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May 18, 2009 -
The film adaptation of Dan Brown's bestselling novel, Angels and Demons starring Tom Hanks, is a global sensation after earning an estimated $104.3 million at the international box office over the weekend.
Here in the US the holy thriller swiped the top spot from Star Trek, which still performed strongly, coming in at No. 2 with an estimated $43 million domestically.
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May 11, 2009 -
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."
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May 07, 2009 -
Last weekend X-Men Origins: Wolverine opened to the sweet tune of $85 million, officially marking the beginning of the Summer blockbuster season. Do you think this weekend's newbie, Star Trek, will surpass $85 million at the box office?
Wolverine one-sheet courtesy of Fox and Star Trek one-sheet courtesy of Paramount
Will Star Trek Beat Wolverine's Opening Weekend Box Office Earnings?
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May 05, 2009 -
We have Wolverine's beginnings down at this point, thanks to this past weekend's blockbuster, and the story of how Professor X and Magneto came to be friends is already in the works. Now I'm curious which character in the X-Men universe should be next in line to get the "origins" treatment?
What about Storm's story?
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May 04, 2009 -
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.
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Apr 13, 2009 -
For a movie like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, these brief little videos in which the characters speak directly to camera about themselves is way more intriguing to me than an ordinary old trailer. In the trailers we get glimpses of these guys, and of course there's more of an emphasis on Wolverine and Sabretooth, but with individual videos we can actually take a good look at Gambit, Wraith and Deadpool (speaking of whom, holy cow, Ryan Reynolds, all that working out seriously paid off).
I've included all five of the character videos after the jump, but I personally think the ones for Gambit, Deadpool and Wraith are by far the most interesting.
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Apr 04, 2009 -
Recently an unfinished version of the highly anticipated Hugh Jackman movie, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, leaked onto the Internet.
This security breach could be disastrous for the folks in charge of this movie because, as one blogger put it, it could have "a dramatic and negative impact on this film's opening and overall box office performance."
Ugh.
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Apr 02, 2009 -
As marketing ploys go, this one for the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie is pretty good. If you click here, you can enter a contest to bring the movie's world premiere to your town — and yes, the premiere includes Mr. Hugh Jackman himself! Cool, right?
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Apr 02, 2009 -
- Ashley Cole reportedly wants to renew his wedding vows with Cheryl in Dubai, taking her back to the place where he proposed in 2005. — The Sun
- Keira Knightley appears in a two-minute TV and cinema ad campaign about domestic violence for the charity Women's Aid. She is attacked by her partner in the commercial, made by Atonement and Pride and Prejudice director Joe Wright.
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Jan 26, 2009 -
Hugh Jackman has been in Vancouver, Canada, posing for additional photos for Wolverine. He's got his full beard for the character, but he also changes his facial hair to suit his mood and occasion, keeping it pretty light for the premiere of Australia in London just before Christmas. I'd love to know which facial hair look you prefer on Hugh, so tell me: is less best, or is it a case of the hairier the better?
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