Despite the “Avengers” series’ guaranteed billions in box office for years to come, writer/director Joss Whedon won’t be returning after this latest entry. One might ask: What filmmaker and certified geek wouldn’t love the chance to helm the ultimate superhero franchise indefinitely, one that sends moviegoers into a delighted, money-burning frenzy? Well, one who prefers art […]
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Marvel Studios, under the direction of Kevin Feige, has discovered the ideal mold with which to make a superhero movie. Sure, things were rough in the beginning: While “Iron Man” was a rousing success, “The Incredible Hulk” and “Thor” were ambitious messes at best, and “Iron Man 2” was a very high-profile black mark on
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“Iron Man 3,” co-written and directed by Shane Black, whose quick-witted 2005 indie “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” likely helped lead Robert Downey Jr. score the title role in this star-reviving series, is two movies in one. More often than not, such a critical observation lends itself to a scathing analysis about how a picture doesn’t
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Hello and welcome back to Box Office Beat, the column in which I predict the upcoming weekend’s box office results. There’s no point in mincing words this time, for there’s only one movie opening in wide release and it’s sure to be a big one. In fact, “Iron Man 3” may gross more this weekend
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Set photos really aren’t my type of thing, but I know that many of you care, so the least I can do is pass along this one — our first glimpse of “Iron Man 3.” Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark appears to be sizing up his arsenal of iron suits in the scene. You can
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Now that The Avengers 2 has been officially green-lit by Disney and Marvel, speculation about the sequel has been rampant on the Internet. But bloggers and fanboys aren’t the only ones talking about the soon-to-be-made film — Avengers director Joss Whedon, who will presumably return for #2, had some thoughts of his own, which he shared at a
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In yesterday’s box office report, I professed how tired I was of using Avengers images to head blog posts, but it’s impossible to avoid today. The team of Marvel superheroes earned another $100 million at the domestic box office this weekend, once again surpassing my personal prediction by a wide margin, and crossed the $1 billion
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Bringing new meaning to the term “Hulk smash!”, The Avengers was once again able to surpass expectations at the box office, not only posting the highest weekend gross of all-time, but doing so with a berth of over $30 million from the former-record holder (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part Two). The movie held up
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As everyone expected, yesterday was an Avengers blowout at the box office. But what few predicted (I didn’t) was that the Marvel Comics adaptation could achieve the biggest opening weekend of all-time. That’s almost certainly going to happen now. With a Friday gross of $80.5 million and a likely first weekend of $180 million–over $10 million
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Kermit The Frog said it ain’t easy being green, but a certain Marvel Comics character would beg to differ. After starring in two standalone films of his own that were praised by critics but elicited tepid responses from audiences (2003’s Hulk, starring Eric Bana, and 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, starring Edward Norton), The Hulk will get
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