May 1st, 2008 at 10:30 pm

While ‘Juno’ dragged her belly into every DVD store to get the top spot last week, the ‘Cloverfield’ monster scared her to the second place this time. Both in the sales and rental department ‘Cloverfield’ managed to take the top spot. Although it didn’t make the $8.4 million in rentals ‘Juno’ made last week, the monster picture still did an estimated $7.5 million.
This week ‘Juno’ made another $6.9 million in rentals, followed by the $75 million ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ with $6.7 million, which also came in third in sales. And since it wasn’t very successful at the box office, a third place is very decent for this political drama.
May 1st, 2008 at 8:30 pm

If you saw the ‘War, Inc.’ trailer, you will already know John Cusack isn’t looking for just entertainment with his new anti-war movie. Cusack put his anger about the Iraq war into a political satire. With its $10 million budget, he hopes this ‘comedy’ will have different effect than all the documentaries on the same subject.
“I think the movie should be kind of offensive. I’m shocked at how much good reaction we’re getting,” John Cusack said. “Sometimes with a serious, somber movie, even though they’re great and well intentioned, it just doesn’t allow you to be outraged because you just get depressed.“
He hopes this project will cause some reaction, because of its different political incorrect nature. “I don’t think we even went far enough,” Cusack said.
Will his effort spark more controversy than the documentaries in recent years? ‘War, Inc.’ will hit the theaters May 23.
May 1st, 2008 at 5:00 pm

Surprise, out of all the box office moguls coming out this summer, the $65 million ‘Sex and the City: The Movie’ is tracking the highest in a poll by AOL Moviefone. And this isn’t just a random poll on a website, this is the opinion of over 400,000 respondents!
32% is looking forward to seeing the TV series on the big screen, followed by ‘Indiana Jones’ with 31%. Last year we had a lot of sequels, which were more of a sure thing. But since this year lacks in the sequel department, ‘Sex and the City: The Movie’ might be the closest thing resembling a sequel for most people. “It’s real fresh, and people who do know the program love the characters and love the show,” Scott Robson from AOL Moviefone said.
The poll also confirmed the low tracking for ‘Speed Racer,’ for which only 2% was exited. Followed by (yes, a sequel) Hellboy II. Did anybody even remember that one coming out this summer?