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Next month will see the US theatrical release of the remake of RoboCop. The original film had an estimated budget of $13 million dollars that went on to gross some $53 million in the US alone. If one movie from the 80s defined the term 'sleeper hit', it was Paul Verhoeven's strange and violent film.Dutchman Verhoeven had graduated from a series of critically acclaimed works in his home country to a controversial and not particularly well-received Hollywood debut Flesh & Blood - and so not mu ........

Yash Raj Films' "Dhoom 3" continues to have a strong hold at the box office, despite the presence of new releases. The screen count of the film has gone down drastically as it enters its fourth week but the film continues to rake in the moolah.The Aamir Khan starrer has raked in ₹277.73 crore in three weeks from the domestic box office and $25.78 million [₹159.74 crore] from the overseas markets, according to trade analyst Taran Adrash. The worldwide nett total of the film stands at ₹437.4 ........

Walt Disney's 3-D computer-animated musical "Frozen" hit the second place in five-day and three-day box office with 93.4 million dollars and 66.7 million dollars. It scored the top Thanksgiving debut of all time eclipsing the 80.1 million dollars five-day gross of Pixar's "Toy Story 2" in 1999."Frozen" was written by Jennifer Lee based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Snow Queen." Lee also directed the film with Chris Buck.The 3-D animation earned a 84 percent positive rating from ........

While the big story at the weekend box office was the success of Malcolm Lee's ensemble comedy sequel The Best Man Holiday, released by Universal Pictures, it wasn't able to dethrone last week's #1 movie, Thor: The Dark World, starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins and Christopher Eccleston.The hit superhero sequel dropped 55% to remain on top with $38.4 million, its domestic total of $147 million already at 81% of the total gross of the original Thor after ju ........

With Krrish 3, Rakesh Roshan is taking forward his sci-fi superhero franchise with son Hrithik Roshan in the lead. But will this mega budget film live up to expectations. Will it become the highest grossing film of this year? We find out…. Director Rakesh Roshan’s Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish set the cash registers ringing. Now the successful director is back with Krrish 3, the third installment of his superhero series – this one stars Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Kangna Ranaut and Vivek O ........

Most of us know Morgan Spurlock as the star and director of “Super-Size Me,” in which he first-handedly explored the perils of the largest fast food chain in the world – McDonalds. Here he is nine years later, directing a movie that follows a British-Irish boy band and their journey to stardom.  “One Direction: This Is Us” attempts to capture the hearts of millions of fans around the world by providing a closer look into the lives of Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Liam Pay ........

Hugh Jackman's latest incarnation as The Wolverine has topped the US box office with $55m (£35m) in ticket sales, according to studio estimates.   The film earned another $86m (£55m) overseas, which means it has made more than the $120m it cost to make in its opening weekend.   It is the sixth film in the X-Men franchise -which has now made $1.9bn ( £1.2bn) worldwide.   The Wolverine is set in Japan and features an international cast.   Chris Aronson, Fox's head of domestic distri ........

Warner Bros's Superman reboot, Man of Steel, enjoys the biggest June opening ever seen in the US. Man of Steel, Warner Bros’s big-budget reboot of the Superman franchise, broke US box office records when it opened this  weekend. The film, which stars British actor Henry Cavill and cost around $225 million to make, took $113.1 million  this weekend, giving it the biggest June opening in US history, a record set in 2012 by Toy Story 3, which took $110.3  million.   Man of Steel earned ........

During the summer blockbuster season it seems like every movie gets the 3D treatment, whether it deserves it or not. Sure,  you can argue that the visual spectacle of Iron Man 3 or Star Trek Into Darkness earned the right to charge more for  a 3D ticket. The Great Gatsby, on the other hand, might have been a bit of a stretch. And Fast 6, I’d argue, could have  used the extra 3D kick. At least that screenings in IMAX, where available.    The next 3D feature we have this season, though ........

Action movie "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" won the weekend box office battle in the United States and Canada, fighting off  competition from cartoon cavemen, a Tyler Perry drama, and an alien-possessed heroine trying to save the human race. "G.I. Joe," a sequel starring Channing Tatum, Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis, secured $41.2 million in domestic ticket  sales from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates.   Last week's winner, animated prehistoric adventure "The Croods," slip ........