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Quentin Tarantino Says Rom-Coms Are His “Guilty Pleasure,” And ‘Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past’ Made Him Cry

The Playlist Staff — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 16:17:51 +0000

Quentin Tarantino Says Rom-Coms Are His "Guilty Pleasure," And 'Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past' Made Him Cry

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Weekend Box Office: Will ‘Star Trek’ Live Long And Prosper? First Weekend Suggests It’s Not Illogical

Gabe Toro — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:02:00 +0000

Did this happen? Did nerd stuff automatically become cool stuff? Hot babes are wearing Vulcan ears, frat boys are whistling the theme, and now people are showing up in droves for “Star Trek.” The eleventh film in the series scored by far the biggest opening, bringing in $72.5 million ($76.5 million if Thursday counts), topping the $30.7 million haul of ’96’s “Star Trek: First Contact.” It didn’t match the opening of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” but credit where credit’s due, the second weekend of May has typically been a weak period to debut, with the summer’s usually-big kickoff movie enjoying a fruitful second weekend- witness “Speed Racer” stalling at the starting line last year.

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SNIKT! To Piracy- ‘Wolverine’ Scores Year’s Biggest Opening

Gabe Toro — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:25:00 +0000

All that gloom-and-doom shit over whether “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” would be affected by the biggest blockbuster leak in film history can be put to rest. The mutant-powered spinoff, which was advertised to look nearly as unwatchable and embarrassing as it actually was, still managed $87 million to register the year’s biggest opening. We guess some might make points regarding how the box office might have been bigger sans piracy- the first weekend of May is usually home to a knockout debut that kickstarts the season, but “Wolverine”‘s bow is lower than last year’s near-$100 million opening for “Iron Man” and ’07’s then-best-ever $151 mil.

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Box Office Options May 1st-3rd: ‘Wolverine’ (Don’t Do It), The Limits Of Control,’ ‘Revanche’ & More…

Seth Valentine — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:49:00 +0000

Hooray! Box office Friday is here again! And not just any box office Friday–this weekend signals the opening of the summer blockbuster season. Somehow (probably Beyonce’ related), “Obsessed” took the crown for last weekend but there’s little question as to what will pull down the big bucks this time around. So let’s take a look at the pictures!

Of course, the heavy hitter this weekend is the Fox tentpole “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” which is expected to totally clean up.

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