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[Rated R Superstar]

How the fuck did Looper get beaten by some musical shit?

 

[Keith]

How the fuck did Looper get beaten by some musical shit?

Which is the muscial shit as you call it? Have you seen Looper yet. I should be going this week and think it is an interesting looking film with a fine cast.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

That Pitch Perfect flick. How can that shit beat out anything with Bruce Willis.

 

[Deezy]

Just shows you what poor taste the general public has, Looper is a great movie, will find it's legs on Blu-Ray.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Shame really, I haven't seen it yet, but I want to very badly. It just screams insanely awesome movie.

 

[Keith]

Am seeing it tonight so I will report back.

 

[Pete]

When's The Hobbit coming out? That one's looking aces as well.

 

[Keith]

When's The Hobbit coming out? That one's looking aces as well.

December sometime.

Looper was fantastic. Not just an inventive Sci-Fi and action film, with great effects but also it has real depth where you actually cared about the characters. It was not as cold as many modern Sci-Fi's. Willis, Gordon-Levitt and Blunt were all great too. I was really griped.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

I'm bound and determined to see that fucking movie!

 

[Troy]

Around-the-World Roundup: Bond is Back with $77.7 Million Overseas

Two weeks ahead of its U.S. debut, Skyfall scored an impressive $77.7 million from 25 foreign markets this weekend. In most territories, the 23rd James Bond flick improved significantly on star Daniel Craig's prior two entries, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, which went on to earn $427 million and $418 million, respectively.

In Bond's native United Kingdom, Skyfall opened with an estimated $32.4 million, which is the second-highest Friday-to-Sunday debut ever there behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. That figure is also up 30 percent over Quantum of Solace and 76 percent over Casino Royale. The movie also had huge first place starts in major markets like France ($9.1 million), Russia ($8.6 million, 58 percent up on Quantum), South Korea ($6.05 million) and Brazil ($3.2 million). It even made a significant dent in smaller European territories like Norway ($2.7 million), Sweden ($2.6 million), Denmark ($2.6 million), Poland ($2.5 million) and Finland ($1.5 million).

IMAX presentations at 79 locations accounted for an estimated $3.5 million, which translates to a very good $45,000 per-theater average. In the U.K., it had the second-best Friday-to-Sunday IMAX opening ever behind The Dark Knight Rises. The format is a big part of Skyfall's strategy: for this movie, the IMAX image includes more information at the top and bottom of the frame, which makes it particularly enticing (though none of these images were actually shot with IMAX cameras).

Skyfall rolls out in to most other overseas territories next weekend before reaching the U.S. on November 9 (Nov. 8 in IMAX).

Hotel Transylvania had its best weekend yet with an estimated $18.1 million. It scored a $3.56 million debut in Spain and a $2.6 million opening in Germany, and so far the animated hit has racked up $91.3 million total. That puts it a week or so away from passing Just Go With It ($112 million) to become star Adam Sandler's highest-grossing movie ever overseas.

Paranormal Activity 4 added $14.1 million from 45 territories this weekend for an early total of $48.3 million. It expanded in to a handful of smaller territories, including the Netherlands where it took second place with $538,000. Next weekend, the horror sequel reaches France, Japan, and a few other markets.

The Bourne Legacy scored $11 million in its Chinese debut this weekend, which is more than the combined lifetime totals of all three previous Bourne movies there. That pushed the movie's overseas total to $138.5 million, and its worldwide figure passed $250 million.

Taken 2 extended its impressive overseas run with another $9.9 million this weekend, which brings its foreign total to $197.9 million. In the process, it blew past the $300 million mark, and it's getting harder and harder to imagine that Taken 3 isn't in the works soon.

Domestic winner Argo reached its first major markets this weekend and earned an estimated $5 million. It had a good $2.1 million first place start in Australia, though it underwhelmed in Spain with less than $1 million.

Incredible start from Bond, this is already on track to be by far the biggest hit of the franchise. It should open to massive numbers in US next weekend and when it opens in Australia it should be huge.

Tempted to check out both Taken films as they continue to do well and they are part of a genre that I like.

Argo is another movie that looks tempting, it has received good reviews and the trailer looked promising. Has anyone seen it?

 

[Keith]

Incredible start from Bond, this is already on track to be by far the biggest hit of the franchise. It should open to massive numbers in US next weekend and when it opens in Australia it should be huge.

Tempted to check out both Taken films as they continue to do well and they are part of a genre that I like.

Argo is another movie that looks tempting, it has received good reviews and the trailer looked promising. Has anyone seen it?

Not yet but it does have a impressive cast and sounds a good idea on paper so think I will give it a look. Not sure about Affleck as director, then again can't be worse than his acting lol.

 

[Troy]

Great start for Wreck-It Ralph, not quite as high a start as Pixar get but for a Disney movie it has done really well. I like the concept and look of this movie of an arcade game villian that comes to live and wants to be a good guy.

Flight had an incredible start since it played in less than 2k theatres, this I might have to see as I have heard great things.

 

[Troy]

Stunning result for Skyfall, that is up 30% on Quantum of Solace and more than double what Casino Royale did on opening weekend. The ratings are high as well so it should hold up well over the next couple of months and should easily pass $200 million. This movie is breaking all sorts of records for Bond.

Next week the last of the Twilight Series comes out and will start huge, probably $150 million, but it won't take away much, if any, business from Skyfall as the target markets are completely different.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Yeah, but the target market for Bond probably has a bunch of girlfriends who'll want to go see Twilight.

 

[Troy]

Twilight had a strong start finishing with just a little bit less than Part 1. Odd that the final movie didn't break the record for the franchise but it is still a huge amount of money. Skyfall continues to rake it in and it has now become the highest grossing Bond movie in the US in less than two weeks. Amazing run so far and it is going to set a huge benchmark for the next Bond movie.