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“It Doesn’t Matter” recording artist Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has never been ashamed of his pro wrestling roots. (Well, there might be the occasional thing he might want to forget in 2018.) Even if he wasn’t free to light his own name on fire at this year’s WrestleMania, this spring still featured a signature maneuver from The Rock in front of a massive audience. Heck, you might have missed it as it was happening.
Dwayne Johnson is serious about making sure audiences have a good time in his movies. He’s so serious about it, in fact, that he came very close to walking away from Rampage, his new film based on the classic video game that’s currently in theaters. Read about the Rampage original ending and why Johnson was so adamant about changing it below.
Rampage Original Ending
Spoilers ahead.
As it exists now, Rampage stars Johnson as a military man-turned-primatologist named Davis Okoye who rescues an albino gorilla named George from poachers and takes him to live at the San Diego zoo.
- Moviefone: Dwayne Johnson Threatened to Quit 'Rampage' Over Original 'Sad Ending'
- JoBlo: The original ending to Rampage left Dwayne Johnson threatening to quit
- HitFix: The Rock Almost Walked Away From ‘Rampage’ After Reading The Original Script And Its Sad Ending
- Deadline: ‘Rampage’ & ‘A Quiet Place’ Still At War For No. 1; Amy Schumer Debuts Third Comedy ‘I Feel Pretty’
Thanks to the success of Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg is now the richest director in the world and the first to earn $10 billion at the global box office.
Even though Ready Player One only held on to the top spot for one weekend (it lost to A Quiet Place), it has already become one of the highest grossing movies of 2018 worldwide. The adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel has earned over $475 million worldwide, making it one of the biggest movies for Spielberg in over a decade.
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- MovieWeb: Steven Spielberg Is First Director to Cross $10B at the Box Office
- HitFix: Steven Spielberg Is The First Director Whose Movies Have Earned $10 Billion (Yes, Billion)
- Screen Crush: Weekend Box Office: 'Rampage' Tramples 'A Quiet Place'
- Comic Book Movie: Dwayne Johnson Is Once Again #1 At The Worldwide Box Office As RAMPAGE Roars To $148.6M Opening WeekendDwayne Johnson Is Once Again #1 At The Worldwide Box Office As RAMPAGE Roars To $148.6M Opening Weekend
Rampage stomps into first place!
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and his sizeable simian friend climbed to the top of the box office this weekend with RAMPAGE, which opened with an estimated $34.5 million!
The adaptation of the 80s arcade building-breaking videogame opened just a bit beneath the $36.1 million start of Johnson's recent JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, which slowly...
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- IGN Movies: Rampage Tops Weekend Box Office
- Variety: Korea Box Office: ‘Rampage’ Rules Weekend
- Comic Book Movie: Dwayne Johnson Is Once Again #1 At The Worldwide Box Office As RAMPAGE Roars To $148.6M Opening WeekendDwayne Johnson Is Once Again #1 At The Worldwide Box Office As RAMPAGE Roars To $148.6M Opening Weekend
- Variety: China Box Office: ‘Rampage’ Leads Hollywood Charge With $55 Million
- The Wrap: ‘Borg vs McEnroe’ Flounders at Indie Box Office While ‘The Rider’ Shines
Rampage is currently the highest-rated video game movie on Rotten Tomatoes. Star Dwayne Johnson is no stranger to the ever-present video game movie curse on the big screen, starring in the 2004 adaptation of seminal first-person shooter Doom. The movie completely bombed at the box office and failed to impress most critics, relying on gimmicky FPS-style set pieces to keep fans of the iconic video game franchise engaged.
Johnson took another crack at a video game adaptation with Rampage, which is only loosely based on the classic Rampage arcade game.
- MovieWeb: Just Saw Rampage and Now You Want to Play the Game for Free?
- Comic Book Movie: RAMPAGE Could Be On Its Way To Becoming The Best-Reviewed Live-Action Video Game Adaptation Of All TimeRAMPAGE Could Be On Its Way To Becoming The Best-Reviewed Live-Action Video Game Adaptation Of All Time
- Dark Horizons: Review: “Rampage”
- We Got This Covered: Cinemaholics #60: Rampage Review
- Cinema Blend: The Rampage Co-Star Who Totally Steals The Movie Away From The Rock
- Cinema Blend: The Justice League Reference That Shows Up In Rampage
- Vulture: Who Gets Out of Rampage With Their Dignity Intact?
- Film School Rejects: If You Like ‘Rampage,’ You Should Watch These 8 Movies
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.
In this edition, we focus on the hit new horror movie A Quiet Place with director John Krasinski breaking down one of the most tense scenes in the film.
- IndieWire: ‘A Quiet Place’: John Krasinski Reveals the Tricks Behind the Lantern Scene, Which Really Did Start a Fire — Watch
- The A.V. Club: John Krasinski breaks down one of A Quiet Place's most terrifying scenes
- Dark Horizons: Krasinski Explains “Quiet Place” Monster Origin
- Cinema Blend: One Scene In A Quiet Place Totally Nods At The Office's Jim And Pam
- Cinema Blend: Rampage Box Office: Dwayne Johnson Nabs Number One, But Barely Beats A Quiet Place
- Horror Society: Truth or Dare Is #3 This Weekend as Rampage and A Quiet Place Battle for #1.
- USA Today: 'Rampage' snatches No. 1 from 'A Quiet Place' at the box office, but just barely
- Horror-Movies.ca: ‘Rampage’ Storms into the Box Office While ‘A Quiet Place’ Slides Into Second Place Ahead of ‘Truth or Dare’
- Moviefone: Box Office: 'Rampage' Barely Beats 'A Quiet Place'
- The Wrap: Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Rampage’ Could Fall to ‘A Quiet Place’ in Tight Box Office Race
- The Wrap: ‘Rampage’ Stomps Past ‘A Quiet Place’ for $35 Million Box Office Win
- HitFix: Weekend Box Office: Between The Rock And ‘A Quiet Place’
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: 'Rampage' Tops Weekend Box Office, but 'A Quiet Place' is Making the Most Noise
- ScreenRant: Rampage Narrowly Beats A Quiet Place At Box Office
- MovieWeb: Rampage Scares Away A Quiet Place to Win Box Office with $34.5M
- Film School Rejects: ‘Rampage’ Just Barely Roars Past ‘A Quiet Place’ at the Box Office
- Screen Crush: Weekend Box Office: 'Rampage' Tramples 'A Quiet Place'
Rampage is currently the highest-rated video game movie on Rotten Tomatoes. Star Dwayne Johnson is no stranger to the ever-present video game movie curse on the big screen, starring in the 2004 adaptation of seminal first-person shooter Doom. The movie completely bombed at the box office and failed to impress most critics, relying on gimmicky FPS-style set pieces to keep fans of the iconic video game franchise engaged.
Johnson took another crack at a video game adaptation with Rampage, which is only loosely based on the classic Rampage arcade game.
- IndieWire: ‘Rampage’ Is the Highest-Rated Video-Game Movie on Rotten Tomatoes — for Now
- Cinema Blend: Rampage’s Director Has An Awesome Explanation For Why The Villain Owns A Copy Of The Video Game
- MovieWeb: Just Saw Rampage and Now You Want to Play the Game for Free?
- Comic Book Movie: RAMPAGE Could Be On Its Way To Becoming The Best-Reviewed Live-Action Video Game Adaptation Of All TimeRAMPAGE Could Be On Its Way To Becoming The Best-Reviewed Live-Action Video Game Adaptation Of All Time
- HitFix: ‘Rampage’ Somehow Makes Giant Monsters Smashing Stuff Look Tedious
- Film School Rejects: If You Like ‘Rampage,’ You Should Watch These 8 Movies
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In its first weekend out, Dwayne Johnson tried to Rampage through the second-week returns for John Krasinki’s horror film, but between The Rock and A Quiet Place, it mostly ended up a stalemate where both sides could claim victory.
Dwayne Johnson can claim victory because Rampage narrowly took the top spot at the weekend box office with what appears to be a $34.6 million opening. A Quiet Place won Friday night at the box office, but families turned out big for Rampage on Saturday to boost it into the top spot over the weekend.
- Variety: ‘Rampage’ Sneaks Up on ‘A Quiet Place’ to Win Weekend Box Office
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: 'Rampage' Tops Weekend Box Office, but 'A Quiet Place' is Making the Most Noise
- IndieWire: How ‘A Quiet Place’ Roared at the Domestic Box Office
- Variety: ‘A Quiet Place’ to Lead Box Office, ‘Rampage’ Debuts at $32 Million
- Deadline: ‘Rampage’ Rocks Up $114M Offshore Bow; ‘Quiet Place’ Screams To $52M – International Box Office
- The Wrap: Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Rampage’ Could Fall to ‘A Quiet Place’ in Tight Box Office Race
- The Wrap: ‘Rampage’ Stomps Past ‘A Quiet Place’ for $34.5 Million Box Office Win
- Coming Soon: Rampage Box Office Grows to $148.6 Million Globally in First Weekend
- MovieWeb: Rampage Limps Into the Weekend with So-So Thursday Box Office
- Horror Society: A Quiet Place Is The First Horror #1 of 2018 with First Week Sales of $67 Million.
- Dread Central: Screenwriters Bryan Woods and Scott Beck Say They Have Many Ideas For A Quiet Place 2
- Cinema Blend: Yes, John Krasinski Thought About Farts In A Quiet Place
- Fandango Movie Blog: The Week in Movie News: 'A Quiet Place' Made Some Noise, Plus 'Solo,' 'The Meg' and More
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- Dread Central: Interview: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Goes on a Rampage
- Variety: Bon Jovi, Moody Blues Turn Out for Rock Hall Unveiling Ahead of Hall of Fame Induction
- Vulture: How to Watch This Year’s Rock Hall Induction Without Actually Going to Cleveland
- Variety: Chris Cornell to Be Honored During Rock Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
- Variety: Howard Stern Inducts Bon Jovi Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: ‘Eat Sh–, Bob Dylan’
- Variety: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Bon Jovi Reunites; The Cars, Nina Simone, Dire Straits Honored in Cleveland
- Vulture: There’s a Lot of Penis Talk in Howard Stern’s Rock Hall Induction Speech for Bon Jovi
- Vulture: Jon Bon Jovi Finally Got to Trade in His ‘F-ck You’ Speech for His Thank You Speech at the Rock Hall Induction
- Vulture: Dire Straits’ Rock Hall Induction Was a Weirdly Beautiful Mess
- Dread Central: Trailer: Amazon’s Picnic at Hanging Rock Mini-Series Starring Natalie Dormer and Samara Weaving
- The Wrap: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Movies, Ranked From Worst to Best (Photos)
- Bleeding Cool: Rampage Review: Identity Crisis Derails The Rock’s Fun
The official Rampage website has put the original arcade video game online for free, along with another all-new game featuring George the ape.
- Cinema Blend: Rampage’s Director Has An Awesome Explanation For Why The Villain Owns A Copy Of The Video Game
- Variety: Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Rampage’ Opens With $9.1 Million in Early International Markets
- Deadline: ‘Rampage’ Storms Into China With $15M+, 3rd Best Opening Day For Warner Bros. Pic
- AintItCool: Wheels goes on a RAMPAGE!
- The A.V. Club: Rampage is crazy violent for a movie sort of targeted toward kids
- We Got This Covered: Rampage Review
- Cinema Blend: Rampage: Rate And Discuss With Spoilers
- Variety: ‘Rampage’ to Debut Behind ‘A Quiet Place’ in Muted Opening Weekend
- Dread Central: Interview: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Goes on a Rampage
- Variety: ‘A Quiet Place’ to Lead Box Office, ‘Rampage’ Debuts at $32 Million
- The Wrap: ‘Rampage’ Smashes Its Way to $2.4 Million at Thursday Previews
- JoBlo: 8-Bit Trailers - Rampage (video)
- The Wrap: ‘Rampage’ Star Jason Liles Tells Us Why Dwayne Johnson Was His ‘Han Solo’
- The Wrap: Jeffrey Dean Morgan Says His ‘Rampage’ Performance Might Remind You of Negan
- Screen Crush: Extra Credit: Five Human-Animal Team-Ups to Stream After 'Rampage'
- HitFix: ‘Rampage’ Somehow Makes Giant Monsters Smashing Stuff Look Tedious
- Bleeding Cool: Rampage Review: Identity Crisis Derails The Rock’s Fun
- MovieWeb: Rampage Limps Into the Weekend with So-So Thursday Box Office
- The Wrap: Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Rampage’ Could Fall to ‘A Quiet Place’ in Tight Box Office Race
- Film School Rejects: If You Like ‘Rampage,’ You Should Watch These 8 Movies
Dwayne Johnson is one the last great movie stars. As a wrestler, he built a career on physical prowess and dynamic charisma, and those qualities translated neatly into a successful acting career. Whether he’s kicking butt, tickling funny bones or (frequently) both, Dwayne Johnson has the uncanny ability to make almost every movie better, just by showing up for work. And he works hard.
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- Deadline: Dwayne Johnson Ape Movie ‘Rampage’ Grabs $2.4M In Thursday Previews
- SlashFilm: Dwayne Johnson Provides an Update on Shane Black’s ‘Doc Savage’
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- The Wrap: ‘Rampage’ Star Jason Liles Tells Us Why Dwayne Johnson Was His ‘Han Solo’
- IGN Movies: The Rock and Rampage Cast Play "Adopt, Banish, Kill"!
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