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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to the titles below you can now also find the first season of the 90210 reboot and the indie film starring Zooey Deschanel, Gigantic, on DVD.
Box Office: Trek Hits No. 1 at Warp Speed
J.J. Abrams' reboot of Star Trek was a smash success this weekend with an estimated $76.5 million (including $4 million Thursday night), taking the top spot at the box office (though not surpassing X-Men Origins: Wolverine's opening weekend take of $85 million, as so many of you thought it would). This was "the biggest Trek opening yet, soaring past the previous high of Star Trek: First Contact, which started at $30.7 million or the equivalent of over $50 million adjusted for ticket price inflation."
Box Office: Wolverine Slashes the Competition
Summer movie season has officially arrived, folks, and it looks like American audiences were ready for it. Hugh Jackman's X-Men Origins: Wolverine easily took the No. 1 spot over the weekend and grossed an estimated $87 million.
Caption It: Which Caption Should Win?
Thanks, everyone, for contributing your funny captions to this week's Caption It challenge:
As you know, there can only be one winner. Here are your finalists:
- Basketball. School cafeteria.
Beyonce's Box Office Surprise
The Beyonce Knowles thriller Obsessed topped the box office over the weekend earning an estimated $28.5 million—kind of amazing given the critical reaction wasn't pretty. Zac Efron's 17 Again came in at No. 2 followed by Fighting, another movie that debuted much better than expected.
Caption It!
Welcome to the Caption It game on BuzzSugar! Every Wednesday, I'll post a photo still from a TV show or movie here and challenge you to think of the most hilarious caption possible. I'll announce the finalists the following Tuesday, and you'll get to vote for the best caption!
Box Office: Zac Is the Man of the Hour
Looks like young Mr. Efron is proving to be a bankable actor, as his movie, 17 Again, debuted at No. 1 this weekend, earning an estimated $24.1 million.
Meanwhile, Russell Crowe's political thriller, State of Play, came in second place with an estimated $14.1 million.
Movie Preview: Efron and Perry in 17 Again
Sure, 17 Again looks an awful lot like Big in reverse (or one half of Freaky Friday), but you know what? The trailer looks really cute. Matthew Perry plays a down-on-his-luck dad who gets the chance to be 17 years old again (this is where Zac Efron comes in).
Buzz News Roundup, 11/28
- Jake Gyllenhaal has signed on to play Joe Namath in a biopic of the star quarterback, Zap2it reports.
- John Cusack and Gong Li will topline the historical drama Shanghai, teaming up with 1408 director Mikael Hafstrom, writes ComingSoon.
- Josh Groban's holiday album topped the charts this week, Billboard reports, while Jordin Sparks' debut had the lowest sales numbers for any American Idol winner's album.
- The Writers Guild of America has slammed Carson Daly over his decision to return to work, writes Broadcasting & Cable.
- Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times reports that even if the strike ended today, shows would need up to five weeks to get back into production.
- The Hollywood Reporter has news that Matthew Perry will play the adult version of Zac Efron's character in the movie 17.
- Billboard reports that Aimee Mann's next album, Smilers, will feature a lot of synthesizer and zero electric guitar.
- According to ComingSoon, the Weinstein Company has acquired the screen rights to Bridie Clark's novel I Think She's Got It — before it's even been published.
- Variety reports that Walter Cronkite will receive the History Makers' first lifetime achievement award at the organization's fancy event in January.
- Wondering why House fired the candidate he did last night? TV Guide has some answers.
Buzz News Roundup, 9/10
- The fourth Indiana Jones movie has an official title: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It was announced by an excited Shia LaBeouf at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards.
- "Power of 10" is getting six more episodes for midseason, Zap2it reports.
- ComingSoon reports that the "Big in reverse" movie 17, starring Zac Efron, has nabbed director Burr Steers (Igby Goes Down).
- "My Boys" is getting a third season on TBS, Variety reports.
- New Line Cinema has obtained the rights to remake Guillermo Del Toro's creepy ghost child thriller The Orphanage, says Hollywood Reporter.
- Billboard has some details on Coldplay's newest album, which is due in 2008.
- According to Variety, Karen Moncrieff's mystery-thriller The Dead Girl won the grand prize at the Deauville Festival of American Film on Sunday night.
- ABC has bought an hour-long, high-stakes game show called "The Duel," in which competitors try to outwit each other in one-on-one trivia battles, says the Hollywood Reporter.
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