Monday Movie Roundup...8/26/2013

The top film this past weekend worth mentioning is Kick-Ass 2...

 ...which brought in another estimated $4.2 million, placing it just inside the weekend Top 10 at #10.
Worldwide, the film has made $38.5 million, which more than pays back the $28 million production costs.
The film at eleventh place, however, is more interesting...

2 Guns has made over $65 million after four weeks - with only $2.2 million of that from Foreign markets - and a $61 million production budget.
In other words, a movie based on a lesser known and independent (meaning non-Marvel or DC) comic property proved profitable in less than 5 weeks...despite the outrageous price tag.
That's amazing, and (along with the Kick-Ass franchise) proves that comics can make great films.

Also making news:
* The Wolverine is still in the Top 20 (at #15), and
* the Ben Affleck Batman/Superman film has a release date of July 17, 2015...eleven weeks after Avengers 2 The Age of Ultron.

That's going to be an interesting summer...