Box Office Hits and Disappearances

Just as Tom Hiddleston was able to survive his brief relationship with Taylor Swift, his new movie, King Kong: Skull Island, was able to survive its opening weekend. Not only did the ongoing story of the world’s most recognizable, troublesome and fictitious primate (next to Curious George) end in the No. 1 spot after bringing in over $61 million in its first weekend in US theaters for a grand total of $142.6 million worldwide, but it also surpassed runner-up Logan, with a troubled and tired Wolverine ending his second weekend at a beastly $430 million. Not bad for an opening weekend, considering Warner Bros. shelled out $185 million to produce the modern addition to the King Kong franchise.



Fans holding out for the Christmas 2018 release of the Avatar 2 will have their patience tested, as director James Cameron announced that he’s once again pushing back the release date — for the third time. The sequel to the heavily awarded, 2009 original was initially due to arrive in theaters December 2014, with each subsequent release taking place every five years. However, Cameron isn’t prepared to release the second in the series of five films before the timing is right and the progression of each movie makes sense. During his interview with The Toronto Star, he said:

"It's not an unreasonable time frame if you think about it. It took us four-and-a-half years to make one movie and now we're making four. We're full tilt boogie right now. This is my day job and pretty soon we'll be 24/7. We're pretty well designed on all our creatures and sets. It's pretty exciting stuff. I wish I could share with the world. But we have to preserve a certain amount of showmanship and we're going to draw that curtain when the time is right."

When you remember that there's four more Avatar films coming pic.twitter.com/USvndaIs7m

— Avatar (@officialavatar) January 23, 2017

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