‘Toy Story 3’ continues to tear up the British box office
As of this past weekend, *Toy Story 3* has earned almost £59 million in the U.K…
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question of the day: What’s behind the title change for ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’ for North American audiences?
*Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang* is set to open in the U.S. and Canada… though its title has mysterious changed to the considerably less charming *Nanny McPhee Returns*…
question of the day: Why did ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ bomb?
It’s one of the biggest bombs of the year. Why?
fair warning: ‘Expendables’ sequel all but inevitable
Sylvester Stallone: writer, director, *auteur*…
wtf: ‘The Other Guys’ insults Wall Street, which is nothing but kind and noble and beneficient
About those ‘Other Guys’ closing credits…
does ‘Toy Story 3’ speak more to British audiences than ‘Inception’ does?
It’s interesting to see how *Inception* and *Toy Story 3* are battling it out at the U.K. box office…
calling bullshit on: blaming audiences for Hollywood’s sins…
… as *The Christian Science Monitor* does in a piece by staff writer Gloria Goodale. Under the headline ‘Why intriguing ‘Inception’ is the Hollywood exception,’ Goodale says…
calling bullshit on: ‘Toy Story 3’s miraculous seven-day U.K. “opening weekend”
Jesus could make a couple of loaves of bread and a few fish feed a crowd. But only Hollywood can make a weekend last seven days. Recently I wrote a piece for Film.com about Wednesday openings for films, what the purpose of them is, and if they make sense. The context was: Why move Knight … more…
more hope for a better Hollywood (from the U.K. box office)
The numbers are in for Inception’s debut in the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland: a smidge under £6 million, exactly on par with the $62.8 million it earned in North America last weekend. (That North American number is actually up from the Sunday estimates, by almost $2.5 million. That speaks to very strong word … more…
question of the day: Why is ‘Inception’ appealing to younger audiences?
An interesting tidbit from the estimated weekend box office numbers: Though Inception had an excellent opening weekend — earning around $60.4 million (the actual numbers will be in this afternoon) — it earned that from a smallish slice of the potential audience, according to the Los Angeles Times: The highest-ever opening for a film not … more…
