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06 November 2009
The man who brought us Ali G, Borat and Bruno – the latter film almost a lock to hold on as one of my 10 favorites of the year – Sacha Baron Cohen has been movin’ on up and grabbed himself a piece of the production pie in the form of Four By Two Films, [...]
06 November 2009
Back in 2003, a big budget movie called SWAT starring Colin Farrell and Samuel L. Jackson was released. Naturally, it was terrible, but it revolved around a SWAT team traveling it an armored car escorting a major drug lord. Armored is an upcoming movie that involves a team of some type, also escorting something, this [...]
05 November 2009
Derrick Borte’s The Joneses has been picked up for U.S. distribution by Roadside Attractions, according to ScreenDaily. The film, which stars Demi Moore, David Duchovny and Amber Heard, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival to modest reviews, but received high marks for its strong cast. The Joneses, Borte’s directorial debut, is a social satire centering around [...]
05 November 2009
In an extremely odd, but not entirely surprising announcement, Variety is reporting that Sony Pictures has bought the film rights to the Hasbro board game Risk. Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir of Hasbro will co-produce the adaptation with Sony Pictures and Will Smith and James Lassiter’s Overbrook Entertainment. With the recent success of the Hasbro-lined Transformers [...]
05 November 2009
It seems like it’s been a long time since writing Danny Boyle’s name and it has been. After the director and his film, Slumdog Millionaire, stormed the Oscars last year, there’s been little to write about without him having chosen another project. Today, the project has been chosen. And we shall all celebrate. Boyle is set [...]
05 November 2009
It appears Johnny Depp (Public Enemies) will replace Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation) in The Tourist. According to “The Hollywood Reporter,” “The thriller remake ‘The Tourist’…has run into another set of hiccoughs, with major players moving around like luggage on a conveyor. Male lead Sam Worthington has fallen off, and Johnny Depp is in negotiations to replace [...]
04 November 2009
Some new names and faces were added to the cast of the Ed Helms-starring comedy, Cedar Rapids, today, in the form of Sigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly and Alia Shawkat. The pic was announced back in July, soon after Helms’ role in the blockbuster comedy, The Hangover. The script was written by Phil Johnston and is [...]
04 November 2009
Director Chuck Russell (The Mask), who previously co-wrote The Blob (1988) and The Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors with Frank Darabont, has lined up a directing gig in the from of an adaptation of the classic stories of “Arabian Nights” and will be bringing his new film to the screen with an additional [...]
04 November 2009
ScreenDaily reports that Robert Pattinson and Nicole Kidman have signed on to star in the UK production, Bel Ami. Renowned UK theatre directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod are co-directing a film for the first time, stepping outside of their acclaimed Cheek By Jowl theater company, considered one of the most influential in the world. Bel [...]
04 November 2009
The man with many defenders (see his latest casting announcement), Gerard Butler, has lined up another project for himself, written by one Bill Shakespeare, titled Coriolanus. The film marks the directorial debut of Ralph Fiennes, who will play the lead character, Roman leader Gaius Marius Coriolanus. Butler will star opposite him as Tullus Aufidius, commander of [...]
Added on 16 December 2009

| # | Title | Weekend Gross | Total Gross | Week # |
| 1 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | $21,300,000 | $32,509,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Paranormal Activity | $16,540,000 | $84,780,000 | 6 |
| 3 | Law Abiding Citizen | $7,303,000 | $51,385,000 | 3 |
| 4 | Couples Retreat | $6,097,000 | $86,663,000 | 4 |
| 5 | Saw VI | $5,560,000 | $22,824,000 | 2 |
| 6 | Where the Wild Things Are | $5,081,000 | $61,800,000 | 3 |
| 7 | The Stepfather | $3,400,000 | $24,748,000 | 3 |
| 8 | Astro Boy | $3,035,000 | $10,891,000 | 2 |
| 9 | Amelia | $3,000,000 | $8,306,000 | 2 |
| 10 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $2,809,000 | $10,521,000 | 2 |
| 11 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $2,700,000 | $118,557,000 | 7 |