I actually decided some time back that I would never watch another movie “starring” Nicolas Cage again. In fact, the last movie he had a significant role in that I enjoyed was Face/Off, and that was in 1997. Before that he made Leaving Las Vegas and The Rock, both of which were really good. However, After Face/Off, all of his movies have sucked the BIG one (in my opinion).
By the way, I saw Safe House this weekend (with Denzel Washington) and thought it was mediocre at best; about 4.5 out of 10. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: The Atlantic Wire
By Seth Abramovitch | The Atlantic Wire – Sun, Feb 19, 2012
Welcome back to Box Office Report. It was another strong weekend for Hollywood during the typically dead month of February, yet no one can seem to figure out why (though they aren’t complaining). Today’s edition is just like a day at the races, with a Ryan Reynolds spy movie and Channing Tatum weepie pulling around the final bend for a photo-finish. Trailing behind and puking lava, however, is the Ghost Rider sequel.
1. Safe House (Universal): $24 million in 3,121 theaters [Week 2]
2. The Vow (Screen Gems): $23.6 million in 2,958 theaters [Week 2]
As these quintessential chick- and dude-flicks duked it out for B.O. supremacy, each was actually helping the other one out: It’s the old, “fine, I’ll see your movie if you see mine”-effect. Works every time.
3. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (Sony): $22 million in 3,174 theaters (Sony)
Sony is feeling pretty chain-whipped this Sunday. Despite their best efforts to diminish the presence of Nicolas Cage in the film’s marketing materials, audiences nevertheless caught wind of the fact that it featured the star of such cinematic turds as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Season of the Witch and Drive Angry, and stayed away in droves anyway. This third-place showing has driven a flaming stake through Johnny Blaze’s charcoal heart. (Is that how you kill Ghost Rider? I never read the comics.)
4. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (WB): $20.85 million in 3,500 theaters [Week 2]
On the other hand, this sequel continues to outperform all expectations, dipping only 26 percent in its second outing. It’s Rocksanity!
5. This Means War (Fox): $17.5 million in 3,189 theaters
Tom Hardy and Chris Pine play deadly CIA agents and best friends warring over the affections of Reese Witherspoon. Perhaps it would have done better if it starred Ryan Phillippe and Jake Gyllenhaal.
