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Tahoe Daily Tribune
| 1 year ago
Danny DeVito voices the Lorax, who speaks for the trees, in this update of the Dr. Seuss classic. Grade: C Directed by Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda Voiced by Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Betty White, Rob Riggle, Jenny Slate Universal,...
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The Idaho Statesman
| 1 year ago
Universal's "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" has taken root at the top of the domestic box office, with robust midweek growth of $3 million or so per day and a likely second-weekend gross of around $50 million following its year-topping $70 million opening...A...
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The Huffington Post
| 1 year ago
The question is, does anybody need Dr. Seuss' The Lorax , the feature-length, CG animated, 3D, big screen adaptation of the legendary children's author's environmental parable? Directed by Despicable Me 's Chris Renaud, the film expands upon the tale...
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Gulf Breeze News
| 1 year ago
Gulf Breeze High School Project Grad fundraising efforts are under way for this year's June 2 graduation...Please consider this worthwhile event in your marketing and donation budget for this year. Thank you to the businesses and individuals that...
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IMDb Celebrity News
| 1 year ago
Danny DeVito voices Seuss creation The Lorax as it fights to halt the destruction of the world's forests, and Efron, who portrays a young boy who sets out to find out why the world has become so ugly, hopes the eco-friendly messages in the film will...
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Daily Southtown
| 1 year ago
These weren't just bad movies; they were hyperkinetic nuisances, antithetical to the wise economy of the good doctor. Now, after a passable Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Dr. Seuss' The Lorax gets a shot...Directed by Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda, two of...
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ecorazzi.com
| 1 year ago
On March 2nd, Zac Efron celebrated Read Across America Day by reading Dr. Seuss' The Lorax to 300 students. The kids congregated at the New York Public Library to hear Efron voice the tale of the Once-ler's journey in one of Dr. Seuss' most popular...
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The Feather Online
| 1 year ago
Tale mixes fanciful characters with deep environmental message www.impawards.com In a classic Dr. Seuss style of fanciful characters and trees, Zac Efron provides the voice of Ted, a young boy out to get a tree for his heartthrob despite the warnings...
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IMDb Celebrity News
| 1 year ago
Although its actual take was about a half-million dollars less than estimates, the movie wound up with $70.22 million. That was significantly higher than the $50 million that most experts had predicted the movie would earn prior to its opening on...
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Wellington Dominion
| 1 year ago
Surfing and love scenes with Nicole Kidman have convinced Zac Efron he wants a home down under. It should come as no surprise that Zac Efron will fly to Australia next month for the premiere of one of his new films. Australia has become Efron's...
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MamaPop
| 1 year ago
I can still remember my parents reading me this book and the nervousness its message caused in me. I would lie in bed and, instead of sleeping, I would try to rationalize my fears away...I would think of all the things we make out of trees and then...
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The Orange County Register
| 1 year ago
The movie made $70.7 million over the weekend, the biggest opening take of any movie so far this year. Theodor Seuss Geisel was deeply political, long before he wrote his first children\'s book. Click on the image to read more Dr. Seuss, PM, a...
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Showbizspy
| 1 year ago
DeVito is using the success of animated movie The Lorax to try and force a reunion with his onscreen sibling Arnold Schwarzenegger . The 67-year-old actor is hoping his exposure as the voice behind the Dr Seuss movie will encourage Arnie to agree to...
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Courier & Press
| 1 year ago
There's one way in which Theodor Geisel was kind of like the reclusive Once-ler in "The Lorax": When people came knocking to adapt his books into movies, he didn't want to be bothered. Throughout his life, Dr. Seuss shunned the efforts of Hollywood...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Everett Collection/Rex Features I'm not sure whether to be disturbed or delighted by my discovery that as well as creating Grinches and Loraxes, Cats in Hats and Hortons, Dr Seuss also drew nudes. The late Theodor Geisel, who would have turned 108...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
The environmental fable "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" grew mightily during its opening weekend, taking in $70.2 million for the biggest debut of the year by far, according to final studio figures Monday. The 3-D animated comedy from Universal Pictures is...
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Vanity Fair
| 1 year ago
This weekend, the latest Dr. Seuss film adaptation, The Lorax better known by Us magazine as the PG movie whose premiere was interrupted when Zac Efron dropped a condom on the red carpetgrossed a whopping $70.7 million at the box office. Lou Dobbs...
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The Columbus Dispatch
| 1 year ago
Those who use Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a barometer for culture in Iran should be pleasantly surprised by A Separation , a film that won the Oscar for the best foreign-language film at the 2012 Academy Awards. The movie, in the tradition of other artful...
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Celebritology
| 1 year ago
ET, 03/05/2012 The Lorax' made $70 million over the weekend...The reviews including the one from the Post's Michael O'Sullivan have not been raves, but they haven't been terrible across the board, either. Still, I am concerned that the success of the...
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Waleg Celebrities
| 1 year ago
Thousands of people think its a must-see that is why it was a huge hit during its opening weekend...The Universal Picture movies $70.7 million sale is, so far, the biggest opening weekend in 2012. The Lorax has an environmental theme that hits right...
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Extra
| 1 year ago
March 5, 2012 "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" was the top weekend film, earning $70 million in the biggest opening weekend this year. Full Story at Bloomberg Get more "Extra" Scoop headlines for Monday, March 5! Oprah's Interview with Whitney Houston's...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
21 am Even for a season that has seen surprisingly strong box office, "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" was an eyebrow-raiser this weekend. The $70.7 million that the movie took in domestically made it worthy of several superlatives -- among others, the biggest...
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KQED
| 1 year ago
Arts Multimedia Mar 05, 2012 A sleek and easily-navigated website, Kapsul offers visitors the opportunity to "Collect...As a platform for interactive with contemporary art texts and images, the site represents a new open-source approach to the...
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Starpulse
| 1 year ago
The Lorax' Stuns By Earning $70 Million In Opening Weekend March 5th, 2012 8:46am EST Add to My News Comment Dr. Seuss' The Lorax has shattered box office records by grossing a whopping $70.7 million in its opening weekend. The big screen...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar The biggest animation opening weekend in the history of Universal Pictures owes much to Chris Meledandri, head of the studio-owned Illumination Entertainment. Illumination is shaping up to be every bit as devastating a box-...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
The environmental fable, based on a character created by Dr Seuss, took $70.7m (£44.7m) between Friday and Sunday, according to studio estimates. Rauchy comedy Project X, its nearest competitor, took an estimated $20.8m (£13.1m) over the same period.
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Summit Daily News
| 1 year ago
Frisco Elementary principal Renea Hill and second-grader Sarah Pappas pose in their PJs and wacky hats in celebration of Read Across America, held on Dr. Seuss' birthday March 2. All the schools in Summit School District celebrated the day. In Frisco,...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
Since the list began in 1993, nine Seuss titles have cracked the top 50, but never have there been so many in one week. Credit the movie release of The Lorax (which made an estimated $70.7 million in its first weekend) and the National Education...
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Belleville News-Democrat
| 1 year ago
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" posted the biggest opening of the year at the box office over the weekend, evidence that moviegoers were eager for a family film. The animated 3-D environmental tale greatly exceeded industry expectations, raking in $70.7...
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GMA News
| 1 year ago
A big-screen version of classic Dr. Seuss children's book "The Lorax" rang up a massive $70.7 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales over the weekend, the biggest movie debut so far this year. The popularity of the 3D animated "Lorax" far...
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US Magazine
| 1 year ago
Featuring the voices of Zac Efron, Taylor Swift and Danny DeVito in the title role, the animated Lorax netted a massive $70.7 million in receipts in its first weekend in theaters. Largely aided by a 3D release, the film update of the 1971 Seuss...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| 1 year ago
This Means War" places second while "The Artist" rebounds to No. France; domestic hit "Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" opens gently in the Middle East, poised for Easter. A lethargic weekend on the foreign theatrical circuit saw Journey 2: The Mysterious...
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Gawker
| 1 year ago
Meet The Lorax , 2012's Biggest Weekend Opening Yet Looks like that aggressive ad campaign did its job after all: The Lorax earned $70.7 million this weekend, giving it the biggest opening weekend so far this year. In second place, Project X , with a...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| 1 year ago
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" posted the biggest opening weekend of the year so far, taking in an estimated $70.7 million in North America, according to early studio estimates. The animated film, distributed by Comcast Corp.'s Universal Pictures and...
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Just Jared
| 1 year ago
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax took the top spot at the box office this weekend, grossing $70.7 million. The animated adaptation of the classic book premiered Friday and features the voices of Danny DeVito , Zac Efron , Taylor Swift , and Ed Helms , among...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" raked in all kinds of green, earning $70.7 million in its first weekend to score the biggest box-office debut of the year by far.
The 3-D animated family film from Universal Pictures, featuring the voices of Danny...
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NY Daily News
| 1 year ago
The multiplex belonged this weekend to Dr. Seuss , with Universal's "The Lorax" turning into a $70.7 million golden goose. The silence was deafening, however, for The Artist, as its hoped-for Oscar bump was barely a ripple. The Lorax, an animated eco-...
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
Cast member Danny DeVito (2nd L) wife Rhea Perlman (2nd R) and daughter Lucy DeVito (L) attend the premiere of the 3-D animated film ''Dr. Seuss' The Lorax'' in Los Angeles February 19, 2012. The animated movie version of Dr. Seuss story "The Lorax"...
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The New York Times
| 1 year ago
Newsies the Musical, a coming Disney Broadway production, recounts a strike waged in 1899 by New York newsboys (with a few historical embellishments). Lena Dunham and some of the cast members of the HBO comedy series Girls spoke about their work on...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
Updated The Lorax took advantage of a rare dearth of cartoons this weekend, scampering away with an easy triumph at theaters. The Dr. Seuss adaptation took in a whopping $70.7 million, according to studio estimates from Hollywood.com. Analysts...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax" had a bountiful box office opening, earning $70.7 million in its first weekend to score the biggest debut of the year. The 3-D animated family film from Universal Pictures, featuring the voices of Danny DeVito, Zac Efron and...
