Weekend Box Office RESULTS July 6, 2012 - July 8, 2012

Here we are again ladies and gents ! Here's the latest box office results. No surprise here, "The Amazing Spider-Man" came in at the Number 1 position, bringing in close to $140 Million dollars thanks to both its opening day (July 3rd) being a Wednesday and the film garnering rave reviews for its fresh approach to the franchise. Check out the rest of the list for the remainder of the box office results !!! We'll see you guys back on friday !!!

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TW		Title	Studio	Weekend		Total
1		The Amazing Spider-Man	Columbia Pictures (Sony)	$62,004,688		$137,022,258
2		Ted	Universal Pictures	$32,202,395		$119,849,740
3		Brave	Disney•Pixar	$19,612,370		$173,969,341
4		Savages	Universal Pictures	$16,016,910		$16,016,910
5		Magic Mike	Warner Bros. Pictures	$15,642,337		$72,829,107
6		Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection	Lionsgate	$10,177,029		$45,822,984
7		Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	DreamWorks Animation	$7,520,690		$195,905,126
8		Katy Perry: Part of Me	Paramount Insurge	$7,138,266		$11,240,213
9		Moonrise Kingdom	Focus Features	$4,519,195		$26,780,989
10		To Rome With Love	Sony Pictures Classics	$3,502,000		$5,621,000
11		People Like Us	DreamWorks Pictures	$2,194,535		$9,190,902
12		Marvel's The Avengers	Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios, Paramount Pictures	$2,168,124		$611,127,884

Games on the AVE: Gamespot Reviews Spec Ops: The Line

Also available on PS3

Spec Ops: The Line is a game rife with contrast. In the sandstorm-wracked city of Dubai, refugees huddle in crude shanties erected in the opulent atriums of luxury hotels, and soldiers construct rough outposts in swanky rooftop clubs. On these makeshift battlefields, most of your time is spent casually gunning down hundreds of enemy combatants, but your squadmates still argue passionately over the value of one anonymous virtual life. Mechanically, Spec Ops is an utterly commonplace third-person shooter, but narratively, it strives to raise philosophical questions and put you outside of your comfort zone. These contrasts create some intriguing moments, but they are too often muddled by mediocre execution. The environmental design is one of the highlights. A fierce sandstorm has left Dubai with an entirely new geography, one defined by sliding dunes and sandy canyons. Trapped by the swirling debris, the citizens are forced to create makeshift shelters amid the towering skyscrapers, carving out settlements in the luxurious wreckage. Walk just past the glittering peacock statues and extravagant mosaics to find rickety cots, shabby walls, and dirty sheets.

A battalion of American soldiers have taken up residence here too, following their failed evacuation attempt, and their military outposts add an ominous air of conflict to the landscape. The artifacts of the aborted exodus tell a story too; cars are abandoned, belongings have been left behind in a hurry, and desperate pleas for help adorn the walls.

These striking scenes are punctuated by the politically charged graffiti that some stranded artist has created around the city, anonymous accusations that target the suffering of the people (smiling images of hotel guests with their eyes hollowed out) and those who helped exacerbate an already bad situation (a skeletal news anchor holding a smiling yellow puppet). The disparate architectural and artistic threads intertwine to create a fascinating landscape, one that is a pleasure to explore despite the merely decent production values.

In theaters NOW

Hope you guys had a good Holiday ! Here's your latest batch of movies in theaters ladies & gents. "The Amazing Spider-Man" got a jump on the competition releasing on July 3rd but let's be honest here, Spidey didnt have any huge comp this weekend ! lol. We'll have the box office results for you next week !! Peace, Love, and Respect

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The Amazing Spider-Man





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Games on the Ave: Gamespot Reviews The Amazing Spider-Man

Also available on Xbox 360





In The Amazing Spider-Man, the webslinger dispenses quick wit almost as fast as he dispenses justice. More importantly, he gets room to show off his high-flying acrobatics with a freedom his last two outings were lacking. This time, Spidey has the whole of Manhattan as his playground. As you fling yourself above the city, swinging past skyscrapers and vaulting from towers, you get a dizzying sense of what it would be like to slip into the famous red and blue costume. 

It's a joy when The Amazing Spider-Man thrusts you into this wide-open world. By holding down a single trigger, you propel webbing from your wrists, swinging in whichever direction you choose. Expectedly, you don't necessarily see the webbing attach to anything nearby, which is fine: the joyous locomotion is all in the name of fun. Yet the game does a great job of providing the illusion that the laws of physics still vaguely apply. When you swish through a park that isn't near tall buildings, you stay near the ground, practically brushing the grass underneath you. When surrounded by stately superstructures, you rise toward the heavens, from where you can look upon the entire city and admire its vibrancy.

Out here in the concrete wilds, The Amazing Spider-Man is at its best, simply because moving around is so much fun. Hundreds of collectible comic pages twinkle on rooftops and flutter in the air. They are simple but nice rewards for the act of locomotion. Come near a page, and you hear and see its telltale glimmer, and note the button prompt inviting you to fling toward it. These signs are enough to have you scanning the screen, searching for the elusive paper. But there's more to the game than webswinging, of course: most of the story-based missions take you off the streets and send you into the sewers and other such interiors. Out in Manhattan, most tasks are optional and involve picking up asylum escapees and returning them to their institution, beating up muggers, and so forth.

Sneaks on the Ave: Shoes release date reminder

Ok sneakerheads, we know we've fell off on our shoe posts here at BLVDAVE, and we apologize !!! So to make up for it on this holiday week here's a couple shoes that are available now and a few that's gonna drop this saturday (July 7th). We're gonna work til we renew your faith on coming to BLVDAVE as one of the premier blogs that have the latest info on upcoming shoes !!

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Nike Air More Uptempo

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Zoom Kobe VII ‘What the Kobe’ Bamboo/Tropical Twist-Hasta-Seaweed 488371-200 07/07/12 $140

Air Jordan VI ‘Olympic’

White/Midnight Navy-Varsity Red

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07/07/12

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New Videos on the Ave: 4th of July OVERLOAD

Ok its been a overload of videos as of late, so before yall get out into those back yards and get ya grills going or popping fireworks, check these video heaters out !!!