Tag: A Quiet Place
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Movie Talk: New ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Trailer Leans Heavily on Lando and Chewbacca
On this episode of Collider Movie Talk, Mark Ellis, Kristian Harloff, and Jon Schnepp discuss the following: Disney and Lucasfilm released a new Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer. Marvel Studios released a new, extended TV spot for Avengers: Infinity War. Box Office Report- John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place soared to a whopping $50 million…
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‘A Quiet Place’ is a Step Forward for Disabled Characters in Hollywood Movies
As audiences become more adept at understanding misrepresentations of women, race, and sexuality, the landscape is slowly turning towards acknowledging the lack of proper representation of disabled people. More than any genre, interestingly, it is horror that has covered disability in new and unique ways. Last year, Jordan Peele’s Get Out subtly interrogated the nuances…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Writers Have Ideas for a Sequel
The success of A Quiet Place has everyone buzzing. The John Krasinski-helmed feature had the second-best opening ever for an original horror movie, and that’s interesting because apparently there was once talk of it being part of the Cloverfield franchise. Alas, the plot was too similar to 10 Cloverfield Lane at the time when Paramount…
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‘A Quiet Place’: Why the Horror Film Roared at the Box Office
With a $50 million opening, Paramount Pictures’ “A Quiet Place” scored the second best domestic debut of 2018.A fair share of movies this year had the potential to become a blockbuster (“A Wrinkle in Time,” “Pacific Rim Uprising,” and “Ready Player One” to name a few), but until now, few have reached that level. It’s…
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After Oscar Winners ‘Get Out’ and ‘The Shape of Water,’ Could ‘A Quiet Place’ Tickle the Academy’s Genre Fancy?
With a monster (no pun intended) opening weekend box office haul and one of the most impressive critical approval ratings of the year so far, John Krasinski’s hushed thriller “A Quiet Place” is stirring its share of awards talk. We’re certainly in a new Oscar era, but can the buzz hold?Just over a month ago,…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Has The 2nd Biggest Opening Of 2018; ‘Ready Player One’ Scores Overseas [Box Office]
Maybe he was born to make genre films? Up until this point, John Krasinski’s directorial career wasn’t much to speak of, the unremarkable David Foster Wallace adaptation “Brief Interviews With Hideous Men” and the Netflix movie “The Hollars” which might be the poster boy for when someone describes, you know, a Netflix film. All that’s…
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‘A Quiet Place’ makes noise with $50m North American debut
Black Panther consolidates status as third biggest North American release of all time.John Krasinski’s horror film and recent SXSW opener A Quiet Place became the breakout hit of the year-to-date as it toppled Ready Player One en route to a chart-topping $50m in North America through Paramount Pictures.The film reportedly cost $17m excluding marketing spend…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Makes Noise as the Biggest Box Office Opening Since ‘Black Panther’
What does “A Quiet Place’ have that “Pacific Rim: Uprising” and “Tomb Raider” don’t? Quite a few things, it turns out, including the best domestic box office opening since “Black Panther.”The critically acclaimed third feature from actor John Krasinski, who stars opposite wife Emily Blunt, nearly tripled its budget on opening weekend. That will propel…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Delivers Not So Quiet $50 Million Opening
With a $50 million debut, Paramount’s A Quiet Place finished atop the weekend box office in impressive fashion and while Universal’s Blockers didn’t deliver even half of what A Quiet Place did, the film’s $21 million debut was a solid start for the low budget R-rated comedy. The weekend also saw a very strong hold…
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Weekend Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place’ Topples ‘Ready Player One’ with Massive $50 Million
This weekend’s box office broke records, but not of the superhero kind. While we’re used to seeing the latest superhero blockbuster or reboot or big budget adaptation set records in this current climate, this week it was an original horror thriller made on a modest budget that broke the mold. Director/co-writer/star John Krasinski’s A Quiet…