Sony's Elysium starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Magner Moura, William Fichtner and Diego Luna, grossed $1.6 million from Thursday night screenings, reports Variety. That's not exactly an impressive number, but at least better than the studios' After Earth sci-fi flick starring pop and son Will and Jade Smith. That's also better than Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion starring Tom Cruise which made $1.1 million from its late night screenings. Elysium from District 9 director Neill Blomkamp should pull in north of $30 million this weekend, from a $115 million production budget. We'll keep you posted on Friday and weekend grosses as they come along.
- 8/9/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Hollywoodnews.com: This weekend, two ‘80s themed projects duke it out at the box office: Sony’s re-boot of “The Karate Kid” and Fox’s long-awaited big screen adaptation of Stephen J. Cannell’s NBC action show “The A-Team.”
The Karate Kid
At this point in time, Ralph Macchio is nearing 50 – so it would be ridiculous for Sony to make a sequel. While the first two “Karate Kid” films in the ‘80s were hits, the franchise was soon paralyzed by sequelitis.
In this new millennium re-boot, wafting with hip-hop and mainland China themes, 12 year old Dre Parker (Jade Smith) is uprooted from his Detroit homebase by his mother’s career (Taraji P. Henson). Dre falls for Mei Ying, much to the consternation of the class baddie, Cheng, who attacks the American with a few karate chops. Dre soon meets Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), a master of kung-fu, who matures the boy through marital arts.
The Karate Kid
At this point in time, Ralph Macchio is nearing 50 – so it would be ridiculous for Sony to make a sequel. While the first two “Karate Kid” films in the ‘80s were hits, the franchise was soon paralyzed by sequelitis.
In this new millennium re-boot, wafting with hip-hop and mainland China themes, 12 year old Dre Parker (Jade Smith) is uprooted from his Detroit homebase by his mother’s career (Taraji P. Henson). Dre falls for Mei Ying, much to the consternation of the class baddie, Cheng, who attacks the American with a few karate chops. Dre soon meets Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), a master of kung-fu, who matures the boy through marital arts.
- 6/12/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Check out awesome new 'Karate Kid' trailer. Yahoo! Movies has just debuted a brand new trailer for the upcoming remake "The Karate Kid", which is scheduled to arrive in theaters nation-wide on June 11th. This marks the second trailer for the film starring Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson.
You can check out the brand new trailer inside. In "The Karate Kid", 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jade Smith) could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feeling make an enemy of the classy bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only little karate, and Cheng puts 'the karate kid' on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land,...
You can check out the brand new trailer inside. In "The Karate Kid", 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jade Smith) could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's (Taraji P. Henson) latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying - and the feeling is mutual - but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feeling make an enemy of the classy bully, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only little karate, and Cheng puts 'the karate kid' on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land,...
- 2/24/2010
- Reel Empire
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