Weekend Box Office Preview: May 29
Following a big Memorial Day weekend at the box office, we see two new major releases this weekend. Both have youth appeal and look to take down the big winners from last week, Night at the Museum and Terminator Salvation.
Animation powerhouse Pixar hopes to once again enthrall audiences with Up. The story follows retired curmudgeon Carl, who ties thousands of balloons onto his house to escape being shipped off to a nursing home and fulfill his departed wife’s lifelong dream of adventure. With eight-year-old stowaway Russell in tow, Carl encounters a world of unexpected wonders in the Venezuelan jungle. Pixar and early reviewers are intentionally vague with regard to the bulk of the plot, but I don’t think we should expect anything less than amazing storytelling from the filmmakers who brought us Wall-E, Toy Story, and The Incredibles. This is the first Pixar movie to be filmed in Disney Digital 3-D and will be presented as such at many theaters (for a premium), but regular 2-D showings are also available. It’s also the first animated film to open the Cannes Film Festival.
After helming the successful Spiderman series, Sam Raimi returns to his horror roots with Drag Me To Hell. In a coincidentally current-events-relevant plot, Allison Lohman’s Christine rejects an old woman’s mortgage extension to secure a promotion at her bank. But, uh-oh, the old woman puts a crazy curse on Christine and all hell breaks loose (literally). I saw some early clips at Comic-con last year, and they were creepy and campy. I don’t do horror movies, but early reviewers seem to agree that this is a thrilling ride that highlights Raimi’s skills as a horror director.
Best bet this weekend: Up, Up, Up. Unless you’re a horror fan, then Drag Me To Hell looks promising.
Coming up: A wacky big screen interpretation of cult ’70s TV show Land of the Lost, My Life in Ruins, another Nia Vardalos helmed rom-com, and the R-Rated, raunchy comedy The Hangover.
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