For a third straight week, it’s a JURASSIC WORLD at the Box Office!  Now in its third week out, the Blockbuster still is motoring-on with $54 million from 4,198 theatres for Universal Pictures.  By early this week, it will have surpassed the $500 million-mark domestically.

INSIDE OUT after a solid debut last week at number two, repeats the feat again for Disney/Pixar, with $52 million from 4,132 theatres. In two weeks, it has made $181 million already.

TED 2  debuts in third, unable to duplicate the great success of its Predecessor.  This Sequel debuts with $33 million from 3,429 theatres for Universal Pictures with a 42% rating on the Tomatometer.  Audiences were more partial to it with a B+ CinemaScore. By comparison, TED opened with $54 million in 2012.

MAX opens in fourth with $11 million from 2,882 theatres for Warner Bros.  The dog-centric Film starring Toronto’s Robbie Amell, opened to mixed reviews, with a 38% on the Tomatometer, but a much better A CinemaScore from Audiences, which could help in following weeks with word-of-mouth.

DOPE is in seventh spot, performing well in a limited 1,851 theatres with $2.6 million for Open Road Films/Sony Pictures.  The Film came out of Sundance with a fair amount of buzz and continues to get publicity from word of mouth.

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON in its ninth week out earns $1.5 million from 1,097 theatres for Disney/Marvel. Its tally sits at $452 million thus far.

Mongrel Media + Mr. Will want you to win copies of their hot July releases!  We’re giving away copies of acclaimed titles IT FOLLOWS and EX_MACHINA to some lucky Readers across Canada!

IT FOLLOWS
After a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe) suddenly finds herself plagued by nightmarish visions; she can’t shake the sensation that someone, or something, is following her. As the threat closes in, Jay and her friends must somehow escape the horrors that are only a few steps behind.

Out Tuesday, July 14, 2015.

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EX_MACHINA

Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer, is sent to a remote facility when he’s given the job of evaluating his company CEO Nathan’s (Oscar Isaac) experiment in artificial intelligence – a robot named Ava (Alicia Vikander).

What was supposed to be a routine check turns into much more when Caleb forms a friendship with Ava, who raises doubts as to whether anything Nathan says can be trusted. For his part, Nathan questions Ava‘s motives, and Caleb begins to wonder if he’s doing the testing or if he’s being tested himself.

Out Tuesday, July 14 2015.

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To enter to win, simply click “like” on this Post at Mr. Will on Facebook.  Indicate for me which titles you want to enter for!   Open to all Canadian Readers.

G’luck Willionaire$!

(Photo credit: Mongrel Media)

The 156th Queen’s Plate is less than two weeks away. Have you got your tickets yet? The realms of Fashion and Sports collide on Canadian Horse Racing’s biggest day Sunday, July 5, 2015 as the Country’s best three-year-olds face-off in the $1 million race, known as the most historic thoroughbred race in North America!

This quite honestly is the most competitive year yet and it really could be anybody’s race. Will Plate Trial winner DANISH DYNAFORMER repeat a dynamic performance?  Will CONQUEST CURLINATE set matters straight after a narrow defeat in the Plate Trial?  Will the lovely and talented filly ACADEMIC school the boys? Will SHAMAN GHOST terrify his competitors?  Will AMI’S FLATTER compliment his supporters after being stamped the Winterbook choice to win the race earlier this year?  Or will CONQUEST BOOGALOO funk us up?  We’ll know v. soon.

All are welcome to the Hats & Horseshoes Party (18+ only) by the scenic Walking Ring at Woodbine Racetrack.  Fans new and old are encouraged to come! In addition to a thrilling card of Live Racing, there will be a red carpet, live entertainment, food trucks, games and a chance for you to experience the official cocktail of the Queen’s Plate, the Blue Diamond! Bring your best hat or fascinator and be your own King or Queen!

In addition to glamour and excitement, $1 from every program and ticket sold for the Queen’s Plate will once again go to Rethink Breast Cancer!

Click here to get your tickets now! There aren’t many left, so hurry!

See this year’s groundbreaking LEGO TV Spot for the Queen’s Plate!

It’s Selfie Time! This Canada Day those of you in the Greater Toronto Area will have a chance to meet the Characters of HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2!

Canada Day celebrations will be taking place at Kinsmen Park in Pickering and among the festivities will be an opportunity to meet and take Selfies with your favourite Drac’s Pack Characters from the Film between 12-5 PM!

Details below:

Sony Pictures Canada release HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 on Friday, September 25, 2015.

Here’s a map to Kinsmen Park:

(Photo credit: Sony Pictures)

Elevation Pictures + Mr. Will want to heat-up your Summer with some exciting June/July Home Video releases to be excited for! We’re giving away on DVD copies of DANNY COLLINS, THE GUNMAN, ’71 and WHILE WE’RE YOUNG!

DANNY COLLINS

Aging rocker Danny Collins (Al Pacino) decides to change his hard-living ways after receiving a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.

He locks himself in a hotel like Lennon did, to try and find out who he once was. He meets a woman who turns his world upside down. As Danny tries to make things right with his long-lost family and himself, this will be his shot at a second chance.
Stars Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale and Christopher Plummer.

Out Tuesday, July 7, 2015.

THE GUNMAN

An ex-special forces government contractor named Jim Terrier (Sean Penn) has his past come back to haunt him when his former employer wants him killed.

From the jungles of Africa to the streets of London and the city of Barcelona, Terrier goes on the run on a mission to find the people who want him dead. To save his life, he has to bring down one of the world’s most powerful organizations and face a dangerous enemy from his past in a high-stakes showdown.

Stars Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance and  Javier Bardem.

Out Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

’71

It’s 1971. Young British Army soldiers Gary (Jack O’Connell) and Thommo (Jack Lowden) are still in training, learning military discipline as their unit prepares for duty in Germany. When plans change, the two, along with their unit of mostly untested men barely out of school, are dropped into the violence taking place in Northern Ireland.

Belfast, divided by religion and politics, is experiencing unpredictable violence between the Protestant Loyalist areas and the mostly Catholic Nationalist districts whose inhabitants oppose British rule. Gary and Thommo’s squad is immediately ordered to patrol a Catholic area,

Stars Jack O’Connell, Paul Anderson, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris, Barry Keoghan, Charlie Murphy and Sam Reid.

Out Tuesday, July 7, 2015.

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG

Middle-aged couple Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia (Naomi Watts) find their world is turned upside-down when a disarming young couple – Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried) – enters their lives.

As Josh and Cornelia begin to spend time with Jamie and Darby, they find the younger spirits inside of themselves, and soon begin to look at life, marriage and the world through younger eyes.

Stars Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Charles Grodin and Adam Horovitz.

Out Tuesday, June 30, 2015.

To enter to win, simply indicate in the comments which title you’d like the enter for at Mr. Will on Facebook.  Click “share” on this Post from there for an extra chance!  All Canadian Readers welcome.

G’luck Willionaire$

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I can’t even look at this.  Too scary!  A new Trailer for the latest installment of beloved Horror Franchise PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, has just surfaced and it ain’t pretty.

Synopsis:
Ryan, Emily and their six-year-old daughter Leila move to Palo Alto so Ryan‘s younger brother Mike, who’s a video game designer who lives with them, can start his new job. However, they quickly realize something is not right within their new house.

See it below:

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: GHOST DIMENSION hits theatres Friday, October 23, 2015.

(Photo/video credit: Paramount Pictures)

The World is in love with Funnywoman Amy Schumer right now. Here’s your chance to see her first in the hilarious new Rom-Com, TRAINWRECK! Passes are available in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg and Edmonton! Screenings take place Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

Synopsis:
Since she was a little girl, it’s been drilled into Amy’s (Amy Schumer) head by her rascal of a dad (Colin Quinn) that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo—enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment—but in actuality, she’s kind of in a rut. When she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of the new article she’s writing, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron Conners (Bill Hader), Amy starts to wonder if other grown-ups, including this guy who really seems to like her, might be on to something.

TRAINWRECK stars Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Colin Quinn, Vanessa Bayer, Brie Larson, John Cena, Tilda Swinton and LeBron James; Judd Apatow directs.

See the Canadian Trailer for mature audiences:

Artwork:

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http://www.mrwillwong.com/trainwreck @MRWILLW wants us to #win Passes to see #AmySchumer in #TRAINWRECK! Out Friday, July 17, 2015.

Universal Pictures Canada release TRAINWRECK Friday, July 17, 2015.

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“The summer of your life is just around the corner.”.

The Cast is back and we’re pumped for the hilarious antics of WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: FIRST DAY OF CAMP! The eight-episode Series, to stream next month on Netflix unites a brilliant Cast including Elizabeth Banks, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Michael Ian Black, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Janeane Garofalo, Judah Friedlander and Molly Shannon in what surely will be our fave Summer Getaway!

See the Teaser:

Gotta love the quick flash of erased sex they threw in VHS style!

Netflix Canada streams WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER on Friday, July 31, 2015.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

So this Janet Jackson Comeback really is happening and in addition to announcement of her Unbreakable Tour which hits Toronto this September, comes new material. No Sleeep is classic Janet, a laid-back warm-up for what could be one of the biggest returns in Pop Music in quite some time.

Check the Track out:

Janet’s eleventh Studio Disc hits stores this Fall via her own record label, Rhythm Nation Records (distributed via BMG).

What do you think of No Sleeep? Classic Janet or zzzzz?

(Photo/video credit: BMG)

Elevation Pictures + Mr. Will want to take you on a high-octane ride to see BIG GAME starring Badass Samuel L. Jackson! Screenings take place in Toronto (7/6), Calgary and Ottawa (7/8) and Run-of-Engagement Passes will be available in Victoria and Vancouver!

Synopsis:
When Air Force One is attacked by by terrorists, the President of the United States (Samuel L. Jackson) parachutes to safety but winds up trapped in the wilds of Finland, where he must rely on the survival skills of the 13-year-old woodsman who finds him.

See the Trailer:

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G’luck, Willionaire$!

In Select Theatres and On Demand Friday, July 10, 2015 via Elevation Pictures!

(Photo/video credit: Elevation Pictures)