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segunda-feira, 28 de março de 2016

Batman v Superman takes $424m at global box office

Henry Cavill
The global total - the fourth-highest ever - included $170.1m in the United States, a record for a March debut and the sixth-highest US opening weekend.

Dawn of Justice took £15.5m in the UK - also a record for March.

The film bringing the two superheroes together for the first time is a welcome success for Warner Bros.

The studio has been hit by a series of expensive failures such as Jupiter Ascending and Pan in recent months.

The DC Comics adaptation, which cost more than $250m to make, was Warner Bros' second-highest international opening after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

The BBC's Mark Kermode described it as a "crushing disappointment", while Kate Muir wrote in The Times: "This superhero-smorgasbord melts into an electric soup of CGI."

Jeff Goldstein, head of distribution for Warner Bros, said: "There was a disconnect there between what critics wrote and the fan interest and the fan response."

The film had been widely praised by fans after its first screening in New York in mid-March, but received less glowing reviews from critics.

Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for comScore, said: "It proves that the concept is bigger than negative reviews. There was no way that if you're a comic book fan or just a movie fan that you're going to miss out on a match-up of such iconic characters. Audiences have to see the movie for themselves.''

Dawn of Justice opened on more than 40,000 screens in 66 markets, including 16,000 in China, 4,242 in the US, 1,701 in the UK and 1,696 in South Korea.

"It's the fans that speak the loudest," said Jeff Bock, a box office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. "It proves how strong these characters are."

The Zack Snyder-directed film, starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavil, is the first of 10 DC Comics adaptations planned by Warner Bros over the next five years, including Wonder Woman and the Flash.

The first, Suicide Squad, will hit the big screen in August.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens still holds the record for the biggest box office debut weekend globally, with ticket sales of $529m (£355m) in December, including $248m in the US.

Last weekend's top film, the animal animation Zootopia - known in the UK as Zootropolis - was pushed into second place by Batman v Superman, taking $23.1m (£16.3m) in the US.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, starring and written by Nia Vardalos, who was behind the first, hugely successful film, came in third place with a respectable $18.1m (£12.7m).

But teen sci-fi film The Divergent Series: Allegiant fell 67% in its second weekend with just $9.5m (£6.7m), tying with faith-based drama Miracles from Heaven.

Drone thriller Eye in the Sky, whose cast includes Helen Mirren and the late Alan Rickman, took $1m (£705,000) in its third week, while Hank Williams drama I Saw the Light, starring Tom Hiddleston, took $50,464 (£35,599) on just five screens.

Source: BBC

quarta-feira, 2 de março de 2016

4 movies to watch in March

Midnight Special (Credit: Credit: Atlaspix / Alamy Stock Photo)
Midnight Special
The ubiquitous Michael Shannon stars as a father on the run with his uncommonly gifted eight-year-old son, aided by a sidekick (Joel Edgerton) and ex-wife (Kirsten Dunst). Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, the film's car-chase plots morphs into a work of supernatural sci-fi with a large debt to Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. While the film generated some buzz at the Berlin Film Festival, some critics were less impressed: BBC Culture's Nicholas Barber described it as "a conventional sci-fi with some very obvious antecedents", while The Guardian's Benjamin Lee called it "disappointingly lifeless". Released 16 March in France and 18 March in Brazil and the US. (Credit: Atlaspix / Alamy Stock Photo)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Credit: Credit:  Atlaspix / Alamy Stock Photo)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Watchmen and 300 director Zach Snyder returns with the follow-up to Man of Steel (2013). Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill square off as the caped crusaders in the first live-action film to feature both characters on screen - as well as other DC Comics favourites, including Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) and The Flash. Support comes from a heavyweight cast (Amy Adams, Holly Hunter, Laurence Fishburne, Diane Lane), with villainous duties discharged by Jesse Eisenberg (Lex Luthor) and Michael Shannon (General Zod). Released 23 March in Spain, 24 March in Australia and 25 March in Japan. (Credit: Atlaspix / Alamy Stock Photo)
The Program (Credit: Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)
The Program
After two acclaimed documentaries on the subject (Alex Gibney's The Armstrong Lie and Alex Holmes' Stop at Nothing), the story of the incredible rise and spectacular fall of Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong gets a feature-film treatment. Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) directs, with Ben Foster as the cyclist and Chris O'Dowd as the Sunday Times journalist David Walsh, who is intent on revealing the extent of doping in the sport. The Guardian's Catherine Shoard called The Program "a fluid, nippy telling of a tale that still seems strangely urgent", while Time Out's Dave Calhoun was full of praise: "Foster does great work with rich ingredients, making the most of every eerie smirk and glance". Released 2 March in the Philippines and 18 March in the US. (Credit: Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)
Truth (Credit: Credit: Sony Pictures Classics)
Truth
The directorial debut of James Vanderbilt (the writer of Zodiac), Truth is adapted from the memoir of a former CBS 60 Minutes producer, Mary Mapes. After broadcasting a controversial programme investigating George W Bush's military record, Mapes and a team of journalists come under intense scrutiny, and in the resulting firestorm both Mapes and the 60 Minutes anchor - and TV news legend - Dan Rather (Robert Redford) lose their jobs. As Mapes, Cate Blanchett impressed the critics - Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said "Blanchett's journey from the top to the bottom is spellbinding", but overall, critics have been less effusive. The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy called it a "crackerjack journalism yarn", while Entertainment Weekly's Chris Nashawaty was unimpressed: "For a movie about the importance of objectivity, Truth feels like a biased and sanctimonious op-ed column." Released 10 March in Singapore, 17 March in Italy and 24 March in Greece. (Credit: Sony Pictures Classics)

Source: BBC