Film, Box Office, and Stuff

Due to the forthcoming releases of Escape Plan 2: Hades and the Papillon remake, I was checking the domestic box office gross for Lock Up recently.  Personal interest (big Stallone fan!) - even though I know Hades  will probably not get a theatrical release - but it got me interested where Lock Up ranked in terms of all-time prison movies, especially at the time of its release.  So I set out looking for what is the highest-grossing prison movie and, to my surprise, this is not listed anywhere.  So, I've decided to make a list here. TOP 30 PRISON FILMS 1. The Longest Yard  (2005) - $158,119,460 2. The Green Mile - $136,801,374 3. Con Air  - $101,117,573 4. Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail  - $90,508,336 5. Papillon - $53,267,000 6. The Longest Yard  (1974) - $43,008,075 7. Escape from Alcatraz - $43,000,000 8. Dead Man Walking  - $39,363,635 9. Brubaker - $37,121,708 10. Midnight Express  - $35,000,000 11. The Shawshank Redemption  - $28,341,469 12

So it was announced yesterday that Solo: A Star Wars Story will be released day-and-date with the United States on 25th May 2018.  It makes sense to release it on the same date.  As we know, Star Wars as a brand is not in China what it is in the States, so leaving it until later will make no difference (it didn't for The Force Awakens or The Last Jedi ), so the studio is obviously trying to give Chinese moviegoers a different hook to see it, and, due to time zones, that's to see it before any other country in the world.  I don't think this will make any difference, but I can only assume that's why they're doing it. But I wonder if they will actually market the film like a blockbuster this time.  This is a brand that Disney really wants Chinese people to flock to, but with the last two Star Wars movies there was a significant dearth of marketing power.  Back at the end of 2015, you could see Star Wars pretty much everywhere for the upcoming early January 2016