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New "Ice Age" DVD Features Cool Special Features

23 October 2009 6:13 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The newest of the "Ice Age" trilogy is coming to DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

Set to be released on Oct. 27, "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" offers multiple packages courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Along with the standard single disc edition, the animated film, originally presented in 3D, will be available in a three disc Blu-ray combo pack or the two disc "Scrat Pack."

Enhanced by special features, the movie picks up where the second film "Ice Age: The Meltdown" left off with the lovable prehistoric creatures expanding their herd. Mammoths Manny (voice of Ray Romano) and Ellie (Queen Latifah) are expecting a baby, leaving sabretooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary) and sloth Sid (John Leguizamo) feeling left out. But all are in store for another adventure as they discover an underground world where dinosaurs are still alive. Returning to the voice cast are Seann William Scott and Josh Peck, »

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Anne Hathaway, Neil Patrick Harris board 'Rio'

23 October 2009 1:36 AM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

The charming Anne Hathaway and funny guy Neil Patrick Harris will lend their voices to the characters in Carlos Saldanha's upcoming 3D animated adventure "Rio" for Blue Sky Studios and Fox Animation.

The Hollywood Reporter says "Rio" focuses on a macaw who abandons his small Minnesota town and heads to Rio de Janeiro to have a great summer. Rodrigo Santoro has also boarded the film's voice cast.

"Rio" is set to open April 8, 2011. Carlos Saldanha most recently directed the summer box office mega hit "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." He also helmed "Ice Age: The Meltdown" and co-directed the first film. »

- Franck Tabouring

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'Ice Age 3' Climbs to Lofty Foreign Milestone

15 September 2009 5:56 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

On the foreign front, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs has officially become the third highest-grossing movie of all time. The animated comedy edged out Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to rank behind Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Worldwide (which combines both foreign and domestic grosses), it currently stands at No. 18 on the all time chart, just shy of Finding Nemo, which it will soon surpass. The third Ice Age has made over $667 million thus far, accounting for a whopping 77 percent of its $862 million worldwide total. That's the greatest foreign ratio for an American blockbuster on record, exceeding such foreign favorites as the Harry Potter and The Da Vinci Code movies. Based on its domestic run, Dawn of the Dinosaurs may seem like an unlikely contender for any all time chart. Despite the ticket price boost of its 3D presentations, its domestic gross is under $195 million, »

- Brandon Gray

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Life spins out of control on season two of Californication and M&C's giving away four copies

13 August 2009 8:59 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

The outrageously addictive Showtime hit Californication: The Second Season arrives on DVD August 25th from Paramount Home Entertainment and M&C.s giving away four copies. Heralded by critics as .Showtime.s steamier answer to Entourage. (Variety) and .amongst the absolute best on TV. (Eclipse Magazine), Californication follows Duchovny.s Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Hank Moody as he struggles with his multitude of addictions while raising his daughter with his on-again/off-again girlfriend. Californication features a stellar supporting cast that includes Natasha McElhone (Ronin), Pamela Adlon (King of the Hill), Madeleine Martin (Ice Age: The Meltdown), Madeline Zima (The Nanny) and Evan Handler (Sex and the City). The DVD set comes with extensive bonus features including cast interviews, audio commentary, a never-before-seen »

- Patrick Luce

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Weekend Report: 'Funny People' More Pauper Than King of Comedy

3 August 2009 2:34 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

If this weekend's box office were a comedian, it might have been heckled off the stage, mostly for its dullness. Between the main new release, Funny People, which always had sketchy prospects despite high profile talent, and the cumulative effect of a relatively soft July slate, overall business amounted to $127.6 million, which was off 17 percent from the same weekend last year and low for the time of the year. What's more, the summer as a whole became on par with last summer through the same point, dwindling from the lead it had racked up in May and June. Headlining the weak weekend, Funny People drew $22.7 million on approximately 4,100 screens at 3,007 sites, which was significantly less than director Judd Apatow's previous picture, Knocked Up, and even behind his first, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in terms of attendance. By lead actor Adam Sandler's standards, the debut was poor for one of his comedies, »

- Brandon Gray

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Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Coming to Theaters

28 July 2009 11:11 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment are joining forces to turn the Dr. Seuss book The Lorax into a 3-D CG animated feature, report the trades. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Cat in the Hat previously received live-action big screen treatment, while the recent Horton Hears a Who! went the animated route. Dr. Seuss' The Lorax will be co-directed by Chris Renaud and Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio, with Paul & Daurio writing the script. Renaud, who started out as a storyboard artist on Ice Age: The Meltdown and Robots, is making his feature directorial debut with the Steve Carrell animated flick Despicable Me. Paul & Daurio penned the screenplay for Me and also scripted Bubble Boy, The Santa Clause 2, College Road Trip and the aforementioned Horton Hears a Who!. Though published in 1971, The Lorax has a timely "green" theme. It is narrated by a greedy entrepreneur who, despite warnings from the tree-loving Lorax, »

- James Cook

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'G-Force' Takes Cake, 'Potter' Plummets

26 July 2009 1:12 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

Though G-Force and The Ugly Truth opened well, it was another down weekend at the box office. Driven by less compelling new and recent releases, business as a whole was down from last year for the third weekend in a row. With around $149 million, the drop was 18 percent from the $181 million of the same timeframe last year, when The Dark Knight was in its second session and Step Brothers debuted.

Following the playbook for the perennially popular talking animal sub-genre, G-Force scooted to an estimated $32.2 million on approximately 5,200 screens at 3,697 sites, grossing a bit more out-of-the-gate than Bolt, Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Cats & Dogs, though it was far from the next Alvin and the Chipmunks. In its marketing, the picture looked like it was stitched together from past like-minded movies, from the scatological and cutesy humor of Alvin and the Chipmunks to the gizmos of Cats & Dogs and others. While »

- Brandon Gray

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Box office preview: 'Harry Potter' likely to hold off newcomers

23 July 2009 11:13 AM, PDT | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »

It's going to take more than super-charged guinea pigs, a Katherine Heigl rom-com, or a freaky orphan to knock Harry Potter from its perch atop the box office. While G-Force, The Ugly Truth, and The Orphan will make a valiant effort trying, Harry Potter's spell is just too strong. Check out my predictions below. 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $31 million 2007's Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix fell 58 percent its second weekend after opening to $77 million its opening frame. This Potter should fall in the same range -- and perhaps even steeper -- considering it's already grossed $177 million in just seven days of release. 2. G-Force: $25 million Yes, it's 3-D. Yes, it's from uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer. But it's about guinea pigs, for goodness sake, which automatically limits the audience to the Beverly Hills Chihuahua-viewing set, even if they are trained by the government. Chihuahua opened last February to $29 million. »

- Nicole Sperling

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Box office preview: ‘Harry Potter’ likely to hold off newcomers

23 July 2009 11:13 AM, PDT | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »

It’s going to take more than super-charged guinea pigs, a Katherine Heigl rom-com, or a freaky orphan to knock Harry Potter from its perch atop the box office. While G-Force, The Ugly Truth, and The Orphan will make a valiant effort trying, Harry Potter’s spell is just too strong. Check out my predictions below.

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $31 million

2007’s Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix fell 58 percent its second weekend after opening to $77 million its opening frame. This Potter should fall in the same range — and perhaps even steeper — considering it’s already grossed $177 million in just seven days of release.

2. G-Force: $25 million

Yes, it’s 3-D. Yes, it’s from uber-producer Jerry Bruckheimer. But it’s about guinea pigs, for goodness sake, which automatically limits the audience to the Beverly Hills Chihuahua-viewing set, even if they are trained by the government. »

- Nicole Sperling

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'Harry Potter' Has Hot-Blooded Premiere

20 July 2009 10:56 AM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

The remarkably popular Harry Potter franchise kept the cauldrons churning with the release of its sixth installment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which drew $77.8 million on approximately 9,600 screens at 4,325 locations over the weekend. Compared to last year, though, when The Dark Knight blazed into the record books, overall weekend business was down a sharp 38 percent, and attendance was a bit soft versus the more normal weekends of years past, due in part to Harry Potter being the sole new nationwide release. In its first five days, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince pulled in $158 million, surpassing predecessor Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix's $139.7 million as the franchise's highest-grossing five-day start and ranking sixth among all movies. The bulk of Half-Blood Prince's lead over Order of the Phoenix came from its $58.2 million opening day, while Thursday through Saturday were slightly ahead and Sunday was a bit behind Order of the Phoenix. »

- Brandon Gray

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Despicable Me Trailer Starring Steve Carell

15 July 2009 9:56 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Here's kind of a strange trailer for a new animated film from Universal-based CG studio Illumination Entertainment. Called Despicable Me, the story apparently revolves around a criminal mastermind named Groo who has been stealing world landmarks and now also plans to steal the moon. I say the trailer is a bit strange because we never really see the main character, and we only see his silhouette and hear his voice (provided by Steve Carell). The trailer is more of a short film setting up the disappearance of the monuments, but I have a feeling it's only going to confuse audiences. Between the three of them, directors Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud and Sergio Pablos have only directed a couple of animated shorts. Renaud was the storyboard artist on Ice Age: The Meltdown and Robots though, so I guess that means something... maybe? At any rate, the voice cast is the one thing that interests me, »

- Sean

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See Universal's Despicable Me Trailer

15 July 2009 9:13 AM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

Yahoo! Movies has premiered the first trailer for Universal's upcoming CGI-animated feature, Despicable Me, from the executive producer of Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, and Horton Hears a Who! The film is loaded with voice talent led by Steve Carell as a villain who wants to steal the Moon. Yes, that Moon. Also lending their voices are Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Jemaine Clement, Miranda Cosgrove, and Julie Andrews. Despicable Me arrives in theaters approximately a year from now on July 9, 2010. In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon, »

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Weekend Report: 'Bruno' Not as Brawny as 'Borat'

13 July 2009 3:08 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

Bruno strutted to the top of the box office but wasn't quite in vogue, leading to a relatively slow July session. Overall, the weekend was the least attended for the timeframe in 17 years and down five percent from last year.

Striking approximately 3,400 screens at 2,756 venues, Bruno donned a solid $30.6 million, which was less than I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, another "gay panic" comedy from July 2007. Despite a higher-grossing debut, Bruno didn't make a statement like Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen's previous mockumentary. That picture opened to $26.5 million at only 837 theaters, and then made $28.3 million in its second weekend, when it expanded to 2,566 theaters, culminating in a $128.5 million final tally.

Breaking the weekend gross down, Bruno had one of the steepest Friday-to-Saturday drops on record, slipping 39 percent from $14.4 million on Friday to $8.8 million on Saturday. For the most part, movies with such Saturday slides do not hold up well in the long run, »

- Brandon Gray

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'Ice Age' Dominant Overseas

12 July 2009 12:34 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

Fox family film takes in $98 million; 'Bruno' bouncy with $25 million.

By Wrap Staff

"Ice Age" and "Bruno" had different audiences to themselves over the weekend, as Fox's 3-D hit repeated atop the international box office, and Sacha Baron Cohen's mockumentary bowed strong.

 

"Ice Age" continues to dominate, having grossed another $97.9 million from 102 markets. Fox's animated 3-D family film opened last week with $151.7 million.

 

Total gross overseas now stands at $327 million; the film's predecessor, "Ice Age: The Meltdown," grossed $457 million in 2006 internationally.

 

But... »

- Michael Speier

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Weekend Report: 'Transformers' Fends Off 'Ice Age' in Close Independence Weekend

6 July 2009 2:44 PM, PDT | Box Office Mojo | See recent BoxOfficeMojo.com news »

Giant robots narrowly socked it to anachronistic dinosaurs over Independence Day weekend. With actual grosses reporting, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen weighed in with $42.3 million, while Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs came in at $41.7 million. Distributors Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox had estimated $42.5 million for each movie, which was the first time two studios had the same weekend estimate since 1998, when Titanic and The Man in the Iron Mask were in a photo finish. Paramount ended up having the more accurate Sunday projection, and that was the difference as both pictures were neck-and-neck on Friday and Saturday. With Public Enemies debuting solidly in third, business as a whole was up a tick from the same weekend last year, when Hancock was in charge.

Overall, Revenge of the Fallen has had a far more winning run than Dawn of the Dinosaurs. It will pass its predecessor's final gross in a matter of days, »

- Brandon Gray

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Transformers 2 barely beats Ice Age 3 while Public Enemies opens strong. The 4th of July, 2009 weekend box office in review.

6 July 2009 1:48 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

Due to the fact that the top two films (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) are were nearly tied, I'm ignoring the rankings and just concentrating on the numbers. In the end, Transformers 2 ended up with $42.3 million and Ice Age 3 ended with a three-day gross of $41.6 million. Regardless, it looks like everything did moderately well according to expectations. The big opener of the weekend is Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. At this point, it appears that the third Ice Age film did in five days ($66.7 million) exactly what Ice Age: The Meltdown accomplished in three days ($68.3 million). Granted, the calendar necessitated a Wednesday opening for part 3 (July 4th, not a good day for box office, was on a Saturday this... »

- Scott Mendelson

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Transformers 2 is Highest Grossing Film of 2009

6 July 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »

"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" ended up taking an estimated $42 million at the domestic box office and tying "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," which has reached $591 million in worldwide ticket sales. Victory will be decided when the final numbers come in. Opening on Wednesday to get the jump on the holiday weekend, "Ice Age 3" brought in $67.5 million during the five days, nearly matching the $68 million opening of the previous installment (Ice Age: The Meltdown). The new 3-D movie dominated the world's box office, with the biggest opening ever for an animated film at $148 million. "Revenge of the Fallen" is now the highest-earning film of 2009 with a domestic total of $293 million in its 12th day in release. The only film to have amassed a higher gross in such a short time is "The Dark Knight." "Public Enemies," which also opened Wednesday, served as solid counterprogramming to the two tentpoles. »

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Box Office Beat Down: Ice Age 3 and Transformers 2 Tie for First Place with $42.5 Million

5 July 2009 9:51 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Weekend Box Office

1) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $42.5 million

2) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $42.5 million

3) Public Enemies $26.1 million

4) The Proposal $12.7 million

5) The Hangover $10.4 million

6) Up $6.5 million

7) My Sister's Keeper $5.2 million

8) The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 $2.5 million

9) Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian $2.1 million

10) Year One $2.1 million

It was the squirrel versus the giant robot this holiday weekend as both Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen went head to head, tying for first place with $42.5 million apiece. The 20th Century Fox animated Ice Age reteamed Ray Romano, Dennis Leary, John Leguizamo, and Queen Latifah for their third adventure together, and the film was a hit with audiences. Despite it's standing at the top of the weekend charts, the film failed to bring in the same opening weekend grosses as its two predecessors. The original Ice Age earned $68 million when it opened in March »

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Cinema release inspirations including Public Enemies

3 July 2009 3:15 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Good morning Boxwishers or should we say guys and dolls for this week sees the release of 1930s crime drama Public Enemies. There are Tommy Guns, two-tone shoes and fedoras all over the place in the Johnny Depp/ Christian Bale two-header and that’s not all that’s new in cinemas from this weekend as there’s also comedy cartoon shenanigans with Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. So take your pick: old-school gangsters or a rowdy rabble of prehistoric animals. Click over for more…

If you see… Epic crime thriller Public Enemies, which follows the final 18 months in the life of notorious 1930s bank robber, John Dillinger (played by Depp) and the FBI team pursuing him led by Bale’s agent Melvin Purvis.

Why Not Read the book which inspired the movie, Bryan Burroughs’s Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, »

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Box Office: Enemies On Ice

1 July 2009 3:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Giant robots kicked some shiny metal butt last weekend as the new Transformers movie earned the second highest gross of any film in its first five days (The Dark Knight still has the lead). In the wake of all this cybernetic mayhem, My Sister's Keeper did respectably well enough to take fifth on its opening weekend. Here's the top five:

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $108.9 million ($200 million since Wednesday)

2. The Proposal: $18.6 million

3. The Hangover: $17 million

4. Up: $13 million

5. My Sister's Keeper: $12.4 million

Two new releases this week, each with a historical flair.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

What's It All About: This is the third installment in the popular animated series. This time around our gang of prehistoric pals discover an underground world in which dinosaurs still exist.

Why It Might Do Well: 2006's Ice Age: The Meltdown had a $68 million dollar opening weekend.

Why It Might Not Do Well: Rottentomatoes. »

- Matt Bradshaw

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