Fault in Our Stars wins at MTVs, Rebecca Hall joins BFG and Stallone in first still from Creed

BIrdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Birdman, Guardians of the Galaxy and Boyhood were among the most celebrated films of the previous awards season but the MTV Awards have a history of selecting mainstream flicks. Previous films to have been crowned include Terminator 2, A Few Good Men, Scream, There’s Something About Mary, The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, Napoleon Dynamite, Wedding Crashers, Transformers, Twilight, The Avengers and The Hunger Games: Caching Fire. Last night’s results are in on the 2015 awards (novelty awards included).

Best Movie:

The Fault in Our Stars
American Sniper
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Selma
Whiplash

Best Male Performance:

Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy
Channing Tatum – Foxcatcher
Miles Teller – Whiplash

Best Female Performance:

Shailene Woodley – The Fault in Our Stars
Scarlett Johansson – Lucy
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Emma Stone – Birdman
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Breakthrough Performance:

Dylan O’Brien – The Maze Runner
Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
David Oyelowo – Selma
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

Best Scared Performance:

Jennifer Lopez – The Boy Next Door
Zack Gildford – The Purge: Anarchy
Dylan O’Brien – The Maze Runner
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Annabelle Wallis – Annabelle

Best On Screen Duo:

Zac Efron & Dave Franco – Bad Neighbours
Bradley Cooper & Vin Diesel – Guardians of the Galaxy
James Franco & Seth Rogen – The Interview
Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill – 22 Jump Street
Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars

Best Shirtless Performance:

Zac Efron – Bad Neighbours
Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy
Channing Tatum – Foxcatcher
Kate Upton – The Other Woman

Best Fight:

Dylan O’Brien vs Will Poulter – The Maze Runner
Chris Evans vs Sebastian Stan – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Jonah Hill vs Jillian Bell – 22 Jump Street
Edward Norton vs Michael Keaton – Birdman
Seth Rogen vs Zac Efron – Bad Neighbours

Best Kiss:

Ansel Elgort & Shailene Woodley – The Fault in Our Stars
Rose Byrne & Halston Sage – Bad Neighbours
James Franco & Seth Rogen – The Interview
Andrew Garfield & Emma Stone – The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Scarlett Johansson & Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Best WTF Moment:

Seth Rogen & Rose Byrne – Bad Neighbours
Rosario Dawson & Anders Holm – Top Five
Jonah Hill – 22 Jump Street
Jason Sudeikis & Charlie Day – Horrible Bosses 2
Miles Teller – Whpilash

Best Villain:

Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Jillian Bell – 22 Jump Street
Peter Dinklage – X-Men: Days of Future Past
(Spoilers) – Gone Girl
JK Simmons – Whiplash

Best Musical Moment:

Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Bill Hader & Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy
Seth Rogen & Zac Efron – Bad Neighbours
Miles Teller – Whiplash

Best Comedic Performance:

Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street
Rose Byrne – Bad Neighbours
Kevin Hart – The Wedding Ringer
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy
Chris Rock – Top Five

Best On Screen Transformation:

Elizabeth Banks – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Steve Carell – Foxcacher
Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Hero:

Dylan O’Brien – The Maze Runner
Shailene Woodley – Insurgent
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Martin Freeman – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy

Trailblazer Award:

Shailene Woodley (The Descendants, Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars, The Spectacular Now)

Comedic Genius Award:

Kevin Hart (Get Hard, Ride Along, Think Like a Man, The Wedding Ringer)

Generation Award:

Robert Downey Jr (The Avengers, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Sherlock Holmes, Zodiac)

Here’s the winners’ leaderboard:

Bad Neighbours, The Fault in Our Stars, The Maze Runner – 3
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – 2
22 Jump Street, American Sniper, The Boy Next Door, Into the Woods – 1

With various big names already attached to his fantasy adventure The BFG, famed director Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, Lincoln) has enlisted even more cast members for the project. Rebecca Hall, the Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated star of Iron Man 3, The Town, The Prestige and Vicky Cristina Barcelona, was the first major addition in an announcement that included Jemaine Clement (What We Do in the Shadows, Flight at the Conchords) and Penelope Wilton (Shaun of the Dead, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). The cast already includes Mark Rylance (Wolf Hall, Bridge of Spies), Bill Hader (Superbad, The Skeleton Twins) and Martin Freeman (Fargo, Sherlock, The Hobbit trilogy).

It’s so far unclear if the new film Creed will be an Oscar favourite or a limp reboot of the lagging Rocky franchise (one that began with a Best Picture win in 1976 steadily declined through four sequels in the 1980s and returned with the minor hit of 2006’s Rocky Balboa). The new addition of the franchise has Michael B Jordan (Chronicle, The Fantastic Four) reteaming with his Fruitvale Station (an acclaimed urban drama) director Ryan Coogler to play Creed’s grandson who recruits Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone – First Blood) as his new mentor to become a new boxing legend. The film’s first still has been revealed. Graham McTavish (The Hobbit, Outlander) and Tessa Thompson (Selma, Dear White People).

Creed – November 25th

The BFG – July 22nd 2016

MTV Movie Award Nominations – Guardians, Mockingjay, Neighbours and Fault in Our Stars lead

Boyhood, Birdman, Whiplash, The Theory of Everything, Still Alice and The Grand Budapest Hotel were the undisputed champions of the awards season but the MTV Awards (which is just a novelty promotional event for 2015’s films) can still provide an alternate choice. Let’s have a look:

Movie of the Year:

American Sniper
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Guardians of the Galaxy
Gone Girl
The Fault in Our Stars
Boyhood
Whiplash
Selma

Best Female Performance:

Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Emma Stone – Birdman
Shailene Woodley – The Fault in Our Stars
Scarlett Johansson – Lucy
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Male Performance:

Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy
Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
Miles Teller – Whiplash
Channing Tatum – Foxcatcher

Best Scared Performance:

Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Annabelle Wallis – Annabelle
Jennifer Lopez – The Boy Next Door
Dylan O’Brien – The Maze Runner
Zach Gilford – The Purge: Anarchy

Breakthrough Performance:

Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
David Oyelowo – Selma
Dylan O’Brien – The Maze Runner
Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood

Best Shirtless Performance:

Zac Efron – Bad Neighbours
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy
Channing Tatum – Foxcatcher
Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
Kate Upton – The Other Woman

Best Duo:

Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill – 22 Jump Street
Zac Efron, Dave Franco – Bad Neighbours
Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel – Guardians of the Galaxy
James Franco, Seth Rogen – The Interview

Best Fight:

Jonah Hill vs Jillian Bell – 22 Jump Street
Chris Evans vs Sebastian Stan – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dylan O’Brien vs Will Poulter – The Maze Runner
Seth Rogen vs Zac Efron – Bad Neighbours
Edward Norton vs Michael Keaton – Birdman

Best Kiss:

Ansel Elgort, Shailene Woodley – The Fault in Our Stars
James Franco, Seth Rogen – The Interview
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone – The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Rose Byre, Halston Sage – Neighbours

Best Villain:

(Spoilers) – Gone Girl
JK Simmons – Whiplash
Jillian Bell – 22 Jump Street
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Peter Dinklage – X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Comedic Performance:

Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy
Rose Byrne – Neighbours
Chris Rock – Top Five
Kevin Hart – The Wedding Ringer

Best Onscreen Transformation:

Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Elizabeth Banks – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood

Here’s the leaderboard:

The Fault in Our Stars, Guardians of the Galaxy – 7
Bad Neighbours – 6
22 Jump Street, Whiplash – 5
Gone Girl, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – 4
Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Maze Runner – 3
American Sniper, Birdman, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Interview, Top Five, Selma – 2

68th British Academy Film Awards Live

Welcome to our BAFTA hub for 2015. Tonight is the biggest night of the British film calender as the esteemed academy elects its triumphant films, directors and stars. Keep on refreshing the page for the latest updates.

If you’re not preoccupied before the ceremony, try out our prediction game. Rank the nominees for Best Film, Director, Actor/Actress, Supporting Actor/Actress, Cinematography, British Film and Rising Star from 1-5. If your number one pick is correct you receive five points, number two gets four, number three gets three and so on. Comment your score from a maximum of 59. Unsure where to start? Try our own predictions as a primer. Get the full nominations list here.

The red carpet lineup is amassing: Benedict Cumberbatch! Eddie Redmayne! Keira Knightley! Steve Carell! Ralph Fiennes! Ethan Hawke! Mike Leigh! Jack O’Connell! Michael Keaton! Mark Strong!

Here we go!

Stephen Fry begins his annual interrogation of the esteemed audience members. Rosamund Pike! Julie Walters! Edward Norton!

Outstanding British Film:

The Theory of Everything
Pride
Under the Skin
The Imitation Game
’71
Paddington

Beckham awards the first win of the night. Does that put Theory in the front seat for Best Film?

Special Visual Effects:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Guardians of the Galaxy

It missed out on the main categories but it made up here. Jones and Hawking’s humour shining through again.

Supporting Actor:

Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Edward Norton – Birdman
Ethawn Hawke – Boyhood
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
JK Simmons – Whiplash

Witherspoon on her way to Leading Actress as she awards J Jonah Jameson a BAFTA.

Next two British greats award a third.

Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema:

BBC Films (Revolutionary Road, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Jane Eyre, Made in Deganham, Notes on a Scandal, Billy Elliott, Coriolanus, Pride, An Education, Quartet, In the Loop, Philomena, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa)

The Butler’s Cuba Gooding Jr dishes out the second acting category.

Supporting Actress:

Rene Russo – Nightcrawler
Emma Stone – Birdman
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Imelda Staunton – Pride

A rising star and Bilbo himself award Birdman’s first win.

Cinematography:

Mr Turner (Dick Pope)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Robert Yeoman)
Interstellar (Hoyte Van Hoytema)
Ida (Lukasz Zal)
Birdman (Emmanuel Lubezki)

The ever sharply suited Loki and MI6 Head celebrate a great career beginning.

British Debut:

’71
Northern Soul
Lilting
Kajaki
Pride

A fitting tribute to a true great, Lord Richard Attenborough, from Prince William and Robert Downey Jr.

Best Actress favourite Julianne Moore arrives.

Best Original Screenplay:

Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro Gonalez Inarritu, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolas Giacobone, Armando Bo -Birdman
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler

Two JJ Abrams collaborators on stage. Shared universe? It’s all a conspiracy!

Foreign Language:

Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Two Days, One Night
Ida
Trash

He’s semi-bald! Future Lex Luthor Jesse Eisenberg and Noomi Rapace turn up.

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything
Graham Moore – The Imitation Game
Jason Dean Hall – American Sniper
Paul King – Paddington

We taking a minute off to honour the In Memoriam section.

X-Men’s James McAvoy arrives – we forgot he was Scottish again.

EE Rising Star:

Gugu Mbatha Raw
Miles Teller
Shailene Woodley
Jack O’Connell
Margot Robbie

Your new one to watch is Jack O’Connell, one of the many protogee’s of E4’s Skins who’s starred in the acclaimed likes of Starred Up, Unbroken and ’71.

Brick is back.

Director:

Alejandro Gonzale Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
James Marsh – The Theory of Everything
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Only God Forgive’s Kristen Scott Thomas compliments her opposite number.

Leading Actor:

Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Another crossover in the work: Superman V Captain America!

Leading Actress:

Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon – Wild
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

That was a surprise: Tom Cruise!

Film:

The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Boyhood
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Fellowship:

Mike Leigh (Mr Turner, Life is Sweet, High Hopes, Career Girls, Abigail’s Party, All or Nothing, Topsy Turvy, Secrets and Lies, Naked, Vera Drake, Happy Go Lucky, Another Year)

Here comes the quickfire awards.

Original Music:

Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Documentary:

Citizenfour

Makeup and Hair:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Production Design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

British Short Film:

Boogaloo and Graham

British Short Animation:

The Bigger Picture

Editing:

Whiplash

Sound:

Whiplash

Animated Film:

The Lego Movie

Costume Design:

The Grand Budapest Hotel

We managed 53/59 so comment how you did. Here’s the winners leaderboard.

The Grand Budapest Hotel – 5
Boyhood, The Theory of Everything, Whiplash – 3
Ida, Interstellar, The Lego Movie, Pride, Citizenfour, Still Alice, Birdman – 1

Theory of Everything and Grand Budapest Hotel lead in 2015 BAFTA nominations

Last year, out of conning flick American Hustle, action thriller Captain Phillips, space-set disaster Gravity, biopic 12 Years a Slave and bittersweet comedy Philomena, Gravity took the most awards with six (including Best Director and Best British Film) but 12 Years a Slave’s victory on Best Film and Best Leading Actor was a more prestigious win.

We’re now prepped to meet the contenders of the 68th British Academy Awards. The Hobbit star Stephen Fry will host the ceremony on the 8th of February.

Best Film:

Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

Outstanding British Film:

’71
Paddington
Pride
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin

Best Film Not in the English Language:

Ida
Leviathan
The Lunchbox
Trash
Two Days, One Night

Best Animated Film:

Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie

Best Director:

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
James Marsh – The Theory of Everything

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer:

Stephen Beresford, David Livingstone – Pride
Gregory Burke, Yann Demange – ’71
Elaine Constantine – Northern Soul
Paul Katis, Andrew de Lotbiniere – Kajaki
Hong Khaou – Lilting

Best Actor:

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best Actress:

Amy Adams – Big Eyes
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Supporting Actor:

Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
JK Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress:

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Rene Russo – Nightcrawler
Imelda Staunton – Pride
Emma Stone – Birdman

Best Original Screenplay:

Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Jason Dean Hall – American Sniper
Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
Paul King, Hamish McColl – Paddington
Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything
Graham Moore – The Imitation Game

Best Cinematography:

Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman
Dick Pope – Mr Turner
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Interstellar
Robert Yeoman – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski – Ida

Best Original Music:

Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything
Mica Levi – Under the Skin
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

Best Sound:

American Sniper
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Whiplash

Best Production Design:

Big Eyes
Interstellar
Mr Turner
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game

Best Special Visual Effects:

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Costume Design:

Into the Woods
Mr Turner
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything

Best Makeup and Hair:

Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Mr Turner
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Theory of Everything

Best Editing:

Birdman
Nightcrawler
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Short Film:

Boogaloo and Graham
Emotional Fusebox
Slap
The Karman Line
Three Brothers

Best Short Animation:

Monkey Love Experiments
My Dad
The Bigger Picture

EE Rising Star Award:

Gugu Mbatha Raw – Belle, Beyond the Lights
Jack O’Connell – Starred Up, Unbroken, 300: Rise of an Empire, ’71
Margot Robbie – Suite Francaise, The Wolf of Wall Street
Miles Teller – Divergent, That Awkward Moment, Whiplash
Shailene Woodley – Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars

Perhaps there is a leaning towards the obvious candidates but there are a few shocks about. While Birdman, Boyhood and Whiplash lead the way, Oscar favourites such as Gone Girl, Foxcatcher, American Sniper, Big Eyes and Into the Woods may have slipped behind but Selma, Unbroken and A Most Violent Year are completely exempt of a mention. Mr Turner is the other major snub, losing out the expected nods Best Actor (Timothy Spall), Director (Mike Leigh) and British Film. The surprisingly prolific appearances of Nightcrawler, Interstellar, Under the Skin and Paddington shake things up.

Here’s the current leaders:

The Grand Budapest Hotel – 11 nominations
Birdman, The Theory of Everything – 10 nominations
The Imitation Game – 9 nominations
Boyhood, Whiplash – 5 nominations
Interstellar, Mr Turner, Nightcrawler – 4 nominations
Pride – 3 nominations
’71, American Sniper, Big Eyes, Foxcatcher, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ida, Into the Woods, Paddington, Under the Skin – 2 nominations

Weekend box-office – 19th of July to 1st August 2014 – will the Apes conquer the box office?

Tuorhoth Movies is back from it’s long-awaited return and we incredibly thrilled to return in time for Comic-Con (more on that soon) however that leaves us with two weeks worth of box-office to cover. So we’ll get to it with the results we’d usually of posted last week along with the predictions which we wrote at the time (honest).

US:

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Director: Matt Reeves – $73 million
2. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay – $16.5 million
3. Tammy – Ben Falcone – $12.9 million
4. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – $6.7 million
5. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois – $5.9 million

UK:

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay – £11.8 million
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois – £7.8 million
3. Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie – Ben Kellett – £1 million
4. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone – £0.6 million
5. Begin Again – John Carney – £0.5 million

These results scored us 4/10, from last week’s predictions.

US:

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Matt Reeves
2. The Purge: Anarchy – James DeMonaco
3. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay
4. Sex Tape – Jake Kasdan
5. Tammy – Ben Falcone

UK:

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Matt Reeves
2. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay
3. How to Train Your Dragon – Dean DeBlois
4. Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie – Ben Kellett
5. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone

With that out of the way, we can get to the main event of this week’s box (office) fresh results. Dawn of Apes’ mettle will be tested to the limit in its second weekend were it’ll face off with three new releases: action horror sequel The Purge: Anarchy; children’s animation Planes: Fire and Rescue and gross out comedy Sex Tape. Meanwhile in the UK, the Apes will receive their opening weekend just one week after the mammoth takings of both Transformers: Age of Extinction and How to Train Your Dragon 2. Let’s see how they got on.

US:

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Matt Reeves – $36.3 million
2. The Purge: Anarchy – James DeMonaco – $29.8 million
3. Planes: Fire and Rescue – Roberts Gannaway – $17.5 million
4. Sex Tape – Jake Kasdan – $14.6 million
5. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay – $9.8 million

UK:

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Matt Reeves – £8.7 million
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois – £2 million
3. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay – £1.8 million
4. Monty Python Live (Mostly) – Eric Idle, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman – £1.3 million
5. Andre Rieu’s 10th Anniversary Concert Maastricht Concert – £0.8 million

Planet of the Apes has suffered a hefty 50% cut but we can still expect it to reach $500 million internationally while The Purge’s sequel should renew the obsession of micro budget horrors for another few years. Many are trying to diagnose Sex Tape’s financial thrashing but we wouldn’t trace it down to lead stars Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz (who’ve lead plenty of recent hits) but rather the poor marketing and title choice. In the UK two rare live events have graced the charts. It’s delightful to see Monty Python getting this kind of reception and these two are the first in the top 5 that I can remember since last November’s The Day of the Doctor.

US:

1. Hercules – Brett Ratner
2. Lucy – Luc Besson
3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Matt Reeves
4. The Purge: Anarchy – James DeMonaco
5. Step Up All In – Trish Sie

UK:

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Matt Reeves
2. Hercules – Brett Ratner
3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois
4. The Purge: Anarchy – James DeMonaco
5. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay

Toby Kebbell in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, this week’s UK and US number one

Weekend box-office – 12th to 18th of July 2014 – will Tammy rob the box-office from Transformers?

Comedy star Melissa McCarthy went huge and received an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in 2011’s massively successful Bridesmaids. Since, she’s had a great box-office playing both sides of the law with Identity Thief and The Heat but in both of those she was a co-star to another major actor, Jason Bateman and Sandra Bullock. Tammy is the first film where McCarthy will be tested as a lone lead star but she faces a tough challenge in the face of Transformers: Age of Extinction’s, set to be the highest grossing film of the year, second week. Last week, we predicted that it’d make a low entry but let’s see how it got on.

US:

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Director: Michael Bay – $36.4 million
2. Tammy – Ben Falcone – $21.2 million
3. Deliver Us From Evil – Scott Derickson – $9.5 million
4. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – $9.4 million
5. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois – $8.8 million

UK:

1. Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie – Ben Kellett – £2.1 million
2. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone – £1 million
3. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – £0.7 million
4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois – £0.5 million
5. Tammy – Ben Falcone – £0.5 million

McCarthy’s road comedy has covered its costs but it’s a fairly lacklustre debut and we can now proudly hand over the Comedy of the Summer Award to 22 Jump Street which has reached $250 million and counting worldwide as well as great critical acclaim. Eric Bana thriller Deliver Us From Evil made a modest entry and gave fans of Marvel’s Doctor Strange a good reason to get excited. Meanwhile, this week’s UK takings prompted the worldwide gross of Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie and The Fault in Our Stars to shoot up to £9 million and $220 million respectively. This week I scored 4/10.

US:

1. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Matt Reeves
2. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay
3. Tammy – Ben Falcone
4. Deliver Us From Evil – Scott Derickson
5. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller

UK:

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay
2. Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie – Ben Kellett
3. Begin Again – John Carney
4. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
5. Boyhood – Richard Linklater

Mark Wahlberg and Jack Reynor in Transformers: Age of Extinction, this week’s US number one

Brendan O’Carroll in Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie, this week’s UK number one

Weekend box-office – 5th to 11th of July 2014 – will Transformers face its Extinction?

So far this year, not one film has managed the coveted spot of $100 million in its US box-office opening weekend or gone onto $1 billion worldwide (although only 18 films ever have), Maleficent and 22 Jump Street managed about $60 million on their debuts while X-Men 7, Captain America 2, Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Godzilla edged towards $90 million. Despite the fact that all but one of them have been terrible, Michael Bay’s fourth robot adventure Transformers: Age of Extinction is set to roar in its opening weekend. Last week, we predicted that the film would go top but, for the sake of cinema, we sincerely hope it doesn’t.

US:

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Director: Michael Bay – $100 million
2. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – $15.4 million
3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois – $13.1 million
4. Think Like a Man Too – Tim Story – $10.4 million
5. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg – $8.2 million

UK:

1. Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie – Ben Kellett – £4.3 million
2. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone – £1.7 million
3. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – £1.2 million
4. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg – £0.8 million
5. Chef – Jon Favreau – £0.6 million

Well my attempts to boycott Transformers have drastically failed but at least it’s taken less than its franchise predecessors. I’d be greatly surprised if it doesn’t go on to surpass $800 million at least. Animation, fantasy sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2 underperformed on its debut but it is recovering with its financial long livety while Maleficent continues its impressive run by storming past the $600 million mark. In the UK, the critically shunned, Irish TV adaptation Mrs Brown’s Boys has topped the box-office, mainly due to its massive success in Ireland while teen weepie, which dropped down to fifth in its second week in the US, has slipped up only one place this time round. This week I’ve scored a disappointing 3/10.

US:

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay
2. Deliver Us From Evil – Scott Derickson
3. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
4. Tammy – Ben Falcone
5. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois

UK:

1. Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie – Ben Kellett
2. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
3. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone
4. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg
5. Tammy – Ben Falcone

Peter Cullen in Transformers: Age of Extinction, this week’s US number one.

Brendan O’Carroll in Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie, this week’s UK number one

Weekend box-office – 28th of June to 4th of July 2014 – can Jump Street take Dragon and Think Like a Man too?

It’s not usual for a box-office showdown to be contended by three comedy sequels but that exact battle is taking place in the US this weekend. First off is How to Train Your Dragon 2 which was left slightly deflated by its second place entry last week but was hoping for the legs that often tread with films aimed at younger audiences. Next up was 22 Jump Street whose combination of modern wit and knowing with supreme ’80s silliness is proving massively popular for the 15+ male audience. Finally, brushing off its critical thrashing and hoping the US can look past that is Think Like A Man Too which could thrive off the largely empty weekend and Kevin Hart’s popularity. Last week we predicted that Dragon would creep up one place to the top but last find out what really went down.

US:

1. Think Like a Man Too – Director: Tim Story – $29.2 million
2. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – $27.5 million
3. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois – $24.7 million
4. Jersey Boys – Clint Eastwood – $13.3 million
5. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg – $13 million

UK:

1. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone – £3.4 million
2. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – £1.5 million
3. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg – £1 million
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past – Bryan Singer – £0.6 million
5. Edge of Tomorrow – Doug Liman – £0.5 million

Think Like a Man has inexplicably defeated a pair of rare critically lauded comedy sequels but any further success will be shunted down by next week’s big release. Lord and Miller meanwhile are on fine form with the two biggest comedy hits of the year (Jump Street and Lego Movie) but we’ll have to wait and see if Dreamworks’ Dragon sequel can make a worldwide impact. Clint Eastwood’s musical flick Jersey Boys made a flat entry but in the UK teen drama Fault in Our Stars has has proved to be a modest success. This week I scored a disappointing 2/10.

US:

1. Transformers: Age of Extinction – Michael Bay
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois
3. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
4. Think Like a Man Too – Tim Story
5. Snowpiercer – Joon-ho Bong

UK:

1. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone
2. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
3. Chef – Jon Favreau
4. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg
5. X-Men: Days of Future Past – Bryan Singer

Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars, this week’s UK number one.

Kevin Hart in Think Like a Man Too, this week’s US number one.

Weekened box-office – 21st to 27th of June 2014 – will 22 Jump Street arrest How to Train Your Dragon 2?

Two huge but very different comedy sequels are going head to head in this week’s box-office in the biggest clash of the year so far. We’re experiencing a showdown between the follow up to the modern classic buddy cop infiltration 21 Jump Street and sequel to the massively successful fantasy animation How to Train Your Dragon. Meanwhile in the UK, the lack of major openings could allow Jump Street to extend its run and lo-fi horror Oculus to break the top 5. Last week, we predicted that the Dragons would rule but let’s find us what really went down.

US:

1. 22 Jump Street – Directors: Phil Lord, Chris Miller – $60 million
2. How to Train Your Dragon – Dean DeBlois – $50 million
3. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg – $19 million
4. Edge of Tomorrow – Doug Liman – $16.2 million
5. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone – $15.7 million

UK:

1. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – £2.3 million
2. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg – £1.6 million
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past – Bryan Singer – £0.9 million
4. Edge of Tomorrow – Doug Liman – £0.7 million
5. Oculus – Mike Flanagan – £0.4 million

Much to our surprise, 22 Jump Street is proving hugely popular and has triumphed over How to Train Your Dragon. Lord/Miller/Tatum/Hill are proving to be the greatest comedy quartet of the decade. Dreamworks might be slightly disappointed with Dragon 2’s second place debut but its still taken a huge lump of money. Sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow is holding up better than expected but teen romance The Fault in Our Stars has dropped remarkably far this week, putting serious doubt on its financial legs. Meanwhile in the UK, Oculus has fully capitalised on the empty weekend but it’ll be glad to come away with something. This week’s shocks have score me a dismal 2/10, taking my running total to 165/330.

US:

1. How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean Deblois
2. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
3. Jersey Boys – Clint Eastwood
4. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg
5. Think Like a Man Too – Tim Story

UK:

1. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone
2. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
3. Jersey Boys – Clint Eastwood
4. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg
5. X-Men: Days of Future Past – Bryan Singer

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in 22 Jump Street, this week’s US and UK number one.

Weekend box-office – 14th to 20th of June 2014 – will Edge of Tomorrow find the fault in Our Stars?

A few years ago, if we pitched you this weekend’s box office battle there’d be a clear winner. Donning the gloves are sci-fi thriller Edge of Tomorrow starring the biggest movie of the past 25 years (Tom Cruise) and soppy teen-romance novel adaptation The Fault in Our Stars. However the times they are a changing and now young adult romances such as Twilight are big money, even without critical approval. In today’s box-office, both would be considered equals but let’s find out who was victorious in the US while we discover what impact comedy sequel 22 Jump Street will be making in the UK ahead of its big debut in America next week. Find last week’s predictions here.

US:

1. The Fault in Our Stars – Director: Josh Boone – $48.2 million
2. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg – $33.5 million
3. Edge of Tomorrow – Doug Liman – $29.1 million
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past – Bryan Singer – $14.7 million
5. A Million Ways to Die in the West – Seth MacFarlane – $7.2 million

UK:

1. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller – £4.9 million
2. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg – £2.6 million
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past – Bryan Singer – £1.8 million
4. Edge of Tomorrow – Doug Liman – £1.2 million
5. A Million Ways to Die in the West – Seth MacFarlane – £0.5 million

The Fault in Our Stars has definitely surpassed financial expectation but it may be following the trait of masses of fan viewings on the opening weekend before dropping off quickly but these kinds of films can thrive on repeat viewings. Cruise’s actioner Edge of Tomorrow’s takings have been a little underwhelming but it might have box-office legs to come; it’s proving popular internationally and could well reach around its target of $350 million. X-Men 7 and Maleficent are continuing to display impressive numbers while MacFarlane’s Ted follow up A Million Ways to Die in the West in yet another Western comedy disaster. This week’s score of 7/10 has taken my running total to 163/320.

US:

1. How to Train Your Dragon – Dean DeBlois
2. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
3. The Fault in Our Stars – Josh Boone
4. Edge of Tomorrow – Doug Liman
5. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg

UK:

1. 22 Jump Street – Phil Lord, Chris Miller
2. Oculus – Mike Flanagan
3. Maleficent – Robert Stromberg
4. X-Men: Days of Future Past – Bryan Singer
5. Edge of Tomorrow – Doug Liman

Ansel Elgort and Shailene Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars, this week’s US number one.

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in 22 Jump Street, this week’s UK number one.