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tomatometer:

17% Ride Along

89% Frozen

22% That Awkward Moment

12% The Nut Job

73% Lone Survivor
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32% Labor Day

metacritic:





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‘Ride Along’ Scores Rare Third Straight Win With $12.3 Mil. Wide new entries -- 'That Awkward Moment,' 'Labor Day' -- fall flat with female filmgoers

Continuing its high-flying ride at the domestic box office, Universal’s stalwart holdover “Ride Along” posted its third straight weekend victory, estimating $12.3 million for a Stateside cume of $93 million and counting.

The Super Bowl weekend’s only two wide releases — Focus Features’ “That Awkward Moment” and Paramount’s “Labor Day,” both of which are targeted squarely at female audiences — underperformed, grossing $9 million and $5.3 million, respectively.

Internationally, Disney had another standout weekend with its toon all-star “Frozen,” which grossed an estimated $24 million from 45 territories, representing approximately 90% of the overseas market place.

So far, the film has collected north of $504 million internationally, with $360 million Stateside (pic’s sing-along re-release contributed $2.2 million out of a total estimated $9.3 million this weekend), making “Frozen” the second-highest grossing original toon of all time globally, behind “Finding Nemo.”

Domestic totals managed to stay in line roughly with this time last year, down just 2%, though first-quarter 2013 box office was especially mopey.

As the clear highlight so far this year, “Ride Along’s” third-straight win at the domestic box office matches what only three films total did last year — “The Butler,” “Gravity” and “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” — none of which bowed during the first quarter.

Speaking of “Gravity,” Warner Bros.’ large-screen re-release of the Oscar-nominated 3D epic earned more than half of its $2 million three-day gross in Imax. “Gravity” has cumed nearly $264 million million domestically in over four months.

Weekend Box Office:

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[Angelus Errare]

Whoot whoot, that's the sound of the police!

 

[FullMetalx117]

Congrats to Frozen! Will pass DM2 domestically this week!

 

[Xamdou]

Wow moved up to the #2 slot! Frozen all the way!!!

The sing along version coming soon to theaters will extend Frozen's legs even further!

 

[Draconian]

Wow. This is an amazing box office run for Frozen. I think I'm gonna wait for it to come out on blu-ray, but I'm happy to see Disney doing well.

 

[crimzonflame]

Whoot whoot, that's the sound of the police!

Woop-woop

 

[Kusagari]

Frozen actually made slightly more than last weekend.

It
will
not
die

At least until it makes 400 mill.

 

[Batigol]

Really bothers me that the names are in the wrong order on that Ride Along poster

 

[kazebyaka]

Today, Frozen became 3rd highest grossing movie of 2013. It's worldwide gross is now $864.4M. That's 360M domestic and $504.4M foreign.
It officially passed such movies as Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug and Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
1 billion total is 99.99% guaranteed.

 

[EhoaVash]

weird that this girly movie is making so much bangs for disney in this day and age.

 

[Matt_]

Wow moved up to the #2 slot! Frozen all the way!!!

The sing along version coming soon to theaters will extend Frozen's legs even further!

The sing along version came out this weekend judging by that article.
Increasing in you 10th weekend is absolutely incredible. Will probably get another little bump when it inevitably wins best animated oscar

 

[Son Of D]

What's the US release date for the Frozen Blu Ray? I know it's the 31st of March in the UK, so I'd imagine the US date will be before that. Surprising to see it still doing so well if it's only a month away from DVD/Blu Ray.

 

[Ivan 3414]

Congrats to Ride Along!!!!1

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

What's the US release date for the Frozen Blu Ray? I know it's the 31st of March in the UK, so I'd imagine the US date will be before that. Surprising to see it still doing so well if it's only a month away from DVD/Blu Ray.

March 18th. The 3D version was pulled for whatever reason.

 

[Mpl90]

Frozen can't stop, won't stop. Amazing.

Saving Mr. Banks did good, right? Reading across the web, it sounds like it's a good movie, and I'd like to see it one day (here in Italy, it releases this month).

 

[netguy503]

Wow. This is an amazing box office run for Frozen. I think I'm gonna wait for it to come out on blu-ray, but I'm happy to see Disney doing well.

You shouldn't. There's no planned 3D version and none of you should buy this movie on blu-ray until this gets a 3D release. This movie needs to be seen this way.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

You shouldn't. There's no planned 3D version and none of you should buy this movie on blu-ray until this gets a 3D release. This movie needs to be seen this way.

No 3D version for a 3D movie? What the hell is this BS?

 

[netguy503]

No 3D version for a 3D movie? What the hell is this BS?

You are telling me. If this happened to Tangled....oh boy, the outrage.

 

[googleplex]

So I guess More Ice cube, Kevin Heart duo movies are a lock at this point.

Ride alone making that paper.

 

[Draconian]

You shouldn't. There's no planned 3D version and none of you should buy this movie on blu-ray until this gets a 3D release. This movie needs to be seen this way.

Really? I thought Disney was all over the 3D stuff. Why isn't this getting released in 3D?

 

[Peru]

3D sucks, that's why.

 

[DC R1D3R]

Woop-woop

that's the sounds of the beasts!

 

[M.W.]

Boring weekend.

 

[netguy503]

3D sucks, that's why.

Tell that to Tangled's Lantern scene, and to the scene in this movie where the ice castle is forming.

And Gravity.

 

[davepoobond]

So I guess More Ice cube, Kevin Heart duo movies are a lock at this point.

Ride alone making that paper.

Ride Alone -- what happens when Kevin hart's first day on the job as a police recruit? Lots boring shit you've seen before.

 

[Aquamarine]

Oh wow...so Frozen is the most successful film by Walt Disney Animation Studios since The Lion King, right?

We may be in the middle of Disney Renaissance 2.0. Tangled, Winnie the Pooh, Wreck-it-Ralph, and Frozen are all fantastic and with Frozen as a massive box-office juggernaut...

 

[Jailer of Hope]

There needs to be a 3D Frozen blu ray because of the Mickey Mouse short.

 

[Takao]

Really? I thought Disney was all over the 3D stuff. Why isn't this getting released in 3D?

clearly they're saving it for the holiday season so they can market it with a bonus Frozen short film

 

[netguy503]

There needs to be a 3D Frozen blu ray because of the Mickey Mouse short.

I agree SO much with this. The short utilized 3D brilliantly. People hating on 3D are half right because the majority of the times it sucks but when it's used right it is very awesome.

 

[Neko Godot]

I think the lack of a Frozen 3D Blu Ray is because of the delay of The Good Dinosaur. Because there's no summer animated release from Disney (except for Planes 2 ew), they won't have a big home video release to market for the holiday season. They can't delay all releases of Frozen until November (though considering how well it's been grossing so far, they might as well), so Disney is holding back the 3D Blu Ray instead.

 

[netguy503]

I think the lack of a Frozen 3D Blu Ray is because of the delay of The Good Dinosaur. Because there's no summer animated release from Disney (except for Planes 2 ew), they won't have a big home video release to market for the holiday season. They can't delay all releases of Frozen until November (though considering how well it's been grossing so far, they might as well), so Disney is holding back the 3D Blu Ray instead.

You think they'll release Frozen in the summer? That's weird.

 

[Neko Godot]

You think they'll release Frozen in the summer? That's weird.

Huh? Not at all. What I'm saying is Disney has no big animated movie premiering in summer, which therefore means there's nothing to release on home video in November to market for the holidays. Holding the 3D version of Frozen until November changes that.

 

[netguy503]

Huh? Not at all. What I'm saying is Disney has no big animated movie premiering in summer, which therefore means there's nothing to release on home video in November to market for the holidays. Holding the 3D version of Frozen until November changes that.

Yeah, that sounds right. This reminds me of the time they held Jim Carrey's The Christmas Carol which came out late November that year until the holiday season the next year to release on home video. But in that move they did not release a version several months before the proper version. Doing two releases like this just seems...greedy and I wish Disney would release a formal announcement if that is there move so you don't get people angry when you do it and running the good positive run Frozen is on. But businesses are greedy I guess.

 

[Anth1888]

What's the chances that we will see a Frozen sequel? and are Disney making any other 'traditional' animated films after Big Hero 6, seems like there is still a huge audience for those types of movies outside full CG animation and Disney have Pixar for that.

 

[kazebyaka]

What's the chances that we will see a Frozen sequel? and are Disney making any other 'traditional' animated films after Big Hero 6, seems like there is still a huge audience for those types of movies outside full CG animation and Disney have Pixar for that.

Chance of a sequel is extremely high, Disney's CEO already said that they're interested in Frozen as a franchise with theme park rides, sequel and stuff. They already making WiR sequel, and it's nowhere near as popular as Frozen.
After Big Hero 6 the only traditional-animated one will be Zootopia, i think.

 

[johnsmith]

Chance of a sequel is extremely high, Disney's CEO already said that they're interested in Frozen as a franchise with theme park rides, sequel and stuff.
After Big Hero 6 the only traditional-animated one will be Zootopia, i think.

They should do a crossover movie with Tangled.

 

[Anth1888]

Chance of a sequel is extremely high, Disney's CEO already said that they're interested in Frozen as a franchise with theme park rides, sequel and stuff. They already making WiR sequel, and it's nowhere near as popular as Frozen.
After Big Hero 6 the only traditional-animated one will be Zootopia, i think.

Thought that was the case. After watching Wolf of Wall Street a showing of Frozen finished as well and it was packed with children, must still be doing very well in the UK.

Think of the money Disney must be making on merchandise as well. Huge success. Hope it strengthens the use of CGI in partnership with traditional hand-drawn animation.

 

[netguy503]

They should do a crossover movie with Tangled.

Oh shit. Is that scene actually in the movie?

 

[Loxley]

Oh shit. Is that scene actually in the movie?

Yep, if I remember correctly it's during the scene where she runs out of the castle singing about the coronation. She doesn't speak to them or anything, just sort of walks past them.

 

[Dan]

What's the chances that we will see a Frozen sequel? and are Disney making any other 'traditional' animated films after Big Hero 6, seems like there is still a huge audience for those types of movies outside full CG animation and Disney have Pixar for that.

Chance of a sequel is extremely high, Disney's CEO already said that they're interested in Frozen as a franchise with theme park rides, sequel and stuff. They already making WiR sequel, and it's nowhere near as popular as Frozen.
After Big Hero 6 the only traditional-animated one will be Zootopia, i think.

Big Hero 6 is CG. There are no traditional animated movies known to be in production at Disney. Moana is rumored to possibly employ similar concepts as Paperman, but everything is CG for the next few years.

 

[kazebyaka]

Big Hero 6 is CG. There are no traditional animated movies known to be in production at Disney. Moana is rumored to possibly employ similar concepts as Paperman, but everything is CG for the next few years.

Oh right, just found out that Zootopia is indeed CG too. My bad.

 

[Son Of D]

March 18th. The 3D version was pulled for whatever reason.

No 3D? That's odd. It's getting one here. Maybe there's some exclusive deal in the US with a retailer or digital distributor.

 

[Mpl90]

Big Hero 6 is CG. There are no traditional animated movies known to be in production at Disney. Moana is rumored to possibly employ similar concepts as Paperman, but everything is CG for the next few years.

Being Italian, that name for a Disney princess makes me laugh. HARD. :lol

 

[SentientStone]

Jesus Christ, I'm glad an animated movie is doing well but not sure how I feel about it being Frozen. I guess the real life princesses and princes love this movie. Hah.

 

[temp]

So what are the odds Jason Reitman and Edgar Wright are the same dude?

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Go Frozen GO !
Go Frozen GO !
Go Frozen GO !
Go Frozen GO !
Go Frozen GO !
Go Frozen GO !

sooooo goood ow man can not believe its doing so well for so long.
And no one could have predicted this not even the early believers like us.

 

[pestul]

Jesus Christ, I'm glad an animated movie is doing well but not sure how I feel about it being Frozen. I guess the real life princesses and princes love this movie. Hah.

I agree. Even my wife who loves Disney films (loved Tangled) thought Frozen was lackluster and made only for Broadway.

 

[Peru]

I agree. Even my wife who loves Disney films (loved Tangled) thought Frozen was lackluster and made only for Broadway.

Vastly superior to Tangled, a genuine breath of fresh air, not just a coat of paint.

 

[pestul]

Vastly superior to Tangled, a genuine breath of fresh air, not just a coat of paint.

True that Tangled was a highly recycled plot for Disney, but I found the songs much more forced in Frozen. I still think Tangled was more spectacular visually as well. We of course all have different tastes. I still liked it as I like most recent quality Disney productions.. but it certainly wasn't 'billion dollar' good.

 

[AuthenticM]

Chance of a sequel is extremely high, Disney's CEO already said that they're interested in Frozen as a franchise with theme park rides, sequel and stuff. They already making WiR sequel, and it's nowhere near as popular as Frozen.
After Big Hero 6 the only traditional-animated one will be Zootopia, i think.

I want a Frozen sequel so fucking badly. Holy shit. They could recycle the cut story bits into it. I'm talking about exploring the origins of Elsa's powers and The Prophecy. I know Disney is not hot on official canonical sequels, but I am hoping that the power of money will compel them to go forward with it.

PLEASE DISNEY

edit: here's a Forbes article discussing the possibility of a sequel.

edit 2: Variety using the word "toon" to describe Frozen enrages me. So fucking condescending and reductive.