TOP 40 – Bad Grandpa Finally Sinks Gravity

Bad Grandpa, a Johnny Knoxville prank-fest, finally knocked Gravity from the top of both our guide2film listings and the box office peak.

It managed to bring in an outstanding $30m and avoid negative reviews to grab the No.1 position. Gravity had been top for three weeks and seems far from done, moving down only to 2nd place. DVD The Conjuring moved up two to be a surprising 3rd, mainly due to critical and commercial success which has made it the hottest horror of 2013. Captain Phillips went down to 4th after a less lucrative box office weekend while Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 bounced back into the Top 10 at 5th. Star Trek: Into Darkness also made a comeback of sorts from 14th to 6th after taking the Best Movie prize at the Hollywood Awards. Animated film The Croods marked its BluRay/DVD release with a place at 7th. Iron Man 3 plummeted from its 3rd place down to 8th although its remarkable run of popularity continues long after its release to home media. In its second week out on DVD Pacific Rim sits at 9 and in 10th is Despicable Me 2 due to the pre-sales for its general release.

Debutant The Counselor scored a disappointing 18th after poor box office and critical results despite being an awards season favourite. Interestingly, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, the original film, is enjoying an upswing in popularity after the release of its sequel and rose to 12th. 12 Years A Slave, a supposed awards juggernaut rose to 20th on just a limited release and could go higher on its general release this weekend.

The complete list is below

1. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
2. Gravity
3. The Conjuring
4. Captain Phillips
5. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2
6. Star Trek: Into Darkness
7. The Croods
8. Iron Man 3
9. Pacific Rim
10. Despicable Me 2
11. World War Z
12. Carrie
13. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
14. The Great Gatsby
15. This Is The End
16. The Heat
17. Turbo
18. The Counselor
19. The Hangover Part III
20. 12 Years A Slave
21. Rush
22. Insidious: Chapter 2
23. Now You See Me
24. Enough Said
25. Prisoners
26. The Way, Way Back
27. Escape Plan
28. Don Jon
29. The Internship
30. The Purge
31. We’re The Millers
32. All Is Lost
33. After Earth
34. White House Down
35. R.I.P.D
36. The Fifth Estate
37. Girl Most Likely
38. Runner Runner
39. Baggage Claim
40. I’m In Love With A Church Girl

Related articles

• ‘Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa’ Finally Topples ‘Gravity’ From The Top Of The US Box Office (contactmusic.com)
• Bad Grandpa Enjoys Great Box Office Showing, Defeats Gravity (thehollywoodgossip.com)

Hollywood Awards

It may be very early in the awards season but our first preview of the big players in this years awards roulette have been revealed at the Hollywood Awards.

Sandra Bullock was rewarded for a stellar performance in Gravity with the Hollywood Actress award and the performance of Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club saw him snag the Actor award. Harrison Ford received a well deserved Hollywood Career Achievement Award after a career spanning decades which influenced generations. The Supporting role gongs went to Jake Gyllenhaal in Prisoners  and Julia Roberts in August: Osage Country. Lee Daniels was honoured for his success in directing The Butler and surprisingly Star Trek: Into Darkness received the Hollywood Movie Award….does that give it an outside Oscar chance????

The reality is there are many more films to come before the BIG awards around February but it was a stage for some early stakes at a golden figurine.

Full awards list below and gallery

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Hollywood Movie Award: Star Trek: Into Darkness

Hollywood Career Achievement: Harrison Ford

Hollywood Legend Award: Jerry Weintraub

Hollywood Director Award: Lee Daniels Lee Daniel’s The Butler

Hollywood Actor Award: Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club

Hollywood Actress Award: Sandra Bullock Gravity

Hollywood Supporting Actor Award: Jake Gyllenhaal Prisoners

Hollywood Supporting Actress Award: Julia Roberts August: Osage County

Hollywood Visual Effects Award: John Knoll Pacific Rim

Hollywood Animation Award: Dan Scanlon Monsters University

Hollywood Screenwriter Award: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater Before Midnight

Hollywood Spotlight Awards: Michael B. Jordan Fruitvale Station, Sophie Nelisse The Book Thief, and David Oyelowo Lee Daniel’s The Butler

Hollywood Producer Award: Michael De Luca

Hollywood Song Award: Chris Martin Hunger Games

Hollywood Costume and Production Design Award: Michal Wilkinson and Judy Becker American Hustle

Hollywood Ensemble Cast Award: Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson and Misty Upham. August: Osage County

Hollywood Breakout Performance Award: Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club

Hollywood Breakout Director Award: Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave

Hollywood New Hollywood Award: Lupita Nyong’o 12 Years a Slave

REVIEW – Gravity

Gravity (2013)

Director: Alfonso Cuaron

Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Paul Sharma

A masterful combination of reality and special effects has made Gravity the film of 2013 so far. Never before has space been so realistically explored on the big screen and never before has such beautiful cinematography been applied to the vastness of space. Gravity is gripping from start to finish and entirely deserving of the accolades being heaped on it, Alfonso Cuaron, and Sandra Bullock.

Gravity follows Mission Specialist Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) as they attempt to find safety after being cut loose from the Hubble Space telescope while on a spacewalk.

While the premise sounds interesting its hard to grasp the sheer magnificence of Cuaron’s work which has now set a bar for the space genre. The near perfect adherence to the laws of space and zero gravity bring a chilling realism to an already tense situation. Watching Stone helplessly attempt to stop spinning once detached from the spacecraft is gut-wrenching. The great Buzz Aldrin himself declared the film a magnificent reflection on the dangers of space.

Bullock is naturally captivating as the rookie Stone who is completely out of her depth. The vulnerability and fear her character experiences is magnified just by Bullock’s voice from behind her spacesuit. She has the perfect co-star in Clooney, the veteran astronaut with the experience and charm to balance her insecurities. With all the talk of the cinematography and special effects, this movie is hinged on the leads and I really couldn’t see anyone else pulling this off.

“Clear skies with a chance of satellite debris.” (Stone)

That’s not to see that the cinematography and special-effects are poor. They are almost certain Oscar winners, and when you consider that so far The Hobbit Trilogy has cost $500m, Cuaron’s use of a 100m budget is masterful. The sequences of destruction and chaos which take place in the dead silence of space are fantastic and there are many little scenes which vindicate spending extra on a 3D ticket while not so subtle shots which call to mind an unborn child or resurrection maintain an ethereal beauty.

Right about now I’m usually pedantically pointing out the flaws of a film but Gravity has left me stumped. It’s everything you’re promised and more. I’ve kept this review short so you can get the hell down to your local cinema and watch the movie!!!!!!!!!