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New Movies at the Box Office from Cinema Static 2011 logo 475w lqNew movies coming out this week are sparse and may barely not be box office contenders, considering who they’re up against.  Be it as it may, we have one re-release and one sequel that might just pull enough new movie fans into the theater and contend with The Hunger Games, Wrath of the Titans and Mirror Mirror.

It doesn’t look good for the newbies on the block.

On Wednesday, April 4th, James Cameron’s Titanic is being re-released in 3D to movie theaters.  There does seem to be a market for re-releases in 3D these days, but I’m not yet part of that contingent of consumer, so these 3D re-releases haven’t hit the right nerve yet!

On Thursday, there’s a movie called Air Racers 3D that’s coming to IMAX and such.  It’s a documentary that focuses on the Reno Air races and is narrated by Paul Walker.

'American Reunion' movie

On Friday, April 6th, American Reunion opens in theaters. This sequel is about the gang reuniting in East Great Falls, MI for their high school reunion.

It stars Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Chris Klein, Tara Reid, Sann William Scott and more of the gang.

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'The Hunter' movie

-The Hunter, with Willem Dafoe & Sam Neill in a movie about

“Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.”

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A Pragmatic Observation

I always find it amazing that someone (actors) can verbally hope in an interview to be in a movie, and it makes news. And I want to work LucasFilm and win the lottery! We all have hopes, but anyone whose an actor can have some serious fun with their own hopes and watch it catch on as it weaves throughout the internet!

In April 2010, James Cameron said they’re looking to take the Avatar sequels to the ocean, and then September of 2010, I chronicled how Mr. Cameron started filming for Avatar 2 by taking his own little foray in a rented deep diving rig and heading to the Mariana Trench with his 3D film gear.

So when Michelle Rodriguez pipes up that even though it looked like her character died in the first movie, she’d be interested in returning to the Avatar franchise, I’m not surprised people are running with it. For her to be creating news (OK, re-news) that the sequel is headed to the ocean is just reiterating what was said nearly a year ago, but everyone is just reminding us about it.

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Most Profitable Movies Ever? Think Indie Movie

September 18, 2010

Most Profitable Movies Ever? Think Indie Movie

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New Titanic Blu-ray Release Planned

August 24, 2010

In case you haven’t noticed, James Cameron’s secondary mega-hit, 1997′s Titanic, starring Leonardo Dicaprio & Kate Winslet has not been released on Blu-ray yet. In an article about his other super mega-hit, Avatar, it was said they’re waiting for a larger, installed footprint of the Blu-ray disc players in consumer homes before distributing. Makes sense [...]

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The 3D Backlash Isn’t Just From MovieGoers

August 3, 2010

The NY Times article that inspired this Cinema Static commentary starts out, “If you can’t make it good, make it 3-D.” I think that pretty much says it all for the slew of 3D movies that have come out and the 60 odd movies that are planned for 3D distribution over the next few years. [...]

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Titanic 2 Coming Soon To A … Well, Whatever

July 28, 2010

Yes, you did read right, Titanic II or TITANIC 2. It comes from the brain trust called The Asylum Home Entertainment. That’s the production company that puts together those incredibly awesome (cough!) movies for the Syfy Channel and straight to VHS and DVD movies. They’ve “produced” such “mega” hits as Paranormal Entity Mega Piranha MegaFault [...]

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A Thought on 3D Movies and Eventually, The Box Office Impact [Cinema Static]

April 2, 2010

Last year we started hearing about more and more 3D movies coming to the screen.  I swear, it seemed like once everyone got a hold of the idea that James Cameron was doing 3D, the entire industry started wagging their tongues and running after the gravy train that passed them by.  The problem with the [...]

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Avatar Is Not The No. 1 Movie

January 26, 2010

Yep, you read right.  AVATAR is kicking but at the box office right now, slowly creeping up on overtaking Titanic for the No. 1 spot in Box Office numbers. AVATAR: Total US Gross:     $551,741,499 International Gross:     $1,288,000,000 Worldwide Gross:     $1,839,741,499 TITANIC: Total US Gross      $600,788,188 International Gross     $1,242,091,767 Worldwide Gross [...]

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A Word of Advice If You’re Going to See AVATAR

January 15, 2010

Even though it’s obvious, Avatar is still cranking out box office numbers.  That’s if you can consider $1.35 BILLION worldwide!  It’s still sitting behind the movie Titanic, but probably not for long.   It’s still not apples to apples though with the higher price tag via inflation and much higher price tag on 3D screenings, but [...]

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James Cameron Wants to Tweet To The Past

December 20, 2009

Cinema Static’s Theory Extrapolation with James Cameron: Here’s one that goes right up there with James Earl Jones doing Darth Vader for chump change:  James Cameron said that if he could Tweet one message to the past to himself, he would say “Don’t Sell!” You’re probably asking me, don’t sell what? It seems that for [...]

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