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Kyle Ward Hired Write For Hitman 2

Kevin Lee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:14:44 +0000

The sequel to the film adaptation of Hitman is in production, according to a new report by movie site IESB.

Writer Kyle Ward, also attached to the Kane & Lynch adaptation, is handling the script for Hitman 2. Producers Adrian Askarieh, Daniel Alter and Chuck Gordon will return to work on the project.

The original Hitman movie, released in 2007, starred Deadwood veteran Timothy Olyphant in the role as Agent 45 himself. Despite dismal reviews, the film eventually raked in $99.9 million at the box office.

Wolverine Claws Up $87M In The Box Office

Kevin Lee — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:05:48 +0000

Beside being leaked on the internet a couple of weeks ago, it seems that it didn’t stop the beast from unleashing in the box office this weekend.

According to USA Today, the fourth movie in the X-Men franchise, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, took in an estimated $87 million in the box office since its release on friday, which, in short, means that the movie surpassed the studios expectations of $70 million – but, sadly, it still didn’t meet the standards set by Iron Man last year ($98.6 million).

“We sweated this one out,” says Chris Aronson, senior vice president of distributor 20th Century Fox. “But the exit polls are terrific, with nearly half the audience saying it’s better than they had expected. It really comes back to Hugh (Jackman). I think audiences have a tremendous appetite for both Hugh and his character, Wolverine, that he really created.”

Iron Man King Of the Box Office

Kemuel Stewart — Mon, 05 May 2008 05:54:41 +0000

And what Hollywood? "The reason why ticket sales are down is because of video games", my butt! According to the Box Office charts, Grand Theft Auto IV is not the only thing that is making the fans go crazy. Today, we got news that Iron Man has made over $100.8 Million in ticket sales, or in other words, alot of money. So maybe next time they should point fingers at the crappy movies for ticket sales going down.

In The Box Office: Prom Night Scares Competition

Kemuel Stewart — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:36:45 +0000

This week in the box office the teen horror remake Prom Night , took first place in the box office. Taking out the competition with an amazing $22.7 million ticket sold. Personally i’m not in shock that Prom Night sold that much tickets, the plot was really something that people wanted to go see and most teens are most teens going crazy for this movie.

O yeah, Street Kings sold $12 million, Smart People $4.2 million, 21 sold $11 million, Superhero Movie sold $3.1 million and Drillbit Taylor came in last with $2.1 million. Theres the ticket are the ticket sales from Box Office Mojo :

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	N	Prom Night (2008)	SGem	$22,700,000	-	2,700	-	$8,407	$22,700,000	-	1
2	N	Street Kings	FoxS	$12,000,000	-	2,467	-	$4,864	$12,000,000	-	1
3	1	21	Sony	$11,000,000	-28.3%	2,736	+83	$4,020	$62,268,000	$35	3
4	2	Nim’s Island	Fox	$9,000,000	-31.9%	3,518	+5	$2,558	$25,280,000	$37	2
5	3	Leatherheads	Uni.	$6,207,000	-51.1%	2,771	+2	$2,239	$21,907,000	$58	2
6	4	Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!	Fox	$6,000,000	-34.2%	3,209	-362	$1,869	$139,628,000	$85	5
7	N	Smart People	Mira.	$4,200,000	-	1,106	-	$3,797	$4,200,000	-	1
8	5	The Ruins	P/DW	$3,250,000	-59.4%	2,814	+2	$1,154	$13,413,000	-	2
9	6	Superhero Movie	MGM/W	$3,114,000	-42.5%	2,526	-439	$1,232	$21,202,000	-	3
10	8	Drillbit Taylor	Par.	$2,070,000	-39.2%	2,205	-502	$938	$28,461,000	-	4
11	7	Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns	LGF	$1,570,000	-54.1%	1,170	-384	$1,341	$40,113,000	-	4
12	10	10,000 B.C.	WB	$1,510,000	-46.0%	1,550	-785	$974	$91,785,000	$105	6