Looks like “Iron Man” is quite a movie to see. It’s number one again – out scoring “Speed Racer” by a huge margin. Personally, I am not surprised. From the first trailer, “Iron Man” has been a success.

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The Cannes Film Festival will pay tribute to Warner Bros.’ 85th anniversary by bowing Richard Schickel’s PBS documentary “You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story” and unspooling a Warner film every night under the Cannes Classics section. This is a wonderful way to acknowledge the pioneers of film. Congratulations Warner Bros.

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John you won “I’m Not There”!!! Congratulations!!!

This is an extraordinary film inspired by the life and songs of Bob Dylan. It captures the psych of the times Dylan lived from the 1960’s to today.  Surreal performances by talented actors: Christain Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw who all are Dylan.

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I am not the least bit surprised to see “Iron Man” number one this week, but the 100 million is a surprise.  It made that much because the movie is a marvel; it sets an example of how to make a comic book movie awesome.

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE ESTIMATE
May 3 - May 4

Weekend Box Office
1. Iron Man

2. Made of Honor  

3. Baby Mama  

4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall  

5. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanmo Bay

6. Forbidden Kingdom

7. Nim’s Island

8. Prom Night

9. 21

10. 88 Minutes  

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Here are the results of the weekend box office report. It looks like ”Baby Mama” came out ahead.  I am not too surprise; it does look kind of cute and funny.  With May coming up, the box office scores are going to be real high because that only leads to summer blockbusters.  

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE ESTIMATE

April 25 - April 27

Weekend Box Office

1. Baby Mama

2. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanmo Bay

3. Forbidden Kingdom

4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

5. Nim’s Island

6. Prom Night

7. 21

8. 88 Minute

9. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!

10. Deception

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“The Forbidden Kingdom” held its position all week. Go Jackie Chan and Jet Li!!

WEEK BOX OFFICE FINAL
Apr 18 - Apr 24, 2008 1. Forbidden Kingdom, The2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

3. Prom Night

4. 88 Minutes

5. 21

6. Nim’s Island

7. Street Kings

8. Horton Hears A Who

9. Leatherheads

10. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

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Here is the final tally for the box office this weekend. It didn’t change too much from the esitmate.

Weekend Box Office Final
April 18, 2008 - April 20, 2008

1. Forbidden Kingdom, The

2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

3. Prom Night

4. 88 Minutes

5. Nim’s Island

6. 21

7. Street Kings

8. Horton Hears A Who

9. Leatherheads

10. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

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It looks like a documentary, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” made the top ten box office this weekend, and “Forbidden Kingdom” out grossed “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” 

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE ESTIMATE
April 18 - April 20

• 1. Forbidden Kingdom
• 2. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
• 3. Prom Night
• 4. 88 Minutes
• 5. Nim’s Island
• 6. 21
• 7. Street Kings
• 8. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!
• 9. Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
• 10. Leatherheads

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“21″ Held its lead this week by ending the week at the top. This weekend will prove to be different with “Street Kings” and “Prom Night.”

I ran into a parent at the park today. She highly, highly recommended “Horton Hears A Who.”  Her 3 year old and 9 year old both liked it.  Here I am with $25.00 in Fandango bucks thinking perhaps “Who” instead of “Nim’s.” If you saw my last post about the Box Office, I was planning on going to “Nim’s Island” this weekend.

WEEK BOX OFFICE FINAL
Apr 4 - Apr 10, 2008

1. 21 (Sony)

2. Nim’s Island (20th Century Fox)

3. Leatherheads (Universal)

4. Horton Hears A Who (20th Century Fox)

5. Ruins, The (Dreamworks/Paramount)

6. Superhero Movie (MGM)

7. Drillbit Taylor (Paramount)

8. Tyler Perry’s Meet The Browns (Lionsgate)

9. 10,000 B.C. (Warner Bros.)

10. Shutter (20th Century Fox)

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“Street Kings” and “Prom Night” are the movies to hit the top two box office score. 

“Kings” is rated R while “Night” is rated PG-13; it looks like the “Night” will come out ahead because the rating gives the movie a larger audience base. Although I prefer Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker over being scared in a dark movie theater.

A nice gem to try to catch this weekend is “Smart People” with limited distribution. Ellen Page, Dennis Quaid and Sarah Jessica Parker star in this dark comedy.

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