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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 my selections below, you can also add Zack Snyder's animated Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter to your queue.
Box Office: Audiences Love Christmases
Reese and Vince proved a potent pair at the box office once again as Four Christmases came in at No. 1 for the second weekend in a row. The holiday comedy earned an estimated $18.2 million over the weekend, bringing its overall total since debuting to $70.8 million.
Box Office: Four Christmases Wins the Holiday Weekend
I was surprised at how much I ended up enjoying Four Christmases starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, and maybe some of the early buzz from others who also liked it helped the holiday comedy win the Thanksgiving weekend box office this year with an estimated $46.7 million since opening Wednesday.
Meanwhile the highly anticipated Baz Luhrmann epic Australia opened at No. 5 after Quantum of Solace in fourth place, Twilight (which passed the $100 million mark this weekend) in third, and Bolt in second place.
Box Office: Twilight Drains the Competition
Anticipating Twilight might just be this weekend's big box office winner, I asked you guys to ring in with some possible box office headline puns for the news this morning. Well, briggs313's suggestion in the post was awesome, so I went ahead and used it — thanks briggs313!
Twilight's debut on the big screen was a smash success, earning $70.6 million over the weekend and breaking several records.
Box Office: Quantum Leaps Into First
The new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, leaped to box office success in its opening weekend, coming in at No. 1 with an estimated $70.4 million. This was a record breaker, in fact: According to Variety, it was "the biggest opening ever for a James Bond title and a major victory for a film franchise nearly half a century old."
Quantum of Solace: Just an Action Flick
Where Casino Royale was bright, shiny and breathtaking, Quantum of Solace is cold, steely, and flat. Don't get me wrong — the explosions, gun play, and dry quips are all present and accounted for. But where there might've been a compelling narrative there's just a string of action sequences and chase scenes, interrupted by the occasional heart-to- cold, mistrusting spy heart.
Will You Brave the Crowds This Weekend to See Bond?
Ah, that face. The zooming Aston Martin. Those eyes.
Buzz News Roundup, 11/3
- A new study says watching racy TV can lead to more teens getting pregnant. — New York Daily News
- Fox has ordered up another season of the animated comedy American Dad. — Zap2It
- Quantum of Solace enjoyed a record opening weekend in Britain, earning 15.4 million pounds ($25 million) at the box office and surpassing the previous record of 14.9 million held by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Love It or Leave It: Alicia Keys & Jack White's Bond Song
The idea of a Jack White (of White Stripes) and Alicia Keys collaboration for the next James Bond theme song sounded like it could be awesome, or maybe disastrous. Now we can take a listen to "Another Way to Die" and find out what we're in for when Quantum of Solace comes at us Nov. 14.
Another Movie Date Change! Quantum of Solace: Nov. 14
Following all these changes to the Fall movie releases is like a chess game because it has thrown the entire calender into a bit of a tizzy. First Twilight shifted its date based on the Harry Potter news, and now Quantum of Solace, the next installment of the James Bond franchise starring Daniel Craig, will follow suit.
Originally, Quantum of Solace was going to open Nov.
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