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Weekend Box Office: Welcome to Week 2 of Pennywise’s Reign
Weekend Box Office: Welcome to Week 2 of Pennywise’s Reign
Weekend Box Office: Welcome to Week 2 of Pennywise’s Reign
It’s now been two weekends since Pennywise the Dancing Clown was unleashed upon unsuspecting audiences, and Hollywood may never be the same. Seriously. The kind of box office numbers we’re seeing right now will inspire, uh, major changes in how Hollywood tries to jump on specific trends. And while two new movies made a sort of solid showing for themselves over the weekend, the fact is this: it’s Pennywise’s world. We’re just living in it. Here’s the box office projections as of Sunday afternoon:
Weekend Box Office: ‘It’ Breaks a Slew of Box Office Records
Weekend Box Office: ‘It’ Breaks a Slew of Box Office Records
Weekend Box Office: ‘It’ Breaks a Slew of Box Office Records
As we head deeper into September, two things have become pretty clear about 2017 box office numbers: one, Hollywood desperately needs to bounce back a little bit from the doldrums of August, and two, whoever decided to hedge their studio’s bets with a September release date for a movie about a killer clown is looking like a [profanity] genius right about now. We’ll get to all of that in a moment, but first, here are the box office numbers as of Sunday afternoon:
‘Home Again’ Trailer: Reese Witherspoon Falls for a Younger Guy
‘Home Again’ Trailer: Reese Witherspoon Falls for a Younger Guy
‘Home Again’ Trailer: Reese Witherspoon Falls for a Younger Guy
It’s no secret that Hollywood has an ageism issue. While most actresses over 45 are doomed to playing mothers, grandmothers, or not getting any work at all, male actors’ careers are easily extended into their more distinguished decades. The last time Tom Cruise had a female co-star close to his age was Miranda Otto in 2005’s War of the Worlds. Which is why it’s so refreshing these days to see actresses past their thirties get a younger love interest. Or, is it? The Home Again trailer is here to test that theory.
Reese Witherspoon Cries a Lot in the Nancy Meyers-Produced ‘Home Again’ Trailer
Reese Witherspoon Cries a Lot in the Nancy Meyers-Produced ‘Home Again’ Trailer
Reese Witherspoon Cries a Lot in the Nancy Meyers-Produced ‘Home Again’ Trailer
At the end of Sweet Home Alabama, Reese Witherspoon finally marries her hometown sweetheart and they live happily ever after. Now let’s pretend a few years down the road that marriage didn’t work out, and she realized Josh Lucas was holding her back from being the woman she never got to be. Now in her 40s, Reese just wants to live again! She gets separated (exchanging Lucas for Michael Sheen), returns home (subbing in Los Angeles for Alabama) and decides to let loose and invite three random dudes to move into her home. That’s Home Again, in a nutshell, which I am convinced is a secret Sweet Home Alabama sequel.