This October, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson bring Tintin to the big screen in 3D!
The Adventures Of Tintin: Secret Of The Unicorn, which has a similar mass audience appeal to that of Harry Potter and Indiana Jones, follows Tintin (played by Jamie Bell) and his friends as they discover directions to a sunken ship commanded by Captain Haddock’s (played by Andy Serkis) ancestor and go off on a treasure hunt.
Brands including Audi, Anchor and LG are investing in significant cinema activity around the final Harry Potter film, which opens next month. Advertising slots in the first weekend of the much anticipated final in the franchise are already booked up and spots have been snapped up faster than for all the previous films as brands [...]
The summer has officially begun with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides arriving on UK shores last Wednesday. Its five-day gross is an impressive £11.6m. Excluding previews (£8.6m), Pirates has had the biggest 3-day opening weekend of 2011 to date.
Pirates has pushed the weekend top 15 up to £15.2m, more than doubling the same weekend last year when Prince of Persia opened. Other new openers over the weekend included Jason Statham’s Blitz, with an opening gross of £266K. Limited releases also came from Win Win starring Paul Giamatti (£155K), the cricket documentary Fire in Babylon (107K) and Spanish horror Julia’s Eyes (£49K).
Going to the cinema is still looking to be an extremely popular pastime this February as last weekend’s takings for the top 15 titles beat the same weekend last year by 14%. Disney’s Tangled remains at the top spot with its Box Office takings to date at £11.3m, surpassing The Princess & The Frog’s £11.1m final gross.
Following in second place is The King’s Speech, holding strong once again and fast approaching Slumdog Millionaire’s £31.7m. David O. Russell’s The Fighter packed a punch with a debut gross of £2.1m including previews. A personal best for the director.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides captures the fun, adventure and humour that ignited the hit franchise – this time in Disney Digital 3D.
In this action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is back, this time in hot pursuit of the Fountain of Youth. But the stakes are higher this time around with a mysterious woman from his past (Penelope Cruz) and the vicious pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane) lurking out there in the Caribbean waters.
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