RANGO: rocked the box office

RANGO: rocked the box office

Rango is a CGI Western Comedy flick which features the voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant and Ned Beatty. The movie was released on 4^th March, 2011 and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The film follows Rango, a pet chameleon who is always on the lookout for adventure and action. However, after a car accident, he is wind up in a town called Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West. What the town needs the most
is water but they also need a hero and a sheriff. Rango takes the role of both and agrees to solve the case of their missing water.

The film is directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Graham King. In addition to this, Craig Wood took the role of editing and Hans Zimmer gave the music.

Electronic Arts released a video game based on the movie. It is rated E10+ and was released on all major consoles: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and Wii.

The $135 million budgeted movie grossed a total of $242,605,737 in the Box Office.

Rango earned $123,257,581 in North America and $119,348,156 in other territories for a total $242,605,737, on 7^th July, 2011. It is the eighth highest grossing film of 2011 and between March to April, it was
the highest grossing film of 2011, fell to Rio afterwards.

Rango earned $38,079,323 during its opening weekend and secured a number one spot in the Box Office. Furthermore, it debuted in 3,917 theatres and grossed 9,608,091 on its first day. It earned $16,770,243 from 33 countries on its
opening weekend.

The film also received favourable reviews and awesome ratings.

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave it an 88 percent ‘Certified Fresh’ rating, based on reviews by 202 critics. The site stated, “Rango is a smart, giddily creative burst of beautifully animated entertainment, and Johnny Depp
gives a colorful vocal performance as a household pet in an unfamiliar world.”

Rango was released on Blu-ray and DVD on 15^th July, 2011. It also includes an extended version of the film including cast and crew commentary, deleted scenes and featurettes.

The 107 minutes movie is a must watch for not only kids but for their parents as well.

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Posted by Muhammad Basit Khan on Dec 20 2011. Filed under Entertainment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry