Posts Tagged ‘Black Swan’

For the past five years, Marvel has unofficially kicked off the summer movie season with their fantastic lineup of superheroes. With big names like Wolverine, Spider-Man and Iron Man at their disposal, they have dominated the last half-decade of setting the bar high for the beginning of the summer. This weekend, they will attempt to do the same with a new film franchise based on Thor, about the strong and cocky god of thunder who gets kicked out of Asgard and forced to live on Earth. But before you start off the summer with this big-budget spectacle, check out some of these under-ranked films from the stars of Thor.

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Rank the week of March 29th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best movies of all-time:

Black Swan reviews and rankings

Black Swan

(DVD and Blu-ray | R | 2010)

Flickchart Ranking: #11
Times Ranked: 25103
Win Percentage: 67%
Top-20 Rankings: 257

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Directed By: Darren Aronofsky

Starring: Natalie Portman •  Mila Kunis •  Winona Ryder •  Barbara Hershey •  Vincent Cassel

Genres: Drama •  Psychological Thriller •  Thriller

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Odds are this year, you’ve probably seen at least one Oscar nominee. Seven of the ten highest grossing films of 2010 have gained at least some nomination, and five of the ten best picture nominees have made over $100 million with two others teetering just under that mark. But with many of the nominees having excelled at the box office, there are plenty of other nominees that most haven’t even heard of that are pretty fantastic as well. So to prepare for this Sunday’s 83rd Academy Awards, here are the some of the under-ranked films nominated.

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As the Oscar telecast creeps up on us again, it begs the question: How many times has the Academy really gotten this “Best Picture” thing right, anyway?

Think about it. How many controversial decisions are there in the Academy’s history? How many times is a movie other than Best Picture long remembered as the best of the year?

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weekend box office - february 4-6

Movie

Weekend $

Total $

Average $/Theater

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The Roommate

$15.6 Mil

$16 Mil

$6,156

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Sanctum

$9.2 Mil

$9 Mil

$3,310

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No Strings Attached

$8.4 Mil

$52 Mil

$2,754

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The King’s Speech

$8.3 Mil

$84 Mil

$3,216

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The Rite

$5.6 Mil

$24 Mil

$1,864

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The Green Hornet

$6.1 Mil

$87 Mil

$2,011

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The Mechanic

$5.4 Mil

$20 Mil

$1,986

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True Grit

$4.8 Mil

$155 Mil

$1,637

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The Dilemma

$3.5 Mil

$46 Mil

$1,355

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Black Swan

$3.4 Mil

$96 Mil

$1,720

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Source: Box Office Mojo