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Overture Box-Office Profits: $50M-$60M
Studio chiefs McGurk and Rosett congratulate staff on fourth straight successful film opening in internal memo
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David Chase to Direct Musical for Paramount
“Sopranos” mastermind to make ’60s-era musical for Paramount Vantage
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Post-Oscar Forecast: Bumps in DVD for ‘Hurt Locker’
The Best Picture money will be in DVDs – 710,000 sold already
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‘Alice’s’ Haul: $116.3M Domestic, $210.3M Global
Disney Tim Burton-directed 3D adaptation shatters pretty much every first-quarter mark
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‘Alice’s’ $39.4M Friday Biggest Q1 Opening Ever
Disney’s Tim Burton-directed 3D fillm pacing to finish the weekend with $110 million
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Warner Sets Dates for 3D ‘Green Lantern,’ ‘Sucker Punch’
Studio will roll out DC Comics adaptation and Zack Snyder-directed film in 2011
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Comedy Central Promotes Bernath
Upped to executive VP of program strategy and multiplatform programming
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Kurt Sutter’s (Censored!) Twitter Ire
“Sons of Anarchy” creator goes off on Frank Darabont for allegedly poaching staffer for new AMC series
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MPAA Wins Permanent Injunction on DVD-Copying Software
Studios win court battle with RealNetworks, but there’s still a plethora of similar products on the market
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Disc Makers Spinning Off Big Losses
Canada’s Cinram only the latest DVD maker to report huge quarterly pain
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Tribeca Kicks Off Film Distribution Unit
Also launches online extension to its New York movie festival
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Studios Escaping Liability for Giant Billboards — So Far
“The outdoor ad business in L.A. could also be called just another marketing arm for the studios”
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Timberlake Joins Sony’s ‘Bad Teacher’
Molly Shannon, Eric Stonestreet also join the cast of the Jake Kasdan comedy, which will star Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel
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Comedy Central Greenlights ‘Workaholics’
Network orders 10 episodes of new half-hour series from laughs troupe Mail Order Comedy
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Universal Announces 2011 Date for Next ‘Fast and Furious’ Movie
Studio also moves “SNL” spin-off “MacGruber” to a less crowded May 21 release