The end of the year is almost here. These are the top 10 highest opening weekends for movies in 2017 so far. Other than Star Wars: The Last Jedi coming in December, this list won't change much.
1. Beauty and the Beast - $174M
2. Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - $146M
3. IT - $123M
4. Thor: Ragnarok - $122M
5. Spiderman: Homecoming - $117M
6. Wonder Woman - $103M
7. Fate of the Furious - $98M
8. Justice League - $93M
9. Logan - $88M
10. Despicable Me 3 - $72M
From the author of YA Fantasy novel "The Girl at the Well"
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Monday, November 20, 2017
Monday, October 30, 2017
How time travel functions in fictional works like Harry Potter and Back to the Future
This is a great video that explains how time travel works in various popular movies, books, and television shows. The video focuses on how it "causally affects the perspective of characters’ timelines." Some of the featured fictional works are Ender's Game, Planet of the Apes, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Primer, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Back to the Future, Groundhog Day, Looper, and the video game “Braid”, and Lifeline.
Friday, October 27, 2017
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Critical and Box Office Responses to the Thor Movies
*** Updated***
A new Thor movie, Thor: Ragnarok hit the theaters on November 3, 2017. Here's a quick look back at the critical and box offices responses to its two predecessors and how it fares in comparison.
Critical Response:
The first Thor movie released in 2011 had a Rotten Tomatoes score of 77% and a Metacritic score of 57 (mixed reviews). On Metacritic the film had 22 positive reviews, 14 mixed reviews, and 4 negative reviews.
The follow up Thor: The Dark World (2013) fared worse with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 66% and a Metacritic score of 54 (mixed reviews). On Metacritic the film had 22 positive reviews, 19 mixed reviews, and 3 negative reviews.
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) is by far the most successful Thor movies critically with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 93% and a Metacritic score of 73 with 44 positive and 4 mixed reviews.
Box Office:
Thor (2011) made $181 million in North America and $268 million outside North America for a worldwide total of $449 million. It was the fifteenth highest grossing film of 2011.
Thor: The Dark World (2013) earned $206 million in North America and $438 million outside North America for a worldwide total of $644 million.
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) earned $122.7 million during its opening weekend.
Thor Official Trailer:
A new Thor movie, Thor: Ragnarok hit the theaters on November 3, 2017. Here's a quick look back at the critical and box offices responses to its two predecessors and how it fares in comparison.
Critical Response:
The first Thor movie released in 2011 had a Rotten Tomatoes score of 77% and a Metacritic score of 57 (mixed reviews). On Metacritic the film had 22 positive reviews, 14 mixed reviews, and 4 negative reviews.
The follow up Thor: The Dark World (2013) fared worse with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 66% and a Metacritic score of 54 (mixed reviews). On Metacritic the film had 22 positive reviews, 19 mixed reviews, and 3 negative reviews.
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) is by far the most successful Thor movies critically with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 93% and a Metacritic score of 73 with 44 positive and 4 mixed reviews.
Box Office:
Thor (2011) made $181 million in North America and $268 million outside North America for a worldwide total of $449 million. It was the fifteenth highest grossing film of 2011.
Thor: The Dark World (2013) earned $206 million in North America and $438 million outside North America for a worldwide total of $644 million.
Thor: Ragnarok (2017) earned $122.7 million during its opening weekend.
Thor Official Trailer:
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