Both are very successful on their own terms, so 20th Century Fox's Fox's Rio 2 being the number one film on Friday and probably the weekend is merely a case of Walt Disney's Walt Disney's Captain America: The Winter Soldier falling about as hard as Brazilian filmmaker Carlos Saldanha's new family film Rio 2 flew … Read more
OPENING: Rio 2 (FOX) flies to No. 1 for $43.9M to $44.3M (Fox is the only one to predict $45M) and Saturday has it on the low end, Oculus (REL) scares up $12.2M to $12.8M for third spot now lower estimates on Saturday; 'Rio 2′ was Released on April 11 and it's opening box office … Read more
Check out the clip above to see what Jesse Eisenberg, Janelle Monae, Rodrigo Santoro, Andy Garcia, Jemaine Clement, Foxx, Chenoweth and even more members of the high-flying cast of "Rio 2" had to say about flipping the bird. "Rio 2" hits theaters April Despite its lackluster plot being a drag for adults, "Rio 2" does … Read more
It's the perfect role for TODAY's Natalie Morales: In "Rio 2," which opens Friday, she plays a news reporter (she's already got that down) with Brazilian roots (her mother is Brazilian and she lived in Rio from ages 7 to 10). And to top it off, Morales Check out the clip above to see what … Read more
The bird-brained animated sequel “Rio 2” is like a taxidermist's turkey: overstuffed and lifeless. The romantic leads of the first “Rio,” city-raised blue macaw Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) and his rare tropical mate, Jewel “Rio 2,” a sequel to the hugely successful 2011 animated feature, piles up the conflicts without making any of them … Read more
“Rio 2,” the sequel to 2011's “Rio,” a tale of endangered blue macaws, brings us back to pre-“Frozen” levels of passable family entertainment. In this go-round, Blu, his wife Jewel and their macaw kids live in a bird sanctuary under the assumption they “Rio 2,” the sequel to 2011's “Rio,” a tale of endangered blue … Read more