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New Movies at TheatersIt’s still a quiet week for new, opening movies at the box office, and rightfully so, as The Avengers continues to traumatize the competition while stomping Chitari butt.  Right now, the ensemble superhero team movie has ammassed 25 different box office records while just recently surpassing $1B worldwide in box office tallies.

This is what last weekend looked like at the box office for the top-5 earners:

  1. The Avengers         $103M;
  2. Dark Shadows         $29.7M;
  3. Think Like a Man     $5.82M;
  4. The Hunger Games     $4.51M;
  5. The Lucky One         $4.11M.

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Here’s the list of what’s not taking the No. 1 spot at the box office this weekend, thought these movies are opening this Friday, May 18th, 2012:

•      Battleship
•      What to Expect When You’re Expecting
•      Hysteria
•      The Samaritan (limited)
•      Crooked Arrows
•      Virginia

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'Battleship' movie poster

Yes, Battleship looks more of a guilty pleasure kind of fun, popcorn movie.  It’s already generated a 6.4 user score on IMDb, (It opened overseas already) and so, despite the critical dis-acclaim by some professional reviews, if it’s playing at the right time of day for me, I’m going to hit it up in theaters this Friday.

The cast includes

  • Taylor Kitsch
  • Alexander Skarsgård
  • Rihanna
  • Brooklyn Decker
  • Tadanobu Asano &
  • Liam Neeson

(Joining Kitsch from Friday Night Lights is Jesse Plemons.)

The director is Peter Berg… how put together via exec producing, writing or directing, some other popcorn fun movies like The Losers, Hancock, Lars and the Real Girl and The Rundown.  He was also exec producer for Friday Night Lights (TV series) and Prime Suspect.

I’m not caring with professional critics say.  Berg has helmed in one way or another a few movies and TV series that have stuck with me as standing out for one reason or another.

I’m giving Battleship a chance.

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'The Avengers' box office records - Iron Man, Black Widow, Captain America

Right now, Joss Whedon‘s  ensemble superhero team movie, The Avengers, has amassed 25 different box office records, some of which include “Opening Weekend,” “PG-13 Opening,” “Second Weekend,” the fastest movie to reach $100M, $150M, $200M, $250M, $300M and $350M.  That’s so awesome it’s almost funny how these superheroes are putting a beat down on so many box office categories.

At the time of this writing*, The Avengers was just shy of $381M domestic, and just over over $1B worldwide.  (*I sometimes write and don’t publish for hours or days.)

It’s awesome to see, though in part, these records are helped being set by the 54% higher priced 3D tickets and 130% higher priced 3D XD and IMAX screenings, both of which account for two-thirds of its screenings.  But who cares!  It’s setting some awesome records regardless.  Cripes, I’ve seen it twice and yet to catch it in 2D, though it’s not critical you see it in 3D, it does add a certain visual yummy feel to the movie experience.

In comparison, Avatar holds 10 records and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, only holds 6.  (Now.)  Sorry James, but no throne is held forever, no matter how impressively it was taken!

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