2012 Movie Preview: Can superheroes and 'The Hunger Games' save struggling box ...
What will be the biggest movies of 2012? Will this year's most-anticipated films like "The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Hunger Games" fare better than 2011 at the box office?
According to The Associated Press , movie attendance is down to a 16-year low. About 1.28 billion people went to the movies in 2011, roughly 4 percent fewer than last year, and closer to the less impressive crowds of the mid-90's when films like "The Birdcage" and "Jerry Maguire" were on the big screen.
Film critic Roger Ebert blamed theaters for the decline, citing overpriced tickets and refreshments and not enough policing moviegoers' cell phone use during showings.
But a decent holiday season for Tom Cruise and " Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol " is a good sign for the year ahead, the New York Daily News reports. The box office over New Year's weekend was 10 percent higher than the same period in 2010, analyst Paul Dergarabedian said.
"It provided a silver lining in all this doom and gloom for the industry in 2011," Dergarabedian explained. "It gives me hope that 2012 can be the big box office year we are hoping for."
While predictable sequels ("American Reunion," "Scary Movie 5," "Paranormal Activity 4") and remakes ("Total Recall," "Dredd," "21 Jump Street") are in the lineup, analysts say the outlook is good. Here's a look at some of the most anticipated films of 2012: Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which Tributes must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy.
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Plus, the addition of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris to Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jet Li and Bruce Willis easily makes this the biggest cast in action movie history. Liam Neeson wreaked havoc in France trying to get his daughter
