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The latest sequel of Twilight Saga, Eclipse, cannot beat the record achieved by the New Moon. However, Eclipse is still entrenched in the top box office ladder.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse only managed to sell tickets worth USD162 million in the United States and Canada. In fact, the New Moon movie tickets sold up to USD262 million, or Rp2, 7 trillion over five days in the first weekend in theaters overseas. Figures are quoted from the distributor Summit Entertainment, as reported by Reuters on Sunday (07/04/2010).

A day earlier, the figure is forecast ticket sales going to make USD173 million, or Rp1, 5 trillion over the five-day inaugural telecast. It is not surprising because New Moon was able to get USD165 million, at the same time in November last year.

Summit said last Saturday predictions were just a simple calculation and it does not take into account when Eclipse came out less interesting than New Moon.

While in the second place, The Last Airbender gets $ 40 million. Toy Story was in third place with $ 30 million, followed by the Grown Ups and the Knight & Day.

Since Sony Pictures announced plans to reboot the Spiderman movies, the question of who will play a role as Peter Parker was sticking out straight. Previously, many names circulating to replace Peter Parker. However Slash film quoted in the news, the Sony directly brushed it off because they had just issued a replacement candidate Parker.

The Hollywood Reporter has reported that director Marc Webb had secretly met with the actors who become candidates for the last few months. But they do not have a single screen test. The candidates are Jamie Bell, Andrew Garfield, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, and Josh Hutcherson. Jamie Bell and actor Andrew Garfield is the oldest among those actors. But both are solid actors.

Garfield opportunity to get that role seems quite large. He is expected to play a role as Peter Parker well as evidenced by his acting in Boy A and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Read the rest of this entry »

Film three-dimensional (3D) Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton is expected to surpass film Avatar. On playback his premier, the Disney film that won U.S. $ 75 it is reported by Xinhuanet, on 5 March 2010. While Avatar opens with U.S. $ 77 million or around Rp 743 billion, in mid-December, Blue man’s film also received more than U.S. $ 1.9 billion or about USD 1.74 trillion worldwide, as well as placing it as the most successful movie of all time.

The latest version that combines direct action and animation are known to have a unique concept. Talented director, directing Alice – played by Mia Wasikowska – who was sent to save Wonderland from the tyranny of the Red Queen – played by Helena Bonham Carter. Action Alice could not be separated from support Mad Hatter – played by Johnny Depp.

Extraordinary interpretation of the classic fantasy removed from the child will attend on the big screen in a standard format and IMAX 3D. Alice in Wonderland will be played in March in 41 countries, like Japan, Spain, China, and Indonesia. Several other countries will enjoy in the coming months.