Some want to obsess about the eventual RT score for The Dark Knight Rises. Homey don’t play dat. But we’re not above speculating about Warner Bros’ box-office prospects. Remember, when The Dark Knight earned over $1 billion worldwide in 2008, it was only the 5th film in history to do so. (behind Titanic, LOTR: Fellowship of the Rings, Pirates of the...
Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum are taking Magic Mike to Broadway, co-producing a musical adaptation of the film. The plan at this point is to have Magic Mike: The Musical on stage and Broadway bound by the summer of 2013. WME’s theatre head John Buzzetti is currently putting together the package. Soderbergh and Tatum will produce with partners Gregory Jacobs,...
Princess Merida leaps from the clutches of killjoys and escapes unscathed. Confounding the shaky expectations for girl-centric animation, Pixar’s Brave attracted eager support from all quadrants, young and old, male and female. The audience for Brave this weekend was 57% younger than 25 and 43% over 25; 43% male and 57% female. (Think for a moment how different...
A troubling atmosphere clouds sites where passionate movie fans gather and butt heads. Everybody looks bad when battling factions scorn and belittle one another’s tastes. But don’t most normal people enjoy all sorts of movies? Let’s try to remember not everybody who likes Fargo is a certified film scholar and fans of the Twilight series aren’t...
Memorial Day weekend Moonrise Kingdom shattered records in limited release, earning an impressive $130,752 per screen in four theatres for an overall four-day gross of $669K. Expanding to 16 venues this week, with an average $53,043 per screen, Moonrise has now accumulated $1.46M, putting it on track to become Wes Anderson’s highest-grossing film to date. Forbes...