![]() ![]() 5 slot with US$9-million over the three days.In the pilot, written by Matt Miller and directed by McG, when Texas cop and former Navy SEAL Martin Riggs suffers the loss of his wife and baby, he moves to Los Angeles to start anew. Zombie romance Warm Bodies, in its third weekend of release, took the No. The US$40-million animated movie features the voices of Brendan Fraser and Sarah Jessica Parker in the story of an astronaut who finds trouble when he responds to a distress call from an alien planet. In fourth place, family film Escape from Planet Earth, pulled in US$16.1-million over the three days. executive vice president of theatrical distribution, said Beautiful Creatures, produced by Alcon Entertainment for about $60 million, had a number of competitors on a busy weekend and the studio had hoped for a bigger turnout. The film was another of several Hollywood films aiming to capture the Twilight and Hunger Games audiences of teenage girls with adaptations of popular young adult novels. The studio said Safe Haven was on track to finish second for the Thursday-to-Monday period, with total sales of US$34-million, beating industry projections.īeautiful Creatures, the supernatural love story about a teenage girl with magical powers, made its debut with US$7.5-million at the box office to rank sixth in the three-day tallies. Privately held Relativity Media produced the film for US$28-million. Safe Haven stars Dancing with the Stars alum Hough as a young woman who meets a widower played by Duhamel. Fox promoted Die Hard with commercials encouraging moviegoers to “get some action” on Valentine’s Day. It hit theatres on Valentine’s Day, and, in addition to Safe Haven, faced another romance movie in Beautiful Creatures. News Corp’s 20th Century Fox spent about US$92-million to produce the latest Die Hard sequel. The film added another $61 million to its total at international box offices, performing especially well in Russian, Japan and the United Kingdom. The opening was nearly double the total of the original Die Hard, adjusted for inflation, but down significantly from the previous three films in the franchise, according to figures from. “It just shows the consistency of the fan base,” he said. In the new movie, McClane travels to Russia to help his estranged son, a CIA operative played by Jai Courtney, in a fight to prevent a nuclear weapons heist.Ĭhris Aronson, president of domestic distribution at 20th Century Fox studio, said the film performed “right on par with our expectations,” which was near US$40-million for the five-day period.Īudiences were about 55% male and 45% female, with just over one-third under the age of 25 and two-thirds 25 and older, which Aronson said was in line with the franchise’s last instalment. Those movies grossed US$1.1-billion around the world and made Willis a global action star. ![]() Willis prevailed with his reprisal of a role he played four previous times starting with the original Die Hard in 1988. Last weekend’s box office winner, the Melissa McCarthy comedy Identity Thief, stayed strong and ended up taking second place with US$23.4-million from Friday to Sunday. The film, which stars Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel, pulled in US$21.4-million over the three days. Article contentĭie Hard beat Safe Haven, an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel that was aimed at luring couples during the week of Valentine’s Day. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. This one, featuring supercop John McClane (Bruce Willis), chip-off-the-old-block Jack (Jai Courtney) and a baddie played by Radivoje Bukvic (he was also in Taken), is random, incoherent and full of zoom. ![]() See The Italian Job, the Bourne movies and The Blues Brothers, which was basically one long chase scene with musical interludes.īut it helps if they make sense. There’s nothing wrong with long car chases as such. But it’s far worse when you sneak a peek during a car chase scene.Ī Good Day to Die Hard, which sounds like a rejected 007 title, runs for 97 minutes and, until I checked my watch, I was certain 90 of them had been taken up by a chase designed to reduce Moscow’s infrastructure to so much post-Soviet rubble. It’s never a good sign when you find yourself checking your watch in a movie. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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