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The Monday Brief: THIS IS IT and MRS. GOLDBERG Make 2009 Biggest Doc Year Ever
All these wonderful things —
... $50M for the rights.) David Poland knocks down that nonsense - and hard:"Anyone still pushing the idea of THIS IS IT as a disappointment should be publicly ridiculed. Aggressively... And let's not pretend it's innocent. "Projections by the studio were not met" is reporting a fact. "Disappointment" is claiming an emotion that reflects the intent to slap back at the feeling of having been set up for more. Plus, reporting what other studios are saying as though they are impartial observers is another remarkable break in trust with readers."Look for THIS IS IT to become the ...
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Weekend Estimates by Klady
mcnblogs.com 2/16/2009 —
While Friday The 13th will not be anywhere close to being the biggest 4-day R-rated opening ever, it will easily be the best start in the series. ( Freddy v Jason did $40.1 million in its first 4 days.) There is an outside chance that it will break Ghost Rider 's President's Day record $52 ...
Friday Estimates by Klady
mcnblogs.com 1/4/2009 —
THE OSCAR NUMBERS (as of today)
The Dark Knight - $500m, give or take
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - $67.7m
Slumdog Millionaire - $25.5m
Milk - $15.9m
Doubt - $15.5m
Gran Torino - $7.7
Frost/Nixon - $5.4m
The Reader - $2.5m
The ...
Weekend Estimates by Klady
mcnblogs.com 3/8/2009 —
Okay… so now it’s clearer.
There is nothing inherently embarrassing about the fifth best January - April opening in movie history.
On the other hand…
This opening is just $16 million more than Madea Goes To Jail.
This opening is just ...
Friay Estimates by Klady
mcnblogs.com 10/12/2008 —
Quarantine is about right for a Screen Gems movie. The openings - and thus, the final numbers, are not quite what they were in recent years past, so the question is whether there is some dip in what and how they are delivering or whether the ...
Weekend Estimates: “Control”‘s Opening Not So Limited
indiewire.com 5/4/2009 — Jim Jarmusch’s “The Limits of Control” led the specialty box office this weekend, according to estimates provided by Rentrak. The Focus Features release - described by indieWIRE‘s Michael Koresky as “as a series of discrete, uncannily repeated ...
Yo Joe!! That's An Awesome Opening Weekend!
comingsoon.net 8/10/2009 — The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Click here for the full box office estimates of the top 12 films and then check back on Monday for the final figures based on actual box office.
The month of ...
'Paranormal' tops weekend box office
hollywoodinsider.ew.com 10/26/2009 — By Adam B. Vary
Extremely low-budget thriller earns $22M to hack the No. 1 spot away from perennial pre-Halloween chart topper ''Saw'' ($14.8M)