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Box Office: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Rules Lackluster Labor Day
9 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Guardians of the Galaxy” became the year’s highest grossing U.S. release this weekend, goosing an otherwise drab Labor Day box office.
The Marvel film topped the domestic charts for the third time and benefited from crowds hoping to stretch out the waning days of summer, grossing $16.3 million over the Friday, Saturday and Sunday period and pushing its U.S. total to $274.6 million. It will likely end the four-day holiday with $21.2 million in Stateside ticket sales from 3,462 locations.
That easily tops a pair of new wide releases, “November Man” and “As Above, So Below,” which brought in $7.7 million and $8.3 million respectively — modest numbers for modest to low budgeted films with much to be modest about.
It also bested a trip down memory lane, to a different time, when blockbuster films could be based on — gasp! — an original idea, instead of just comic books, toy lines and the flotsam and jetsam of “brand pre-awareness. »
- Brent Lang
‘Birdman’ and ‘Foxcatcher’ Leave Telluride Audiences Blissed Out and Bowled Over
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Alejandro González Iñárritu's “Birdman” had first earned its wings with a world premiere at the Venice Film Festival a few days earlier, but the director has a particular love for the Telluride Film Festival, bringing his much-anticipated film to a fest he attends even when he doesn't have a movie to show. Introducing the American premiere of “Birdman” in Telluride on Saturday night, Iñárritu gushed that the festival “always feels like a Disneyland for adults. It's a weekend in paradise. If heaven has a form for cinephiles, it would be Telluride.” It turns out Iñárritu can give back as good as he. »
- Chris Willman
‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Rises to No. 1 in China
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Caesar crossed the Rubicon and headed straight for China this weekend, as “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” topped the foreign box office.
The post-apocalyptic thriller hasn’t snagged first place on the overseas charts since the end of July, but it was able to recapture the crown on the strength of its People’s Republic debut. The film took in $51.2 million from 29 territories, with $47 million of that coming from China.
“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” now commands a worldwide total of $613.4 million, roughly $130 million more than its predecessor, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” made during its entire global run. It has two more openings on the books; Japan and Venezuela in September.
Sliding in at number two was “Lucy.” The Scarlett Johansson thriller racked up $31.2 million to bring its global haul to $269.4 million. This weekend it surpassed “The Fifth Element” and its $263.9 million total »
- Brent Lang
'Downton Abbey' Season 5 trailer: The times they are a-changin'
34 minutes ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Not even "Downton Abbey" can escape the shifting sands of time. "Change" is the name of the game in the new trailer for Season 5 of the PBS series, which will be seeing lots of upheavals both culturally and personally for the residents of the titular manor as they move deeper into the 1920s. There's lots to see here, but my personal favorite moment is when Violet (Maggie Smith) chuckles politely at her own cleverness. Of course, U.S. viewers still have awhile to wait - the new season doesn't premiere Stateside until January 4, 2015. Check out the trailer below, then let us know what you think in the comments. »
- Chris Eggertsen
Outlander Recap: We Are Left Thirsty for a Mere Glimpse of Jamie’s Bare Torso
39 minutes ago | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Welcome to our weekly recap of Outlander. Like Game of Thrones, this Starz drama is based on a series of best-selling novels that many viewers have yet to read. We therefore ask that book fans refrain from posting comments that might spoil upcoming plotlines for anyone sampling this show without having checked out Diana Gabaldon’s books yet — and to be civil toward them as well. Thank you for understanding. And now, on to the recap. This is one of those episodes reminding us that Outlander is not at all interested in getting to the good stuff. That is to say, Jamie and Claire still don’t have sex in this episode and they probably won’t have sex in the next episode or the one after that, and I am starting to think that everything I’ve heard about Outlander is a figment of someone’s overactive, overheated imagination. »
- Roxane Gay
Joan Rivers's Family: 'We Are Keeping Our Fingers Crossed'
44 minutes ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Joan Rivers's loved ones said Sunday that they remain hopeful about her recovery three days after she stopped breathing during a surgical procedure. "We are keeping our fingers crossed," her daughter, Melissa Rivers, said in a statement, thanking people who have expressed support for the 81-year-old comedian. Rivers on Friday described her mother's condition as serious. Joan Rivers was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital on Thursday, a day after she spoke at an employee event at Time Inc. in New York. Spectators there said she had appeared to be well. Rivers is the host of Fashion Police on E! »
- Associated Press
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