Boxoffice® Pro - December 2013

THE YEAR AHEAD
May
Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon,
aka Electro, in The Amazing Spider-Man 2,
opening May 2, 2014
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
n Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), as Spider-Man, battles two new
foes: Electro (Jamie Foxx) and The Rhino (Paul Giamatti). No doubt
Stan Lee will be in their somewhere.
DISTRIBUTOR Sony CAST Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie
Foxx, Sally Field DIRECTOR Marc Webb RELEASE DATE May 2
GODZILLA
n Didn’t we just do this? Yes—just 15 years ago. But the iconic Japanese
kaiju comes stomping back in this reimagining co-written by The
Walking Dead’s Frank Darabont.
DISTRIBUTOR Warner Bros. CAST Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston
DIRECTOR Gareth Edwards RELEASE DATE May 16
CHEF
n Iron Man director Jon Favreau helms and stars in this comedy about
a down-on-his-luck chef who plans to get his mojo back after finding
himself operating a food truck in Miami.
DISTRIBUTOR Open Road CAST Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr.,
Scarlett Johansson DIRECTOR Jon Favreau RELEASE DATE May 9
MALEFICENT
n The Sleeping Beauty tale told from the perspective of the Mistress of
All Evil. A bit of a troubled shoot—the entire opening was reshot—the
film is production designer (Avatar) Robert Stromberg’s first film.
DISTRIBUTOR Disney CAST Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley
DIRECTOR Robert Stromberg RELEASE DATE May 30
June
EDGE OF TOMORROW
n Tom Cruise’s recent Oblivion was a bit of a box office disappointment
domestically. Will a change in title (from All You Need Is Kill)
and new release date hamper this sci-fi followup?
DISTRIBUTOR Warner Bros. CAST Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Lara Pulver,
Jeremy Piven DIRECTOR Doug Liman RELEASE DATE June 6
JERSEY BOYS
n The hit Broadway musical comes to the big screen. The story follows
the formation and rise of the great sixties boy band The Four Seasons.
John Lloyd Young re-creates his stage role as Frankie Valli.
DISTRIBUTOR Warner Bros. CAST John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen,
Vincent Piazza DIRECTOR Clint Eastwood RELEASE DATE June 20
22 JUMP STREET
n Now that their cover is blown in every high school in town,
Schmidt and Jenko go undercover at a local college to infiltrate a crime
ring at a frat house.
DISTRIBUTOR Sony CAST Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube DI-
RECTORS Phil Lord, Chris Miller RELEASE DATE June 13
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
n Jettisoning the cast of the first three films, Michael Bay brings his
Pain & Gain star Mark Wahlberg in to battle the bots. Bay had to
battle real-life extortionists on the Hong Kong set.
DISTRIBUTOR Paramount CAST Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack
Reynor DIRECTOR Michael Bay RELEASE DATE June 27
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