Tag: A Quiet Place
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Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place’ Sounds Off With Huge $50 Million Debut
“A Quiet Place” was looking to make noise at the weekend box office, and it delivered.Paramount Pictures’ thriller directed by John Krasinski soared past estimates to a massive $50.3 million opening in 3,508 theaters. That’s enough to land it the second highest domestic opening of the year to date behind “Black Panther,” which opened in…
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John Krasinski: ‘I was never a horror movie guy – I was just too scared’
The actor-writer-director confronted his fears for his new chiller A Quiet Place, co-starring his wife, Emily BluntNepotism alert: John Krasinski, the 38-year-old actor-writer-director, discovered the co-star of his new film, A Quiet Place, sitting next to him on the sofa. To be fair, though, the American’s wife is Emily Blunt, the Bafta and Golden Globe-winning…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Was Almost a ‘Cloverfield’ Movie
One day in the future, all movies will be “Cloverfield” movies. The ever-expanding universe, which most recently added “The Cloverfield Paradox” to its orbit, almost pulled another project into its gravitational field: John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place,” which was also made by Paramount. It ultimately avoided that fate, screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods reveal…
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John Krasinski and Emily Blunt Don’t Mind Missing Out on the McU
Married couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt can currently be seen together in the creepy A Quiet Place, but in an alternate dimension, both would be appearing together in Avengers: Infinity War later this month. Both actors nearly joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the past, but lost out on their respective roles. Recently, the…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Wins Box Office With $45 Million
John Krasinski’s thriller “A Quiet Place” is set to make a loud debut at the box office this weekend with $45 million from 3,508 North American theaters.The film, which premiered at SXSW to favorable reviews, stars Krasinski and Emily Blunt as parents trying to keep their children safe in a world where alien creatures can…
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Friday Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place’ Scores Huge $19 Million
It’s a great weekend to go to the movies—and people are going. All three of this week’s major new releases are overperforming, with the John Krasinski-directed horror film A Quiet Place on top with a whopping $19 million on Friday. That puts the critically acclaimed thriller on pace for a weekend total of $45 million…
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Stephen King Praises ‘A Quiet Place’ and Its Use of Silence: ‘It’s An Extraordinary Piece of Work’
Critics aren’t the only ones who love John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place.” Stephen King took to Twitter to share his own rave review of the mostly-silent horror film, calling it an “extraordinary piece of work” and tipping his hat to the film’s expert use of silence. Since King is one of the most prominent voices…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Makes Loud Thursday Debut With $4.3 Million
Horror-thriller “A Quiet Place” has opened with an impressive $4.3 million at 2,740 North American locations in Thursday night preview showings, while “Blockers” took in $1.5 million at 2,650 sites in previews.Paramount Pictures’ “A Quiet Place,” starring John Krasinski and Emily Blunt, has been forecasted to debut with as much as $30 million from 3,508…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Writers on Building Tension, How This Could Have Been A ‘Cloverfield’ Film, and More [Interview]
Harrowing, suspenseful, and emotional, Paramount’s A Quiet Place is a terrific piece of horror storytelling that pulls you in from its opening frames and doesn’t loosen its grip for the entire runtime. You probably know the premise by now: a family tries to stay alive in a world overrun by creatures who hunt using sound,…
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The new silent era: how films turned the volume down
Amid the thunderous noise of much modern cinema, films such as A Quiet Place and Wonderstruck show that the power of keeping quiet is seriously underrated. Time to enjoy the silenceA Quiet Place is a smart, scary little shocker that uses restraint in the area of sound to enhance its visual horrors. Give or take…