New on DVD and Blu-ray: 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues', '47 Ronin', 'The Bag Man'

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues - Rob Burgundy returns once more. Except this time around, he's thrust into a new decade of news making. The 80s are very different from the 70s, and Burgundy and friends find themselves working for the first every 24-hour news station, competing against the top newscasters.  The same lovable news gang is back, along with some new and fun additions. The films stars Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate, Steve, Carell, Meagan Good, James Marsden, and David Koechner. 

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The Pirate Fairy - Tinker Bell and her friends go on the adventure of a lifetime when a dust-keeper fairy named Zarina steals the important blue pixie dust. Along the way their powers get switched and they have to learn to deal with that as they hunt down Zarina to return the pixie dust to its rightful place. The film stars the voice talents of Tom Hiddleston, Christina Hendricks, Mae Whitman. 


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47 Ronin - A group of samurais, in order to avenge the death and dishonor of their master, head out in search of the powerful shogun who killed him. The film stars Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, and Min Tanaka. 

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Knights of Badassdom - A movie that sounds like it came from the writer's room of Supernatural, Knights of Badassdom follows live-action role players as they mistakenly raise a demon from hell and have to deal with the consequences of their actions. The film stars Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, and Peter Dinklage. 

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At Middleton - Two parents fall in love over the course of a single day while playing hooky from their children's college tour. The film stars Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga. 

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The Bag Man - A criminal waits in a hotel for his boss after killing several men and making off with a mysterious bag. The film stars John Cusack, Robert De Niro, and Rebecca Da Costa. 

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Box Office: 'The Hobbit', 'Frozen' Fend Off 'The Wolf of Wall Street'

1. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug- $29.8M/$190.3M
2. Frozen- $28.8M/$248.3M
After six weeks, Frozen continues to show remarkable strength, gaining a whopping 47% from last week. The total is the 2nd-highest ever for a sixth weekend, surpassing Titanic and just behind Avatar. That's pretty good company Disney is happy to be associated with.
3. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues- $20.1M/$83.6M
Slipping only 20% from last week is Anchorman 2, which at $83M is just a nudge under the entire domestic haul of the first film.
4. American Hustle- $19.5M/$60M
5. The Wolf of Wall Street- $18.5M/$34.3M
The biggest debut of the week was Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's The Wolf of Wall Street, which opened big on Christmas Day ($10M) and lost steam afterwards. This one's going to be interesting to follow over the next few weeks, because it's a potential Oscar contender and will likely see some sort of bump from that. But at the same time the subject matter, which features DiCaprio indulging in unheard of levels of greed, excess, and sex, may turn off large portions of the audience. The film cost about $90M and there's no real danger of it not making any money, but it may not be as big of a hit as some may have predicted, especially with audiences only giving it a 'C' Cinemascore.
6. Saving Mr. Banks- $14M/$37.8M
As expected, Disney's Saving Mr. Banks is playing extremely well this holiday season, up 50% from last week.
7. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty- $13M/$25.5M
The only real feel-good movie of the new releases is Ben Stiller's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, but it may be feeling the effects of Frozen's continued strength. The film has been getting battered like a post by critics, but audiences have taken to it with a 'B+' Cinemascore. Costing around $90M it will need some help to get in the black, but the globe-hopping film should play well overseas. I'm also predicting this will have longer legs domestically than it seems right now.
8. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire- $10.2M/$391.1M
9. 47 Ronin- $9.8M/$20.5M
Well, the stench of failure has been all over Universal's inexplicable $200M 47 Ronin for a couple of years, and this soft opening solidifies it. Keanu Reeves leads the big-budget, special effects-heavy samurai epic, and it's largely due to him that it even did this well because the marketing has been pretty terrible. Critics have crushed it, although audiences seemed to love it enough to grant it at 'B+' Cinemascore, and maybe there will be greater returns on Blu-Ray. However you know things aren't going well when a time-honored tale such as the 47 Ronin can't even do well overseas, where it's only earned $6M.
10. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas- $7.4M/$43.7M

The Sylvester Stallone vs. Robert De Niro boxing comedy Grudge Match opened to a measly $7.3M weekend and $13.4M for the holiday week.  It's another in a string of duds for Stallone, but perhaps not as big of a deal since it only cost $40M.

Opening in limited release was August: Osage County, hitting five sites to earn $179K. Peter Berg's military drama Lone Survivor opened in two sites for $92K, and Ralph Fiennes The Invisible Woman earned $37K in three locations.

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Double the Keanu: Trailers for '47 Ronin' and 'Man of Tai Chi'

Been waiting patiently for Keanu Reeves to put on another "Whoa!" martial arts display like in The Matrix? You should be pretty happy with what's coming up then, as the actor will put his skills on display in 47 Ronin and in his directorial debut, Man of Tai Chi, and now there are new looks at both.

First up, Keanu stars as a wandering samurai in 47 Ronin, the directorial debut by the one-hot Carl Erik Rinsch. Remember, Rinsch was tapped early on to helm Prometheus before Ridley Scott took over, and now we'll finally get to see what he can do on a large scale. Based on the legendary Chinese historical tale and starring Rinko Kikuchi, Tadanobu Asano, and Hiroyuki Sanada, the film follows  ronin seeking revenge for the death of their master. Apparently they'll have to fight through a number of magical creatures in order to do it. 47 Ronin opens on Christmas Day.

Keanu steps behind the camera for the first time with Man of Tai Chi, a film which promises more than 40 minutes of martial arts action, all choreographed by the amazing Yuen Woo-Ping, who developed the fights scenes for The Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill, and The Grandmaster. So the dude knows his stuff, and should be enough to squash any fears this will be a total disaster because we know it'll look amazing. Keanu steps into a villain role as the wealthy head of an underground fight club who forces a tai chi master (Tiger Chen) to fight in his tournament. Man of Tai Chi will be available on VOD beginning September 27th, but will premiere at TIFF first.


47 RONIN : Official International Trailer #2 by itsartmag

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