Daily Archives: May 18, 2009

Angels & Demons Turns Out Over-30s Crowd, Tops Box Office

The big screen adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestselling Angels & Demons, Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard’s follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, wrestled away the top spot at the weekend box office from Star Trek, with a haul just north of $46 million. J.J. Abrams’ aforementioned space adventure reboot, meanwhile, added $43 million to its $147.6 million two-week domestic tally. Placing third for the weekend was Wolverine, with $14.7 million, and now a hearty $151 million gate overall, Stateside.

Rounding out the top 10 were Matthew McConaughey‘s Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ($6.7 million, $39.8 million overall); Obsessed ($4.6 million, $62.6 million overall); 17 Again ($3.4 million, $58.4 overall); the 3-D animated Monsters vs. Aliens ($3.2 million, $190.7 cumulatively); The Soloist ($2.4 million, $27.5 million overall); Next Day Air ($2.2 million, $7.6 million overall); and the Disney nature documentary Earth ($1.7 million, $29.1 million overall). In its fourth week of limited release, meanwhile, James Toback’s Tyson documentary edged up to a $500,000 cumulative domestic take.

Aero Celebrates Gremlins’ 25th Anniversary with Screenings

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Gremlins, starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates and, yes, the voice of Howie Mandell, the Aero Theatre will screen director Joe Dante’s squirmingly fun flick and its 1990 sequel on Friday, May 22, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Appearing for a special discussion in between the films will be Dante and actor Glynn Turman. The Aero Theatre
is located at 1328 Montana Avenue in Santa Monica. Tickets for these movies, as well as other special events, are available through Fandango, but for 24-hour recorded
information on directions and the Aero’s upcoming schedule,
phone (323) 466-FILM.