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Entries from July 2009

Weekend Box Office for July 24 - 26

July 27th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 G-Force from Disney debuts at #1 this weekend bringing in $32.1 million in 3697 theaters. Budget for G-Force is unknown.
#2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from Warner Bros. drops to #2 this weekend bringing in $30 million in 4325 theaters. Budget for Half-Blood Prince was $250 million.
#3 The Ugly Truth from Sony debuts [...]

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Weekend Box Office for July 10 - 12

July 13th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 Bruno from Universal debuts at #1 this weekend bringing in $30.4 million in 2756 theaters. Budget for Bruno is unknown.
#2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs from Fox drops to #2 this weekend bringing in $28.5 million in 4102 theaters. Budget for Ice Age was $90 million.
#3 Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen from [...]

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Theatrical Review: Brüno

July 12th, 2009 · No Comments

As we start, we find that young Brüno is a flamboyantly gay 19 and the top of the fashionista world in his native Austria- he’s the tops one moment and the next his world has come tumbling down. Now at his lowest, Brüno, decides to come to America with his sole goal: to become [...]

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Clooney and Smokehouse Going to Sony

July 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Entertainment Weekly reports that George Clooney will be packing up Smokehouse, his production company, and moving from its current Warner Bros. home over to the Sony lot.
Sony is currently negotiating a two-year deal with Clooney and his production partner Grant Heslov. Clooney has spent the last eight years at Warner Bros. producing the films [...]

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Weekend Box Office for July 3 - 5

July 6th, 2009 · No Comments

#1 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs from Fox debuts at #1 this weekend bringing in $42.5 million in 4099 theaters. Budget for Ice Age was $90 million.
#1 Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen from Paramount/Dreamworks ties for the #1 spot this weekend earning $42.5 million in 4234 theaters. Budget for Revenge of the Fallen [...]

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Theatrical Review: Public Enemies

July 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment

1933, four years into The Great Depression and the time of bank robbers like Alvin Karpus, Baby Face Nelson and John Dillinger- and also the time when FBI head J. Edgar Hoover charges agent Melvin Purvis with the task to bring John Dillinger to justice…
… and there you have the premise to Public Enemies detailing [...]

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