The Film Crusade

What if “The Twilight Zone” were actually this place we call “Hollywood?” This is the focus of a new web series called “The Thirty Mile Zone,” a satire on the entertainment industry which is geared towards Hollywood professionals.

TW
LW
Title (click to view)
Studio
Weekend Gross
% Change
Theater Count / Change
Average
Total Gross
Budget*
Week #

1
N
The Hangover Part II
WB
$86,035,000
-
3,615
-
$23,799
$117,645,000
$80
1

2
N
Kung Fu Panda 2
P/DW
$47,835,000
-
3,925
-
$12,187
$53,635,000
$150
1

3
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
BV
$39,592,000
-56.1%
4,164
+9
$9,508
$153,187,000
$250
2

4
2
Bridesmaids
Uni.
$16,550,000
-20.7%
2,958
+21
$5,595
$85,157,000
$32.5
3

5
3
Thor
Par.
$9,400,000
-39.2%
3,296
-628
$2,852
$159,745,000
$150
4

TW
LW
Title (click to view)
Studio
Weekend Gross
% Change
Theater Count / Change
Average
Total Gross
Budget*
Week #

1
N
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
BV
$90,151,958
-
4,155
-
$21,697
$90,151,958
$250
1

2
2
Bridesmaids
Uni.
$20,882,070
-20.4%
2,937
+19
$7,110
$59,341,310
$32.5
2

3
1
Thor
Par.
$15,455,304
-55.5%
3,924
-39
$3,939
$145,361,459
$150
3

4
3
Fast Five
Uni.
$10,576,865
-48.3%
3,622
-171
$2,920
$186,165,450
$125
4

5
4
Priest
SGem
$4,750,041
-68.2%
2,864
-
$1,659
$23,833,169
$60
2

A shot-for-shot trailer parody of “Fight Club” is blowing up on the web. Check it out here.

TW
LW
Title (click to view)
Studio
Weekend Gross
% Change
Theater Count / Change
Average
Total Gross
Budget*
Week #

1
1
Thor
Par.
$34,703,035
-47.2%
3,963
+8
$8,757
$119,455,352
$150
2

2
N
Bridesmaids
Uni.
$26,247,410
-
2,918
-
$8,995
$26,247,410
$32.5
1

3
2
Fast Five
Uni.
$20,444,270
-37.0%
3,793
+131
$5,390
$169,690,470
$125
3

4
N
Priest
SGem
$14,953,664
-
2,864
-
$5,221
$14,953,664
$60
1

5
5
Rio
Fox
$8,275,058
-2.7%
2,929
-329
$2,825
$125,243,198
$90
5

1
1
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
BV
$4,705,903
-22%
-
4,155
$1,133
$109,053,677
6

2
2
Bridesmaids
Uni.
$2,085,270
-11%
-29%
2,937
$710
$66,478,220
13

3
3
Thor
Par.
$1,085,331
-16%
-53%
3,924
$277
$149,410,525
20

4
4
Fast Five
Uni.
$723,425
-15%
-45%
3,622
$200
$188,789,180
27

5
5
Priest
SGem
$412,916
-18%
-53%
2,864
$144
$25,325,314
13

Sequels: The movies we see when we’re loyal to a franchise. AKA the movies that can sometimes sink a franchise. Todd Phillips drops the ball on what could have been a nice rebound from the original laugher.

Will movies for the masses eventually be eclipsed by movies by the masses? Notoriously opinionated filmmaker Kevin Smith believes this to be the case and is looking to eliminate the middleman from the distribution process.

TW
LW
Title (click to view)
Studio
Weekend Gross
% Change
Theater Count / Change
Average
Total Gross
Budget*
Week #

1
N
Inception
WB
$60,400,000
-
3,792
-
$15,928
$60,400,000
$160
1

2
1
Despicable Me
Uni.
$32,734,000
-42.0%
3,501
+25
$9,350
$118,365,000
$69
2

3
N
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
BV
$17,373,000
-
3,504
-
$4,958
$24,461,000
$150
1

4
2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Sum.
$13,500,000
-57.4%
4,001
-467
$3,374
$264,900,000
$68
3

5
4
Toy Story 3
BV
$11,742,000
-44.1%
3,177
-576
$3,696
$362,709,000
$200
5

It’s easy to credit the American movie-going public with having the highest worldwide theatrical IQ of anyone in the world. Yet somehow whenever a Christopher Nolan movie hits theaters, that all seems to change. And then all of a sudden, routine movie-goers magically turn into amateur movie critics, declaring films like Inception to be the cinematic equivalent of the messiah.