http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:24:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-chronicle-fends-off-woman-in-black-in-tight-weekend-lead/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-chronicle-fends-off-woman-in-black-in-tight-weekend-lead/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:53:11 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53999 Chronicle and The Woman in Black are neck-and-neck. Who will survive by Sunday morning?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-chronicle-fends-off-woman-in-black-in-tight-weekend-lead/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-the-grey-eyes-1-one-money-rides-groupon-wave-man-ledge-bombs/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-the-grey-eyes-1-one-money-rides-groupon-wave-man-ledge-bombs/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:36:32 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53705 The Grey has opened very strong and coupons appear to be keeping the weekend's two other new wide releases alive, though one is clearly on life support. As for the Oscar bounce... it's not too bouncy.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-the-grey-eyes-1-one-money-rides-groupon-wave-man-ledge-bombs/feed/ 2 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-underworld-awakening-sparks-potential-25-million-opening/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-underworld-awakening-sparks-potential-25-million-opening/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:11:25 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53324 Underworld Awakening opens strong and looks to become the second highest opener in the franchise while Red Tails surprises ]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-underworld-awakening-sparks-potential-25-million-opening/feed/ 2 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-contraband-tops-beauty-beast-3d-the-iron-lady-expands-nicely/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-contraband-tops-beauty-beast-3d-the-iron-lady-expands-nicely/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:29:29 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52847 Contraband was able to stand tall in the face of the Mouse House's latest 3D convert and Meryl Streep and The Iron Lady performed strong as the film expanded into 802 theaters.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-contraband-tops-beauty-beast-3d-the-iron-lady-expands-nicely/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-the-devil-inside-opens-monstrous-16-8-million/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-the-devil-inside-opens-monstrous-16-8-million/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:56:41 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52517 The Devil Inside scored a massive $16.8 million Friday and looks to have one of the top five January openings ever.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-the-devil-inside-opens-monstrous-16-8-million/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-mission-4-1-sherlock-remains-strong/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-mission-4-1-sherlock-remains-strong/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:47:10 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52217 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol will once again take the #1 spot at the box-office this weekend as it took home $10.7 million on Friday.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-mission-4-1-sherlock-remains-strong/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-mission-4-christmas-king-dragon-tattoo-tintin-zoo/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-mission-4-christmas-king-dragon-tattoo-tintin-zoo/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:45:35 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52020 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol taking the lead over a pack of lackluster followers.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-mission-4-christmas-king-dragon-tattoo-tintin-zoo/feed/ 17 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-sherlock-2-opens-weak-mission-impossible-benefits-dark-knight-rises-prologue/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-sherlock-2-opens-weak-mission-impossible-benefits-dark-knight-rises-prologue/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:43:45 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51717 The Dark Knight Rises prologue, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is performing quite well in less than 500 theaters while Sherlock and Alvin are really struggling when compared to the their predecessors.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-sherlock-2-opens-weak-mission-impossible-benefits-dark-knight-rises-prologue/feed/ 29 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-years-eve-sitter-tinker-tailor-young-adult/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-years-eve-sitter-tinker-tailor-young-adult/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:40:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51341 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-years-eve-sitter-tinker-tailor-young-adult/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-twilight-1-week-row-hugo-hangs-strong/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-twilight-1-week-row-hugo-hangs-strong/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:11:34 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51009 Breaking Dawn - Part 1 will become the first Twilight film to win three weekends in a row as The Muppets fails to compete. However, there is a success story in Hugo, which continues to do rather well in less than 2,000 theaters.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-twilight-1-week-row-hugo-hangs-strong/feed/ 15 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-twilight-remains-1/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-twilight-remains-1/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:12:23 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=50646 Twilight: Breaking Dawn may be losing steam while The Muppets are gaining. Also, Martin Scorsese's Hugo is performing quite well considering its small theater count.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-twilight-remains-1/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-immortals-takes-15-million-en-route-33-million-weekend/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-immortals-takes-15-million-en-route-33-million-weekend/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:54:52 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49996 Puss in Boots looks to come in third behind Immortals and Jack and Jill as Tarsem Singh's Greek epic will already be Relativity's second highest grossing film after just three days.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-immortals-takes-15-million-en-route-33-million-weekend/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-tower-heist-takes-friday-puss-boots-weekend/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-tower-heist-takes-friday-puss-boots-weekend/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 18:03:10 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49592 Puss in Boots is holding on strong and will send Universal's Tower Heist into a second place opening. I feel like apologizing for how mediocre the recent crop of films have been.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-tower-heist-takes-friday-puss-boots-weekend/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-puss-boots-leads-way-hoping-halloween-weekend-record/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-puss-boots-leads-way-hoping-halloween-weekend-record/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:48:30 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49152 Puss in the Boots brought in $9.6 million on Friday and will be the weekend box-office winner as Dreamworks now hopes it will end up with the Halloween weekend record...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-puss-boots-leads-way-hoping-halloween-weekend-record/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-footloose-real-steel/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-footloose-real-steel/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:59:09 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48127 Footloose remake takes the top spot at the Friday box-office and should coast to a first place finish for the weekend.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-footloose-real-steel/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-real-steel-poised-top-box-office-much/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-real-steel-poised-top-box-office-much/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:48:01 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47654 Real Steel will take the top spot this weekend with upwards of $26 million after a solid Friday opening. It's followed by The Ides of March and the rest of the week's holdovers. Click through for full Friday analysis.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-real-steel-poised-top-box-office-much/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-moneyball-tops-early-estimates-log-jam-films-top/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-moneyball-tops-early-estimates-log-jam-films-top/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:36:53 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47197 Moneyball, Dolphin Tale, The Lion King in 3D and Courageous. Which one will win the weekend?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-moneyball-tops-early-estimates-log-jam-films-top/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-moneyball-hopes-home-run-lion-king-hopes-hold-double/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-moneyball-hopes-home-run-lion-king-hopes-hold-double/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:43:49 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46749 Moneyball and The Lion King are two great films and although I haven't seen Dolphin Tale, it looks like a perfectly satisfying family feature well worth the price of admission if that's the kind of film you're looking for (okay, maybe not the 3D ticket price). As far as this Friday's early estimates, let's take a closer look.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-moneyball-hopes-home-run-lion-king-hopes-hold-double/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-lion-king-3d-roars-contagion-drive-straw-dogs/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-lion-king-3d-roars-contagion-drive-straw-dogs/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:16:42 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46390 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-lion-king-3d-roars-contagion-drive-straw-dogs/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-contagion-set-top-worst-weekend-year/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-contagion-set-top-worst-weekend-year/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:06:06 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46228 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-contagion-set-top-worst-weekend-year/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-the-help-top-labor-day-weekend-ugly/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-the-help-top-labor-day-weekend-ugly/#comments Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:26:23 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45918 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-the-help-top-labor-day-weekend-ugly/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-help-apes-continue-top-conan-fright-night-struggle/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-help-apes-continue-top-conan-fright-night-struggle/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:43:27 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45172 UPDATED NUMBERS: The Help and Rise of the Planet of the Apes are topping the weekend box-office after early Friday estimates arrive. Spy Kids 4 tops newcomers including Conan and Fright Night, neither of which performed well at all.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-help-apes-continue-top-conan-fright-night-struggle/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-apes-continue-rise-higher-the-help/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-apes-continue-rise-higher-the-help/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:54:33 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44861 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-apes-continue-rise-higher-the-help/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-rise-planet-apes-heading-42-million-opening/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-rise-planet-apes-heading-42-million-opening/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 07:16:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44565 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-rise-planet-apes-heading-42-million-opening/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-smurfs-defeat-cowboys-aliens-weekend-box-office/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-smurfs-defeat-cowboys-aliens-weekend-box-office/#comments Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:05:04 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44255 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-smurfs-defeat-cowboys-aliens-weekend-box-office/feed/ 12 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-potter-drops-huge-captain-america-aims-top-superhero-opening-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-potter-drops-huge-captain-america-aims-top-superhero-opening-2011/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:40:43 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=43887 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-potter-drops-huge-captain-america-aims-top-superhero-opening-2011/feed/ 21 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-harry-potter-heading-180-million-opening-weekend-record/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-harry-potter-heading-180-million-opening-weekend-record/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:04:13 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=43518 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-harry-potter-heading-180-million-opening-weekend-record/feed/ 45 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-transformers-3-highest-grossing-film-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-transformers-3-highest-grossing-film-2011/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:27:04 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=43177 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-transformers-3-highest-grossing-film-2011/feed/ 18 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-transformers-3-shot-100-million-three-day/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-transformers-3-shot-100-million-three-day/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:17:46 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=42879 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-transformers-3-shot-100-million-three-day/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cars-2-bad-teacher-friday-box-office-estimates/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cars-2-bad-teacher-friday-box-office-estimates/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:57:45 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=42563 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cars-2-bad-teacher-friday-box-office-estimates/feed/ 11