All posts tagged "Box-office"
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The End of Box Office Tyranny: Disappointing Opening Numbers No Longer Spell Doom for Long-Range Success
onhanks to the impact of rising international box office numbers, the importance of opening weekend in the U.S. as a predictor of... -
Scaring Up Funds: How to Acquire Investors When Your Movie’s in Horror, the Most Profitable Genre of Them All
We’ve all heard the stories. Paranormal Activity, a film with a budget slightly less than a used Honda, made $193 million worldwide... -
It’s Official: A Best Picture Oscar Nomination Boosts Box Office
It has been a long-held Hollywood given that a Best Picture Oscar nomination—and especially a Best Picture win—can do wonders for the... -
Think Like a Man Bests The Hunger Games
Sayonara, The Hunger Games! After a month of ruling the roost, new release Think Like a Man grabbed the box office behemoth’s... -
Yet Again, The Hunger Games Pummels the Competition
The Hunger Games (weekend gross $33.5 million, total gross $302.8 million) once again showed up-and-comers who’s boss, out-earning both new release American... -
The Hunger Games Remains Victorious
Well, they were worthy contenders, but The Hunger Games managed to defeat Wrath of the Titans and Mirror Mirror both, holding onto... -
The Hunger Games Rakes in the Dough at the Box Office
Everyone knew that The Hunger Games would triumph at the box office last weekend- not least because no other new wide releases... -
Box Office Goes to 21 Jump Street
After the excitement of John Carter‘s epic box office flop, things got more or less back to normal over the weekend, with... -
John Carter Gets Beaten by The Lorax
Disney’s John Carter failed to live up to expectations over its opening weekend. It earned only $30.6 million (its budget, at an estimated... -
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax Wins Big at the Box Office
Wow. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax sure let everyone know who’s boss. The animated family film surpassed all expectations to earn $70.7 million...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Mads Mikkelsen
From Star Wars to Marvel, from prestige TV (Hannibal) to high-profile Oscar contenders (At Eternity’s Gate), Mads Mikkelsen can be seen stretching his dramatic skills across the board these...Inside the Issue: Directing
The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers
The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45 of their makers were first-timers. The fest’s...1Inside the Issue: How To
Breaking and Entering, Part One: How To Shoot Down Self-Doubt and Pay the Rent While Making It In the Film Industry
Becoming a moviemaker seemed like an impossibly ambitious goal when I was growing up. I was living in Brazil, watching bootleg copies of David Cronenberg films and, with...