403 Posts of The Blog On The Wall

A wee bit late I know, but we have hit 400 posts here! Keep coming back for more reviews as the Summer Season begins. I'll have a review for Iron Man 2 on Friday as I'm seeing it Tomorrow Night at Midnight! Cannot wait!!

Thanks for the memories folks.

SYS

Avatar Box Office Part IX: France Loves Avatar

Does that title sound a wee bit vauge? Well, let me blunt. Avatar is now the 1 one film of all-time overseas. It has a total right now of 1.836 million worldwide. It's only 6 million away from beating Titanic worldwide which it should do tomorrow. This film...that was thought to be "Dances With Smurfs"...is now a phenomenon. Oh, and Avatar is No. 1 film in America for 6 weeks in a row the 1st time that's happened in the 21st Century.

SYS

Good Luck, Chuck...Again

It seems NBC has their own Scrubs on their hands. Chuck returns from the dead tonight. It turns out in it's 3rd season Chuck will have new powers and friends to help him. I have always liked the show and I'll tune in.

Plus, tonights the 450th episode of The Simpsons at 7. A documentary immediatly succeds it. Sounds like a good night for TV.

SYS

Avatar Box Office Part IV: IMAX Record-Breaker

Avatar has made 39 million from IMAX 3D locatrions alone right now in only 210 theatres. THis record is amazing and will surpass The Dark Knight soon enough.

SYS

Avatar Drops Miraculously, Holmes With Bells On, Chipmunks a Powerhouse, Complications? Nah, The Blind Side Continues, Nine Zero, Up In The Air Flies

Avatar led the biggest weekend of all-time, making 75 million. It only dropped 3.6% and could become the biggest second weekend of all-time when all the money is counted tomorrow. Avatar has also become the biggest IMAX film ever and could surpass Transformers 2 by the end of the year.

Sherlock Holmes had the second biggest debut at the 2nd spot this weekend making 65 million. The film will likely make 230 million and become a new franchise for Warner Bros.

Up in The air made 11.7 million and made 11,000 per theatre. The film has made 24.5 million and could become a huge OScar contender soon.

The Chipmunks Sequel became the first film at number 3 to make 50 million. This sequel could be a rare film to surpass it's predeccesor at the box office.

Nine was a bomb, making only 5 million. Unlike Invictus, reception has been tepid so Oscar noms are unlikely.

The Blind Side went up 17% and will make 210 million total. Sandra Bullock's year continues fabuosly.



The Princess and The Frog has made 63.3 million and dropped 28.4% this weekend. A 100million gross may not happen after all.

The weekend was overall stupendous, shattering records and capping of the greatest year in film history.

SYS

Avatar Box Office Part III: Tuesday Is A Lucky Day

Avatar continues to be successful. But yesterday was amazing. Here are the three things it accomplished:

*Helped propel 2009 to over 10 billion dollars, making it the biggest year ever and the first time we have ever hit 10 billion dollars in a year.

*Hit 100 million in 5 days. It's total gross is standing at 109 million, on par with Star Wars: Episode I which went on to make 431 million.

*Biggest of all, this was the 2nd biggest Non-Holiday Tuesday ever. Even counting holidays, it's still the 3rd biggest Tuesday ever.

Wow. Avatar really is a success. Can't wait to see it in IMAX 3D this weeekend.

SYS

Avatar Is in 178 IMAX Theatres

The record amount of IMAX theatres a film is played at has been beaten. Which film holds the record? Avatar of course!! Will IMAX box office gross records be set as well? We shall soon see, my friend. We shall see.

SYS

Box Office: New Moon Falls, Blind Side Hits A Touchdown, Carol Lifts Holiday Spirits, 2012 Stays, Old Dogs Not Quite A Dog, Fox Not So Fantastic

New Moon won, but it was The Blind Side that struck up the news. New Moon made 42.5 million, dropping 70.2% from last weekend, one of the biggest drops of the year. It made 10,515 dollars at each cinema it played at. It has now made 230 million total.

The Blind Side went up 17.6%. This is a rare as the yeti in Hollywood and was the
4th smallest drop at the Box Office ever. It has now made 100.2 million and will soon surpass the Proposal to become Sandra Bullock's biggest film ever.

Old Dogs made 16.6 million. It wasn't quite a flop though thanks to it only costing 35 million to make. The marketing, though, kept it from becoming really big. It has made 24 million right now.

The Fantastic Mr. Fox made 7 million. Like Old Dogs, the film isn' quite a bomb thanks to it's low budget.

2012 stayed at No.3, the same spot it was last weekend. It has now made 138.7 million and is behind The Day After Tomorrow by 14.4 million.

The only other new release was Ninja Assassin. It made 13.1 million and 21 million thus far.

A Christmas Carol made 16 million and made 106 million so far. It's way ahead of The Polar Express and Santa Clause 2 at this point, though behind Elf by 23 million.

The Princess and The Frog made 712,000 at only 2 theatres and had a theatre average of 356,000, the 3rd best ever. It will go wide December 11.

The Road had the best theatre average in the Top 12, with 13,000 pet theatre (The Princess and The Frog was at number 18)

The weekend's total gross was 176 million. This made it the 2nd biggest November weekend ever, behind last week.

We have now ended the biggest november on record. Plus, with this weekend, 2009 became the biggest year ever and by December 2009 will likely make a record: It'll be the first year ever to have sold 10 billion dollars worth of tickets.

SYS

New Moon a Boon, 2012 Holds, Blind Side Comes To the Front, Precious as Ever and Disney Caroling to the Bank!!

New Moon made 140 million dollars this weekend, the 3rd biggest weekend ever, beating Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest for that honor. IT also made 36,000,000 dollars at each of it's 4024 theatres. New Moon also holds the not so good honor of the 2nd time that half of the money it made in 3 days came from Friday alone.

Meanwhile, The Blind Side made 34.3 million, a sum no one expected. 2012 held well, with 26 million. It has grossed 108 million now.

Precious made 11 million and went up 120.2%. This is quite a rare thing, so congrats, congrats. Finally, A Christmas Carol has made 79.7 million, on par with The Polar Express at this point.

The weekend overall made 248 million, the 2nd biggest weekend ever.

SYS

The Moon Has Almost Risen..

New Moon has surpassed The Dark Knight in ticket sales. Yes, The Dark Knight.This is..weird. I gave the first film an F, but I will still see the sequel. Let's hope it's better, like The Empire Strikes Back or X2.

By and by, Eclipse (the 3rd Twilight film) won't have teaser on New Moon. That'll arrive on Sherlock Holmes.

SYS

A Fox On Your House Sir!!

Just as a note, the biggest per theatre average for an animated film in the 21st Century (So far) has been set by Fantastic Mr. Fox. It has opened in 4 cinema's this past weeekend and made 260,000 overall this weekend and 65,000 at each cinemae it played at. It will be in 5 theatres this weekend and expand to over 2,400 theatres on November 25.

My opinion? Looks ok. The second trailer looks alright. Go here to watch it. Just click on Trailer 2#.

I will have a review up soon, probably next week once we get the 6 other reviews up for this week. Let's hope Wes Anderson can fulfill anything we hoped he could achieve.

SYS