According to The Hollywood Reporter, the summer box office is in a slump, down 15-20% compared to 2013! That's why we're here to the rescue with a preview of August's most anticipated release, and more importantly, we're giving away Movie Gift Cards you can win by commenting below!
Last summer saw the likes of Iron Man 3 and Despicable Me 2 leading a slew of films that toppled the box office over $100 million during opening weekends alone.
This summer there have been a few films to achieve good opening weekends, but none hit the magic $100 million mark (including The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and The Amazing Spiderman 2). The only exception was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
Studios are betting on Guardians of the Galaxy, the second Marvel film to grace theaters this year. It’s a film that offers American audiences everything from a piece of nostalgia to intergalactic annihilation, and it's set to open this week.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - Trailer |
But can one film alone save the box office? And what’s keeping audiences away from the cinema? Is it the cost of film tickets, which in some cities can top $15.00? Or is it the quality of films? Are the studios no longer choosing stories that appeal to mass audiences? Is there too much to watch on streaming television?
There have been a few films this summer that defied expectations (with huge appeal to women in particular) including The Fault in Our Stars, Maleficent, and Jon Favreau’s film, Chef, which was made on a shoe string budget using big name actors. Also, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and A Most Wanted Man starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman are two art films that have seen strong openings. It will be interesting to see what kind of reception The 100 Foot Journey, a film that revolves around racial relations and food in France, has when it opens next week. Will backing by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey be enough to lift a film out of the summer box office dulldrums? Time will tell.
In the meantime, enter to win a Movie Gift Card in the August Movies Giveaway by commenting below and telling us about your all-time favorite summertime movie!
THE100 FOOT JOURNEY - Trailer |
CHEF - Trailer |
*This giveaway is open through August 12th to USA residents at least 18 years of age. No purchase necessary.
Congratulations to lucky Winners: KouponKat, kinkihair, Peachesncream887, annemaeanne
It's too hard to pick an all time favorite. I will say that Maleficent exceeded my expectations this year. Can't wait to see the costumes that come from it.
I can't afford to go the movies but would love to go see anything
Movie tickets are ridiculously expensive. Jurassic Park!
avengers!!
Jurassic Park stands out to me. I was 10 when it came out and was terrified but felt so cool because I was allowed to see a "grown up" movie. I sat between dad and uncle and rotated between their shirtsleeves as I covered my eyes for the entire movie! What a memory.
Transformers great summertime movie. Mark Walhberg was awesome in it.
Looking fwd to seeing this new Marvel movie!! All of them are really good! I think this ones going to be one of the best!!
Our all-time favorite summertime movie is Finding Nemo!
Looking forward to THE 100 FOOT JOURNEY movie
Strangely enough, I'm looking forward to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I know it's an explosionpalooza and the Turtle's CGI faces look kind of odd if you're used to the cartoon versions. But I still want to see it. Maybe it's nostalgia for the 1990 movie, which used puppets to good effect. Or maybe I just want to see an explosionpalooza in the summertime. I think what movies need to have in order to entice us away from the Netflix and Amazon VOD is to have an anticipation factor, because people have really nice home theater equipment nowadays. You have to want to see this movie so bad that you are not willing to wait for it to arrive on streaming channels. Either that, or the movie has to have some feature that makes seeing it 30 feet tall so much better than seeing it on a 65 inch screen. You have to want to hear it in THX because your soundbar is not fully up to the task of capturing the full awesome.
Jaws! It's a must have for any summer
WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT!
So many to choose.........a most recent , Planes: Fire & Rescue.
teenage mutant ninja turtles!
My All time favorite movie is The Princess Bride!