Man Of Steel makes a smashing debut

Man Of Steel makes a smashing debut

[Jun14-16]

#1-Man Of Steel outdid all expectation as it opened to a wonderful $113million on its first weekend.Man Of Steel's strong crew led by Zack Snyder & Chris Nolan had a solid collections on each of its 3 days.

It has made $125 in 4days domestically.The movie made a strong $71million from overseas bringing its total 4day collection to $196million

MOS is the reboot of the first superhero movie ,Superman (1978). Written by Goyer and Nolan ,they injected Superman with the same amount of gritty realism they had given the Dark Knight Trilogy.

Majority of the critics were pleased and the movie has been getting good reviews ,even though its controversially rated rotten at Rottentomatoes with 56%.

MOS first weekend collection is the 2nd highest  of superhero origins.

1-Spiderman $114million

2-Man Of Steel $113million

3-IronMan $98million

4-X-Men Origins: Wolverine $85milion

5-Incredibles $70million

**UPDATED -check below

#2-Even though with crushing competition from MOS , comedy This Is The End scrapped up an encouraging $20million.The comedy movie starring the top comedians of the recent times ,play themselves in this movie about the apocalypse.Critics are very happy with the movie and have rated it at 85%. Reviews say its the best comedy movie so far.

The movie has already recovered its $30million budget this weekend!

#3-Now You See Me held on to the 3rd spot making $10million this weekend.The movie has been a success so far and has already made $108million worldwide from a budget of $75million.

#4-Fast Furious 6 continued its steep fall as it fell by 55% this week. It made $9.4million this week ,just enough to become the top grossing movie of the Fast Furious series.With the exception of Tokyo Drift,the Fast Furious series has been consecutively topping its predecessors ,a very rare occurrence for a franchise.Fast Furious 6 has so far made a worldwide gross of $636million!

#5-The number 1 movie of last week ,Purge fell by 75% this week to end up making $8.2million this week.The thriller has so far made $58million ,and for a movie made on $3million ,Purge is a gigantic hit.

2013 Top 5

#5-Star Trek Into Darkness -$386million

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

#3-The Croods -$576million

#2-Fast & Furious 6- $636million

#1-Iron Man 3 -$1.201 billion (#5 on all time grossing list)

This week we have 2 heavyweights clashing against each other.First my early analysis on the two.

Monsters University 

story-The story of how Sully & Mike met ,10 years before the 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 

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 going over budget ($200million +) ,re-writes ,delays ,re-shoots could have made the movie a mash up of second hand work.

Both the movies have got respectable reviews.76 for WWZ ,and 87 for Monsters.But being a big fan of Pixar ,my Pick for the week will be Monsters University.Whats yours?

*****UPDATE*****

As i earlier reported ,initial estimates for MOS first weekend was $113million ,but according to latest reports MOS has actually made $116million!Whats the big deal?
With this ,MOS has now become the biggest debut for an Superhero origin story beating Spiderman's 11 year record!MOS is also June's biggest debuting beating Toy Story3

1-Man Of Steel $116million
2-Spiderman $114million
3-IronMan $98million
4-X-Men Origins: Wolverine $85milion
5-Incredibles $70million

With the foreign collections ,MOS has now made $200million worldwide!

The Purge makes a thrilling debut!

The Purge makes a thrilling debut!

[Jun7-9]

#1-Purge opened with a brilliant $36.3million ,from a budget of just $3million.This is an excellent opening for a horror-thriller movie which isnt powered by supernatural stuff.The story is of a city in the year 2022 ,which allows people to do anything illegal (like murdering people) for one night a year.

As idiotic as it sounds thats the plot.Critics werent too pleased with the result.The movie has a below average rating of 41% ,with majority complaining about the usual cliches and the silly concept.

#2-Fast Furious 6 slipped to the second spot with $19.7million.FF6 is very close to overtaking its predecessor to become the highest grossing movie of the series.Its made $203million domestically and a worldwide total of $584million (F5 made $210m and  $626m respectively).

#3-Now You See Me made a strong stand as it climbed one spot up to land at #3 making $19.5million.The movie has made $64.5million so far from domestic sources alone.Couple more weeks and an overseas release and NYSM is looking to be big hit.

#4-The Internship opened to disappointment ,making only $18million.For a movie with a budget $58million ,this is a sign of a flop.Critically the movie was even more disappointing ,with a rating of just 33%.The critics called the movie dull ,predictable and too long. This continues Vince Vaughn's poor run with the critics ,which started way back with 2005's Wedding Crashers.

#5-Animated adventure movie ,Epic continued to hold on to the Top 5 ,making $12million on its 3rd week.The movie is a hit ,making $190million worldwide from a budget of $100million.

2013 Top 5

#5-Star Trek Into Darkness -$376million

#4-Oz The Great and Powerful -$490million

#3-The Croods -$570million

#2-Fast & Furious 6- $584million

#1-Iron Man 3 -$1.196 billion (#5 on all time grossing list)

Fast Furious 6 overtook Croods to become the second highest grossing movie of the year.Meanwhile Star Trek ID ,overtook GIJoe2 to enter Top5 2013.

This week is one of the most anticipated ones of the year.We have a comedy and a superhero reboot this week.Which is my pick? First my early analysis on the two.

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 ?

My pick is ...MAN OF STEEL!

The Superman franchise dropped dead with 2006's Superman Returns.Man Of Steel is a reboot ,Batman Begins Style! A story written by Goyer (of Dark Knight Trilogy fame) has a LOT of potential behind it.But everything depends on Zack Snyder's & Henry Cavill's (who plays Superman) work.No reviews have come out so far.

This is the End has been shown to critics ,and they love it1 Currently at 88% ,many say its the best of this year

So which is your pick? MOS or TITE ?