'The Martian' with Matt Damon: Box office record? 'The Martian' fights 'Gravity' for October box office record; actual winner, however, is an Earthbound comedy Released by 20th Century Fox, Ridley Scott's extremely well-received The Martian, starring Matt Damon in the title role as a U.S. astronaut fighting for his life after being left behind all alone on Mars, opened with an estimated $18 million on Friday, Sept. 30, '15, at 3,831 North American theaters, about two thirds of which in 3D. Bear in mind that the Friday estimate includes $2.5 million from Thursday evening and midnight screenings. Directed by eventual Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón, Warner Bros.' Gravity, another extremely well-received space movie about a pioneering American fearlessly kicking death's ass while stranded in a – literally – alien realm, collected $17.48 million over the same weekend back in 2013. Sandra Bullock starred as the lost-in-space astronaut and middle-American Mom struggling to...
- 10/4/2015
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Wide The Martian Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Peña, Aksel Hennie, Sebastian Stan, Kristen Wiig, Sean Bean, Donald Glover, Mackenzie Davis, Naomi Scott, Lili Bordan, Gruffudd Glyn Synopsis: "During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive." Criticwire Grade Average: A- (20 reviews) The Walk Director: Robert Zemeckis Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Schwartz, James Badge Dale, Steve Valentine, Mark Camacho, Sergio Di Zio, Clément Sibony, Kwasi Songui, Melantha Blackthorne, Benedict Samuel, Jason Blicker, Larry Day, Karl Graboshas Synopsis: "As a...
- 10/2/2015
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
'The Martian' movie: Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars. 'The Martian' movie review: Ridley Scott still has 'greatness left in him' The Martian is the story of a man in trouble and in desperate need of saving. Brilliant and resourceful, he must marshal all of his creative powers to solve a series of difficult problems or all is lost. That man is Ridley Scott. The Oscar-nominated British director has been mired in a late-career slump after a run of middling films that only served to dent his legacy, namely The Counselor, Prometheus, and Exodus: Gods and Kings. Scott, at the Omg age of 77, can still put together a movie, but fans have been wondering if he had any greatness left in him. The Martian answers that question with a pleasantly enthusiastic yes. That enthusiasm comes tempered as we wonder if Scott would have approached The Martian in the...
- 9/28/2015
- by Mark Keizer
- Alt Film Guide
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening movie passes up for grabs to the new biography/romantic drama “The Theory of Everything” starring Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking!
“The Theory of Everything,” which opens in Chicago on Nov. 14, 2014 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking along with Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Tom Prior, Simon McBurney, Guy Oliver-Watts, Paul Longley, Gruffudd Glyn, Alice Orr-Ewing and Harry Lloyd from director James Marsh and writer Anthony McCarten based on the novel by Jane Hawking.
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“The Theory of Everything,” which opens in Chicago on Nov. 14, 2014 and is rated “PG-13,” also stars Felicity Jones as Jane Hawking along with Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Tom Prior, Simon McBurney, Guy Oliver-Watts, Paul Longley, Gruffudd Glyn, Alice Orr-Ewing and Harry Lloyd from director James Marsh and writer Anthony McCarten based on the novel by Jane Hawking.
To win your free “The Theory of Everything” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our social media widget below. That’s it! This screening is on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! Completing these social actions...
- 11/6/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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