Geek News You Should Know: 6/9/14

Sorry for taking the past week off, things just got busy in a lot of different areas, because it was the end of the month/beginning of the month, it was my busy period at work so I couldn't stay as up on the news as I would like.  Then this past Sunday and last night I went to Chicago and Madison respectively to see WWE live, which both events were a ton of fun.  Anyways, here's some geek news, don't forget to check out the latest episode 109, posted today for even more geek news, reviews, etc. in movies, televsion, comic books, video games, food, and more!

1) After seeing the fangirls turn out in droves on Thursday it's no surprise that The Fault in Our Stars dominated the box office this weekend as it opened up big on Thursday and Friday but did dip over the rest of the weekend.  While, Edge of Tomorrow disappointed in the United States, it made a ton of money in foreign markets which should help pull the big budget sci-fi movie from being a loss.  I said it on the podcast, that up until recently the marketing for Edge of Tomorrow was terrible, and I hope they point the figure of blame towards that instead of the movie itself as the premise seems really cool.  Meanwhile, Maleficent held up well and finished in second place this weekend.  Here are the top 10 movies according with all of this information from BoxOfficeMojo.com.

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	N	The Fault in our Stars	Fox	$48,200,000	-	3,173	-	$15,191	$48,200,000	$12	1
2	1	Maleficent	BV	$33,523,000	-51.7%	3,948	-	$8,491	$127,370,000	$180	2
3	N	Edge of Tomorrow	WB	$29,105,000	-	3,490	-	$8,340	$29,105,000	$178	1
4	2	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Fox	$14,700,000	-54.8%	3,639	-362	$4,040	$189,101,000	$200	3
5	3	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Uni.	$7,189,000	-57.2%	3,160	+2	$2,275	$30,088,000	-	2
6	4	Godzilla (2014)	WB	$5,950,000	-50.5%	3,110	-391	$1,913	$185,043,000	$160	4
7	6	Neighbors	Uni.	$5,201,000	-35.6%	2,674	-265	$1,945	$137,801,000	$18	5
8	5	Blended	WB	$4,050,000	-50.3%	2,928	-627	$1,383	$36,509,000	$40	3
9	9	Chef	ORF	$2,600,000	+36.0%	1,298	+674	$2,003	$10,362,000	-	5
10	8	Million Dollar Arm	BV	$1,822,000	-49.2%	1,643	-686	$1,109	$31,347,000	$25	4

2) Stand-up comedian and former SNL and 30 Rock cast member Tracy Morgan is in critical condition after being involved in a six-vehicle accident in New Jersey.  Tracy was a passenger in a limo bus that was rear-ended by a semi and flipped, killing Tracy's comedy mentor Jimmy Mack.  We send our best to Tracy and hope for a speedy recovery.

3) While Once Upon a Time teased Elsa at the end of it's season finale a month ago, it has been confirmed that Elsa from Frozen will be in around 9 episodes and will be joined by Anna and Kristoff in some of those episodes as well.  No casting or other details have been announced at this time.

4) This week is E3 week, which is a huge video game conference where they lay out all of the upcoming games in develop and I will include many of these that I find interesting in here throughout the week.  This should be a great E3 conference as last year Microsoft announced the X-Box One and Sony announced the Playstation 4, but the games for there haven't been many games released that made these systems sell.  This will be the year where a lot of awesome titles will be announced for these systems and I'm anxious to see what's in store.  Today, Crystal Dynamics announced the sequel for last year's Tomb Raider game, Rise of Tomb Raider which should hit store shelves for the holidays in 2015.  I am loving the first game and look forward to this one whenever I pick up a Playstation 4.  The game makers have also announced that they will put a larger emphasis on the tombs in the next game.  While it's a little small in size, here's a screencap from the game.



5) In news that will surely please my wife, The Sims 4 has been officially announced to be released on September 2.  They've totally redesigned the game to make it both easier to make characters and houses while also giving you more customization controls then ever.  Here is a video on how they designed the character engine which is impressive.



I will have plenty more video game and other geek news throughout the week ahead.  Today is very much video game news overload so if you want to follow things more closely check out IGN.com, where they always do a tremendous job covering things second-by-second.