Movies Released on June 24, 2011
Last weekend, Green Lantern started with a strong $21 million Friday, but dropped over 20% on Saturday and finished the weekend with $53 million. It was at the low end of expectations. The big Saturday drop was seen by some as a sign of bad word-of-mouth, but while reviews were poor, the Saturday drop was more likely due to sizeable Friday midnight box office and typical summer weekend frontloading. Green Lantern should see a drop of at least 60% this upcoming weekend. In second place, Super 8 with $21 million and in third place, Mr. Poppers's Penguins with a slightly disappointing $18 million.... Read More
A Better Life 4 theaters
Carlos Galindo (Demián Bichir), a simple, decent, 40-year-old Mexican man, doesn't ask much from life - just to keep tending the yards of L.A.'s wealthy and to give his... more estranged son Luis (Jose Julian) a better life than he had. But when a business opportunity that would have allowed him to take control of his destiny is stolen from under his nose, his life is thrown into chaos.
A Love Affair of Sorts New York
David Guy Levy Lili Bordan Jonathan Beckerman Ivan Kamaras
David Guy (David Guy Levy) and Enci (Lili Bordán) play a couple who meet in a bookstore, where he catches her in the midst of shoplifting, and she sees him in the midst o... moref furtively filming her with his flip camera. Through the course of that day and evening, they start a tentative relationship, with his omnipresent camera serving as both bridge and barrier to their connection. Things are further complicated with the inclusion of Enci's boyfriend Boris (Iván Kamarás), and David's brutally honest friend Jonathan (Jonathan Beckerman, playing himself, and unaware until the end of the film that it was fictional).
Bad Teacher 3,049 theaters
Cameron Diaz Lucy Punch Jason Segel John Michael Higgins
Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz) is a foul-mouthed and inappropriate teacher who couldn't care less about her students. She drinks, she gets high, and she can’t wait to marry her... more meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she’s dumped by her fiancé, she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich, handsome substitute (Justin Timberlake) – competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague, Amy (Lucy Punch). When Elizabeth also finds herself fighting off the advances of a sarcastic, irreverent gym teacher (Jason Segel), the consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes give her students, her coworkers, and even herself an education like no other.
Cars 2 4,115 theaters
Owen Wilson Bonnie Hunt Larry the Cable Guy Cheech Marin
Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to new places when they he... moread overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage. Torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and towing the line in a top-secret spy mission, Mater’s journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world.
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop 25 theaters
Covers Conan O'Brien's live concert tour following his depature from The Tonight Show.
Double Dhamaal 54 theaters
The four good-for-nothing jokers from Dhamaal - Roy, Manav, Adi and Boman are back and so is their old arch enemy - the corrupt Inspector Kabir. The four madcaps are gree... moren with envy and decide that come what may, by hook or by crook they will share Kabir's good fortune.
General Orders No. 9 New York
An experimental documentary that contemplates the signs of loss and change in the American South as potent metaphors of personal and collective destiny.
Leap Year 1 theater
Monica del Carmen Gustavo Sanchez Parra Marco Zapata
Laura is 25 years old. She’s a journalist, she’s single and lives in a small apartment in Mexico City. After a series of short-lived affairs, Laura meets Arturo. After... more the first time they make love, she is left deeply unsettled. They embark on an intense and passionate sexual relationship, in which pleasure, pain and love merge. As days go by which Laura conscientiously crosses out in a calendar, her secret past resurfaces, pushing Arturo to the limit.
The Best and The Brightest New York / Los Angeles
Neil Patrick Harris Amy Sedaris Bonnie Somerville Peter Serafinowicz
The film centers on New York neophytes Jeff (Neil Patrick Harris) and Samantha (Bonnie Somerville) as they attempt to navigate the cutthroat waters of elite New York City... more kindergarten schools.
Turtle: The Incredible Journey 20 theaters
Turtle: The Incredible Journey is an award-winning film that follows the life and migration of a loggerhead turtle from hatching to maturity and a return to its original ... moreFlorida nesting grounds. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, has one of the longest and most difficult migratory patterns of any marine animal: Sea turtles newly hatched on the East Coast of the United States (usually in Florida) make their way from the sand into the ocean, and then begin a voyage that can span the entire Atlantic Ocean, only to return decades later to that same beach.
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Release Changes
- jOBS changed the US film release date from TBA to TBA 2012
- Cellmates changed the US film release date from TBA to June 1, 2012
- Battlefield America changed the US film release date from TBA to June 1, 2012
- Extraterrestrial changed the US film release date from TBA to June 15, 2012
- Gravity changed the US film release date from November 21, 2012 to TBA 2013
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