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What did you see this weekend?
Sunday, March 25, 2018 at 1:29PM by Nathaniel R
| Weekend Box Office (March 23rd-25th) Estimates |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide |
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| 1. 🔺Pacific Rim: Uprising $28 NEW |
1. 🔺 Isle of Dogs $1.5 on 27 screens NEW CAPSULE |
| 2. Black Panther $16.6 (cum. $630.9) PODCAST | 2. 🔺 The Death of Stalin $1 on 140 screens (cum. $2) REVIEW |
| 3.🔺 I Can Only Imagine $13.8 (cum. $38.3) |
3. The Leisure Seeker $315k on 117 screens (cum. $717k) |
| 4. 🔺 Sherlock Gnomes $10.6 NEW |
4. Thoroughbreds $160k on 117 screens (cum. $2.7) REVIEW |
| 5. Tomb Raider $10.4 (cum. $41.7) |
5. 🔺 Flower $125k on 57 screens (cum. $190k) |
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| 6. A Wrinkle in Time $8 (cum. $73.8) REVIEW | 6. 🔺 Getting Grace $107k on 60 screens NEW |
| 7. Love, Simon $7.8 (cum. $23.6) REVIEW | 7. A Fantastic Woman $100k on 121 screens (cum. $1.6) REVIEW | OSCAR WIN |
| 8. Paul, Apostle of Christ $5 NEW |
8. Foxtrot $76k on 26 screens (cum. $270k) |
| 9. Game Night $4.1 (cum. $60.8) REVIEW | 9. The Party $$47k on 70 screens (cum. $677k) |
| 10. 🔺 Midnight Sun $4.1 NEW | 10. 🔺 Itzhak $41k on 29 screens (cum. $115k) |
| 🔺 = new or expanding its theater count numbers (in millions unless otherwise noted) from box office mojo |
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What did you see this week? I did a triple feature to try to not fall any further behind with Pacific Rim: Uprising, Isle of Dogs, and Unsane. Curiously, Pacific Rim Uprising, the #1 film of the weekend, was the only theater that wasn't jam-packed. Then again this is NYC so directors are more of a draw here so Soderbergh and Wes Anderson pulled them in. Especially Anderson. The movie is such a delight. I'd totally be okay with him making every other movie of his as an animated feature.
Reader Comments (23)
I saw Isabella Rossellini (& her dog) live on stage SO I WIN
On the way to see "Pacific Rim - Uprising". Would " Isle of Dogs" be a good choice if the missus and I both dislike all of the Wes Anderson films we have ever seen, including his last animated film?
I saw Five Easy Pieces for the upcoming Smackdown.
Where the hell does one see The Landlord?
Saw A Wrinkle in Time. So many parts were gorgeous and lovable but then other parts were weird and awkward. Overall enjoyed it, especially the identical neighborhood sequence. The main actress was really compelling, especially in the “better version of yourself” scene. And the boy who played Calvin was also interesting.
Also saw Thoroughbreds. Really intruiging with some good performances. I could have used fewer “let’s watch this one thing for 30 seconds” shots but really interesting film on the whole. Just kept thinking about what a truly tragic loss Anton Yelchin was.
I saw Five Easy Pieces for the Smackdown and then I rewatched Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, which popped up this week on Filmstruck.
I really bristled at the famous scene in Five Easy Pieces where Nicholson tells off the waitress. Obviously, Rafelson wants us to applaud him for taking out his frustrations on her - a lowly pink-collar worker who is just doing her job. It also was such a contrast to Alice, which never condescends to Ellen Burstyn's character (or Diane Ladd's, for that matter).
I've been tough on Scorsese for not caring enough about his women characters, but his understanding of Burstyn's character is so strong, and he also understood the toxicity posed by the men surrounding her, even a "good" man like Kris Kristofferson's character. It's so unusual for a director of Scorsese's generation to have delivered such a complex and moving film about a woman; I just wish he'd have focused on women a few more times.
Saw ANGELS IN AMERICA Thursday-Friday. Really thought it was splendid, plus seeing a play two nights in a row is quite a novel experience!
Then saw PACIFIC RIM UPRISING on Saturday. Boyega has charm to spare, but I really wished we had gotten to see Del Toro's vision instead.
Saw Unsane. Hated it
I saw "Black Panther" and was not impressed- it's just another Marvel super hero movie . Michael B Jordan is a born movie star and Wiston Duke was memorable too.
"Love, Simon" was sweet and cute and teenagery. The third act really strained those character relationships, but the audience (at least 80% teenage girls, I would say) cheered at The Big Reveal.
Hope it gets some legs.
Jaragon,
Finally someone who's echoes my thoughts. Black Panther is decent, don't get me wrong, but my lord is the hyperbole out of control with this one. It's technically flawed in so many ways, even visually where so many people have praised I found it lacking. It's saved by a couple great sequences and the chemistry of its cast.
I just saw "La novia del desierto". Beautiful. Paulina García (from "Gloria") got so much empathy from me and Cláudio Rissi gives so much empathy through his character. I wonder how much wonderful independent cinema from around the world I am missing.
I saw Love, Simon on Tuesday and enjoyed every second of it! It’s a movie I wish was there for for me while I was in high school. The cast just felt so in sync with each other. There were so many tears. This is probably Jennifer Garner’s best performance.
Yesterday I saw A Wrinkle in Time. It’s not perfect, but I did enjoy it a lot. There are a few scenes that really stuck with me after the film was over. Loved the cast and the costumes.
I saw Love, Simon on Friday and get VERY emotional. I just kept thinking of how much it would have meant to me if it had come out when I was a teenager. The woman who played the drama teacher was HILARIOUS. Total scene stealer. Then I saw it again Saturday night, after having seen Death of Stalin (which I enjoyed, but was VERY different than what I was expecting) at noon. I rarely see movies twice in the theater, let alone on back-to-back days. But it was just the same lovely experience the second time, and in a very nearly full theater it was so gratifying to hear everyone else's reactions were just as ecstatic and energetic as mine. It's a crowd-pleaser, for sure. And I think some of the critiques of it - particularly the opening monologue - are a bit misguided. Anyway, I'm deeply in love with it, and I think it's an all-time great high school movie. I want to take everyone to see it.
I saw A Wrinkle in Time. I knew Ava du Vernay was a good director, now I'm just learning what kind of good director she is.
When they announced the adaptation I felt some trepidation. I'd read the book twice, the first time "meh", the second time I thought it was irritating, pontificating, and kind of stupid. I worried how could she make a silk purse movie out of this sow's ear of a book?
And she does both. The movie has both silk purse and sow's ear parts.
It makes me think of a portrait painter, painting a famous person. The final painting looks like them, maybe even a little livelier, but there's something else too, slightly off putting. The artist put in what they saw, not just what they were supposed to see.
@ Suzanne: I know what you mean about Jack Nicholson harassing the waitress in Five Easy Pieces (spoiled rich boy). I want to do either of two things:
1) Put him to work in the kitchen and slap him upside the head every so often.
2) Take the waitress's pen and stab him in the eye.
I read that after making "Alice", Scorsese swore he'd never work with a cast of women again. They (Burstyn, Diane Ladd, etc.) had so many opinions, and refused to do what he wanted, saying it wasn't realistic, and kept changing the script they way they wanted it. Which made it a great movie.
So after that, Scorsese only hired women in tiny supporting roles, and malleable women. Except when he'd gone way over budget on a film, and he couldn't get funding for his next project. Then he had to do a film to prove he could make a compact on-budget film, eg After Hours, The Age of Innocence.
“Love, Simon” was very sweet if a bit too pat. What ultimately makes it are the terrific, heartfelt performances, and the film is commendable for the truths it captures about the coming out process. Hopefully we’ll progress in a few years so that this film will seem quaint. Right now it’s kind of a radical film. I’ll admit I got teary during the scenes with the parents.
I did not care for the original PACIFIC RIM so I will not be seeing that.
I saw GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT & BAMI, which I will have more to say about later.
I saw Red Sparrow. It is soooooo bad and yet, kinda great. It has all of the makings of a camp classic. Indeterminate time period (it seems like present day, but there are hard disks?), fur coats, bad accents, amazing hair (slick-haired villain, and J Law's bangs are genius!), ass kicking, a wounded ballerina, Charlotte Rampling in full BDSM mode. What's not to love? The hate is entirely misplaced.
I also saw Thoroughbreds and enjoyed it. Hope to see more from Cory Finley.
I saw The Kids are All Right because Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool isn't opening in my country yet and I'm eager for Annette Bening. And I just love that movie, it just keep getting better each performance. What a fantastic film.
I saw A Fantastic Woman. Simple. Beautiful.
I saw UNSANE. Kudos to Foy (and Amy Irving!) but it is certainly no THE SNAKE PIT.
I finally saw Beatriz At Dinner. I thought the set up was great in a squirm inducing way, and they assembled a terrific cast, and then? It just didn't go anywhere and no one liked the ending. Oh well.
I saw The Death of Stalin, which reminded me of a Marx Brothers film. It's a farce and comedy, and I like any film that teaches people about history without banging them over the head. It's very easy to imagine the current White House being similarly unhinged, with backstabbing and ass kissing.
I started the new Homeland series (focused on a weird America where the far right is trying to take over and control our minds), and am enjoying it for similar reasons. I think people take Clare Danes for granted, because like Streep she always does a great job.