May 27th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
 | | Just a rumor for now, but Patrick Fugit is apparently topping the list of Tobey Maguire replacements. This would confirm the news last week, about Sony Pictures’ problems with the ‘Spider-Man 4′ cast. Maguire was supposedly offered $20 million to lead in the new ‘Spider-Man,’ but it seems like money wasn’t enough to convince him.
Patrick Fugit is best known for his role as Rolling Stone Magazine reporter William in ‘Almost Famous.’ Second on the list to play Spidey, is ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ star Michael Angarano. But Fugit seems like a better fit to play the new Peter Parker.
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May 12th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I will refrain myself from using the word ‘crash’ in this post, but I think you know where I’m going with this. ‘Speed Racer’ didn’t manage to pick up speed. ‘Speed Racer’ wasn’t fast enough. ‘Speed Racer’ passed by ‘Iron Man.’
In short, ‘Speed Racer’ just didn’t meet Warner Bros’ expectations, only making $20.2 million this weekend. That’s only a couple of visitors more than what ‘What Happens in Vegas’ did, with $20 million. But the word is, Warner Bros. even upped this low number to get in second instead of third. That would of course have made the failure even more embarrassing, because ‘What Happens in Vegas’ only cost $35 million and ‘Speed Racer’ budget estimates range from $100 to $185 million.
Continue reading ‘Speed Racer’ box office weekend totals
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Tags: baby mama, box office, forbidden kingdom, forgetting sarah marshall, harold & kumar, iron man, made of honor, nims island, opening weekend, redbelt, speed racer, the chronicles of narnia, what happens in vegas Posted in Box Office, News |
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May 8th, 2008 at 11:00 am
We already knew ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ was doing well in Asia during its opening weekend, but it’s now beating every expectation in China. With its $75 million budget it wasn’t expected to need the Asian audience and it wasn’t targeting it either. The story is written for the Western audience and a Hong Kong magazine even described it as ‘unbelievably weird.’ But the people in China are loving it, bringing in $21.4 million in 10 days. This makes China the second highest grossing territory for the film, followed by South Korea with a little under $6 million.
‘Iron Man,’ there he is again, started pushing ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ out of US theaters this weekend. And with a domestic gross of just $45 million, Weinstein can’t be too happy. It causes them to need the unexpected Asian audience. With currently $69 million worldwide, it didn’t manage to top its budget yet and that’s without considering the marketing.
