Kung Fu Panda 2 - 2011

Po joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon.

Director:

Jennifer Yuh

Writers:

Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger

Stars:

Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan

  

Rating :- 7.8 / 10.0

Storyline:-

Po joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon.

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$47,835,000 (USA) (29 May 2011) (3925 Screens)

Gross:

$100,028,372 (USA) (5 June 2011) 

 

 

The Protector - 2005

A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.

Director:

Prachya Pinkaew

Writers:

Napalee and  Piyaros Thongdee

Stars:

Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones and Petchtai Wongkamlao

Rating - 6.9 / 10 .0

Storyline:-

In Bangkok, the young Kham was raised by his father in the jungle with elephants as members of their family. When his old elephant and the baby Kern are stolen by criminals, Kham finds that the animals were sent to Sidney. He travels to Australia, where he locates the baby elephant in a restaurant owned by the evil Madame Rose, the leader of an international Thai mafia. With the support of the efficient Thai sergeant Mark, who was involved in a conspiracy, Kham fights to rescue the animal from the mobsters.

Box Office

Budget:

THB 200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$5,034,180 (USA) (10 September 2006) (1541 Screens)

Gross:

$11,905,519 (USA) (22 October 2006)

The Hangover - 2009

  

A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.

Director:

Todd Phillips

Writers:

Jon Lucas, Scott Moore

Stars:

Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Justin Bartha

Rating :- 7.9 /10.0

Storyline:-

Angelenos Doug Billings and Tracy Garner are about to get married. Two days before the wedding, the four men in the wedding party - Doug, Doug's two best buddies Phil Wenneck and Stu Price, and Tracy's brother Alan Garner - hop into Tracy's father's beloved Mercedes convertible for a 24-hour stag party to Las Vegas. Phil, a married high school teacher, has the same maturity level as his students when he's with his pals. Stu, a dentist, is worried about everything, especially what his controlling girlfriend Melissa thinks. Because she disapproves of traditional male bonding rituals, Stu has to lie to her about the stag, he telling her that they are going on a wine tasting tour in the Napa Valley. Regardless, he intends on eventually marrying her, against the advice and wishes of his friends. And Alan seems to be unaware of what are considered the social graces of the western world. The morning after their arrival in Las Vegas...

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$44,979,319 (USA) (7 June 2009) (3269 Screens)

Gross:

$277,313,371 (USA) (13 December 2009)

The Shawshank Redemption - 1994

Two imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency.

Director:

Frank Darabont

Writers:

Stephen King (short story "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption"), Frank Darabont (screenplay)

Stars:

Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman and Bob Gunton

 

 

Rating :- 9.2 / 10.0

 

 

Storyline :-

Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner.

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$727,327 (USA) (25 September 1994) (33 Screens)

Gross:

$58,500,000 (Worldwide) 

 

 

A Walk to Remember - 2002

The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble and is made to do community service.

Director:

Adam Shankman

Writers:

Nicholas Sparks (novel), Karen Janszen (screenplay)

Stars:

Mandy Moore, Shane West and Peter Coyote 

 

Rating : - 7.0 / 10.0

Storyline:-

In Beaufort, North Carolina, a prank on a student goes terribly wrong and puts the student in the hospital. Landon Carter, a popular student with no defined plans for the future, is held responsible and forced to participate in after-school community service activities as punishment, which include starring as the lead in the school play. Also participating in these activities is Jamie Sullivan, the reverend's daughter who has great ambitions and nothing in common with Landon. When Landon decides he wants to take his activities seriously, he asks Jamie for help and begins to spend most of his time with her. But he starts to develop strong feelings for her, something he did not expect to do. The two start a relationship, much to the chagrin of Landon's old popular friends and Jamie's strict reverend father. But when a heart-breaking secret becomes known that puts their relationship to the test, it is then that Landon and Jamie realize the true meaning of love and fate. 

 

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$12,177,488 (USA) (27 January 2002) (2411 Screens)

Gross:

$41,227,069 (USA) (28 April 2002)