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The Lazarus Effect arises in fifthLast week’s second-weekend drop was no blip for Fifty Shades Of Grey: after the furore of its initial launch, the film has begun to fall quickly down the charts. Taking its place this weekend was the new Will Smith con drama Focus, which arrived to a relatively meagre $19.1 million despite a hefty ad campaign.
- The Wrap: Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Sharp Enough to Top Friday Box Office
- Cinema Blend: Weekend Box Office: Focus Banks Blurry Number One, American Sniper Just Misses The Mark
- Digital Spy: Will Smith's heist thriller Focus beats 50 Shades at US box office
- Rotten Tomatoes: News: Box Office Guru Wrapup: Focus Tops Lackluster Weekend
- Thompson on Hollywood: Top 10 Box Office Takeaways: Will Smith Tests Star 'Focus,' 'Lazarus' Doesn't Rise, Oscar Breakdown
- Vulture: Will Smith’s Focus Takes the Weak Weekend Box Office
- USA Today: Box office top 3: Will Smith's 'Focus' steals No. 1 spot
- Moviefone: Box Office: Will Smith's Lost 'Focus' and the Oscars Effect
- The Wrap: Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Heists Top Spot at Box Office With $19 Million
- Screen Crush: Weekend Box Office Report: Will Smith Pulls the Box Office Into 'Focus'
- MovieWeb: WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: Will Smith's 'Focus' Takes $19.1M
- IndieWire: Specialty Box Office: ''71' and 'Maps' Debut As Oscar Winners Try and Cash In
- Deadline: Oscar’s Halo At The Box Office: ‘Birdman’, ‘Still Alice’ & More Shine
- Deadline: Auds Check Into ‘Marigold Hotel 2′; ‘Grey’ Bound To Top Spot: Intl Box Office Update
- Deadline: ‘Birdman,’ Other Oscar Winners Cash In Mildly At Specialty Box Office
- Hollywood Reporter: Japan Box Office: 'American Sniper' Stays on Top, 'Big Hero 6' Gets Oscar Bounce
- Filmonic: Box Office: Top 10 Highest Grossing Movies of 2014 Worldwide
- JoBlo: Weekend Box Office Report: February 27-March 1, 2015
- The Wrap: ‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ Sequel Tops Original at Overseas Box Office
- ScreenRant: Weekend Box Office Wrap-up: March 1, 2015
- HitFix: How did the Oscar winners do at the Box Office?
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: Friday Report: 'Focus' Steals Away with $6.5 Million
- Entertainment Weekly: 'Focus' is weekend's No. 1 movie: $19.1M
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: 'Focus' Pulls Off Minor Heist
Starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, Focus is a romantic dark comedy in cinemas starting today. If you’re still not sold on the film then maybe this eight clips will change that. “Never drop the con, never break, die with the lie”, words to live by if you’re in this line of work. Will Smith […]
Read A Bunch of Focus Clips on Filmonic.
- Deadline: Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Bows To $19.1M; ‘Lazarus Effect’ At $10.6M – Final Sunday Update
- Latino Review: Film Review: Focus
- FirstShowing.net: Sound Off: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa's 'Focus' - Your Thoughts?
- Entertainment Weekly: Will Smith back in 'Focus': What critics said
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: 'Focus' Steals Away with $6.5 Million on Friday
Starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, Focus is a romantic dark comedy in cinemas starting today. If you’re still not sold on the film then maybe this eight clips will change that. “Never drop the con, never break, die with the lie”, words to live by if you’re in this line of work. Will Smith […]
Read A Bunch of Focus Clips on Filmonic.
- Variety: Digital Tracking: Will Smith to Get Moviegoers to ‘Focus’
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: Will Smith's 'Focus' Wins Friday for $20M U.S. Debut
- USA Today: 'Focus' looks good, romance feels forced | The Screening Room
- Variety: Box Office: Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Heading for $23 Million Opening Weekend, ‘Fifty Shades’ Slipping
- AintItCool: Capone says chemistry holds FOCUS together, but doesn't keep it from becoming…unfocused
- Deadline: Will Smith’s Friday Is Out Of ‘Focus’ – Late Night Box Office Estimates
- Variety: Box Office: Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Sets Sights on $20 Million Opening
- Latino Review: Film Review: Focus
- FirstShowing.net: Sound Off: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa's 'Focus' - Your Thoughts?
- Entertainment Weekly: 'Focus': The reviews are in...
- The Wrap: Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Sharp Enough to Top Friday Box Office
It's fair to say that Focus is the best Will Smith film in what seems like several decades. It's equally fair to say that's not exactly saying very much. Still, this quirky con-man flick is actually loads of fun, due to a strong performance by Mr. Smith, and an even stronger turn by Margot Robbie. She's the lynchpin of the film, perfectly attenuated to the circuitous plot. She's the most distracting thing in a story about distractions, and helps make the work something more than just another silly confidence-man ploy.
- Denver Post: Review: Will Smith is worth keeping an eye on in "Focus"
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Focus': What the Critics Are Saying
- Shockya: Focus Movie Review
- Shockya: Focus Movie Review 2
- Coming Soon: Focus Review
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: 'Focus' to Pickpocket $20-Million-Plus This Weekend
- MTV Movies Blog: Will Smith Picks Apart The ‘Beautiful’ Art Of ‘Focus’
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Movies about con men come in a few different varieties — from the broadly comical (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) to the more dramatically entertaining (Catch Me If You Can) — but it’s rare to find one without humorous intentions because something about the character type lends itself to casual comedy and likable leads.
- Dread Central: Salem – John Alden Front and Center in New Promo
- Variety: With Ratings in Flux, Nickelodeon Puts Upfront Focus on Shows
- IndieWire: Review: Will Smith is Slick in Snazzy 'Focus,' But These Filmmakers Can Do Better
- The Playlist: Review: 'Focus' Starring Will Smith And Margot Robbie
- Deadline: Ad Hominem Partner Jim Burke Courted To Be Focus Features Production President
- Moviefone: 'Focus' Movie Review: A Pretty-as-a-Picture Crime Caper
- Entertainment Weekly: Review: 'Focus': EW review
- JoBlo: Review: Focus
Focus is an old-fashioned star vehicle. There are race cars, there are swindles, but those are distractions—things to remove your attention—it’s all about the wordplay. And while not every word rings true, these days it’s just nice to see a big-budget movie that actually gives space for dialogue to settle, mingle, and play.
Will Smith is the star for this vehicle, and the movie sinks or swims in accordance to his chemistry with the pretty ingénue, played by Margot Robbie.
- USA Today: Trailer: 'Focus'
- Hollywood Reporter: 'Focus': Film Review
- Variety: Film Review: ‘Focus’
- Digital Spy: Focus review: Will Smith and Margot Robbie get lost in the con
- MovieWeb: 'Focus' Trailer: Will Smith Teaches the Science of Trust
- HitFix: Review: 'Focus' is long on movie star charisma but short on innovation
- Screen Crush: 'Focus' Review: Welcome Back, Movie Star Will Smith
- The Wrap: ‘Focus’ Review: Will Smith and Margot Robbie Charm in Fizzy Con-Artist Cocktail
He never lost itWe saw the first trailer a couple of months ago. Now here's a trio of new Focus posters and a brand new trailer (see below) to answer all your run-up-to-Christmas Will Smith and Margot Robbie needs.{Focus Posters}The caper sees Smith playing a con artist getting romantically involved with Robbie's novice grifter, only for the partnership to sour. Flash-forward in time, and our hero is setting up an elaborate heist in Buenos Aires when the owner of an international racing team (300's Rodrigo Santoro) hires him to help gain an edge over the competition.
- USA Today: Will Smith, Margot Robbie get steamy in new 'Focus' trailer
- JoBlo: Margot Robbie and Will Smith lose Focus in the new trailer for the thriller
- SlashFilm: ‘Focus’ Trailer and Posters: Margot Robbie Flirts With Will Smith
- MovieWeb: Second 'Focus' Trailer with Will Smith & Margot Robbie
- Comic Book Movie: 'Deadshot' (Will Smith) And 'Harley Quinn' (Margot Robbie) Team-Up In Trailer For FOCUS
- Screen Crush: 'Focus' Trailer: Con-Man Will Smith Makes a Con-Woman Out of Margot Robbie
- Empire Magazine: New Posters Of Will Smith And Margot Robbie In Focus
- Vulture: Focus Trailer: It Is Very Weird to Hear Will Smith Say the Word Boobs
- Cinema Blend: Focus Trailer: Watch Will Smith Talk About How Much He Loves Boobs
- Digital Spy: Watch Will Smith plan the con of a lifetime in Focus trailer
- FirstShowing.net: Will Smith is a Con Man Who Likes Boobs in Second 'Focus' Trailer
- Variety: Watch: New Trailer for Will Smith-Margot Robbie’s ‘Focus’
The first trailer has arrived for Focus, in which Will Smith and Margot Robbie play con artists with a romantic attachment that brings trouble for both of them. Smith plays the wily old con who brings Robbie into his world, only to shut her out again when things get too serious. Then some three years later, she walks back into his life and turns things on their head… Unfortunately for Smith, her reappearance comes right in the middle of his most ambitious, and dangerous, con to date. Not the best timing when his game needs to be at its sharpest.
- We Got This Covered: Will Smith And Margot Robbie Are Con Artists In First Trailer For Focus
- AintItCool: Will Smith and Margot Robbie do the con artist thing in this trailer for FOCUS!
- Hollywood Reporter: Watch Will Smith, Margot Robbie In First Trailer for Heist Thriller 'Focus'
- Entertainment Weekly: Watch Will Smith and Margot Robbie in the first ‘Focus’ trailer
- Deadline: ‘Focus’ Trailer: First Look At Will Smith And Margot Robbie As Big-League Con Artists
- Digital Spy: Will Smith and Margot Robbie turn to crime in first Focus trailer
- Coming Soon: The Trailer for Focus, Starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie
- The Wrap: Will Smith and Margot Robbie Play a Long Con in ‘Focus’ Trailer (Video)
- SlashFilm: ‘Focus’ Trailer: Will Smith Has Never Seen a Criminal Like Margot Robbie
- The Playlist: Watch: First Trailer For Crime Flick 'Focus' Starring Will Smith And Margot Robbie
- Screen Crush: 'Focus' Trailer: Sneak a Peak at Will Smith and Margot Robbie's Con-Man Romance
- Variety: Watch: First Trailer for Will Smith’s ‘Focus’
- Vulture: Focus Trailer: Will Smith Is Back on Earth and Ready to Con
- Cinema Blend: The Sexy Focus Trailer Lets Will Smith Be Seduced By Mrs. Wolf Of Wall Street
- JoBlo: The con is on in the first trailer for Focus starring Will Smith
- FirstShowing.net: Will Smith is a Con Man in First Trailer for Ficarra & Requa's 'Focus'
- HitFix: Will Smith is like a grifting Hitch in first 'Focus' trailer
- Deadline: AMC Exits Unscripted Programming To Focus On Scripted Series; ‘Talking Dead’ & ‘Comic Book Men’ To Continue
- USA Today: Watch: Will Smith's first 'Focus' trailer
- Empire Magazine: Focus Trailer Lands
Will Smith and Margot Robbie star in first Focus trailer: watch now
Margot Robbie co-stars in crime caperAt the moment it sounds like we won't be seeing him in Roland Emmerich's developing Independence Day sequel. But for those with a Will Smith craving there's always Focus, a romantic crime caper co-starring The Wolf Of Wall Street's Empire Award winning Margot Robbie. Filming took place this time last year and the first stills have just arrived online, courtesy of USA Today.{First Focus Stills}Smith plays a con artist getting romantically involved with Robbie's novice grifter, only for the partnership to sour.
- We Got This Covered: First Images From Focus Highlight Will Smith And Margot Robbie
- Coming Soon: First Stills Bring Will Smith and Margot Robbie Into Focus
- JoBlo: The first images of Will Smith and Margot Robbie as con artists in Focus
- SlashFilm: First Look: Will Smith and Margot Robbie in ‘Focus’
- FirstShowing.net: First Look: Will Smith & Margot Robbie in Requa & Ficarra's 'Focus'
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- Comic Book Movie: 'Fish Mooney' And 'Sal Maroni' The Focus Of Three New Clips From GOTHAM; "Arkham"
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