Boxoffice® Pro - March 2014

COMING
THIS MONTH
n Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) brings
the Old Testament (and Koran) story of the
worldwide flood to the screen with a little
help from Industrial Light and Magic, with
Gladiator Russell Crowe as the 500-year-old
grandson of Methuselah (Anthony Hopkins).
Test screenings have seen mixed results and
you’ll have to travel outside of North American
if you want to see the earth destroyed
in 3D.
DISTRIBUTOR Paramount Pictures CAST
Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky WRITERS Darren Aronofsky,
Ari Handel GENRE Biblical RATING TBD
RUNNING TIME TBD RELEASE DATE March 28
W I D E R E L E A S E S
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
3D
n Delayed six months, this sequel to the 2007 Zach Snyder (Man
of Steel) hit 300 fictionalizes the events surrounding the Battle of
Artemisium during the second Persian invasion of Greece 2,500
years ago. 300’s Rodrigo Santoro (above) returns as Xerxes, the
God King.
DISTRIBUTOR Warner Bros. CAST Sullivan Stapleton, Rodrigo
Santoro, Eva Green, Lena Headey DIRECTOR Noam Murro WRIT-
ERS Zach Snyder, Kurt Johnstad GENRE Action | Drama | War
RATING R for strong sustained sequences of stylized bloody
violence throughout, a sex scene, nudity, and some language
RUNNING TIME 102 min. RELEASE DATE March 7
3D
MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN
n Have you ever used Archive.org’s Wayback Machine? Ever
wonder why it’s called that? This animated feature based on the
Jay Ward television cartoon shorts Peabody’s Improbable History
will answer your question. Ty Burrell voices the talking beagle, Mr.
Peabody, who with his “pet boy” Sherman travel through time in
Mr. Peabody’s invention, the WABAC, to meet famous men and
women from history.
DISTRIBUTOR Fox CAST Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert
DIRECTOR Rob Minkoff WRITER Craig Wright GENRE Animation
RATING PG for some mild action and brief rude humor RUNNING
TIME 92 min. RELEASE DATE March 7
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