Ben Kingsley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Mark Ruffalo on the set of Shutter Island (top); America Ferrera, Lance Gross in Our Family Wedding (bottom) Weekend Box Office: Alice In Wonderland Rules; Green Zone, Remember Me Disappoint Right behind Remember Me, Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, was #5 with $8.3 million. To date, the dark thriller has grossed $108 million. New entry Our Family Wedding, featuring Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker and America Ferrera, was #6, with $7.6 million at 1,558 screens or $4,735 per screen. James Cameron’s Avatar was #7 with $6.6 million. To date, the sci-fier has grossed $730.3 million. At #8, Antoine Fuqua’s Brooklyn’s Finest earned $4.29 million. Starring Richard Gere, Don [...]...
- 3/14/2010
- by Michelle Hutton
- Alt Film Guide
Shanghai
Opens: 2010
Cast: John Cusack, Gong Li, Ken Watanabe, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chow Yun-Fat
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Summary: In the months leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an American man arrives in Shanghai to find his friend recently murdered. In investigating his friend's death, he stumbles upon a secret the United States government has been keeping and falls in love in the process.
Analysis: After being granted permission to shoot in the Chinese city, the $10 million production found its permit quickly being revoked by the Government who expressed concerns about the script. The result is Bangkok and the United Kingdom standing in for the real Shanghai which seems kind of against the entire point.
Cusack himself has emphatically endorsed the project in interviews, calling it a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity", but being stuck at the cash-strapped Weinstein Company means that its release plans are unsure beyond a vague promise of a limited bow around Easter.
Opens: 2010
Cast: John Cusack, Gong Li, Ken Watanabe, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chow Yun-Fat
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Summary: In the months leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an American man arrives in Shanghai to find his friend recently murdered. In investigating his friend's death, he stumbles upon a secret the United States government has been keeping and falls in love in the process.
Analysis: After being granted permission to shoot in the Chinese city, the $10 million production found its permit quickly being revoked by the Government who expressed concerns about the script. The result is Bangkok and the United Kingdom standing in for the real Shanghai which seems kind of against the entire point.
Cusack himself has emphatically endorsed the project in interviews, calling it a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity", but being stuck at the cash-strapped Weinstein Company means that its release plans are unsure beyond a vague promise of a limited bow around Easter.
- 1/5/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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