Bourne & Campaign take down TDKR.

Both new releases make a good opening and gain above average rating.

1-Bourne Legacy,the spin off series from the Matt Damon starer Bourne series opened at the top spot as expected with $40million.But it has been getting average reviews and currently holds a rating of 53%.

2-The Campaign,a comedy movie starring Will Farrell, too opened decently with $27.4million.The political comedy also stars Hangover's Zach Galifiankis.Campaign has been getting above average reviews and holds a rating of 67%.

3-After 3 weeks of domination ,TDKR finally stepped down to #3 earning $19million in week 4.The epic finale has so far made 390million domestically(#15 in domestic list) and 445million overseas for a grand total of $835million (#40 in worldwide gross list).

4-Hope Springs ,the 3rd new release of the week made $15million.The comedy movie about older couples stars Meryl Streep & Steve Carrell has been getting positive reviews and has a rating of 72%.

5-Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3 made another $8million in its second week.The movie is a hit but lags behind its predecessors.

Total Recall is at #6 with $8million.The movie made a sharp fall and is heading towards a huge flop.

As summer heads towards a close ,the biggest action star studded movie makes the entry- Expendables 2 !

TDKR crushes new releases on Weekend #3

#1-Earning $36.4million in its 3rd weekend ,TDKR crushed the new competition to stay atop for the 3rd week in a row.Overseas TDKR has made $378million,thus putting its worldwide collection to $733million.
 TDKR is now the 3rd fastest movie to make $350million (domestically),17 days.The Dark Knight made it in 14 and Avengers in 10.

#2-Total Recall opened in the 2nd spot with $26million.The remake of the 1990 movie,failed to take down the dark knight.Unfortunately Total Recall has almost sealed its fate.With a budget of $125million ,and another anticipated movie (Bourne Legacy) opening next week, Total Recall is expected to bomb at the box office.Total Recall also failed critically and holds a rating of 31%.

#3-Diary Of a Wimpy Kid 3 too couldnt make much of a mark in its debut ,making just $17million.While the previous 2 DOWK opened with a collection of more than $21million ,DOWK3's opening is a sign that it will be the low grosser of the series.
But unlike Total Recall,DOWK3 has a budget of just $22million,that ensure the movie will easily make a profit.
DOWK3 has been getting mixed reviews and holds a 50% rating.

#4-Ice Age 4 made way for the new releases making $8.4million.It has so far made $131million and trails behind the other Ice Age movies which have made more than $175million.But Ice Age 4 is doing pretty well outside and has made $715million worldwide.

#5-Last weeks new release ,The Watch ,made just $6million and is on its way to become another big flop.

Ted stood strong within the Top 10 after 6 weeks at #6.It made $5.4million and as said before ,its a surprise hit of the summer like The Hangover.
Step Up 4 fell 3 places from last week to #7 making a paltry $5.3million in its 2nd week.It has been doing similar business as its predecessors but might end up as the lowest grossing movie in the series.

This week the highly anticipated Bourne Legacy and the Will Farell comedy The Campaign will release.Bourne Legacy is almost a guaranteed pick, to knock TDKR from the top spot

Total Recall (2012) [Guest Review]

Total Recall (2012) [Review by Guest Reviewer- Arnab Goswami]

Rating- 65
Directed by Lens Wiseman
Starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel

Douglas Quaid(Colin Farrell) is a factory worker who commutes daily from the Colony to the United federation of Britain via the 'Fall' - a mass rapid transit system that goes through the Earth's core to connect the only 2 habitable parts of the world on its diametrically opposite ends. He has a beautiful wife Lori (the extremely beautiful Kate Beckinsale) who is simply too beautiful to be truly his wife and yet she is. The mundane nature of his work tires his mind so much that an ad for 'Rekall' - a company that promises to replace your mind's current memories with memories you would like to have such as secret fantasies, unrealized ambitions and so on, really catches his eye. He goes there 1 day and opts for 'Rekall'. It is then that they realize that his memories had already been erased and altered. All hell breaks loose as the moment his mind i
s touched, the authorities come to take him. Douglas Quaid is now a wanted man on the run who may in reality have been a secret agent in the past. What happens next??

'Total Recall' is a very well made film from a technical point of view with a highly engaging background score. What it sorely lacks is any soul or emotion. Other than that, it is quite a good watch. Colin Farrell gives a sincere performance as the worried and tense looking Quaid. However, it is the intensity of Kate Beckinsale's performance which drives the film to quite an extent. In fact, she may even be the best female action star of our time. Jessica Biel is completely wasted in this one. There are several action sequences which are very impressive and the CGI looks real for the most part. But in this age of Bourne Identity and the lot, lots of stuff feel familiar. However, it's Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale who drive this film and the result is worth watching once. If the film had at least some emotion, it would have been a lot better. Oh and, they could have thrown in a couple of jokes too!!!