Box Office Hit..
Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:59 pm
Considered a risk by many, but the studio continued...
Space tree and Racoon top the lot...
Hollywood blockbuster Guardians Of The Galaxy has smashed the long-standing record for August box office releases.
The Marvel Comics creation raked in $94m (£55.8m) last weekend in the US and an estimated £6.4m in the UK.
It has an ensemble cast that includes Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper and Chris Pratt, and ousted last week's number one earning sci-fi thriller, Lucy.
Actress Zoe Saldana plays a green-skinned assassin named Gamora who is fighting a gun-toting genetically-modified raccoon played by Cooper.
Diesel, who voiced tree-like humanoid Groot, had just three words of script to learn for the film: "I am Groot."
Guardians delivered the best ever UK opening for Marvel and the third biggest weekend box office for 2014 in the US.
It smashed the US August record by a third - outdoing the $69m (£41m) set by Bourne Ultimatum in 2007.
Its ranking for the year so far is also impressive, just behind Transformers 4's $97.5m (£57.9m) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier at $95m (£56.2m).
Internationally, it brought in a threefold increase for Imax screenings compared to the previous biggest film.
The success of Guardians has given Hollywood a sigh of relief, especially for a series of characters who were barely known by moviegoers this time last year.
:SKYNEWS.http://news.sky.com/story/1312808/guard ... office-hit
Space tree and Racoon top the lot...
Hollywood blockbuster Guardians Of The Galaxy has smashed the long-standing record for August box office releases.
The Marvel Comics creation raked in $94m (£55.8m) last weekend in the US and an estimated £6.4m in the UK.
It has an ensemble cast that includes Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper and Chris Pratt, and ousted last week's number one earning sci-fi thriller, Lucy.
Actress Zoe Saldana plays a green-skinned assassin named Gamora who is fighting a gun-toting genetically-modified raccoon played by Cooper.
Diesel, who voiced tree-like humanoid Groot, had just three words of script to learn for the film: "I am Groot."
Guardians delivered the best ever UK opening for Marvel and the third biggest weekend box office for 2014 in the US.
It smashed the US August record by a third - outdoing the $69m (£41m) set by Bourne Ultimatum in 2007.
Its ranking for the year so far is also impressive, just behind Transformers 4's $97.5m (£57.9m) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier at $95m (£56.2m).
Internationally, it brought in a threefold increase for Imax screenings compared to the previous biggest film.
The success of Guardians has given Hollywood a sigh of relief, especially for a series of characters who were barely known by moviegoers this time last year.
:SKYNEWS.http://news.sky.com/story/1312808/guard ... office-hit
Re: Box Office Hit..
Mon Aug 04, 2014 2:10 pm
Bit off topic for a football forum.
But, I did go to see it on the weekend. Enjoyed it a lot, a lot of comical moments.
But, I did go to see it on the weekend. Enjoyed it a lot, a lot of comical moments.
Re: Box Office Hit..
Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:27 pm
ianmackay88 wrote:Bit off topic for a football forum.
But, I did go to see it on the weekend. Enjoyed it a lot, a lot of comical moments.
How many threads are there about Israel on this forum ?
But this ones off topic ....
Re: Box Office Hit..
Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:34 pm
Surely these films are for kids?
After all, they are cartoon characters.
After all, they are cartoon characters.
Re: Box Office Hit..
Mon Aug 04, 2014 5:43 pm
AJ1927 wrote:ianmackay88 wrote:Bit off topic for a football forum.
But, I did go to see it on the weekend. Enjoyed it a lot, a lot of comical moments.
How many threads are there about Israel on this forum ?
But this ones off topic ....
Why can 1 guy be such an idiot....grow up FFS.
Re: Box Office Hit..
Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:12 pm
Just came back from the movie...
It's awesome! Best marvel movie yet IMHO.
It's awesome! Best marvel movie yet IMHO.
Re: Box Office Hit..
Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:36 pm
GENERAL CHAT wrote:Surely these films are for kids?
After all, they are cartoon characters.
No they're not cartoon characters... Their origins are not from a cartoon, nor have they ever been portrayed in a cartoon.
Yet....
This is a Marvel movie.... Hints in the word MARVEL
Re: Box Office Hit..
Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:37 pm
Svenman87 wrote:Just came back from the movie...
It's awesome! Best marvel movie yet IMHO.
Captain America 2 is still the best one I've seen to date, but this is certainly the most fun..
Did you watch the after credit scene?
Re: Box Office Hit..
Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:38 pm
Grumpyguts wrote:AJ1927 wrote:ianmackay88 wrote:Bit off topic for a football forum.
But, I did go to see it on the weekend. Enjoyed it a lot, a lot of comical moments.
How many threads are there about Israel on this forum ?
But this ones off topic ....
Why can 1 guy be such an idiot....grow up FFS.
I tell you what, I will grow up and stop being an idiot, the minute you cheer up mr Grumpy...
