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Weekend Box Office – Monsters School Superman

            Monsters and Brad Pitt dominated the Top 2 slots at the Box Office this weekend, and defeated Superman in the process.  First up,  Monsters University silenced all of the ‘Pixar shouldn’t do sequels!’ critics this weekend, when it took #1 with an estimated $82 million for the company’s all-time #2 opening (2nd only to Toy Story 3’s $110m).  …

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Episode 98 Trailers

Well here they are, the trailers we’re talking about for this week’s show.  Don’t worry, we will discuss that Anchorman 2 teaser at some point too, but these are the main ones.  300: Rise of an Empire and The Wolf of Wall Street.  Two flicks could not be more different. 300: Rise of an Empire

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Weekend Box Office – ‘Man’ Flies

            Contrary to all the people proclaiming Superman KIA in theaters, the Kryptonian immigrant managed to swoop back into theaters with a vengeance this weekend to the tune of $116 million and $128m since its Thursday opening, according to studio estimates.  Man of Steel is officially the largest June opening ever (slightly ahead of Toy …

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Episode 97 Trailers

Here are the trailers we’re talking about on this week’s all-new HO!  Runner Runner is essentially a Rounders style film with Justin Timberlake trying to make funny off of online poker.  While our other film is the 2nd in the Hobbit trilogy: The Desolation of Smaug.

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Weekend Box Office – The Surge

          Shocking audience members as well as every Box Office analyst yuppie across America was The Purge, which stole #1 with a whopping $36 million, according to studio estimates, this past weekend, doubling even the boldest predictions.  People apparently love the idea of getting to torture for 12 hours straight.  Maybe we’ll see a new Amendment soon. Slowing …

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