Lists and Rankings

Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, and the Best Movie Soundtracks

Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, and the Best Movie Soundtracks

Movies are made by quality story writing, sublime direction, and quality acting. However, the facet that completes a film, and makes it a piece of art is the score, and the music. While many composers can create music to fit the film, a great music director can integrate the original score with popular, or perhaps [...]

Hotel Transylvania Delivers September Record $43 Million at Box Office

Hotel Transylvania Delivers September Record $43 Million at Box Office

The usually quiet September box office got a surprisingly big boost from the release of the family film Hotel Transylvania, which made a record $43 million in its first weekend. The action film Looper finished second at the box office, while fellow new releases Pitch Perfect, and Won’t Back Down all finished in the top [...]

The Possession’s $21.3 million takes over Labor Day Weekend Box Office

The Possession’s $21.3 million takes over Labor Day Weekend Box Office

A slow four day weekend saw the debut of three wide releases, two which performed fine while one was a failure of historic proportions. The Possession led the way with $21.3 million followed by Lawless which debuted with $13 million. The poorly promoted family film Oogieloves in the BIG Balloon Adventure set a record for [...]

Expendables 2 Leads Woeful Weekend at Box Office

Expendables 2 Leads Woeful Weekend at Box Office

The Expendables 2 took its second straight week at the top of the box office charts; however the film industry as a whole massively underperformed over the weekend of August 24th. Despite the release of three new films, not a single one finished inside the top six for the weekend.  The top 12 films in [...]

Catching Fire: Will It Live Up To The Hunger Games?

Catching Fire: Will It Live Up To The Hunger Games?

When the Hunger Games first opened in theatres this March, no one expected it to do the business it did, first opening to $152 million and then going on to gross over $405 million (which is also #12th on the all-time domestic gross chart).  Not only that, but it managed to live up to the [...]