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'Fast Five's' Final Box Office Number: $86.2M

Movies | Box Office
 May 2, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Final box office numbers reveal that Universal's breakout hit grossed $2.6 million more than Sunday estimates

  

Universal Shake-Up: Liebling Out, Cramer & Kirschenbaum In

Movies
 May 2, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

On the Monday following a huge box-office triumph, production president Debbie Liebling is fired; Jeffrey Kirschenbaum and Peter Cramer to take over as co-presidents of production

  

Why the Foreign Box Office Leads: 'Fast Five,' 'Thor' Open Overseas First

Movies
 May 1, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

This year blockbuster films, including "Rio," "Thor" and "Fast Five" are debuting abroad first, turning the traditional marketing machine on its head

  

'Fast Five's' Huge $83.6M Opening Kick-Starts the Box Office; Market Up 54%

Movies | Box Office
 May 1, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Universal has its best opening ever, as its fifth car-porn-franchise installment shatters all sorts of records; Disney's "Prom" opens to a disappointing $5 million

  

Summit Sets Sam Worthington Thriller 'Man on a Ledge' for Jan. 13, 2012

Movies
 April 28, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Film, which co-stars Elizabeth Banks, Ed Harris and Edward Burns, will be released early next year

  

DirecTV Rolls out 'Hall Pass' on Premium VOD

Movies
 April 28, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Warner comedy becomes the third title to roll out under the controversial Home Premiere scheme

  

'Avengers': Is Another Pirated Marvel Script About to Turn Up Online?

Movies
 April 27, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Movie fan site Geektyrant says it was offered a 129 page Joss Whedon-penned draft for the upcoming film over the weekend

  

It's O'FISHal: Weinstein Starts Production on 'Piranha 3DD'

Movies
 April 25, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Sequel to last summer's predatory fish reboot is underway; movie set to bow Nov. 23

  

Premium VOD Impact Is Nil for 'Just Go With It's' Box Office Performance

Movies | Box Office
 April 24, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Take it for what it's worth (which probably ain't much), but the first theatrical film available for $30 home viewing barely dropped at the domestic box office this weekend

  

Elvis Mitchell Loses Another Gig: Now It's Movieline After 3 Months

Movies
 April 24, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

The idiosyncratic film critic was fired but the reason is unclear. One muddled report seems to indicate that he may have fudged a review for "Source Code"

  

'Rio' Nips Tyler Perry's Solid $25.8M Opening; Box Office Down 23% From Easter 2010

Movies | Box Office
 April 24, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Second weekend of Fox CG-animated film grosses $26.8M to win the box office; and while it was down holiday-to-holiday, the overall market was actually up big vs. the same calendar weekend last year

  

Premium VOD Is Here: DirecTV Alerts Its Subscribers

Movies
 April 21, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Satellite service touts new Home Premiere offering with Thursday-night email to customers: "From the big screen to your screen. First," ad slogan says

  

'Rio' Nudges Tyler Perry for Big Friday, But Overall Box Office Down 20%

Movies | Box Office
 April 21, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Fox's "Elephant" drama and Tyler Perry's latest "Madea" movie hit their tracking, as does Disney's new lion-themed nature documentary; none of it helps the broader market, which is down 20% this weekend

  

As Premium VOD Readies for Flight, Studios Face the Fallout

Movies
 April 20, 2011 By Daniel Frankel & Brent Lang 2 years ago

As the controversial premium VOD plan kicks off Thursday, studios are hoping for a longterm payoff. But in the short term, they have nothing but headaches

  

'Rio' Scores 2011's Biggest Box Office Opening at $40M

Movies | Box Office
 April 17, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

With the overall box office up 10% (yes, it's true), Blue Sky Studios film is the first to hit the big four-oh, while Wes Craven's fourth "Scream" movie misses the mark at $19.3M

  

Friday Box Office: 'Rio' Flies Straight at $10.2M; 'Scream 4' Muted at $8M

Movies | Box Office
 April 14, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Fox 3D-animated feature set to match tracking with $30M-plus weekend, while Wes Craven's first "Scream" movie in a decade won't come close to matching mid-20s projections; weekend is flat with last year

  

Lionsgate Acquires Barry Levinson's 'The Bay'

Movies
 April 14, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Studio will distribute the Oren Peli-produced found-footage eco-horror film domestically

  

The Premium VOD Battle: Exhibitors Will Win, Investment Bank Says

Movies
 April 11, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Bay Area firm Merriman Capital says theater chains have more leverage, and predicts they'll actually profit in the fight over early home-release windows

  

'Rio' Gives Slumping Foreign Box Office a Lift With $55M Weekend

Movies
 April 10, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Fox 3D CG film brings a little color to an international market that's down 23 percent so far this year

  

Michael Shannon Cast as 'Superman' Villain General Zod

Movies
 April 10, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

The "Boardwalk Empire" star joins Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner and Henry Cavill in the blockbuster Warner film

  

Russell Brand Falters With Soft $12.6M for 'Arthur,' But 'Hop' No. 1 With $21.7M

Movies | Box Office
 April 10, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Russell Brand proves he isn't Dudley, but his remake of the comic's iconic 1981 film just might be; "Hanna" ($12.3M) and "Soul Surfer" ($11.1M) show a little pop; "Your Highness" scores harsh $9.5M

  

'Arthur': Russell Brand Can't Match Dudley Moore's Puckish Charm

Movies
 April 7, 2011 By Leah Rozen 2 years ago

Will the comedy remake about a supposedly lovable, perpetually soused millionaire make the rat’s-nest-coiffed Brit comic an even bigger star? Not bloody likely

  

Friday Box Office: 'Arthur' Sloshes to Soft $4.5M; 'Hop' No. 1 With $5.5M

Movies | Box Office
 April 7, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Brit comic Russell Brand's take on Dudley Moore's iconic "Arthur" is below tracking on its first day; "Your Highness," "Soul Surfer" and "Hanna" also have middling day-one results

  

Warner Pulls Trailer for R-Rated 'Hangover 2' From PG-13-Rated 'Source Code'

Movies
 April 6, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Studio violated MPAA rule by placing trailer for raunchy comedy with not-so-raunchy Summit thriller

  

Screen Gems to Distribute Joe Cornish's 'Attack the Block'

Movies
 April 6, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 2 years ago

Sony label acquires U.S. rights to the London-set action-adventure film, which is a SXSW award winner

  

Theater Owners Ready to Retaliate Over Premium VOD

Movies
 April 5, 2011 By Daniel Frankel & Brent Lang 2 years ago

Exhibitors may pull trailers or even films by studios that shorten windows, TheWrap learns

  
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