the world trying to stop the Zombie virus.

+ Brad Pitt & Running Zombies ! whats there not to like !This is an adaptation of the novel of the same name.The movie has been getting good initial reviews!

- The movie going over budget ($200million +) ,re-writes ,delays ,re-shoots could have made the movie

White House Down- JUN28

story- after a group take over the White House ,a Secret Service Agent must rescue the President.

+ Stars Channing Tatum & Jamie Foxx who are both on a good run.

- its directed by Roland Emmerich ,who is known more for his liking of destruction rather than a good story.

Monsters University Posters

Monsters University New Trailer

Hilarious new Trailer for Monsters University

Trailer #2

Monsters University Posters

 

Monsters University hits theaters on June 21st, 2013.Will this revive Pixar from their bad run ?
Check out their awesome website as well http://monstersuniversity.com/edu/