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The Reject Report Controls It’s Gamer

The Reject Report Controls It’s Gamer

If you are going to the movies this weekend, there will be less lineups to navigate and more of a chance you’ll get a good seat, far away from other noisy and annoying theater patrons. And maybe you’ll be able to watch Gamer, All About Steve and Extract in relative peace.

By John Cairns on September 4, 2009 | Comments

Box Office: The Final Destination Kills the Competition

Box Office: The Final Destination Kills the Competition

It turned out my premonition about who would finish first at the box office this weekend was pretty accurate, as The Final Destination took the top spot with a haul of $28 million.

By John Cairns on August 31, 2009 | Comments

The Reject Report Heads to The Final Destination

The Reject Report Heads to The Final Destination

Two absolutely frightening movies, both loaded with death, do battle in this weekend’s box office duel to the death: Halloween IIand The Final Destination. Oh, and for you Aquarius-type people there’s Taking Woodstock.

By John Cairns on August 28, 2009 | Comments

Box Office: Tarantino’s ‘Basterds’ Score a Glourious $37 Million

Box Office: Tarantino’s ‘Basterds’ Score a Glourious $37 Million

Not only did Inglourious Basterds win the weekend, but it scored a higher-than-expected $37.6 million! What’s more, this is the best opening for a Tarantino movie ever.

By John Cairns on August 23, 2009 | Comments

The Reject Report Gets Inglourious

The Reject Report Gets Inglourious

Welcome to what is sure to be a very Inglourious weekend at the movie theaters this weekend, as Quentin Tarantino’s much-anticipated Inglourious Basterds comes out seeking box office glory — or is it “gloury?”.

By John Cairns on August 21, 2009 | Comments

Box Office: District 9 Wins With $37 Million

Box Office: District 9 Wins With $37 Million

I really don’t have too much to say this week at the Reject Report, other than the fact that District 9 cleaned up, as predicted, at the box office, toppling G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra.

By John Cairns on August 16, 2009 | Comments

The Reject Report Enters District 9

The Reject Report Enters District 9

The big question this week concerns the box office fortunes of G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra… which might end up being referred to as the Fall of the Cobra by the end of the weekend.

By John Cairns on August 14, 2009 | Comments

Box Office: G.I. Joe Rises to $56 Million

Box Office: G.I. Joe Rises to $56 Million

I always find it odd when people whine and complain and bash a movie before it appears for months on end, and then suddenly everyone has a big change of heart at the last minute and sees it. Such is G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra.

By John Cairns on August 9, 2009 | Comments

G.I. Joe Brings About The Rise of the Reject Report

G.I. Joe Brings About The Rise of the Reject Report

I have this to say to all you people out there who spent hundreds of millions of dollars on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and claimed you loved the action and effects. All I have to say to you is simply this: see you all at G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

By John Cairns on August 7, 2009 | Comments

Funny People Earns a Less-Than-Funny $23 Million

Funny People Earns a Less-Than-Funny $23 Million

Well, why don’t we just officially come out and say it, now? “Summer season at the movies has been crap!” Okay, maybe it really hasn’t been that bad, but it sure feels that way to some people.

By John Cairns on August 3, 2009 | Comments

The Reject Report Hangs Out With Some Funny People

The Reject Report Hangs Out With Some Funny People

It’s another edition of the Reject Report and we have some big wide releases on tap this weekend, including the family adventure Alone in the Attic and the Judd Apatow laughfest Funny People, starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen.

By John Cairns on July 31, 2009 | Comments

G-Force Downs Harry Potter With $32 Million Weekend

G-Force Downs Harry Potter With $32 Million Weekend

This weekend we had an upset at the box office. G-Force, that Disney movie with the funny animals, took down Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

By John Cairns on July 26, 2009 | Comments

The Reject Report Battles the G-Force

The Reject Report Battles the G-Force

It sure does feel like a down weekend at theaters. What else is there to say? This weekend we are looking at three movies coming out — G-Force, The Ugly Truth and Orphan — and quite simply I don’t know anyone who’s been waiting all summer to see this.

By John Cairns on July 23, 2009 | Comments

Box Office: Harry Potter Waves His Wand, Fills His Coin Purse

Box Office: Harry Potter Waves His Wand, Fills His Coin Purse

The Harry Potter devotees waited a long time for this latest adventure, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, to show up. And when I say they couldn’t wait, I mean they REALLY couldn’t wait.

By John Cairns on July 20, 2009 | Comments

The Reject Report Takes on the Half-Blood Prince

The Reject Report Takes on the Half-Blood Prince

Welcome to another early edition of the Reject Report and this week we try and figure out the box office for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. All I gotta say is that trying to figure out the box office keeps on getting tougher and tougher.

By John Cairns on July 15, 2009 | Comments

Box Office: Bruno Wins the Weekend, Opens to $30 million

Box Office: Bruno Wins the Weekend, Opens to $30 million

As expected it was the weekend of Bruno at the box office, as a $14.4 million opening on Friday night powered the Sacha Baron Cohen flick to a first place finish at $30 million.

By John Cairns on July 12, 2009 | Comments

Reject Report: Brüno Set to Invade Theaters

Reject Report: Brüno Set to Invade Theaters

Welcome to another edition of the Reject Report, and yes, this is the weekend we have all been waiting for — or more likely, dreading: the weekend of Brüno.

By John Cairns on July 10, 2009 | Comments

Transformers 2 Hits $300 Million, Faces Big Wizard Battle

Transformers 2 Hits $300 Million, Faces Big Wizard Battle

The year 2009 finally has its first $300 million dollar domestic grosser in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the movie that continues to defy critical rebuking and hit big with audiences.

By Neil Miller on July 8, 2009 | Comments

The Reject Report: Weekend Box Office Too Close to Call

The Reject Report: Weekend Box Office Too Close to Call

Welcome to yet another photo finish weekend at the Reject Report, and just like a few weeks back when The Hangover clipped Up at the wire to win, we don’t know yet who ended up on top.

By John Cairns on July 5, 2009 | Comments

The Reject Report Enters Another Ice Age

The Reject Report Enters Another Ice Age

Well, I’ve just dug my way out of all the hate mail that came my way after the last Reject Report, in time to preview Public Enemiies and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

By John Cairns on July 2, 2009 | Comments