Disney Reveals New Images from 'The Good Dinosaur' and 'Inside Out'

Last night Disney began the promo rollout for what's shaping up to be a huge 2015 campaign. They dropped a brand new Avengers: Age of Ultron image, but as we all know that was really just the tip of the iceberg for what the Mouse House has in store. A couple of brand new animated films from Pixar are on the way in The Good Dinosaur and Inside Out, and now there's some pics to feast your eyes on.

Arriving on June 19th 2015 will be the ambitious Inside Out, which takes us into the mind of a young girl and creates characters out of her emotions. Peter Docter is directing this one with Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, Diane Lane, Amy Poehler, and Lewis Black part of the voice cast. And then there's The Good Dinosaur, which has undergone some pretty significant changes beginning with the firing of original director, Bob Peterson. The project has since been taken over by Peter Sohn, and how much he's changed the plot is still a mystery. What we know is that it presents a world where dinosaurs never became extinct and now live side-by-side with humans. That film arrives on November 25th.

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Emotions Run Wild in Trailer for Pixar's 'Inside Out'

There won't be a Pixar movie up for an Academy Award in a few months because they won't have released an animated film in all of 2014. It's rare when that happens, and the beloved studio saw fit to remind us they still exist with the first teaser for 2015's Inside Out. It didn't reveal an awful lot, and basically served as an homage to the studio's past works, but now a proper trailer has been revealed and it looks pretty special.

Reminding us just how great Pixar can be when allowed to do original work (rather than a bunch of sequels), Inside Out has an inventive premise and what appear to be some memorable characters. Those characters happen to be the feelings of a little girl named Riley; such as Joy, Disgust, Anger, Fear, and Sadness. But adults have emotions, too, and the story will also reach inside the mind of her parents, voiced by Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan.

Featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Kaitlyn Dias, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Bill Hader, and Phyllis Smith, Inside Out opens June 19th.

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Pixar's Peter Sohn Confirmed as 'The Good Dinosaur' Director in New Video

If everything had gone according to plan we'd have already seen Pixar's The Good Dinosaur. But like many of their projects a major overhaul took place midstream when Bob Peterson was removed as director, leading to a bumping of the release date from last May to next year. The odd thing was that Pixar never revealed who Peterson's replacement was, but now we know and it's Pixar veteran, Peter Sohn.

Pixar revealed the news in a video tweet showing Sohn drawing the lead dinosaur, Arlo. The original story was to have taken place on an Earth that didn't see the dinosaurs wiped out by an asteroid, so that they now live in harmony alongside humans. Jon Lithgow, Judy Greer, Lucas Neff, Neil Patrick Harris, and Bill Hader were lending their voices to the project, but it's unclear if that is still the case or if the story has been changed.

As for Sohn, he's been with Pixar more than a decade as an animator, occasional voice actor, and storyboard artist. He had been co-directing the The Good Dinosaur with Peterson at the time of the latter's removal, so it only made sense for him to take over. The Good Dinosaur opens November 25th 2015.

Our director Peter Sohn can't wait for you to meet Arlo! #TheGoodDinosaur releases in theaters November 2015. https://t.co/i4J5X6tfhi
— Disney•Pixar (@DisneyPixar) October 20, 2014

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First Trailer for Pixar's 'Inside Out' Brings the Emotion

That emptiness you feel is the complete lack of Pixar movies in 2014. The studio took the year off to better prepare their upcoming slate of films, and it couldn't come at a better time. Lately there has been a lot of complaining about their sudden reliance on sequels (Cars 2, Monsters University, the upcoming Finding Dory) rather than creating the fresh, imaginative films we've grown accustomed to. But in 2015 Pixar will hit us with two completely original works, and one that sounds like an ambitious return to form is Inside Out.

Pixar has debuted the first teaser for Inside Out, which takes us inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl named Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) so we can literally meet her emotions. And this being the brain of a pre-teen, those emotions are all over the place, voiced by the likes of Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, and Phyllis Smith.  Most of this teaser is a look back at Pixar's past classics, with actual footage from the film not arriving until the end. But maybe we should be encouraged they are confident enough to lump it in with them?

Directed by Pete Docter, Inside Out opens June 19th 2015, and it will be followed later that year by The Good Dinosaur which arrives November 25th.


Pixar Inside Out Trailer by itsartmag

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First Look at Pixar Short Film 'Lava' Debuting with 'Inside Out'

There have been a number of big animated films released this year already, including Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon 2 which is in theaters now. But if something feels a little off about the field it may be due to Pixar not having any movies in 2014. They were planning to release The Good Dinosaur last May but it was bumped until 2015 when there will be two films from the studio. Opening in June will be the eagerly anticipated and extremely ambitious Inside Out, which takes us into the mind of an 11-year-old girl. Preceding it will be another of Pixar's excellent short films, Lava, and now we have the first image from it.

Directed by James Ford Murphy, an animator on A Bug's Life, Cars, Toy Story 2 and more, the film is described as a musical romance about a lonely male volcano named Uku who wishes for a companion, only to discover that a female volcano exists just below sea level.

Lava will be seen ahead of Inside Out on June 19th 2015.

PLOT:  Inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes, “LAVA” is a musical love story that takes place over millions of years.

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'The Incredibles 2' and 'Cars 3' In the Works

The days of Pixar releasing wholly unique animated films every year are long gone, in favor of sequels and 3D re-releases of their most cherished classics. They are a part of the Disney juggernaut, after all, and keeping these profitable brands churning is a priority.  One film everyone has actually been asking for was a sequel to The Incredibles, and while there has been off-and-on talk about it, the prospect seemed unlikely. Until now that is with the announcement that The Incredibles 2 is finally going to happen.

Disney's Bob Iger revealed that a sequel to Brad Bird's 2004 superhero comedy is in the planning stages with Bird writing the script. No word on if he will direct or if they'll turn to another of their talented group for the job. Bird has moved on to live-action films, directing Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol and the upcoming Tomorrowland. Iger also announced that Cars 3 is in the works, this despite the lukewarm reception to Cars 2. Despite that, it still made $560M worldwide and probably a lot more in merchandising, so a sequel was never really in doubt. It doesn't look like it will have anything to do with the spinoff franchise, Planes,

No release dates on these yet but stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. 

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3D Re-Releases of Pixar's 'The Incredibles' and 'Ratatouille' On the Way

Pixar hasn't just gone sequel crazy, they've gone re-release crazy of late. So far we've seen a couple of Toy Story movies re-released in 3D, as well as Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo. And now it looks like they're basically bringing back their entire library of past classics back into theaters to further milk these cash cows for all they are worth.

According to Screen Daily, Pixar's director of 3D production Josh Hollander revealed at the 3D Creative Summit in London that The Incredibles and Ratatouille are returning in the third-dimension...

Hollander: "Right now we’re working on The Incredibles, which is a lot of fun in 3D. I’m not sure what the release strategy for it will be. It’s been an interesting challenge to work on technology because – while the film was released 10 years ago – the technology is even older as it took four years to make."

He then went on to add...

 Hollander: "We have a version of Ratatouille, which works really well in 3D and we’re trying to figure out exactly what the release strategy for that will be."

Perhaps Ratatouille can come in smell-o-vision, too? 3D aromas wafting throughout the theater? Hollander also acknowledges there may have been some audience blowback thanks to the overuse of 3D. No kidding.

Hollander: "I think that we as an industry may have lost some of our audience for 3D with releases that didn’t beg for the medium or didn’t warrant the medium or didn’t use the median in a nuanced and sophisticated and comfortable way. I think it’s possible that we drove some folks away from 3D with the higher ticket price or whatever else. But I also think that as the industry settles on a more nuanced approach, I really hope and believe that the audiences will return."

Whatever you say, hoss. Of all the Pixar movies The Incredibles seemed like the most obvious one that deserved a sequel, but instead it looks like we'll have to settle for watching the original with silly glasses on.

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First Poster for Pixar's 'The Good Dinosaur'

Pixar is still trying to iron out some story problems with The Good Dinosaur, and last we heard the film was getting moved from its May 2014 perch to November 2015. A brain trust of the studio's finest was brought in to replace director Bob Peterson and overhaul a story that posits what would happen if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs misses the mark. Footage was shown at D23 and response to it was positive, in particular the visual risks being taken. How much of that footage will remain is anybody's guess, and with so much work left to be done it's a little surprising to see a new teaser poster emerge.

The image showcases Arlo (voiced by Lucas Neff), a dinosaur from an agrarian society who goes off on a personal quest and discovers one of the first humans, who he names Spot. Arlo and Spot come to realize they are both outcasts from their people, and it's their friendship that serves as the basis for the film. But again, it'll be interesting to see how much the story evolves over the next two years.

The Good Dinosaur stomps into theaters on November 25th 2015. [BleedingCool]

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Pixar Plans New Film Every Year, A Sequel Every Other

The popular trend is to bash Pixar for ever doing sequels to their vast library of animated classics. Unless it's Toy Story, then nobody says anything. The reason seems to be that Pixar has taken to switching up genres with their follow-ups, like the spy flick that was Cars 2 or the frat house comedy that was Monsters University. Despite the complaining, it hasn't stopped Pixar from racking up #1 hits, nor has it really diluted the quality of the films in any consistent way. But perhaps they've heard the rumbling and decided to do something about it, anyway.

In a recent interview with Buzzfeed, Pixar president Ed Catmull revealed their new plan to alternate between original content and sequels....

Catmull: "We’re going to have an original film every year, then every other year have a sequel to something. That’s the rough idea."

He went on to add...

Catmull:  “For artistic reasons … it’s really important that we do an original film a year. Every once in a while, we get a film where we want or people want to see something continuing in that world — which is the rationale behind the sequel. They want those characters, which means we were successful with them. But if you keep doing that, then you aren’t doing original films.”

The demands of a parent company like Disney pretty much force Pixar to have to cash in on their most lucrative properties, but Catmull's overall rationale doesn't make much sense. While he says that the impetus behind the sequels is due to the genuine desire to continue a specific world, locking themselves into doing one every two years has nothing to do with creative inspiration. That doesn't mean they'll be bad movies, and if Monsters University is any example they could be great. All it means is that these sequels won't develop organically.

Pixar currently has a pair of original films coming up in the next two years: The Good Dinosaur opens in 2014, and Pete Doctor's Inside Out arrives in 2015. A sequel to Finding Nemo, titled Finding Dory, arrives on November 25th 2015

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Has 'Toy Story 4' been confirmed for 2015?

Thanks to a series of really well done short films, Pixar has done a terrific job of keeping the Toy Story characters in our thoughts. As if we could ever forget them, right? But surely they know everyone expects a Toy Story 4 at some point. I certainly do, which is why it's always going to be a big issue everytime a new rumor about it surfaces.

Thanks to our friends at BleedingCool for spotting two Colombian sources that seem pretty confident Toy Story 4 is happening in 2015. Like they may have inside information level of confidence. The website, Terra, flatly states it as confirmed by Pixar. An entertainment coordinator (whatever that is) for RCN, Jorge Luis Balaguera,tweeted the film will be bringing back Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, and Joan Cusack. Well, of course it would. Hanks has said in the past that Pixar wasn't finished with Toy Story, so maybe we should've taken him at his word?

Still, it seems very unlikely that news of this magnitude would break out on a Colombian outlet, and not as an official Disney announcement or something. Maybe they just got their wires crossed, or they believe sites like IMDB and Disney Movies List which have long had the film pegged for 2015, and even have cast listings up for it. 

I'm going to be bearish on this one and say it's just a mistake. I still think Toy Story 4 will happen. We just won't find out about it this way.

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Pixar planning mystery project with 'Safety Not Guaranteed' writer Derek Connolly

Turns out Safety Not Guaranteed, the little sci-fi/rom-com from this past summer, has turned out to be quite the breeding ground for some of Hollywood's most sought after talent. Director Colin Trevorrow was rumored for the upcoming Star Wars gig, until it was confirmed that he and writer Derek Connolly were actually working on a Flight of the Navigator remake for Disney. Now Connolly has found himself attached to another high-profile job that puts him firmly in the Pixar camp.

Variety reports Connolly is writing a top secret mystery project for Pixar, to be directed by Teddy Newton, the guy behind the experimental and very cool short-film Day and Night. Plot details are few, but Connolly was instructed "not to dumb it down or treat animation like it's for kids. "  Sounds like Pixar is going big and ambitious again after a few years of dabbling in far too many sequels.

Connolly has yet another project brewing for Disney, a film titled Hank which we knew nothing about. Speaking of Disney and their animation wing, Wreck-It Ralph co-writer Jennifer Lee has just joined Chris Buck as co-director of Frozen, their adaptation of The Snow Queen. Frozen is expected to hit theaters on November 27th 2013.

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Disney Update: Pixar's upcoming dinosaur film now titled 'Frozen'; 'The Avengers' confirmed in 3D

Is Pixar going all Ice Age on us or what? Last August, the hit-making animation studio set aside a couple of release dates for two of their big projects coming our way in 2013 and 2014. One, set for May 30th 2014 appears to be the home for Peter Docter's high concept film taking place inside the mind of a young girl. But the first one, which we had been calling the Untitled Pixar Film About Dinosaurs, had locked up a date of November 27th 2013. Today Pixar announced that the film will be titled Frozen, and yes, it will still be about dinosaurs.

All we really know about it at this point is that Bob Peterson will direct it, and the story will present a world in which dinosaurs never went extinct.  

Moving on to the Marvel side of the Mouse House, one thing that we never quite got a confirmation on was whether or not Joss Whedon's The Avengers would be in 3D or not. Well, take this as a possible clue: the superhero flick is now officially titled The Avengers 3D. 

And lastly, Marvel has moved one of their mystery comic book projects up from June 27th 2014, to April 4th 2014. We still have no clue what it could be, but my fingers are crossed it's Runaways or Guardians of the Galaxy. Most likely it will just be the Captain America sequel. [Deadline]

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Pete Docter's next Pixar film to be set inside a young girl's mind

During that flurry of Pixar news coming out of the Disney Expo back in August, one major story stood out above all. That was the report of the next film from Pete Docter(Monsters Inc.), an unconventional project exploring fantastic worlds and set inside the human mind. Details have been zero since then, with the assumption that whatever it turned out to be, it would probably take over the May 30th 2014 release date Pixar locked up a few months ago.

On The Charlie Rose Show, John Lasseter dropped a bit more info about the film, and to me it sounds like their most ambitious one yet....

Lasseter: Pete Docter, from Monsters, Inc. and Up, is doing a new film that takes place inside of a girl’s mind and it is about her emotions as characters, and that is unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

I'll be curious to see how this plays out. Are we talking little symbols for "love" and "shyness" walking around cracking jokes? I mean, it's not going to turn out like that terrible Fox series, Herman's Head, is it? [Big Screen Animation]

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Tom Hanks says there will be a Toy Story 4. Is he pullin' our leg?

What is this, 12 #1 movies in a row for Pixar with Cars 2? Whether you think the film was good or not doesn't really matter, the fact remains that sequels have been very profitable for the company. All one has to do is look at last year's Toy Story 3, which earned over $1B(!!!!) and very nearly won an Academy Award for Best Picture.  That was supposed to be the last we'd ever see of Buzz, Woody, and the rest of the gang, except for in short films and such. If you go to Cars 2 you'll be treated to the first one, Hawaiian Vacation, and it's probably the best part of the experience. Rumors of a Toy Story 4 never really went away, though, and now Tom Hanks has thrown some fuel on the fire with this statement made to the BBC(via our homies at BleedingCool) when asked about the possibility...

Hanks:  “I think there will be, yeah. I think they’re working on it now.”

Is he serious? Or is he just pulling the wool over people's eyes? Hanks was out promoting his new film, Larry Crowne, and maybe he wasn't in the mood to field a bunch of Toy Story questions. They'll never end, dude. Seriously.  Toy Story is probably the most popular animated series ever, and people are always going to want to revisit those characters. Personally I thought Toy Story 3 was the absolute perfect conclusion and shouldn't be screwed with. But I also realize the ever present calling of the almighty dollar, and so does Pixar. Or should I say, so does Disney. I won't be surprised in the least if we see Toy Story 4 some time in 2013.

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Punch Drunk DVDS

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt. 1
By the time Harry Potter wraps up in a few short months, it will have been the most watched, highest earning franchise of all-time. It will also be one of the most consistent, no small feat considering it's audience has grown up right along with the film's three main stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. Deathly Hallows is slow by comparison to the other movies, perhaps a bit too slow, but one thing it promises is that the final chapter is going to be a dark, action packed affair.







The Incredibles
Of all the many great films Pixar has given us, The Incredibles is my absolute favorite and I've been waiting for it to hit Blu-Ray forever. The premise is something that we saw Fox try to emulate with their Fantastic Four films with much less success: a close-knit, superpowered family battling against a foe with a very specific grudge.









Country Strong
It feels like only yesterday that I was in a crowded movie theater covering my eyes at the disaster that was Country Strong, a film a lot of folks had high hopes for after the success of Crazy Heart. But maybe that was the problem, as director Shana Feste seemed intent on making a film that embodied every single country music cliche possible, whereas Crazy Heart used the music as a backdrop to a familiar tale of redemption. As far as Gwyneth Paltrow goes, she makes for an impressive package as both actress and singer, and Leighton Meester is very good as well. Too bad neither gets a heck of a lot to work with.





Summer in Genoa
I don't recall Summer in Genoa(called Genova when it released in 2008) ever dropping anchor on our shores, a thought that should come as a surprise considering the film's pedigree. Michael Winterbottom directs, with Colin Firth, Catherine Keener, and Hope David starring in the story of a father who moves to Italy with his daughters after the death of his wife. The script was written by Laurence Coriat, who worked with Winterbottom on the riveting 1999 film, Wonderland.







Le Cercle rouge
Let me just put it all out there on front street: every heist movie you've probably ever seen owes a little something to this Jean-Pierre Melville classic. Unfortunately too many people will never understand that, and probably won't bat an eye when the Orlando Bloom remake finally makes it's appearance. No, I'm not kidding. It's in the works, folks.









White Material
One of my great shames of last year was not having a chance to catch up with Claire Denis's White Material, which stars the great(and still incredibly sexy) Isabelle Huppert as a defiant coffee plantation owner in Africa who stubbornly won't give up her business even as rebels descend on them all. 

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Video: The Beauty of Pixar

Thanks to our friends at Slashfilm for bringing attention to this video, a 7-minute tribute to some of Pixar's most wonderful, memorable moments. The film was put together by editor Leandro Copperfield, and uses some 500 scenes he personally selected. Pretty sweet.  Check out The Beauty of Pixar below!


The Beauty of Pixar from Leandro Copperfield on Vimeo.

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Pixar's "It Gets Better" video message

We all love Pixar for their fantastic animated features, but now there's another reason to hold them in the highest esteem. The studio's employees banded together to release the latest video in the popular "It Gets Better" campaign, designed to encourage struggling homosexual youths who may be dealing with bullying issues and possibly contemplating suicide. Cool move, Pixar.

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Tops at the Box Office!

1. Toy Story 3- $59M/$227M
You wanna know how great Toy Story is already doing just two weeks into it's release? It's already the 5th highest grossing film of 2010, and about to jump ahead of Shrek Forever After, which has been out for well over a month.
2. Grown Ups- $41M
Despite getting pummeled by critics, Adam Sandler's ensemble comedy took in an impressive $41M, fourth highest debut of his career. That's about $10M for everytime I laughed.
3. Knight and Day- $20.5M/$27.8M
Even with two extra days(it released on Wednesday), Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz's spy comedy got off to a slow start. It's the lowest opening for a Cruise starrer in nearly 20 years, and almost half the debut of Mission Impossible 3, his last action film.
4. The Karate Kid- $15.4M/$136M
After a huge start, The Karate Kid is tailing off pretty fast, falling another 48% from last week.
5. The A-Team- $6M/$62.8M
Maybe they needed a Plan B afterall?
6. Get Him to the Greek- $3.01M/$54.5M
7. Shrek Forever After- $2.88M/$229M
8. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time- $2.8M/$86.2M
9. Killers- $2M/$44M
10. Jonah Hex- $1.6M/$9.14M
Ouch.

* The highest per site average of any film in the Top 20 goes to Cyrus, starring John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill. The indie comedy turned up another $300,000 at only 17 theaters for a total of $565,000. It's due for a wider release in the coming weeks.

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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4 Update

Lots of Mission Impossible 4news out there all of a sudden, and I can only assume it has to do with all the buzz around JJ Abrams' Super 8 project, since he is also co-producer on MI:4. Yesterday, Paramount announced that the latest adventure of superspy Ethan Hunt has been pushed back to December 16th, 2011. The original release date of May 27, 2011 is now officially open but there is speculation that Super 8 will fill that slot soon.

Sinct Tom Cruise and Abrams' involvement was never in doubt, the only question that remained was who would direct? There had been discussions with both Edgar Wright(Shaun of the Dead) and Brad Bird(The Iron Giant), but in a recent conversation with Empire Online, Cruise put any questions to rest...

“I dig Edgar. Very nice guy, very smart, very talented, I’d really like to do something with him,” said Cruise, talking to Empire recently in Los Angeles. “I met Edgar on the set of Mission 3. Simon Pegg and those guys are hilarious. I love Shaun Of The Dead. It’s amazing. But we’re working with Brad right now. I don’t know if I’m allowed to talk about it but everything’s signed... Brad is doing it.”

This'll be Bird's first time directing a live-action feature after having spent the entirety of his career working on animation. He first came to fame in 1999 with his wonderful The Iron Giant(still my favorite film of his), before heading to Pixar and helming both The Incredibles and 2007's Ratatouille.

 

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Top Shelf at the Box Office: 6/15/09

Turns out the battle between The Hangover and Pixar's Up wasn't just a one-rounder. The two evenly matched but completely different flicks decided to extend this fight into the next round. Unfortunately for Pixar, the result remained the same as the the unexpected powerhouse comedy reigned supreme yet again.

1. The Hangover- $33.4M/$105M

Nobody could've seen it coming just how huge of a hit this film would be. Thanks to a remarkable ad campaign that highlighted just a few of the eye catching moments without giving away the joke, The Hangover has far exceeded expectations and typical returns for a comedy of this sort. In fact it only slipped in estimated 26% from last week, best of the top 10. Personally I'm just glad it's doing well enough that maybe people will stop talking about Wedding Crashers and Knocked Up as the best comedies of the last few years.

2. Up- $30.5M/$187M

Pixar's Up is well on it's way to taking the top spot as highest grossing film, rapidly gaining on both Monsters vs. Aliens and Star Trek. By comparison to last year's hit, Wall-E, Up is actually performing better by the tune of some $20M. Not too shabby.

3. The Taking of Pelham 123- $25M

Yet another mediocre Denzel Washington film doing middling business at the box office. I'm sure this is probably about what the studio expected, but that alone tells me that there aren't a ton of expectations for Denzel films anymore. This opening is about what all of his films make, which is average. Pelham's advertising was bland and uninspiring. The only real reason to see this thing is if you want to see Washington vs. Travolta, otherwise there were better options elsewhere.

4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian- $9.6M/$143M

It won't go away. In fact it's pulling ahead of more recent films, a testament to this film's staying power and continued popularity.

5. Land of the Lost- $9.15M/$35M

On the other hand, this turkey is fading fast. It dropped 51% from last week and fell behind Museum 2, which has been out seemingly forever at this point.

6. Imagine That- $5.7M

I got somethin' you can imagine: an Eddie Murphy family film that's actually good. Both critically and commercially. What was the last one? Meet Dave? Crashed 'n burned. This one, which had an awful ad campaign featuring imaginary faeries from CNBC or something, was dying on the vine the instant it was announced. At this point, Murphy can't buy a hit film and I'm starting to wonder how much longer studios will invest in him.

7. Star Trek- $5.6M/$232M

8. Terminator Salvation- $4.7M/$114M

Continues to kick much robot ass overseas, where it was the numero uno film for a second straight week. That alone might be reason enough to continue the franchise.

9. Angels & Demons- $4.2M/$123M

10. Drag Me to Hell- $3.86M/$35.1M

Also: One of the most anticipated films for me is Moon, a sci-fi film starring Sam Rockwell and directed by Duncan Jones(David Bowie's son). At only 8 sites, it clocked in at a hefty $145,000. Moon will be expanding to more theaters over the course of the next month and I can hardly wait.

Francis Ford Coppola's new film, Tetro, starring Vincent Gallo as part of a family of contentious artists, opened well at only 2 sites for a total of $38,000. Tetro will be expanding to more markets in the coming weeks.

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