This is another edition of Short Starts, where we present a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. Armie Hammer, who stars in the title role of Disney’s The Lone Ranger, has not been in many films. His first leading role was playing televangelist Billy Graham in the religious, indie biopic Billy: The Early Years, but it’s only since his memorable turn as both Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (aka “the Winklevii”) in 2010′s The Social Network that he’s become a major Hollywood player. It might have been earlier had the George Miller Justice League movie happened, but the casting of Hammer as Batman was not meant to be. Instead, in addition to the double duty as Mark Zuckerberg’s legal adversaries, he’s played prominent supporting characters in J. Edgar and Mirror Mirror and a deleted minor part in Hall Pass. Hammer...
- 6/30/2013
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Orlando -- Ay, "Chihuahua!"
Disney's "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" was top dog in the domestic boxoffice for a second straight weekend, making a mutt out of the pre-frame favorite for No. 1 -- Warner Bros.' star-studded Middle East thriller "Body of Lies."
"Chihuahua" fetched an estimated $17.5 million this session, as a miniature weekend-over-weekend drop of just 40% groomed a 10-day cumulative boxoffice of $52.5 million. "Lies" truly underperformed expectations with a shocking $13.1 million bow good only for a third-place showing.
Sony Screen Gem's horror thriller "Quarantine" scared up a healthy $14.2 million to open in second place, while Universal's pigskin pic "The Express" registered a disappointing $4.7 million in a sixth-place debut. And the Fox-distributed family fantasy "City of Ember" crashed and burned over its first frame with only $3.2 million in 10th place.
Warners execs blamed the prevailing dour mood of the country for moviegoers' rejecting the dark subject matter of "Lies," a Ridley Scott...
Disney's "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" was top dog in the domestic boxoffice for a second straight weekend, making a mutt out of the pre-frame favorite for No. 1 -- Warner Bros.' star-studded Middle East thriller "Body of Lies."
"Chihuahua" fetched an estimated $17.5 million this session, as a miniature weekend-over-weekend drop of just 40% groomed a 10-day cumulative boxoffice of $52.5 million. "Lies" truly underperformed expectations with a shocking $13.1 million bow good only for a third-place showing.
Sony Screen Gem's horror thriller "Quarantine" scared up a healthy $14.2 million to open in second place, while Universal's pigskin pic "The Express" registered a disappointing $4.7 million in a sixth-place debut. And the Fox-distributed family fantasy "City of Ember" crashed and burned over its first frame with only $3.2 million in 10th place.
Warners execs blamed the prevailing dour mood of the country for moviegoers' rejecting the dark subject matter of "Lies," a Ridley Scott...
- 10/12/2008
- by By Carl DiOrio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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