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  • Cruise set to show off his singing skills again

    Cruise set to show off his singing skills again

    MUMBAI: If all goes according to plans,Tom Cruise could again be showing off his singing skills in his next film opposite Beyonce Knowles. The actor is in talks to join the Clint Eastwood-directed film A Star Is Born that has Cruise play a musician who falls in love with Knowles‘ character and helps promote her career as a female artist.

    However, it is still unclear whether Cruise would agree to star in the film since he has a pretty busy schedule. A Star Is Born promises an updated version of a romantic relationship between an alcoholic star on his way out and a young female artist on the rise. The project has actually been developed for sometime, but it fell apart before finally coming back together again earlier in 2011. Eastwood‘s movie, meanwhile, is expected to kick off shooting as soon as June.

    The actor has just begun filming for Joseph Kosinski‘s Horizons that he will follow up with Doug Liman‘s We Mortals Are. Before Cruise, several others like Leonardo DiCaprio, Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Will Smith were approached for the male lead part.

    It is still unclear whether Cruise would agree to star in the film since he has a pretty busy schedule.The actor has just begun filming for Joseph Kosinski‘s Horizons and he will follow it up with Doug Liman‘s We Mortals Are. Eastwood‘s movie, meanwhile, is expected to kick off shooting as soon as June.

  • Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol sets franchise record

    Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol sets franchise record

    MUMBAI: Tom Cruise-starring Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol has earned $571 million at the box office, thereby becoming the the most successful movie franchise in the action series and also outgrossing Mission: Impossible 2‘s $546.4 million globally in the process.

    Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol has passed $200 million in North America and, combined with its strong performance internationally of $369 million through Sunday, has achieved the new feat of being the most successful in the franchise series at the box office.

    On the foreign theatrical circuit, the movie had a total weekend gross of $25 million drawn from 7,837 locations in 63 markets.

    The pictures‘ box office take in China from some 3,000 sites is more than five times the comparable market opening figure compiled by 2006’s Mission: Impossible III, which generated total foreign box office of $263.8 million.

    Paramount vice chairman Rob Moore said, “Brad Bird, Tom Cruise, J.J. Abrams and the entire team who worked on ‘M:I4‘ created an incredibly entertaining film, one that fans worldwide embraced in record numbers.”

  • Devil Inside at No.1 in last weekend

    Devil Inside at No.1 in last weekend

    MUMBAI: The $1 million The Devil Inside roped in $34.5 million clinced the No. 1 position, according to studio estimates. The collections helped propel the first full weekend of 2012 nearly 30 per cent ahead of the same weekend last year.

    The no-name horror film overtook big-name holdovers. About 19 per cent of audiences gave the film an F, according to survey firm CinemaScore.

    According to amalgam site Rottentomatoes.com, only 57 per cent of audiences said they enjoyed the movie, a low score considering that paying audiences rarely score a movie below 60 per cent. On the other hand, only 7 per cent critics gave the picture a thumbs-up.

    Devil supplanted Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol from its two-week perch at No. 1. The Tom Cruise sequel took second place with $20.5 million that lifted its total to $170.2 million.

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows was third with $14.1 million, followed by David Fincher‘s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo with $11.3 million. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked stayed on the top 5 with an intake of $9.5 million. The film has, till yet, done a business of $111.6 million.

  • Tom Cruise film tops in 3rd week too

    Tom Cruise film tops in 3rd week too

    MUMBAI: Paramount‘s Tom Cruise-starrer Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol kept up its reigning spree in the new year after grossing $31.3 million during the three-day New Year‘s weekend for an accumulated domestic total of $134.2 million.

    The studio estimates that Ghost Protocol will earn another $8.7 million on Monday–a national holiday–for a projected domestic total of $142.9 million. Overseas, the film has sailed past the $200 million mark and all in all, the film will likely earn $600 million globally.

    On the other hand, Steven Spielberg‘s War Horse moved up the box office chart to No. 4 after grossing $16.9 million for the three-day weekend and putting the film‘s eight-day intake to $43 million.

    At the specialty box office, the Weinstein Co.‘s Meryl Streep-starrer The Iron Lady bowed to impressive numbers over the three-day weekend grossing $221,752 from four theaters in New York and Los Angeles for a screen average of $55,438.

    Along with Sony Pictures Classics released Iranian film A Separation that debuted to $66,598 from three theaters for a screen average of $22,199.

    Game of Shadows grossed $22.1 million over the three-day weekend for a domestic cume of $132.1 million. The film grossed $18.3 million for a domestic cume of $94.6 million and it is said that the 3D toon should near $100 million on Monday.

    Both Game of Shadows and Sherlock have made up ground after muted openings over the Dec. 16-18 weekend.

  • Tom Cruise film grosses $256.2 mn in 2 weeks

    Tom Cruise film grosses $256.2 mn in 2 weeks

    MUMBAI: After two weeks of its release, Paramount‘s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol has totally grossed $256.2 million that includes $86.2 million domestically and another $170 million internationally at the worldwide box office.

    If trade insiders‘ predictions are right, the film might earn $ 600 million worldwide. Directed by Brad Bird,the film‘s performance is a great victory for Tom Cruise whose star status had been diminished in the US.

    On Tuesday, the film grossed $9.6 million followed by Warner Bros.‘ Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows that grossed $7.3 million at the domestic box office. Overseas, the film has earned $49 million for a global haul of $146.1 million.

    Though Game of Shadows and Fox‘s Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked got off to slow starts, both made up ground with Chipwrecked staying at No. 3 domestically after having grossed $6.8 million. Internationally, the film earned above $35 million.

    Holding at No. 4 was Sony‘s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo grossing $4.6 million on Tuesday for a total $32.5 million.

    Fox‘s Matt Damon-Scarlett Johansson Christmas film We Bought a Zoo continues to lag at No. 6 behind Steven Spielberg‘s 3D family pic The Adventures of Tintin, ranked No. 5. Tintin, that opened on December 21 grossed $4.57 million on Tuesday for a domestic cume of $24.4 million.

  • Mission Impossible rules in 2nd week too

    Mission Impossible rules in 2nd week too

    MUMBAI: Having grossed an estimated $6.4 million for a cume of $32.4 million and worldwide total of $128.4 million, Paramount Studio‘s Tom Cruise starrer Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol continued to be at the top the domestic box office on Thursday.

    The Brad Bird-directed film has earned $96 million internationally since its release last week. The film is expected to post a first-place gross of $40 to $45 million for the Wednesday-Sunday stretch.

    After three weekends of woe at the box office, traffic has picked up this week as Christmas approaches. But the real test will be the week between Christmas and New Year when movie going escalates.

    With Christmas day falling on a Sunday this year, Saturday will be a wash at the multiplex because of Christmas Eve. Christmas itself can be a strong day after presents are opened.

    Commanding the No. 2 position on Thursday was Warner Bros.‘ Sherlock Holmes–A Game of Shadows that grossed $4.8 million for a seven-day domestic cume of $58.8 million.

    After children flocked to see Fox‘s Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, the film moved up the chart to No. 3 grossing $4 million for a seven-day domestic cume of $36.9 million.

    On the other hand, Steven Spielberg‘s 3D family film The Adventures of Tintin came in No. 5 on Thursday at the domestic box office preceded by Sony‘s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo at No. 4 in its second day of full play, grossing $3.3 million for a cume of $8.4 million.

  • Mission Impossible grosses $68.2 million in 1st weekend

    Mission Impossible grosses $68.2 million in 1st weekend

    MUMBAI: The Tom Cruise-starrer Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol grossed an estimated $68.2 million.

    The fourth entry in the action franchise played in 6,079 sites in 36 markets. South Korea led a string of number one debuts on $11.1m from 948 venues over four days, followed by Japan on $9m from 343 over three and Russia on $6.1m from 680.

    Ghost Protocol scored the biggest launch in history on the UAE on $2.4mn from 27 sites. It launched on $5.2m in France from 616 and topped the charts in Australia on $4.2m from 240. The combined Middle Eastern total amounts to $3.5m for the biggest opening weekend for any film in the region.

    DreamWorks Animation‘s Puss In Boots took another giant stride towards the $200m mark as $30.4m through PPI from 6,054 sites propelled the running total to $188.2m. The film opened in Italy on $3.3m from 385, while Germany led holdover business with $4.9m from 693 for $13m.

    In the third weekend in France $3.7m from 1,049 pushed the tally to $19.4m. Puss In Boots stands at $12.2m in Brazil and has reached $10.3m in Mexico after three, $7.7m in Australia and $6.6m in the UK and an excellent $4.7m in Argentina, all after two.

    Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows launched in six markets through Warner Bros Pictures international and generated $14.7m from 2,113 screens. The UK led the way with a $5.8m number one debut from 1,040 followed by Italy on an outstanding $5m number one from 575.

    Fox International reported that Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked launched in 38 markets day-and-date with North America to bring in $14.5m from 3,815 screens. Only six of the markets were top 16 markets and these included $4m from the UK from 756 screens for number two and $1.6m from 1,022 in Mexico for number one. The Spanish debut delivered a $1.5m number two finish from 364.

  • Rahman gets Lifetime Achievement at Dubai Filmfest

    Rahman gets Lifetime Achievement at Dubai Filmfest

    NEW DELHI: Oscar-winning maestro AR Rahman, 45, has won one more Lifetime Achievement Award – this time at the Eighth Dubai International Film Festival.

    Hollywood and Bollywood stars walked the red carpet at the opening of the Festival which will continue till 14 December. The Festival opened with the world premiere of ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol‘. ‘Laptop‘ by Kaushik Ganguly is among the nine Asian films in competition.

    Tom Cruise returned to Dubai after shooting major scenes for the action-thriller in the emirate over 23 days, including stunts on the 828-metre high, 160-floor Burj Khalifa skyscraper, currently the world‘s tallest freestanding structure. He was joined on the red carpet by the film‘s director Brad Bird and his co-stars Paula Patton, Simon Pegg and Anil Kapoor, one of several Bollywood stars attending the festival.

    A “public interactive session” with the director Farhan Akhtar and stars Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra of upcoming Bollywood action-thriller ‘Don 2‘ proved to be a major attraction. Other attractions from India include the world premiere of Maneesh Sharma‘s comedy ‘Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl‘ with stars Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma.

    This film is within the annual “Celebration of Indian Cinema” section which includes a diverse range of Indian films in Bengali, Tamil and Malayalam as well as Hindi. It includes a special two-film tribute to composer AR Rahman.

    The festival will screen 124 feature films, including 11 from India, six from Japan, three from South Korea and two films from both Hong Kong and the Philippines.

    The Muhr AsiaAfrica Competition includes Asian films that have previously competed at this year‘s Cannes Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival and Tokyo International Film Festival.

  • Russel Brand to star in own production

    Russel Brand to star in own production

    MUMBAI: 36-year-old Russell Brand will play a hippie in The President Stole My Girlfriend that he will also produce.

    Acoording to Brand, the film has been inspired by a meeting he had with the Warner Bros studio‘s president. “In this movie, the president steals the girlfriend of a sexy hippie. It was inspired by the night I naively invited Warners president Jeff Robinov for dinner,” Brand said.

    The actor will also be seen in a musical titled Rock of Ages that features actors Tom Cruise and Mary J Blige.

  • Stuart Little boy is now a teenager

    Stuart Little boy is now a teenager

    MUMBAI: He was the cute boy with his blonde hair and antics with his pet mouse in Stuart Little. Now that he has grown up, Jonathan Lipnicki is all geared up for his Hollywood debut.
     
    After 15 years out of the lime-light, the child star is now re-entering Hollywood with a starring role in a new independent film For the Love of Money.”I‘m ready to come back and I‘m ready to work. People are always going to have this image of me as five years old so it‘s my job to work hard, go into the right rooms and blow them away,” Lipnicki said in a statement.
     
    After his early big break, Lipnicki went onto star in other popular family films like Stuart Little and The Little Vampire. But after enjoying fame as a child star Lipnicki made the decision to leave the lime-light and pursue life as a normal teenager.
     
    He went back to school in his home town and graduated with his childhood friends.
     
    The 21-year-old actor, who was first seen on the big screen along with Renee Zellweger and Tom Cruise in the 1996 blockbuster Jerry Maguire, is now set to rival many young Hollywood hot shots, reported Daily Mail online.