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‘Madea’ Wins the Weekend with $41 Million

The big story this Monday is the list of Oscar winners, even if everyone had predicted Slumdog Millionaire’s near-sweep for a month now.  For a real surprise, turn your attention to the weekend box office, where Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail scored a whopping $41 million. Box office gurus frequently underestimate Perry’s films, but even [...]

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Friday the 13th Party Gets Bloody And Out Of Canon

When life imitates art, things can get a little strange.  Read on: While attending a Friday the 13th movie event on Friday the 13th, the release date of same, Warrington Gillette, the original Jason Voorhees (though not the best–that’s reserved for Kane Hodder), came out in full costume (with hockey mask, though I’m not a hundred [...]

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‘Friday the 13th’ Scares Up Biggest Horror Opening…Ever

Friday the 13th landed a massive $42 million opening this weekend at the box office, marking the best opening for a pure horror movie…like, ever. The larger story, though, is that nearly everything continues to do spectacularly.  Since many people have today off for President’s Day, Sunday played like another Saturday, but even taking that into [...]

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Warner Bros. Conjures Up Its 2009 Film Slate

Warner Bros. led the 2008 North American box office with $1.79 billion in ticket sales.  What does the studio have in store for 2009?  A few long stagnat franchises, a revered children’s tale and a boy wizard to name a few. Gran Torino (Jan 9th) - Clint Eastwood takes on an Asian gang and develops an [...]

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Ho Ho Horror!

Just in time for the holidays, New Line Cinema and Paramount Pictures have released a new poster and trailer for next year’s Friday the 13th.  The film is said to be a re-imagining of the original 1980 cult hit, but considering it revolves around hockey mask wearing Jason Voorhees running around Camp Crystal Lake hacking up [...]

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