UPDATE: Domestic Box Office Top 10: ‘Thor 2’ Eyeing $86M To $87.7M Weekend
2ND UPDATE: Thor: The Dark World has performed more strongly than expected and it will finish anywhere from $85.8 million this weekend to $87.7 million, even though I have one pundit who feels it could...
View ArticleAFM: Schlock Still Rocks In Santa Monica
Last week, Mike Fleming talked about the premium on star-driven films at AFM and noted that schlock is in short supply. He’s too busy focusing on the high-end films. I’m here in the corridors of the...
View ArticleFX Acquires ‘Thor: The Dark World’, ‘Gravity’ & ‘Captain Phillips’
FX continues to bolster its library of theatrical hits, acquiring the TV rights to Gravity (Warner Bros), Captain Phillips (Sony) and this past weekend’s box-office topper Thor: The Dark World...
View Article‘Thor: The Dark World’ Crosses $500M In Global Box Office
Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World had already eclipsed the worldwide gross of its predecessor and officially crossed $500M globally yesterday, Disney confirmed this morning. It’s the distributor’s third...
View ArticleBox Office Top 10: ‘Catching Fire’s Global Opening Gross Will Hit $307.7 Million
7TH UPDATE: The 1 PM football games are starting, so I will be brief. International numbers for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are pouring in now, and they are as good as the domestic numbers. The...
View ArticleThe Takeaway On A Record Holiday Weekend? Be Fearless In Making Good Movies...
6TH UPDATE: The staggering grosses turned in this weekend by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Frozen, and the collective strong box office that will likely result in a record five-day Thanksgiving...
View ArticleBOX OFFICE FINAL: ‘Frozen’ Catches Heat And Fire To Lead The Weekend; Coen...
5TH UPDATE, MONDAY PM: Here are today’s final Top 10 studio-reported actuals for the December 6-8 box office frame, courtesy of Rentrak. See the full Top 20 at the bottom of the file: 1. Frozen,...
View ArticleOSCARS: Which Visual Effects Contenders Can Fight ‘Gravity’s Pull?
Thomas J. McLean is an AwardsLine contributor. Expect Gravity to be as powerful and inevitable a force in the visual-effects category at this year’s Oscars as, well, gravity. Offering more than just...
View ArticleMarvel Taps Senior Exec Craig Kyle To Co-Script Third ‘Thor’
Marvel Studios has proven to be worth Disney’s $4 billion acquisition by tapping its library for film franchises. Now, the company has found the writer of its third installment of Thor by looking...
View Article2013 Most Valuable Blockbuster – #7 ‘Monsters University’ Vs. #10 ‘Thor: The...
The fourth of four posts today in Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament. The subsequent rounds will play out next week. Other Matchups: #1 ‘Iron Man 3′ Vs. #16 ‘The Conjuring’ #3 ‘Despicable...
View ArticleUPDATE: ‘Frozen’ Helps To Warm Disney Earnings In Fiscal Q2, And Beyond
UPDATE: Will CEO Bob Iger ever stop talking about Frozen? Not for a long time, it seems. He told analysts in a conference call that the hit animated film recently accounted for nine of the 10 top...
View Article‘Midnight Special’ Outfit Automatik Lines Up Sci-Fi Feature ‘Construct’ From...
EXCLUSIVE: Midnight Special and Destroyer outfit Automatik is lining up a feature version of buzzed-about sci-fi short Construct from Thor: The Dark World VFX supervisor Kevin Margo. La La Land...
View ArticleABC Revives ‘Wonderful World of Disney’ Movie Night With ‘Moana’, ‘Thor: The...
ABC is bringing back its Wonderful World of Disney franchise for a Wednesday movie night. It will feature several hit Disney feature films. The move follows the revival of CBS Sunday Movie franchise,...
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