$22.2 million. That’s how much ‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’ made at its very first screenings at midnight Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. This trounces the previous record for midnight showings of $18.5 million for last year’s ‘The Dark Knight.’ Continue reading ‘Harry Potter’ Breaks Midnight Record with $22.2 Million
First of all, don’t worry. Stop your grieving. Put down the tissues and turn off the Morrissey. Rupert Grint is okay. He is fully recovered, and he even will be in attendance at this week’s ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ red carpet premiere. Continue reading Rupert Grint Contracts Swine Flu
Now is the time where big, Summer blockbusters start shifting their release dates around and around to get that perfect spot. Word came down yesterday that ‘Star Trek’ would be bowing about five hours prior to its scheduled, midnight release and screenings would begin at 7PM on May 7th. Now comes word from Warner that ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ will be releasing on Wednesday, July 15th as opposed to Friday, the 17th.
This gives ‘Half-Blood Prince’ a nice running start towards the weekend box office. This also gives ‘Half-Blood Prince’ an unneeded head start on other films bowing that weekend, ‘(500) Days of Summer’ and ‘All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.’
‘Order of the Phoenix’ pulled this same maneuver when it was released in 2007. It pulled in $44 million that Wednesday, and ended the five-day run with $139 million in pocket. There aren’t any other films like ‘Half-Blood Prince’ getting releases around this same time, so expect box office totals to be fully in the little wizard’s favor.
The film was originally slated for release on November 21st, 2008, but Warner pushed it towards a Summer release due to having an open slot at this time in July.
Source: ERC Box Office
We here at We Are Movie Geeks were shocked, SHOCKED, by the overwhelming response when we first posted about ‘Cherrybomb,’ Rupert Grint’s first, adult, post-‘Potter’ outing. People love him. In fact, it was mostly women piping up about how much they adore Grint and can’t wait to see his more adult side.
Well, it’s time to stand back and await the influx of views and comments from this posting. We’ve got a trailer for you. It comes to us today courtesy of our friends over at First Showing.
Check it out:
So, how does that sit with ya’? Does the kid have a future, or what? Let us know by commenting below!
Source: First Showing
Warner Bros. released six new character posters for ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.’ They come to us courtesy of MSN movies. All in all, a nice set of visuals. I’m glad to see Draco Malfoy finally getting some well-deserved credit as a notable villain.
Fans of the films are ecstatic for the film to come out after the eight-month delay on the film.
‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ comes out on July 17th.
Source: MSN
Yeah, it’s grainy. Yeah, it doesn’t show a whole helluva lot. Yeah, it could just as easily be a shot of Daniel Radcliffe taking a stroll through Battersea Park, and we would never know the difference. Regardless, the pic you see right below here, is apparently our first image from the first part of the final ‘Harry Potter’ film, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.’
It is strange to think that the ‘Harry Potter’ series is grinding towards the end. I did feel a bit of closure after reading ‘Deathly Hallows’, but, I’m sure, watching the film series end is going to bring about a whole new level of closure.
Of course, with the final films’ eminent approach, we have to ask ourselves, “Who is going to move on from this?” We’ll leave the answer to that question up to you. Which of the actors who grew up with this series on their resumes will continue along their path towards stardom? I’m sure Radcliffe will be find. Rupert Grint could take off after the series ends, I’m sure. There’s a pretty big question mark over Emma Watson’s future, however. I’m just not sure I see her making a name for herself after this is over. What do you think? Let us know by commenting below!
Source: The Daily Mirror
MTV Movie Blog snagged an exclusive look at Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley from Harry Potter) in his new, edgier film ‘Cherrybomb’. It seems like all of the Potter kids are trying to break their children image that has come with the film franchise. We all know about Daniel Radcliffe and his nude movie/theater roles, now its just a matter of time before Emma Watson is bearing it all on screen to shed her good girl image. This from Rupert about ‘Cherrybomb’
“My character Malachy [in ‘Cherrybomb’] works at a leisure center in Belfast,†Grint explained. “It’s not really a proper job, but this girl Michelle is my boss’ daughter. She’s really exotic and fashionable and she gets his attention, along with his friend Luke, and she starts this crazy competition thing between them.â€
In order to impress Michelle (who is played by Kimberley Nixon), the two guys start trying to one-up each other, first by going to a club and trying to dance with her, then by pulling stunts like stealing a car, and then things escalate from there.
“Usually, Malachy doesn’t get the girl,†Grint said. “Luke is more of the ladies’ man, but he’s a bit more dodgy. Malachy isn’t a geek, he’s a bit of a thug, but he starts off as basically a good kid. He goes to work, he has a good relationship with his parents, but he’s got some bad influences, so he gets into a bit of trouble.”
Well, we will see how good this one is, and his other more edgy indie flick ‘Wild Target’. Here is another picture for good measure:
