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Box Office Report: 'Despicable Me 2' Crushes 'Lone Ranger' on Tuesday Night
The Hollywood Reporter ^ | :43 AM PDT 7/3/2013 by Pamela McClintock

Posted on 07/03/2013 11:37:13 AM PDT by Perdogg

UPDATED: Universal's 3D animated event pic grosses $4.7 million, compared to $2 million for Disney's big-budget action-adventure.

Universal's Despicable Me 2 left The Lone Ranger in the dust on Tuesday night as both films opened at the North American box office on the eve of the long July 4th holiday stretch.

The 3D animated event pic grossed a stellar $4.7 million from 2,563 theaters, while Disney's big-gamble Western -- headlining Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer -- took in $2 million.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boxoffice; despicableme2; disney; hollywood; loneranger; moviereview; theloneranger
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To: Perdogg

Hi yo Silver ...

21 posted on 07/03/2013 12:09:34 PM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

2 birds on stone, dont cha know!


22 posted on 07/03/2013 12:10:21 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Puppage

I’m still trying to find out where Costner got that 9 shot Colt.


23 posted on 07/03/2013 12:11:29 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: redhead

I wound up watching the first one on DVD and really liked it after it got going.


24 posted on 07/03/2013 12:11:56 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Perdogg

I will not be watching the communist Depp movie.


25 posted on 07/03/2013 12:14:57 PM PDT by stockpirate (If conservatives in America were committed to liberty they would Cairo DC!)
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To: Perdogg

MINIONS!


26 posted on 07/03/2013 12:16:24 PM PDT by PrairieDawg (Hey, hey - ho, ho - Chickenpooper's got to go!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LOL And here I sit thinking I was the only one who saw that. Well, at least it’s legal here in CT.


27 posted on 07/03/2013 12:17:17 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Puppage

Bullet counting in westerns is one of my hobbies. The gunfight at the OK corral in Tombstone was a doozy too.


28 posted on 07/03/2013 12:19:23 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yeah, I do the same...in ALL movies.


29 posted on 07/03/2013 12:21:07 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: mylife

Two common sense reason to loath anything.


30 posted on 07/03/2013 12:22:41 PM PDT by MaxMax (If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
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To: Perdogg

I’m waiting for a big screen version of “Psycho Dad.”


31 posted on 07/03/2013 12:25:46 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Puppage

Try “Where Eagles Dare” sometime. Clint and Burton must have had stick mags about 13 feet long in those MP40’s.


32 posted on 07/03/2013 12:26:06 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: redhead

The movies really can appeal to persons of all ages. They’re positive and have some humor that isn’t dirty, but only adults get the underlying meaning.


33 posted on 07/03/2013 12:31:50 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Puppage

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Main_Page

The Internet Movie Firearms Database, a very cool site. Occasionally catch a mistake, but not often.


34 posted on 07/03/2013 12:33:52 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Puppage

If you haven’t seen it, “Broken Trail” is great, too. Duvall plays pretty much the same character...an older Gus McCrae. :)


35 posted on 07/03/2013 12:46:58 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: Bryanw92

There is nothing worse than the CGI karate fight, 30 feet in the air.


36 posted on 07/03/2013 12:51:46 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
There is nothing worse than the CGI karate fight, 30 feet in the air.

I think most of those are Wire-Fu, not CGI.

37 posted on 07/03/2013 1:00:00 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: Mr. Jeeves

I loved Broken Trail too, but Duvall’s character was too held-back to be Gus McCrae. McCrae would have kicked everybody’s ass on his own.


38 posted on 07/03/2013 1:04:11 PM PDT by Rinnwald
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To: Perdogg
Lets see... Johnny Depp playing a phony indian while channeling the pirate Jack Sparrow with a DEAD BIRD on his head (which screams: "Forget that man in the mask... LOOK AT ME!" every time he is on screen. Talk about upstaging the supposed star of the film.) throughout the whole movie or Gru and his wonderfully charming "Minions" and adopted daughters getting into all kinds of mischief.

Which would you take your family to see?

I'll take Despicable Me 2 for $1,000 Alex.

39 posted on 07/03/2013 1:10:02 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord deliver us from evil, in Jesus name, amen.)
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To: Rinnwald
I think most of those are Wire-Fu, not CGI.

Cheaper thrill, I guess.

40 posted on 07/03/2013 1:24:46 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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