Pirates 5 Has Franchise’s 2nd-Lowest Debut, But…
While Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales topped the box office in its domestic debut, its estimated three-day weekend earnings of $62.2 million make it the second-lowest debut in the history of the franchise.
The film is projected to make approximately $76 million over the four-day weekend, which includes estimated earnings up through Memorial Day. While the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise's performance has been waning domestically, the series has grown in popularity overseas. In fact, the series' fourth entry, On Stranger Tides, is the franchise's highest-grossing installment internationally with $804.6 million, despite it being the first Pirates film that failed to crack $300 million domestically.
23 TV Shows That Originally Were Movies
In a TV landscape loaded with reboots, reimagines and adaptations of old shows, there's another piece of nostalgia at play: movies. The small screen is filling up with takes on popular movie franchises, to varying degrees of success.
From Westworld to Scream to even The Girlfriend Experience, the cinema has plenty of stories dying to be told in a longer format than a two-hour movie can handle. In fact, for some, they thrive in the televised setting. While as a movie Parenthood was a fun comedy starring Steve Martin, NBC's adaptation became of TV's most beloved series as the family is created warmed the hearts of anyone who tuned in.
As you look for a show to binge over the something or for your new TV obsession, don't forget those adapted from movies and let IGN be your guide in looking at 23 modern series that took their inspiration from the big screen.
Hitman May Live on at Square Enix Without IO Interactive
Despite Square Enix's recent parting of ways with Hitman developer IO Interactive, it looks like stealth action franchise may continue on at the publisher.
When Square Enix first announced its decision to part with IO Interactive, the fate of the Hitman series was unclear. However, according to an English transcript from the company's recent briefing with investors (via GameSpot), Square Enix is looking to continue to series.
The Last of Us Mod Makes Tess the Playable Protagonist
While The Last of Us stars Joel as the game's main playable protagonist, someone has modded the game to swap Joel with Tess.
Check out the video below from YouTube user Freako to see what Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic action adventure game could have been if Tess was the main playable character who escorted Ellie across the United States.
Warning: The Last of Us spoilers in the video below.
Naughty Dog is currently at work on a sequel to its critically acclaimed survival adventure game. Titled The Last of Us, Part II, the game will take place several years after the first title and center around Ellie, who is now 19 years old.
Monster Hunter XX for Switch Will Support 3DS Cross-Play
Following its reveal a few days prior, Capcom has shared several new details about the upcoming Nintendo Switch version of Monster Hunter XX.
At Monster Hunter Championship 2017, Capcom announced the Switch version will release on August 25 in Japan, Gematsu reports. Additionally, the Switch version will support internet cross-play with the 3DS version, as well as 1080p resolution support, and four-player local and online play.
Players will also be able to transfer their save data back and forth between the 3DS and Switch versions of Monster Hunter XX. Those who wish to transfer their Monster Hunter Generations data can do so to the Switch version of Monster Hunter XX, but not the other way around.
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6 Things We Learned from the Get Out Blu-ray
Get Out isn’t just a movie, it’s a uniquely celebrated, distinctive experience. It’s one of those rare movies that becomes a cultural talking point, an exciting and insightful commentary about our times. It’s also a fantastically entertaining horror movie, so it became that movie you absolutely HAD to see.
If you missed Get Out in theaters, you can finally now watch it on DVD and Blu-ray, but even if you did see the movie in its initial run the home video release is worth watching. First, you get to own a brilliant film, but second, the disc is loaded with excellent special features, deleted scenes and insightful commentary by the film’s writer/director, Jordan Peele.
There’s so much to cover that you’ll be forgiven if you don’t time to watch it all. Don’t worry, we made the time for you. Here are five important things we learned from Get Out’s special features, and one thing we learned that is extremely unexpected and weird.
DQX PS4, Switch Release Dates Announced for Japan
Dragon Quest X will release in Japan for PlayStation 4 on August 17 and Nintendo Switch on September 21.
Square Enix shared the news during a recent livestream event, during which the publisher showcased the first footage of its popular MMO running on Switch. Skip to the 29:17 mark in the video below to see the game running on Switch, which is immediately followed by PS4 footage just over 31 minutes in.
As reported by Gematsu, the PS4 and Switch versions will cost 4,800 yen each. The PS4 version requires a 1,500 yen monthly fee for five characters, while the Switch version will cost between 1,000 and 1,500 yen a month for three to five characters. Both versions will be available as the "All in One Package" edition, which includes Version 1, Version 2 and Version 3.
7 Best Games You Can Play Right Now on Xbox Game Pass
Microsoft has finally released its Game Pass service for Xbox Live Gold Members, allowing users to partake in a 14 day free trial that grants you instant access to over 100 Xbox 360 and Xbox One games.
To save you some time, we dug through the list and highlighted the 7 games you definitely shouldn’t pass up.
Gears 3 might be the best all-around Gears of War game. It had a great story with real emotional moments, fantastic multiplayer, and a stellar Horde mode. And as a bonus, the entire Gears franchise minus last year’s 4 is already on Game Pass as well.
Disney World’s Avatar Land Has One of the Best Rides Ever
I’ll be writing more about Pandora - The World of Avatar next week, and the overall experience there, but with the new land at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom opening today, I wanted to focus on the main attraction, Flight of Passage. Because wow, this is some ride.
As a bit of a theme park junkie, it’s rare I can walk off a ride and instantly say, “That’s now one of my all-time favorites.” In fact, the last time I think that happened was when I first rode Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey at Universal’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter seven years ago. But I feel secure saying that about Flight of Passage. It’s a new gold standard.
Flight of Passage takes you above Pandora, as you ride a banshee through the sky.