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Paranormal Activity Scares Its Way to #1!
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories —
... $22 million and an astounding cumulative gross of $62.5 million after less than a month in theaters. It's surely going to be considered one of the memorable phenomena of 2009, having cost less than $15,000 to produce, the rights sold to Paramount for roughly $300,000 and then being distributed by one of the most unique and unconventional methods we've seen in some time. The L.A. Times is even reporting that Paramount has the option to make a sequel, which you can read about here . Unfortunately, the success of Peli's surprise hit also signified the first major hurdle in the ...
Might We See Paranormal Activity 2 ?
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories —
... of the previous five installments of the successful horror franchise. The Lionsgate mainstay opened in second place this weekend with $14.8 million, less than half the opening of the previous four movies. Not surprisingly, the L.A. Times is now reporting that Paramount already owns the worldwide rights to make a sequel to the surprise hit, and the company's chairman Brad Grey tells them that they're "looking to see if that makes some sense." The article, which you can read here , is a good recap of the story so far, as well as talking about the pros and cons of making a ...
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2: THE BOOK OF SHADOWS
CHUD.com - A Movie Website and SO MUCH MORE. - Articles - News —
... looks like I may have been wrong and that Paranormal Activity could indeed get up into the hundred million dollar territory*. And with the movie now at over 60 million (on an original cost of 11 grand, with a few grand more for the new ending and re-editing and a few million for P ), Paramount is thinking about a sequel. What a silly idea. "We have the rights on a worldwide basis to do 'Paranormal 2' and we're looking to see if that makes some sense," Paramount Chairman Brad Grey told the LA Times this morning. Apparently part of the issue here is that Paramount only owns ...
Paramount Considering PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2
Collider —
... According to the LA Times entertainment blog, there are many compelling reasons for Paramount to want a sequel. First, the concept is inexpensive–the original cost less than a tenth of a million, and even if they multiply its budget by a hundred, it’d still be considered a “low budget” feature. The second and more compelling reason is that, although Paramount owns the domestic rights to the franchise now, they’d own international right to the sequel, so if it also does big business, that just means even more unprecedented ...
Paranormal Activity 2?
KillerFilm —
The LA Times is reporting that Paramount Pictures is tinkering around with the idea of a sequel to the sudden Oren Peli hit “Paranormal Activity“.
“We have the rights on a worldwide basis to do ‘Paranormal 2′ and we’re looking to see if that makes some sense,” Paramount Chairman Brad Grey said in an interview today.
Paramount has an extra reason to make a sequel to “Paranormal Activity” beyond trying to duplicate its success: Although the studio has only domestic rights to the ...
Paramount Considering PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Part 2
GeekTyrant —
... Now according to the LA Times Paramount Pictures might make a sequel, which would be the worst idea ever! Paramount President Brad Grey said the following, ...
Sequel Talk: Paranormal Activity 2 Planning
Cinema Blend News —
Sequel Talk: Paranormal Activity 2 Planning What do you do when a movie costs just $15,000 and pulls in $62.5 million at the box office in just one month? Make a sequel of course. According to the LA Times , Paranormal Activity 2 talk is abuzz over at Paramount Pictures. The studio acquired the rights to the film for just $300,000 and spent less than $10 million on advertising, yet Paranormal Activity is on its way to hitting the $100 million mark. Of course the article also mentions mentions the dismal sequel to 1999s unexpected hit The Blair Witch Project , which ...
Paramount Eyes 'Paranormal Activity' Sequel
Cinematical —
... (only $14 million) on its way to a $22 million take. Naturally, Paramount wasted no time in announcing that they may indeed pursue a Paranormal Activity sequel if it seems like the right move to make. Speaking to the LA Times, Paramount Chairman Brad Grey said, "We have the rights on a worldwide basis to do Paranormal 2, and we're looking to see if that makes some sense." ...
Paramount interested in PARANORMAL ACTIVITY sequel
gordonandthewhale.com —
... Well, the predictable has happened, the LA Times is reporting that Paramount is considering making a sequel to the very low-budget horror hit, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. ...
More “Paranormal Activity?” Paramount Ponders Sequel
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews —
... A story in the LA Times reports that the surprise success of “Paranormal Activity” has, unsurprisingly, prompted sequel talk. Paramount Pictures got the rights to make a sequel when it picked up the rights to distribute the original film–oh, and by the way, Paramount only has the domestic rights to “Paranormal Activity,” but has worldwide rights for any sequel that gets made. Think the studio finds that a little bit of an incentive to make “Part Deux!”? ...
Paramount's Chief Mulls Over Paranormal Activity 2
Latest News - MovieWeb.com —
According to Los Angeles Times , it seems that Paramount Pictures is tossing around the idea of doing a sequel to their breakout hit ...
Paranormal Activity sequel problems
Filmstalker —
... from the makers of Blair Witch, don't do it. Or rather don't get caught up with the studio and make what they want. If there's going to be a sequel make it because you want to and because there's an idea there. The article from the L.A. Times through ...
Paramount Considering 'Paranormal Activity' Sequel
Get The Big Picture —
... The reason we make that comparison is because Paramount CEO Brad Grey told The Los Angeles Times this weekend that the studio might make a follow-up to the year's most surprising movie phenomenon. "We have the rights on a worldwide basis to do Paranormal 2 and we're looking to see if that makes some sense," Grey said. ...
A Parnormal Activity Sequel Already?!
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... This weekend Paranormal took the U.S. box office by storm, cutting SAW VI short and taking an estimated $22 million. Now it seems that the execs at Paramount Pictures have begun to pay attention, and they’re “actively considering producing a sequel” according to the LA Times Blog. ...
A Paranormal Activity Sequel Already?!
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... This weekend Paranormal took the U.S. box office by storm, cutting SAW VI short and taking an estimated $22 million. Now it seems that the execs at Paramount Pictures have begun to pay attention, and they’re “actively considering producing a sequel” according to the LA Times Blog. ...
Paranormal Activity 2?
Total Film News —
... Lots of people remember how terrified by The Blair Witch Project. But the sequel, Book Of Shadows? It's mostly laughable. Hopefully the Paramount bods will just be happy to fill their swimming pools with the wads of cash that the film is making for them and go romp around, Scrooge McDuck-style. And if they're feeling generous, why not offer Paranormal director Oren Peli some funding for a future project? [Source: LA Times] Seen Paranormal Activity already? Think a sequel's a ...
Is A 'Paranormal Activity' Sequel On The Way?
MTV Movies —
... It's no surprise, then, to hear that sequel possibilities are already being considered. "We have the rights on a worldwide basis to do 'Paranormal 2,' and we're looking to see if that makes some sense," Paramount chairman Brad Grey told the Los Angeles Times in an interview Sunday. ...
Another "Paranormal Activity" Coming?
Dark Horizons - General Feed —
... Paramount Pictures is "actively considering" making a sequel to "Paranormal Activity," the low-budget supernatural horror flick that has become the sleeper hit of the season reports The Los Angeles Times. ...
A "Paranormal" sequel?
Movie Cricket —
... and smart Internet marketing campaign, Oren Peli's "Paranormal Activity" has often been compared with "The Blair Witch Project," the come-from-nowhere thriller from 1999.
"Paranormal Activity" may soon have something else in common with "The Blair Witch Project": The studio that owns the rights to it, thinking they have an instant cash cow, may make the ill-advised effort to crank out a sequel.
Paramount Pictures is considering a sequel to "Paranormal Activity," according to The Los Angeles Times' "Company Town" blog.
The numbers would add ...
'Paranormal Activity' Scares Up First Place At Weekend Box Office
MTV Movies —
... After five weeks in theaters, director Oren Peli's buzzworthy thriller, which only cost about $15,000 to make, managed to scare up a first-place finish at the box office this weekend with $22 million by Sunday night's end for a cumulative total of $62.5 million. "Paranormal Activity" has shown so much promise that Paramount is already mulling over the idea of a sequel, according to the Los Angeles Times. In the more immediate future, the studio is looking at the upcoming Halloween weekend as an opportunity for "Paranormal" to cross the $100 million ...
Inevitable Talk of Paranormal Activity Sequel from Paramount
FirstShowing.net —
... the reigning Halloween horror champion - the Saw franchise - off its throne to win the weekend before the holiday is officially upon us. Saw VI came in at #2, opening to an estimated $14.8 million while Paranormal Activity took in an estimated $22 million from only 1,945 theaters and pushed it's total gross up to $62.5 million. Not bad for a flick that only cost $11,000 to make. However, the risk of overkill is upon us as the LA Times says Paramount isn't past developing a sequel to the extremely low-budget smash hit. ...
MD News Desk: 3 More Days 'Til Halloween ...
Movie Dearest —
... Creator Alan Ball hints at what's to come in season 3 ... - While Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello has the scoop on a whole batch of new characters. - And just in time for Halloween: make your own True Blood jack o' lanterns! Coming Soon: - High School Musical director Kenny Ortega bails on the new Footloose. - Sequel Watch: More Paranormal Activity and the return of Mad Max. - Matt Damon and ...
Paranormal Activity 2: Paramount Wants It, But Would It Work?
Film School Rejects —
... Of course, this isn’t exactly new news. Paramount has been looking at a sequel ever since the film made its wide release and stayed in the box office top five for four weekends in a row now. Paramount head Brad Grey told The LA Times on October 25th that they do have the rights to Paranormal 2 and are “looking to see if it makes sense” to do a sequel. ...
