Independent Box Office: 'Place Beyond the Pines' Passes $20M
May, 19, 2013 12:24 pm | Comments On #box office, Movies, Place Beyond The Pines“Place Beyond the Pines” this weekend became the first independent movie to cross $20 million this year.
The crime drama from Focus Features, starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, added $284,584 from 317 theaters in its eighth week. Its overall domestic take is $20.6 million.
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Writer-director’s Derek Cianfrance’s film, which had a production budget of $15 million, has added another $14 million from overseas, so its worldwide gross is up to $34.4 million.
The weekend’s biggest opener among specialty films was easily IFC Films’ "Frances Ha." The Noah Baumbach-directed film -- which stars...
Read MoreYahoo Board Signs Off on $1.1B Deal to Buy Tumblr
May, 19, 2013 11:27 am | Comments On #Media, Tumblr, YahooYahoo’s board has unanimously signed off on a $1.1 billion deal to the blogging service Tumblr, reports published Sunday indicated.
The deal will be announced Monday morning and represents a major move by chief executive Marissa Mayer, who is hoping Tumblr’s young-skewing audience can provide a shot in the arm to the Silicon Valley Internet titan.
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Read More'Great Gatsby' Edges 'Iron Man 3,' 'Star Trek Into Darkness' at Overseas Box Office
May, 19, 2013 11:01 am | Comments On #box office, Great Gatsby, Iron Man 3, Movies, stark trek into darkness“The Great Gatsby” edged “Star Trek Into Darkness” and “Iron Man 3” as the No. 1 movie at the international box office this weekend.
Warner Bros. opened Baz Luhrmann’s take on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel in 50 foreign markets and it took in $42.1 million, narrowly topping Disney’s Marvel superhero sequel ($40.2 million from 56 territories) and Paramount’s space epic sequel ($40 million from 41).
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'Star Trek Into Darkness' Can't Hit Warp Speed at Box Office
May, 19, 2013 8:48 am | Comments On #box office, Movies, Star Trek Into Darkness“Star Trek Into Darkness” zoomed to $84 million in its North American debut this weekend and knocked “Iron Man 3” out of the top spot, but couldn’t ascend to box-office hyper-space.
J.J. Abrams space epic sequel’s opening was the year’s third-best, but its $70.5 million three-day total was less than the $75 million that “Star Trek” debuted to four years ago. And its four-day total was well short of the $100 million that Paramount, Skydance Pictures and Abrams' Bad Robot Productions had hoped to bring in.
“Into Darkness” opened in 33 foreign markets as well this weekend, and the $40 million that the film brought in took some of the sting out of the domestic results. It has taken in more than $80 million from overseas, and $164.5 million worldwide.
“The good news is, when you have a really...
Read MoreBen Affleck on 'SNL': Oscar Speech Apology Is Hard Work (Video)
May, 19, 2013 7:31 am | Comments On #Ben Affleck, SNL, TelevisionBen Affleck returned as host of "Saturday Night Live" for the fifth time, but didn't get the full-on welcome treatment from fellow "five-timers" that Justin Timberlake did earlier this year. He did get the chance to apologize to his wife Jennifer Garner for that odd acceptance speech he gave after winning the Oscar for "Argo." He explains it all to her in his opening monologe here. You decide if it "works."
Read More'Star Trek Into Darkness' On $80M Pace After $21M Friday at Box Office
May, 18, 2013 8:46 am | Comments On #box office, Great Gatsby, Iron Man, Movies, Star Trek Into Darkness"Star Trek Into Darkness" cruised to more than $21 million at the box office on Friday and J.J Abrams’ space epic sequel is on pace for an extended weekend total of around $80 million.
That's big, but on the low end of analysts' expectations and under the $100 million that distributor Paramount had hoped to see. Saturday and Sunday will be critical, and the film received an "A" CinemaScore from first-night audiences, so word of mouth should be strong.
"Star Trek Into Darkness" has rolled up nearly $39 million since opening in 336 Imax theaters on Wednesday and in 3,672 locations nationwide on Thursday. A Friday-through-Sunday total in the $60 million range looks likely, which would be less than the $75 million that the franchise reboot "Star Trek" debuted with in 2009.
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Read More'Fast & Furious 6' Opening Day Universal's Best-Ever in U.K.
May, 18, 2013 8:07 am | Comments On #box office, Movies"Fast & Furious 6" raced out of the gate as the No. 1 film in the U.K. and Ireland on Friday, posting Universal’s biggest opening day ever in that market with $4.6 million.
That figure beats the $3.6 million that the fourth film in the franchise, "Fast & Furious," opened with in 2009 and is the year's second-best opening day in the U.K., just behind the $4.7 million of "Iron Man 3."
Warner Bros. rolled out "The Great Gatsby" on Thursday in the U.K., and that film has taken in $2.5 million.
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"Fast & Furious 6" is set in London and had its...
Read MoreThe Scene at Cannes: 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire,' 'Jimmy P' (Updated Photos)
May, 17, 2013 7:07 pm | Comments On #Baz Luhrmann, Bling Ring, Cannes, Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicole Kidman, The Great GatsyHollywood hit the French Riviera for the opening festivities at the Cannes Film Festival this week. The stars of "The Great Gatsby," "The Bling Ring" and "Le Passe" all walked the red carpet at the annual festival.
Read MoreThe Best, Worst, and Most Ridiculous of the Week: 14 Showbiz Stories You Can't Miss
May, 17, 2013 7:03 pm | Comments On #Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bill Hader, cannes film festival, Matthew Perry, Media, Saturday Night Live, SNL, The Bling Ring, The Wild Bunch, Will SmithHow the Battle Over 'Star Trek' Rights Killed J.J. Abrams' Grand Ambitions: J.J. Abrams likes to go big or go home. But due to the "Star Trek" licensing and merchandising rights being split between CBS and Paramount, the multihyphenate wasn't allowed to go as big as he wanted to in 2009. Since Disney owns all the rights to "Star Wars," Abrams shouldn't have a problem turning his vision into a multi-platform experience reality that spans television, digital entertainment and comic books.
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Read MoreHow Many Different Companies Can Bid on Hulu? Too Many
May, 17, 2013 6:41 pm | Comments On #MoviesWhat do Yahoo, Amazon, Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, the Chernin Group and Guggenheim Partners all have in common?
They all want to buy Hulu, according to a litany of different reports. TheWrap has written previously about Time Warner Cable and Chernin while the most recent report is about DirecTV, courtesy of Bloomberg.
As fascinating as Hulu's future is to its viewers and almost everyone in the entertainment industry, almost all of these reports are premature (our own included). Hulu...
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