Summer Tops and drops......

This past summer brought about a ton of good movies, but that doesn't necessarily mean they were blockbusters. Let's get right into them. The first movie to start off the summer was none other than The Avengers. Not only was this action-packed superhero movie a blockbuster, but it beat Harry Potter's last movie record of being the highest grossing movie in its opening night. Now, personally, Harry Potter is my favorite movie franchise and I admit that I didn't believe that this movie would do better than all the Harry Potter openings. So I was shocked that Saturday evening. The movie got outstanding reviews and is the first movie to have so many mega superheroes, and the same actors playing them, and still do good at the box-office. The next most talked about movie of the summer was the board-game based Battleship. This Transformers- related movie got great publicity and outstanding media buzz, but hardly won back any of its movie budget and only made $302,836,260. Now I know you're thinking that this is a lot of money, but compared to movies such as The Dark Knight Rises, and looking at how much it was expected to make, this was a total drop and probably won't have a sequel. Another movie that was supposed to be one of the turning points of Tom Cruise's career after Mission Impossible was this summer was Rock of Ages. This rocking and rolling movie set in the 80's was about a struggling music joint which based their lives on having Stacy Jaxx (Tom Cruise) perform there. A group of women led by Catherine Zeta-Jones also tries to stop the performance. Although this movie got great reviews and is highly recommended by yours truly, crowds disagreed. Rock of Ages only received $50,118,613 worldwide and is the second-to-first movie that made the least amount of money with great media buzz. This is definitely a summer drop. Now let's go to a lighter part of the summer. This year, we were introduced to two new installments in two different blockbuster series. The Amazing Spider-Man was the second superhero movie to open up this summer. It was a huge success at the box-office, although many people, including me, thought that the transition to the new spider was a little exhausting. Which is one of the reasons why it was behind Spider-Man 3 in box-office tickets by $125 million. Some crowds also thought that the big flashback to high school was unnecessary. But, it did make $705,048,927 at the box-office and is a summer top. Then, our favorite prehistoric animals are back in the all new star-studded Ice Age: Continental Drift. In this fourth installment of the series, Manny, Diego, and Sid find themselves adrift on an ice pan when the continents start to form and drift apart. The voices include Queen Latifah, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Keke Palmer, and Jennifer Lopez. This movie is fun for the whole family and has made over $800 million. I recommend this cool summer top. Another animated movie that was the talk of the town over the summer was Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. This third installment of the highly popular "Madagascar" series finds our favorite trio of zoo animals still trying to find their way home to New York in the "comforting hands" of Europe. This fun-filled movie is very funny and is a summer top coming in at $603.9 million. Next, we have to take a tragic turn at Total Recall. This futuristic thriller is about a man who goes to a weird place to get his fantasy of having a action-packed life fulfilled. However, he gets a little more than he bargained for when troops come after him in the middle of his wish. But he must ask himself one thing : Is this real, or a figment of my imagination? This movie is a must-see and brings the true experience back to watching thrillers. However, it has only made $135,232,192 at the box-office and is sadly classified as a drop. Read my next post to find out whether some of your favorite summer movies of 2012 made the summer drop or top list in "Summer Tops and Drops....Part 2". And as always, please give me your feed back on anything that I have said or haven't said. Tell me what you think. Well, until next time, this is me signing out.