Feb 26,2013

Bruce Willis’ new ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ scores with $25 million box office debut

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The fifth installment in the ‘Die Hard’ series exploded with $25 million as ‘Identity Theft’ dropped to second place with $23.4 million.

The blood-soaked machismo of Bruce Willis powered the action thriller “A Good Day to Die Hard” to box office supremacy with a never-say-die weekend haul of $25 million.

A quarter-century after the original “Die Hard” catapulted Willis into superstardom, the franchise’s fifth flick made mincemeat of the critics who dissed it with mediocre reviews.

“He’s one of the few old-guard action stars who still has a solid career going,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a box-office tracker for Hollywood.com.

The road comedy “Identity Thief” also made out like a bandit — capturing the No. 2 slot by scamming its way to $23.4 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada.

Trailing the laughfest was the romance “Safe Haven,” which pulled in $21.4 million.

Grabbing the No. 4 spot was “Escape from Planet Earth,” an animated flick about aliens, which raked in $16.1 million. And sleepwalking its way into the No. 5 post was rom-com zombie thriller “Warm Bodies,” which scored $9 million. [Source]

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Feb 23,2013

Bruce Willis at the “A Good Day To Die Hard” Fan Celebration

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Bruce Willis attends the ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’ Fan Celebration at AMC Empire on February 13, 2013 in New York City. You can go to the gallery to take a look to the photos.

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– “A Good Day To Die Hard” Fan Celebration

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Feb 14,2013

Bruce Willis Receives Highest French Cultural Honor

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While promoting “A Good Day to Die Hard” in Paris, the star was named a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters.

While in Paris to promote the upcoming release of A Good Day to Die Hard, star Bruce Willis was presented with the highest culture award in France, the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, in an evening ceremony here.

Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti said the medal was to honor his contribution to film over the past thirty years.

“It is an honor, a real honor, to be here,” said Willis. “To get this very high honor for the commanders, I couldn’t be more pleased.”

Filippetti praised his famous Die Hard character as a “reluctant hero,” and cited his diverse body of work including Moonrise Kingdom, Pulp Fiction and Unbreakable. “He knows to sometimes leave his ‘tough guy’ costume and return to work with amazing filmmakers,” she said about his work with directors Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino and M. Night Shayamalan. Read the rest of this entry »