by Matt Raub, Nov 28 2011 // 7:30 AM
It turns out even decades of laughter through the form of hundreds of felt puppets can’t beat the Kristen Stewart pregnancy movie. After having one of the most intense marketing campaigns that Disney has ever executed for The Muppets, Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 still managed to beat the film in the box office by over $10 million during the holiday weekend.
The vampy melodrama got the #1 spot for the second weekend in a row with $42 million this weekend, while Muppets (which made $42 in total since it opened on Wednesday) was only able to pull in an estimated $29 million. It looks like vampires really are more popular than singing frogs and pigs. Shame.
Also hitting theaters this weekend, Sony’s Arthur Christmas fell flat with an estimated $12.7 opening weekend. Speaking of falling flat, Scorsese’s Hugo had an even weaker opening, as it came in 5th place with just over $11 million.
These films could very well do better as we draw closer to the holidays, but don’t expect to see much in the form of sequels for these family classics. Those films may not have performed as well as they could have, but what did was the Weinstein’s My Week with Marilyn which pulled off just over $2 million for its first weekend.
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Tagged: Arthur Christmas, Box Office, Breaking Dawn, Disney, Hugo, Martin Scorsese, My Week with Marilyn, The Muppets, Twilight, Weinstein Company
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by Sebastian Suchecki, Jul 8 2011 // 8:00 AM
This year’s Comic-Con International was looking like it would be a bit lame with studios like Marvel, Paramount, Warner Bros, and other big companies dropping out of the festivities entirely. That means we won’t be seeing massive lines for Hall H and a glimpse at Henry Cavill in the Superman suit or footage of Thor and Hulk whomping on each other.
Instead we’re getting some of the lesser known properties in that famous football stadium-sized room known as “Hall H” such as The Knights of Badassdom and Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil. With the very first day of programming for the ‘Con announced, it looks like we’re going to be getting just that, and a truck load of TV.
One good note is that all things Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 will be in the early half of Thursday, leaving the rest of the weekend vampire free (except for those Southern vamps from True Blood).
Check out the full day’s schedule after the jump, and head to their official Scheduler app, so you can make official the things you want to see that weekend!
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Tagged: Arthur Christmas, Comic-Con, Don't be Afraid of the Dark, Drive, FilmDistrict Studio, Game of Thrones, Guillermo del Toro, Jon Favreau, San Diego, SDCC, SDCC11, The Hobbit, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Twilight Saga, Twilight: Breaking Dawn
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