Who Will Reign in this Weekend’s Box Office?

Who will top this weekend’s box-office? It is hard on who will reign supreme as three brand new highly-anticipated movies are scheduled to be released in theaters this week. The action heroes of the 1980s and 90s are set to make a comeback. America’s sweetheart will also return on the big screen. Plus, another comic book character will be brought out of the pages.

Sylvester Stallone and his ultra beefed up posse will be seen on the action thriller The Expendables. The movie seems like a throwback of the action flicks of the past decades with a lot hand to hand combat, huge explosions, and sexy women waiting to be saved by muscled up heroes. Almost all of the action stars are present including Stallone, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, and Stone Cold Steve Austin, with guest appearances from Die Hard star Bruce and the Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger. It looks like a fun film as the stars will surely give some funny one-liners. It will also be action-packed with real explosives as Stallone wanted to have as little CGI effects as possible. A true homage to old school action. Sad though that Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude van Damme, and Chuck Norris will not be seen in this film.

Julia Roberts will make a comeback in a film which she is known best, a romantic comedy. Eat, Pray, Love is the big screen adaptation of the best-selling memoir by American author Elizabeth Gilbert. In the film, Roberts plays the author who left everything to find inner happiness and contentment. She first traveled to Italy to please her taste buds (Eat). She then went to India to find spirituality (Pray). And her last trip took her to Bali, Indonesia where she found a man to satisfy her heart (Love). The movie also stars Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, James Franco, Billy Crudup, and Viola Davis, and Brad Pitt serves as one of the producers. Glee creator Ryan Murphy will direct this latest chick flick.

The geeks and fanboys are surely waiting for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. It is based on the comic series Scott Pilgrim by Scott Lee O’Malley. Geek posterboy Michael Cera will play the lead role Scott Pilgrim, a bass player of the band Sex Bob-omb. He meets the girl of his dreams, but in order to have her, he must first fight her seven evil exes. Cera is best known for playing George Michael Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development. He also appeared in movies like Juno and Superbad.

All three movies will hit theaters this August 13, but you can also watch The Expendables online.