New Year presents…
In the latest edition of our quarterly column focusing on films, Tom Linay, film specialist at Digital Cinema Media (DCM), takes a look at what’s coming to the silver screen in the next few months.
almost a certainty that the year’s biggest film will be Despicable Me 2, and at least two other animated titles are likely to be in the top 10 come 31 December. Despicable Me 2 has been a spectacular success story. It was evident that the first film had a strong following, but it wasn’t clear just how strong. The sequel hit all the right marks and debuted with the third biggest opening weekend of the year, and has so far gone on to over £45m. It’s now the third most successful animated film in UK history, behind just Shrek 2 and Toy Story 3. Although Monsters University didn’t quite hit the heights of the hugely popular Monsters, Inc, its performance will easily be enough for the top 10 of the year and two hits from Q1, The Croods and Wreck-It Ralph may feature in the lower end of the top 10 too. All in all, it’s been a great year
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nimation has been back in a big way in 2013. After a couple of relatively quiet years, only one animated film was in the top 10 of 2012 and there wasn’t a single animated title in the top 10 of 2011, it’s
for family fare. With Summer well and truly a distant memory,
Christmas decorations will soon be adorning the high street. 2013 looks to finish the year as it started with Frozen, Walking With Dinosaurs and Moshi Monsters entertaining the crowds as we enter 2014. The first big animated title set for release in 2014 is a real cracker. The Lego Movie uses stop motion techniques to bring the instantly recognisable little figures to life. The plot involves Emmet, an ordinary Lego minifigure who is mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder. Emmet is recruited to help stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together. It’s from the directors of Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street so expect the laugh quotient to be off the chart.
Also out in time for February half term is a new animated version of Tarzan, Tinker Bell also returns in Tinker Bell And The Pirate Fairy and two characters who first appeared in The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show get their first big screen outing in Mr. Peabody & Sherman. Easter is always a great time for family films and 2014 sees the return of everyone’s favourite
felt based characters. Who doesn’t love The Muppets? As usual Hollywood stars are queuing up to share the screen with them and this time Ricky Gervais plays the human lead in Muppets Most Wanted. Kermit and team embark on a world tour but find themselves caught up in a European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit lookalike and his dastardly sidekick. Vying with The Muppets for the Easter family audience is Rio 2. After settling in Rio de Janeiro after the first film, Blu, Jewel and their three kids live the perfect domesticated life. However, all that is put in jeopardy when Jewel suggests the family venture into the Amazon. Postman Pat makes his big screen debut in May, taking part in a TV talent show in Postman Pat: You Know You’re The One.
The big Summer family films are typically enticing, with a sequel to the brilliant How To Train Your Dragon perhaps the stand-out. How To Train Your Dragon 2 takes place five years after the events of the first film when Hiccup and Toothless successfully united dragons and vikings on the island of Berk. The first Planes may have only just left cinemas but the sequel, Planes: Fire And Rescue is less than a year away.
Walking with Dinosaurs
The Lego Movie
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