Angels & Demons
June 8, 2009
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Pixar’s Up managed to squeeze out another box office win this weekend with $44.2 million. The Hangover trailed by just a tad, raking in $43.3 million.
Here are the complete box office numbers for the weekend of June 5-7:
1. Up: $44.244 million
2. The Hangover: $43.275 million
3. Land of the Lost: $19.524 million
4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: $14.65 million
5. Star Trek: $8.4 million
6. Terminator Salvation: $8.175 million
7. Drag Me to Hell: $7.342 million
8. Angels & Demons: $6.5 million
9. My Life in Ruins: $3.2 million
10. Dance Flick: $2 million
May 18, 2009
Star Trek is still going strong, finishing with $43 million in their second week. The movie has gotten mixed reviews, and fell short of matching its predecessor, The Da Vinci Code, which banked $77 million its 2006 opening.
Here are the top ten movies from the May 15-17 weekend:
Angels and Demons: $48 million
Star Trek: $43 million
X-Men Origins: Wolverine: $14.8 million
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: $6.8 million Obsessed: $4.5 million
17 Again: $3.4 million
Monsters vs. Aliens: $3million
The Soloist: $2.4 million
Next Day Air: $2.3 million
Earth: $1.6 million
March 27, 2009
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The film, based on the novel by Dan Brown is set to open in theaters worldwide on May 15th. And the official Vatican newspaper Avvenire says in its latest edition that the church “cannot apprive” of the film.
In addition, Italian newspaper La Stampa reports that the Vatican will soon be calling on all Catholics to boycott the movie. That’s a large order! But in the same article, Archbishop Velasio De Paolis says he worries that calling for a boycott will draw more attention to the film.
The reason the Vatican is so upset is because the movie portrays Hanks’ character on a mission to save the Vatican from being destroyed by a canister of anti-matter.
This isn’t the first time Hanks has upset the Church with this film. Last summer, the Vatican banned the filmmakers from entering the Holy See or any church in Rome. A key scene set inside the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria had to be filmed on a soundstage.
The Catholic Church was also infuriated by The Da Vinci Code, which suggested that Jesus may have been secretly married to Mary Magdalene. However, their disapproval had little effect on box office takings and The Da Vinci Code went on to gross $757 million worldwide.
We’ll have to see if the Vatican will go through with the boycott. But we think it’ll have little effect on the film. We’re so excited to see the prequel! Whether you’re offended or not as a Catholic, you have to admit that it’s an enthralling subject matter.
November 4, 2008
When a murder of a physicist, Leonardo Vetra, finds a symbolist, Robert Langdon, and Mr. Vetra's daughter, Vittoria, on an adventure for a secret brotherhood, The Illuminati. Clues lead them all around the Vatican, including the four alters of science, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. An Assassin working for the Illuminati, have captured four cardinals, and murders each, painfully. Robert and Vittoria also are searching for a new very destructive weapon that could kill millions. (Plot outline courtesy of IMDb.com)
Angels & Demons is due out in May 2009.
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