Latest Stories
I Am Legend
Sugar Editorial Picks
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, Guy Ritchie's Revolver and Southland Tales starring Justin Timberlake, The Rock, and Sarah Michelle Gellar are also available today.
Juno Was the Real No. 2 Movie Last Weekend, Not Legend
Though the initial estimates on Sunday put I Am Legend as the No. 2 movie at the box office this past weekend with $16.4 million and Juno in the No. 3 spot with $16.2, the actual numbers indicate that this order is really reversed!
Box Office: National Treasure Still Gold, Juno Keeps Climbing
For the third weekend in a row, National Treasure: Book of Secrets led the way at the box office, bringing in a respectable $20.2 million. This is nice and all, but the real success story this weekend is that of Juno, the little indie movie that has consistently jumped higher and higher in the box office ranks over its five-week run at the theaters.
More often than not movies experience a decline at the box office after the initial buzz dies down, but not little Juno.
Would You Want to See a Sequel to I Am Legend?
The rumor mill is working overtime with folks chattering about a sequel to the recent box office smash hit I Am Legend. Apparently, the author of the book on which the movie is based, Richard Matheson sold the sequel rights to Warner Bros., so the studio is clearly interested in producing a second film.
No word on castings, however, and it's possible Will Smith wouldn't be involved.
Box Office: Book of Secrets Is Truly a National Treasure
For the second lucrative weekend in a row, the National Treasure sequel Book of Secrets has taken the box office crown, raking in $35.6 million. Edging out I Am Legend for second place was Alvin and the Chipmunks, which brought in $29 million. Legend's $27 million brought it to No.
Buzz In: What Are the Best Book-to-Film Adaptations of 2007?
It seems to be all the rage to find fodder for movies within books these days, and 2007 featured a good number of book-to-film adaptations. Aside from the beloved Harry Potter movie, this year's projects were met with varied success. The Golden Compass, based on the first of Philip Pullman's series His Dark Materials was not exactly praised by either those who read the book or those who had not.
National Treasure is Golden Over Holiday Weekend
National Treasure: Book of Secrets, the sequel to Nicolas Cage's 2004 hit, scored big at the box office over the long holiday weekend, bringing in an estimated $65 million in the five-day period between Friday and Tuesday.
I Am Legend finished second, pulling in an estimated $47.5 million over the five days. Fox wouldn't estimate how much money Alvin and the Chipmunks made over the long weekend, but as of Sunday it had brought in $29 million and was in third place behind National Treasure and Legend.
I Am Legend: Highest-Grossing December Opening Ever
Talk about a prophetic title: I Am Legend has proven to be, well, legendary. Taking in $76.5 million in its opening weekend, the Will Smith sci-fi thriller beat out Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($72.6 million) to become the highest-grossing December movie ever. In the history of box office sales in general, I Am Legend's opening weekend is the 16th highest-grossing of all time.
I Am Legend: So Much Potential, Yet So Tiresome
I Am Legend is not a terrible movie. It's simply disappointing to see something that could have been great — and that starts out with some excellent things going for it — whimper out to nothing in the end. Based on Richard Matheson's 1954 sci-fi novel, this story has been adapted for film before (Last Man on Earth, Omega Man), with moderate success.
Link Time! 11/1
- SuperheroHype found a new image from the next Batman movie, The Dark Knight.
- Cinematical found a hilariously groovy clip from an instructional video on how to breakdance — featuring a young Vin Deasel.
- Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily has details on what Alanis Morissette's up to these days, including a new album and the possibility of more parody songs.
- Popwatch wants to know what the top ten viral videos of the year are.
- Check out Will Arnett and Amy Poehler in a new Gap ad at Give Me My Remote.
- FilmExperience explains why the kiss between George and Mary in It's a Wonderful Life is so well-done.
- TV with MeeVee is loving The Simpsons video game.
- ShockTilYouDrop is featuring a comic book companion piece to the upcoming Will Smith movie I Am Legend.
- Lifeline Live has the details on a live Project Runway event in New York next week.
- AquariumDrunkard is heading down to New Orleans for the 2007 Voodoo Fest.
More on BuzzSugar
Fall Award Season
Top Brands
H. Eich
Jimmy Choo
Yves Saint Laurent