Inception earns P61-M within 2 weeks in the Philippines

Last July 29, the General Manager of Warner Bros. Philippines Francis Soliven announces the remarkable P60.88 million gross nationwide of Inception on its first 2 weeks in the big screen since July 15 to 28.

In its first week the Christopher Nolan masterpiece earns P22-M gross in its first weekend and another P23.32 M on the second weekend. Unlike other movies who gains big on the first weekend and later settles down slowly at the following weekends Inception remain higher and it’s getting higher as weeks goes by.

“Everyone’s talking about it, and in some cases, arguing over certain points about the story! It has clearly transcended the big screen,” Soliven claims that through curiosity and word of mouth they generate active viewers that after watching the film they freely share their comments and excitement to the show to the other possible viewers.

The cinemas that registered the biggest receipts are SM Mall of Asia (P4.25-M), Trinoma (P4.15-M), SM North EDSA (P3.70-M), Power Plant (P3.25-M), Greenbelt 3 (P2.90-M), Glorietta 4 (P2.76-M), SM Megamall (P2.40-M) and Gateway (P2.37-M). Also earning huge grosses are Theatremall (P1.96-M), Alabang Town Center (P1.83-M), Shang Cineplex (P1.82-M), Robinsons Ermita (P1.68-M), SM Cebu (P1.40-M), Robinsons Galleria (P1.18-M), Festival (P1.06-M), Market! Market! (P889,788), SM San Lazaro (P883,250), SM Marikina (P825,854).

Inception is a science fiction thriller directed, written and produced by Nolan, starring Leonardo DiCarpio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao and Michael Caine and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Movie Review: Christopher Nolan’s Inception

Warner Bros Pictures did a great move on having Inception as one of their line ups for 2010, and letting the brilliant Christopher Nolan do his wonders. Nolan is the producer, director and writer of the science fiction action film staring Leonardo DiCarpio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao and Michael Caine. Inception is available in all cinemas nationwide including IMAX 3D.

Inception follows the quest for redemption of Dom Cobb who is the most coveted player in the field of corporate espionage with his talent of extraction. He has the ability to steal secrets from his subject through extraction and the best way to do that is when the subject is in his unconscious state. Cobb accepts the last task hoping that it will help him to regain his family and clear his name. Opposite to his usual projects, Cobb will be placing idea rather than stealing it from the subject, making the mind as the scene of the crime. With his fellow extractors they will be the architect of the dream, forger to create new characters and the researcher on how they will manipulate the person’s mind.

It is rare for a film to have both beautiful storyline and visuals, and Inception has it. Nolan is genius in creating stories that are almost flawless in terms of phasing and continuity, an ingredient to avoid boredom among the viewers and letting them see the loopholes of the story. The concept is somewhat new which I find appealing, like what he did in his past movies like The Dark Knight, Memento, Prestige and Insomnia, four movies that caught my attention big time. You can no longer say which is real and what is surreal, because of the seamless transition from one scene to another.

Visuals and sound effects, blends well in the film, where it contributes a big role in the storyline, to show what is surreal and what is outside the dream, but the way Nolan uses visuals he also plays with the minds of the moviegoers to think if its real or not. Hans Zimmer, the musical director of the film plays a vital role in the story where he creates certain atmosphere in all the scenes of the film; he knows how to create emotions through music. I like the part where one character is listening to an operatic music while he is in the dream; the visual was beautifully executed with the right choice of the song/music.

It is rare for me, not only review and promote the movie, but encourage my readers to watch the film because I know when the film caught my interest, it also passes the standards of majority of the sci-fi film aficionados out there. Watching Inception, It worth the time and money and it is now showing in all cinemas nationwide including IMAX Theater.

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Leonardo DiCarpio plays as the Dream Extractor in Inception

After his psychological thriller film Shutter Island, Leonardo Di Carpio will be playing the role of Dom Cobb, a dream extractor in Warner Bros Pictures’ science fiction action thriller film Inception. Directed by written, produced and directed by Christopher Nolan, DiCarpio will be joining Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao and Michael Caine on this film that is set to be shown in all cinemas nationwide especially IMAX theaters beginning July 16.

Cobb has the ability to extract or steal ideas and secrets from the person who is in their unconscious state particularly while sleeping. Hoping for his redemption as a treacherous new world of corporate espionage, he accepts his last job where he was to plant an idea to a person rather than stealing from it. Unknown to his he plants a crime in the mind of the person which brings more twist on his so called redemption where he became an accomplished on the possible crime scene.

“Cobb has achieved a level of expertise that has made him very well known in the underground black market of individuals who are able to infiltrate people’s minds and extract information,” DiCaprio explained his role in Inception. “We learn that Cobb is the best extractor in the game. He is hired by corporations to steal secrets they would otherwise never have access to. It’s all based on the persistence of an idea, the notion that any concept will stay fixed in the subconscious. It’s impossible to unlearn something, and that forms the basis for what an extractor is able to do in terms of retrieving information” box office director behind Dark Knight Christopher Nolan added.

DiCaprio explains that the approach he and Nolan did to the character of the dream extractor is by attaching reality to the surreal world of unconsciousness and he also praises Nolan as an extreme talented filmmaker. “Chris definitely encouraged that; he wanted every actor, no matter how big or small the part, to have a real sense of our characters and to bring something to the table to make them our own” DiCaprio ended.

Inception will be shown in all IMAX theaters and regular format cinemas nationwide beginning July 15, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie trailer to premiere at Inception

Beginning July 15, moviegoers will be seeing the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows theatrical trailer in Warner Bros Pictures sci-fi action film – Inception. Inception is written, produced and directed by Christopher Nolan which stars Leonardo DiCarpio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao and Michael Caine.

Inception is about Dom Cobb played by DiCarpio, an Extractor who steals ideas in the mind of the subject on his unconscious state. Hoping he can escape from his work he accepts the last job that brings twist to his life, from stealing, he will be planting ideas to the mind of his subject and making the mind as the scene of the crime.

Like Inception, Warner Bros Pictures will be distributing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in two (2) parts, on November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011. The last or the seventh Harry Potter installment that was based from J.K. Rowling novel with the same title is directed by David Yates the same director of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The magical action film includes stars like Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson (Hermione). Inception will be showing the theatrical trailer of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows within the roaster of films before the actual movie.

The 7th sequel will be the most awaited faced off between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). Harry, with Ron and Hermione will be tracking down and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, Lord Voldemort’s source of immortality.

The film’s ensemble cast also includes Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton, Ralph Fiennes, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Helen McCrory, Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Julie Walters and Bonnie Wright with Steve Kloves as the screenwriter of the phenomenal finale of the Harry Potter series.

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