Weekend Recap - Scaring up Big Bucks

Well...it's not October yet -- but that doesn't mean people don't have an appetite for a horror movie as Insidious: Chapter 2 scared up over $41 million at the box office far outdistancing the number two The Family (just over $14 million).
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Other notables over the weekend...

- Lee Daniels' The Butler crossed through the $100 million threshold this weekend in domestic box office.

- This is the End also went through the $100 million mark this weekend.

- Despicable Me 2 is closing in on $360 million and is solidly in place to be the second highest grossing film of 2013.

-Principal photography began yesterday in the UK on a new film based on Alan Turing's life (the man credited with cracking the German Enigma code). Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley head the cast. Sounds like it could be a good one.

What does the week ahead hold?

- Tomorrow the Home Screening Room is back...and it features a film with additional footage that already was in the Top 10 in money this year.

- Friday in theaters is the highly anticipated release of Prisoners (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal) and the dance movie Battle of the Year. PLUS - The Wizard of Oz shows up in 3D/IMAX and the Rush (goes wide on the 27th).
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And just because I can....

- This weekend featured a crazy ending to a college football game that I just can't not say anything about. Wisconsin/Arizona State game on Saturday night ended in a way that no game should end, with referees that let something that teams try all the time, but can't get away with actually work. A player laid on the ball for 10 seconds and a referee that wouldn't let the team spike the ball to stop the clock. This is not saying Wisconsin would have made the field goal and won the game...but the try should have at least happened. I see a script there with the story of a corrupt officiating crew...come on you know it should happen....

Ok -- done ranting, looking forward to this week. Fun movies are all around the corner.

Thanks for reading - time to call ACTION! on this week.

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