'Super 8' Tops Box Office: Which Blockbuster Will Rule the Summer?
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2011/06/13 14:09:20
SLIDESHOW: Which Blockbuster Will Rule the Summer?
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'Super 8'
The J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg sci-fi flick topped the box office this weekend with $37 million, edging out "X-Men: First Class."
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'Super 8'
The J.J. Abrams/Steven Spielberg sci-fi flick topped the box office this weekend with $37 million, edging out "X-Men: First Class."
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"The Hangover Part II"
The biggest movie of the summer so far is not your traditional blockbuster -- it's a dude flick. "The Hangover Part II" has grossed a whopping $216.5 million domestically.
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'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'
The fourth "Pirates" is the second-highest grossing movie of the season so far with $208,774,000, despite lukewarm reviews.
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'Fast Five'
The fifth movie in the action series is the third-highest grossing film of the season so far with $205,081,000 (welcome back, Vin Diesel).
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'X-Men: First Class'
The latest "X-Men" has rung in $98.8 million since its June 3 opening, thanks in part to impressive reviews.
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'Green Lantern'
Can Ryan Reynolds carry his own comic book movie? We'll find out when "Green Lantern" opens on Friday.
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'Transformers 3'
Shia LaBeouf is back on June 29 with "Dark of the Moon" -- but will the flick be a hit without Megan Fox?
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'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2'
The final "Potter" movie hits theaters on July 15 -- expect "kids" who grew up with the boy wizard to turn out in droves.
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'Captain America: The First Avenger'
Can Chris Evans' comic book flick top Ryan Reynolds' "Green Lantern"? We'll find out on July 22.
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'Cowboys and Aliens'
The sci-fi Western from "Iron Man 2" director Jon Favreau and producer Steven Spielberg stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. How could it not be a hit? Opens July 29.
'Super 8' Tops Box Office: Which Blockbuster Will Rule the Summer?
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Maybe it's just us, but we were really disappointed by "Super 8."
We thought it would be somewhere between J.J. Abrams' "Fringe" and Steven Spielberg's "E.T.," which is more or less what it was, minus the intellectual challenge of the former and the emotion of the latter.
In other words, if you're over 12 years old, this movie probably didn't thrill you, unless you got a kick out of the late '70s nostalgia.
Nevertheless, the flick, which we'll categorize as sci-fi lite, topped the box office this weekend with $37 million, toppling "X-Men: First Class," which has rung in $98.8 million so far.
That said, the biggest movie of the summer so far is not your traditional blockbuster -- it's a dude flick. "The Hangover Part II" is the highest-grossing film of 2011 to date, earning $216.5 million domestically.
But with huge new movies like "Green Lantern" and "Harry Potter" still to come, click through our slideshow and let us know: Which blockbuster will rule the summer of 2011?
We thought it would be somewhere between J.J. Abrams' "Fringe" and Steven Spielberg's "E.T.," which is more or less what it was, minus the intellectual challenge of the former and the emotion of the latter.
In other words, if you're over 12 years old, this movie probably didn't thrill you, unless you got a kick out of the late '70s nostalgia.
Nevertheless, the flick, which we'll categorize as sci-fi lite, topped the box office this weekend with $37 million, toppling "X-Men: First Class," which has rung in $98.8 million so far.
That said, the biggest movie of the summer so far is not your traditional blockbuster -- it's a dude flick. "The Hangover Part II" is the highest-grossing film of 2011 to date, earning $216.5 million domestically.
But with huge new movies like "Green Lantern" and "Harry Potter" still to come, click through our slideshow and let us know: Which blockbuster will rule the summer of 2011?
Read More: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1665627/super-8-b...
Top Opinion
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Toodleloo SodaHead 2011/06/14 04:57:32
Looks like at least two or three good movies this summer.
http://www.reviewmoviestoday....
and about Harry Potter I think they just try to get money
Pirates has the flaw of missing the early cast, which drew a lot of fans in, X-Men might have lost a few fans due to Last Stand (not the best by a long shot), Green Lantern looked mildly tacky on the trailers, and is only really going to attract the Marvel fans, like the other such movies
I haven't seen the first hangover, and in all honesty it looks really bad (not my type of movie at the very least), let alone the second, and I've never seen Transformers, but the audience seems limited, and I haven't heard of the rest of the movies on there.
So, probably HP.
Wasn't that impressed with fast 5 because it's pretty much a rip off of other movies even if it was an ok movie.
Hangover 2 was funny but I thought the first one was a lot funnier.
Heard good things about X-men and I want to see Pirates and Cowboys but frankly I don't want to see super 8 or Transformers 3.
Don't really care about GL or CA either... Upset mainly at the fact that they got the wrong lantern in the movie; I wanted THIS one>>
NOT this one>>
I'm going to watch Super 8 with my little brother this Friday... I'll judge it for myself.
Here's my list.
1.Transformers 3
2. Harry Potter Part 2
3. Green Lantern
4. Captain America
5. The Hang Over Part II
6. Pirates Of The Caribbean: Stranger Tides
7. Fast Five
8. X-Men: First Class
9. Super 8
10. Cowboys and Aliens
May be wrong about Cowboys and Aliens being at the bottom but it just seems that Relatively Films can't make a box office hit.