> There’s no way to slice or dice the numbers for COWBOYS AND ALIENS and make them any less sad. The picture cost at least $165M (that’s the amount Universal will admit to), plus another $150M or so for worldw...
> Well, there’s something you don’t see every day: 2 studios both content to forego bragging rights for the Sunday weekend estimates and wait for actual numbers on Monday, when public attention is lower. (Note...
> Now that THE HELP has opened about as well as Dreamworks/Disney could have hoped, the next goal is a 2d weekend decline of around 40%. That would match the hold of Julie & Julia, and would make a $100M gross for Hel...
> The probable effect of Irene is most evident in the weekend’s limited releases, where loss of NY business would have been most damaging. HIGHER GROUND, seemingly headed for a per-theatre average of $12K, could onl...
SARAH’S KEY – Watch It At Home: Misses a Difficult Mark There may be no cinematic minefield more dangerous for filmmakers than the Holocaust. For films entering that difficult territory, the...
> Unlike nearly all the other action epics this summer, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER is rolling out slowly overseas, with only a couple of dozen territories getting the picture this weekend. That will postpone...
> With the superpowers wielded only by Hollywood studio estimators, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER has leaped ahead of Thor to claim the biggest superhero opening of the year. But Captain America and HARRY POTTE...