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Sunday 3 June 2012

Top Hollywood Movie "Snow White & the Huntsman” is the fairest in the land at the weekend box office




Top Hollywood Movie "Snow White & the Huntsman” is the fairest in the land at the weekend box office

Snow White is the daughter of King Magnus and Queen Eleanor (Liberty Ross). After his wife's death, King Magnus falls in love with the beautiful Ravenna after rescuing her from the Dark Army, a fleet of invincible glass soldiers who have enslaved several of the neighboring kingdoms. The two are married but Ravenna - who is in fact a powerful sorceress and the Dark Army's master - kills Magnus on their wedding night after claiming that men like the King exploit the beauty of women and discard them. As Ravenna seizes control of the kingdom, Magnus' most trusted knight Duke Hammond attempts to help Snow White escape the Castle but fails when she is captured by Ravenna's brother and enforcer Finn. Snow White is then locked away in the dungeons while Ravenna uses her Magic Mirror (Christopher Obi Ogugua), who promises to help her become "the fairest of them all". Over the next several years, Ravenna captures all the women whose beauty might surpass her own and drains their youth. The kingdom meanwhile is left in ruins under her rule and Ravenna's abuse of magic results in her stolen beauty fading.



Snow White & the Huntsman” is the fairest in the land at the weekend box office. According to studio estimates Sunday, Universal Pictures’ action yarn inspired by the fairy-tale princess debuted strongly at No. 1 with $56.3 million domestically. That’s about $20 million higher than industry expectations.

”Snow White” bumped Sony’s ”Men in Black 3” from the top spot and into second-place with $29.3 million. The Will Smith-Tommy Lee Jones sequel raised its total to $112.3 million after two weekends.

Disney’s superhero sensation ”The Avengers” remained strong at No. 3 with $20.3 million, lifting its domestic total to $552.7 million.

”The Avengers” climbed past ”The Dark Knight” at $533.3 million to become No. 3 all-time on the domestic revenue chart, behind ”Avatar” at $760.5 million and ”Titanic” at $658.5 million.



The overall story is an engrossing adventure and Chris Hemsworth steals the show as the Huntsman. With three different movies out in two months, Hemsworth is rightfully in demand. Between “Cabin in the Woods,” “The Avengers” and this, Hemsworth showcases his talent. Ironically the brutish huntsman is the only character in the whole film to show any emotion.

The Evil Queen is whiny as usual, but she at least is scary doing it. Here we see she is really a soul-sucking beast beneath a beautiful exterior, not just some spoiled temptress.





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