Weekly Box Office Movies in Singapore And Malaysia (Ending 2012/11/18)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies of Singapore and Malaysia for the week ending 18th Nov 2012 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : Another week of surprise! The Singapore local new release "From Ah Boys To Men" (Mandarin) retained the top  post for the second weeks. Skyfall has to settle for the second spot again. This week. Tamil movies (Indian's movie) took the center stage in the box office, top of the chart is Thuppakki (kind of like an Indian version of James Bond movie, I might be wrong ;-)).

The Hobbit - After Gollum, Here Comes Gandalf At Embassy Theater

As part of the marketing effort, just last month, a giant statue of Gollum was set up in the Wellington Airport, New Zealand. Now, here come the statue of another key character of The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey: Gandalf. 

Instead of airport, the giant statue of Gandalf was setup at The Embassy Theatre in downtown Wellington. As depicted in the trailer, it is a scene whereby Gandalf is standing in front of Bilbo's home. The reason for the statue is that the theatre will be hosting the world premiere of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on November 28th there! 

Chinese Zodiac [CZ12 : 十二生肖] - Dec 2012 (IMAX)

Move over James Bond or Indian Jones (temporarily), here come the Asia's very own hero, Asian Hawk (aka Jackie Chan). Chinese Zodiac or CZ12 is Jackie Chan's 101 movies. He is directing and acting in this third installment of popular action franchise, Armour Of God (after 21 years lapsed).

Following are the first 2 installments : Armour Of God (1986) and Operation Condor (1991):

CZ12 will first be released in Hong Kong on 12th Dec 2012 (to coincide with the movie title) and will subsequently be released in other Asian countries like China, Singapore, Malaysia from 20th Dec 2012. 

Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2012/11/18)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 18th November 2012 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : As expected, the finale of The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn (Part 2) tops the chart and demoted Skyfall to the second place. Breaking Dawn (Part 2) opens $141 millions in its first week.

This Thanksgiving weekend, the movies to look out for is Life Of Pi (directed by Lee Ang), Hitchcock (portrayed by Anthony Hopkins) and Rise Of The Guardians (animation). 

Weekly Box Office Movies in Singapore And Malaysia (Ending 2012/11/11)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies of Singapore and Malaysia for the week ending 11st Nov 2012 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : What a surprise! The Singapore local new release "From Ah Boys To Men" (Mandarin) toppled Skyfall to become Top movie of the week. Actually, it might not be exceptionally surprising after all as the director of the movie, Jack Neo is a well known and popular director here with a few millions dollars projects released under his directorship.  Besides, it is a movie about the army life, which the locals can relate to it very well. In Malaysia, Skyfall remains at the top place on its second week. 

Weekly Box Office Movies in US (Ending 2012/11/11)

Here are the TOP 5 Movies from US for the week ending 11st November 2012 (Sun).

SPECIAL NOTE : As expected, Skyfall broke its own franchise record to become the best opening  James Bond movie ever! With $88.4 millions, it easily tops the US chart. Internationally (exclude US), Skyfall already gained $429.6 and is definitely on its way to become the most successful 007 movie ever!

P/S : I've seen the 23rd James Bond movie in IMAX and I loved it!

Skyfall - The Amazing Opening Credits [Video]

If you have already watched the 23rd James Bond movie, SKYFALL, I am sure you will be awed with the opening credits. In fact, the opening credits has been the tradition of all James Bond movies and it just provide an additional ohm to the entire movie.

What make the opening credits in Skyfall special are:

1. The credit literally start with the FALL of James Bond! However, do take note that this FALL has nothing to do with the movie title, Skyfall as the latter is actually the name of a place in Scotland (where James Bond was born).

2. The theme song, Skyfall is sang by the diva, Adele

Guest Review - Skyfall (IMAX)

It has been a while since the last guest review (on Taken 2), my trusted friend, Ben, is back! Today, he is reviewing the 23rd James Bond movie, Skyfall.

The well loved secret agent, 007 (by Daniel Craig for the third times) broke the franchise' own record being the best opening Bond Movie in US last weekend (US$88.4 mil). Internationally, so far it has gained US$429.6 millions from about 80 markets (excluding US) and it is a matter of time (in day) to surpass Casino Royale (US$431) to become the highest-grossing Bond movie ever overseas. 

The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey : New Photos and Banners

As the saying goes, the more the merrier! 

The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey, this year's MUST watch blockbuster movie has been rigorously pumping up their marketing effort recently, apart from the giant Gollum Statue display at the Wellington Airport, New Zealand (the birth place of the movie) and their very own stamps and gold coins (also in New Zealand), the other media releases are the new trailers, movie posters and banners. 

Marvellous Infographic On Which Studios Control Which Movie Franchise

Inspired by the recent acquisition of LucasFilm by Disney, Empire (most popular movie magazine from UK) has developed a marvellous infographic detailing which movie franchises were controlled by which studios. 

In general, there are about 7 giant studios controlling the majority of the show business, they are:

1. Disney

2. Warners Brothers

3. Sony

4. Universal

5. Lionsgate

6. 20th Century Fox

7. Paramount