SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2009
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE BOX OFFICE
X-Men Origins: Wolverine finished second to Star Trek at the box office over the weekend.
The prequel pulled in an estimated $27.0 in its second weekend of release to push its total to $129.6 million.
It dropped 67 percent from its opening weekend of $85.0 million.
That remains the top opening weekend of the year after a challenge from Star Trek last weekend. Star Trek pulled in $76.5 million over the weekend, including $4 million for Thursday night shows.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is 11th among Marvel movies and figures to pass 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ($131.9 million), 2003's Hulk ($132.2 million) and last year's The Incredible Hulk ($134.8 million) this week.
FIRST LOOKS
For covers and five- to 10-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include The Warriors Official Movie Adaptation #2 from Dabel Brothers Publishing and Noir TPB from Dark Horse Comics.
JULY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted July solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Aspen Comics.
* Archie Comics.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* BOOM! Studios.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Mercury Comics.
BRIEFLY
* Marvel Comics has released a teaser image from X-Men: Legacy #224, due in stores on May 27.
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If you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, following are links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Tuesday, May 5: Aspen Comics First Looks, Moonstone Books for August, Marvel Super Hero Squad's Jennifer Morrison, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Marvel Comics roundup.
* Monday, May 4: Kevin Sorbo voices Ka-Zar in Marvel Super Hero Squad, MTV Movie Award nominations, The Simpsons, DC Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.
* Sunday, May 3: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office.
* Saturday, May 2: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office.
* Friday, May 1: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and The Simpsons.
* Thursday, April 30: IDW Publishing First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Smallville.
* Wednesday, April 29: Dynamite Entertainment for July, Antarctic Press for July, Green Lantern: First Flight and Top Cow Productions First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 28: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men animated, Devil's Due Publishing for July, BOOM! Studios for July, Marvel Comics First Looks and Red 5 Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 27: IDW Publishing for July, Red 5 Comics for July, Bluewater Productions First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and X-Men DVD.
* Sunday, April 26: Oni Press for July and IDW Publishing First Looks.
* Saturday, April 25: Dollhouse, Family Guy, Smallville, Viper Comics for July and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, April 24: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Bluewater Productions First Looks and Aspen Comics for July.
* Thursday, April 23: Heroes, Angel, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Iron Man 2, Bongo Comics for July, Image Comics for July and Mercury Comics for July.
* Wednesday, April 22: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Smallville, Heroes, The Simpsons, Archie Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Shadowline's Descendant.
* Tuesday, April 21: Marvel Comics for July, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Radical Pubishing for July, Family Guy and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 20: DC Comics for July, Archie Comics for July, G.I. Joe, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and DC Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, April 19: Iron Man: Armored Adventures.
* Saturday, April 18: The Simpsons, Smallville and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, April 17: Top Cow Productions, Marvel Comics First Looks, IDW Publishing First Looks and BOOM! Studios First Looks.
* Thursday, April 16: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, DC Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, April 15: Image Comics First Looks, Smallville, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Marvel Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 14: Top Cow Productions roundup, Lauren Shuler Donner talks X-Men: First Class, Hellboy II: The Golden Army on Cinemax, Marvel Comics roundup, DC Comics roundup and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 13: The Dark Knight on HBO, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Carpica, DC Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, April 12: Family Guy and Dragonball: Evolution box office.
* Saturday, April 11: DC Comics First Looks, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and Smallville.
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