priest

Last week saw Paramount Pictures Thor open in the U.S. to the tune of a $66 million weekend.  3D theaters accounting for 60% of that take.  Fast Five dropped their take from the previous weekend and pulled $32 million, down 62% from their opener.

This week, new movies opening at the box office include the man who was behind the voice of Iron Man‘s Jarvis, Paul Bettany, while Kristen Wiig graces the silver screen in her opener…  we’re also seeing Antonia Banderas in a new mystery thriller while Natalie Portman, yet again, is in a new movie opening this weekend.  That girl is crazy busy!  Will Ferrell fans will be happy to see him in a new movie also/again.

Let’s check out our list of new movies this weekend, opening in theaters:

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Priest

It’s the future somewhere in this Screen Gems movie about a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.

The cast of Priest includes Paul Bettany (The Tourist), Karl Urban (Red, Star Trek), Cam Gigandet (The Roommate, Burlesque), Maggie Q (The CW’s Nikita), Lily Collins, Brad Dourif, Stephen Moyer & Christopher Plummer in this Scott Charles Stewart (Legion) directed movie.

It looks like it could be a great and fun action flick at the minimum… we’ll see if it has anything else to offer.  Of the new films, if I head out this weekend, it will be to catch Priest!

Priest Movie Trailer

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