"PUSS IN BOOTS" DELIVERS THE TREATS ON HALLOWEEN WEEKEND

Still from Puss in Boots 3-D

Paramount Pictures makes it two-for-two with two separate Movies. Despite it being Halloween weekend, Families dictated the results at the Box Office this weekend with Shrek Spin-off Puss In Boots 3-D at the top of the tally with $34 million.  The Animated Feature has fared well among Critics also, with an 86% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Finishing behind in second is last week's champion Paranormal Activity 3 with $18.5 million, earning $81.3 million already in two weeks.

20th Century Fox debuts in third with Justin Timberlake-starring In Time with $12 million, debuting below expectations. Reviews haven't been strong for the Action/Drama, rating 36% on the Tomotometer at Rotten Tomatoes.

Another Paramount Film, Footloose (2011) slips to fourth spot with $5.5 million - a total run so far of $38.5 million in North America - just-ahead of Johnny Depp's latest Film The Rum Diary, based on the life of Hunter S. Thompson, with $5 million.

The Ides of March still is sitting in the Top Ten in eighth spot after four weeks of release, taking-in $2.7 million. To-date, it has brought in $33.5 million, while another TIFF 2011 Gala Premiere Moneyball is in ninth spot this weekend with $2.4 million in its sixth week.

"REAL STEEL" OUT-DANCES "FOOTLOOSE (2011)" TO THE FINISH

Still from Footloose

In a tepid weekend at the Box Office, last week's champion Real Steel performs consistently well in its second week for Walt Disney Motion Pictures/Dreamworks, holding on at the top with $16 million. To-date it has earned just-under $52 million.

Paramount Pictures just misses the top spot, despite leading out the gate on Friday night with the 2011 Remake of Footloose, taking-in $15.5 million from 3,549 theatres, well on its way to recouping the $24 million it cost to make. Audiences and Critics have been responding well also to the Film, with it sitting at 73% on the Tomatometer at Rotten Tomatoes.

Another Remake debuting this weekend is The Thing for Universal Pictures, earning $9 million, not faring so well critically with 33% on the Tomatometer.

It surprises me still that George Clooney's The Ides of March managed to pull-in only $7.5 million this weekend, earning $22.1 million cumulative in two weeks, landing just-ahead of another Film which premiered at TIFF 2011, Moneyball. The Brad Pitt Baseball Dramedy pulled-in $5.5 million in its fourth week of release for Sony Pictures.

Debuting in eighth spot this weekend is 20th Century Fox Comedy The Big Year starring Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson with only $3 million. Not only did the Film receive poor reviews (39% on the Tomatometer), a telltale sign also is a lack of promotion it received.

"FOOTLOOSE (2011)" GETS RAVE REVIEWS

Rave Reviews for Footloose (2011)

Not even its predecessor garnered this much critical respect, but Craig Brewer's Footloose (2011) shockingly is getting some amazing reviews over at Rotten Tomatoes. Opening wide next weekend via Paramount Pictures, this could bode well for the Remake which has been supported by an international Press Tour these past few weeks, including a stop-off in Toronto in August. See Photos here.

Entertainment Weekly's Liz Schwarzbaum raves, "Brewer, who previously put his high-intensity spin on Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan, displays his coolest moves in the way he smartly unties this Footloose from its 1980s moorings.".

I personally haven't seen it yet, but just might now after seeing these raves!

See the Trailer in full below:

KENNY WORMALD & JULIANNE HOUGH IN TORONTO FOR "FOOTLOOSE"

Julianne Hough, Mr. Will-W., Kenny Wormald & Craig Brewer (L to R)

Torontonians got a big surprise today courtesy of KISS 92.5 and Paramount Pictures, bringing in the stars of Footloose, Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald, to the City along with Director Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan). The Trio along with their large Entourage rolled into Toronto midday from Los Angeles and headed straight to the Canadian National Exhibition, greeting and signing Autographs for Fans, including some who had to dance their way to a Meet & Greet!

Both Hough and Wormald looked gorgeous and seeing them side-by-side, one can see easily how they could sizzle on-screen.  Hough who looked '60s-chic only recently wrapped Production on the big-screen Adaptation of Rock of Ages alongside the likes of Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Mary J. Blige and one can expect big things to come from the Singer/Actress/Dancer who currently is attached to Ryan Seacrest.  The handsome Wormald might not be familiar to many yet, but we can expect his rise to Hearththrob status post-release.

A Studio Representative tells me, "This version actually remains really faithful to the original Footloose!  Fans of the original should like this one.".  Hough, Wormald and Brewer will be in-town all day tomorrow doing Press as they embark on their international Tour for the Film with visits slated for MuchMusic, plus additional Radio Stations.

Footloose hits theatres October 14, 2011.

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