Battleship

'Battleship' Runs Aground at U.S. Box Office, But it's No 'John Carter'

May 20, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 week ago

The big-budget alien sea saga "Battleship" fails to connect in the U.S. and will bring red ink, but its overseas headstart means no bloodbath for Universal

  

'The Avengers' Torpedoes 'Battleship' With $55M for Box-Office Three-Peat

May 20, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 week ago

Universal's pricey 'Battleship' manages $25.3M as Marvel's "The Avengers" becomes Disney's highest grossing film ever

  

'The Avengers' Hammers 'Battleship' and 'The Dictator' on Way to Box-Office 3-Peat

May 19, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 week ago

Superhero saga "The Avengers" is on its way to another $50M in its third weekend, swamping "Battleship" and "The Dictator"

  

'Battleship': What the Critics Think of Taylor Kitsch's Naval Adventure

May 18, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

America's critics fall over each other trying to sink Peter Berg's "Battleship"

  

How 'Battleship' Enlisted the Navy

May 17, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 week ago

The ships and the sailors in "Battleship" are real, and the Navy is so happy with the Peter Berg film it is busy advertising its involvement

  

Can 'Battleship' Big Guns Sink 'The Avengers' at Box Office?

May 17, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 week ago

Universal's "Battleship" aims to deliver a box-office broadside but "The Avengers" will be tough to beat 

  

'Battleship' Review: Sheer Adrenaline Keeps Dopey Action Epic Afloat

May 17, 2012 By Alonso Duralde 1 week ago

Peter Berg’s big-budget board game adaptation is as ridiculous as you expect, but it’s never dull

  

Overseas Box Office: 'Dark Shadows' Draws $36.7M

May 13, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 2 weeks ago

"The Avengers' dominates but WB's "Dark Shadows" finds a niche and Universal's "American Reunion" marks a milestone

  

'American Reunion' Scores $34M at Overseas Box Office

May 6, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 3 weeks ago

Universal's comedy raises its foreign cume to $117M as "Battleship" steams past the $200M mark

  

New 'Battleship' Clip: Rihanna, Guns and Giant Mechanical Space-Beasts (Video)

May 1, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 3 weeks ago

Rihanna and her "Battleship" cohorts face off with giant space baddies in clip from Peter Berg-directed action flick

  

Seth MacFarlane's Pot-Smoking Teddy Bear Commandeers Universal's CinemaCon Slate

April 26, 2012 By Brent Lang 4 weeks ago

Universal brought "Battleship," "Snow White and the Huntsman" and "Savages," but all it really needed was a pot-smoking teddy bear named "Ted"

  

'Battleship' Rules the Overseas Box Office With $58M

April 22, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 5 weeks ago

Universal's "Battleship" continues overseas campaign with $58M haul from 50 foreign territories. It opens in U.S. on May 18

  

'Titanic' 3D Posts China's Best Box-Office Bow Ever at $58M

April 15, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 6 weeks ago

The "Titanic" rerelease in 3D bows to $58 million in the best opening ever in China. Universal's early foreign rollout of "Battleship" pays off

  

'Battleship' Lines Up $50M in Promotional Partnerships With Coke, Nestle

March 27, 2012 By Brent Lang 8 weeks ago

Universal's list of promotional partners includes Chevron, Nestlé -- and the U.S. Navy

  

'Battleship' Trailer Offers Boatload of Explosions, Soaking-Wet Rihanna (Video)

March 13, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 10 weeks ago

Peter Berg's game-based extravaganza rates high in "ka-boom!" factor

  

Hollywood's Super Bowl Ads: 'The Dictator' Airs, But No 'Dark Knight Rises'

January 31, 2012 By Brent Lang 16 weeks ago

Paramount, Relativity and Disney bought time, but there'll be no sneak peek at "The Dark Knight Rises" or "The Amazing Spider-Man"

  

Universal Ditches Another Big Movie: Hasbro's 'Ouija'

August 24, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 39 weeks ago

The studio, which recently dropped plans for its expensive "Dark Tower," also torpedoed Hasbro's "Clue" last year

  

'Battleship' Trailer: $200M+ Worth of Romance, Angst, Futuristic Naval Warfare (Video)

July 27, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 43 weeks ago

Will the ambitious attempt to adapt a board game into a 3D action movie sink Universal and Hasbro's aircraft carriers? Not if this action-packed trailer has something to say about it

  

Now a 'Rubik's Cube' Movie? That's a Twist

November 9, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The agency is shopping the film rights to the colorful puzzle

  

Liam Neeson Takes the Helm of Universal's 'Battleship'

September 7, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

The Oscar-nominated actor will play a naval officer whose daughter is engaged to star Taylor Kitsch

  

Exclusive: Hamish Linklater to Play Scientist in 'Battleship'

August 12, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

"New Adventures of Old Christine" actor will join Kitsch, Skarsgard and Rihanna in Peter Berg's naval action movie

  

Michael Bay Leads Another Alien Invasion at Paramount

July 27, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Studio picks up a pitch involving extraterrestrials from rookie writer Bobby Glickert

  

Callbacks: Efron Is a 'Lucky One'; Rihanna Boards 'Battleship'

July 27, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Shawn Levy to produce Fox's "Alexander" adaptation; Asger Leth in talks to direct Sam Worthington in Summit's "Man on a Ledge"

  

Alexander Skarsgard Boards Universal's 'Battleship'

June 18, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

"True Blood" stud will play Taylor Kitsch's brother in Peter Berg's board game adaptation

  

Callbacks: Garner, Nolte Join 'Arthur' Remake; 'Transformers 3' Gets a Bad Robot

June 10, 2010 By Jeff Sneider 1 year ago

Universal moves its "Battleship"; WB's "Dark Knight" sequel eyes March start date; John August in talks to write "Monsterpocalypse"

  

Universal's Slate of Tentpole Hopefuls

May 10, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

After a series of flops, the struggling studio is betting that "Robin Hood" and Russell Brand can score at the box office

  
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