Joshua L. Weinstein
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‘Hunger Games’ Devours the Box Office With $155M
“The Hunger Games” beats already optimistic box-office projections and is the third-highest opening of all time with $155 million
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FBI Arrests Two For Defrauding Lionsgate, Buying Mercedes
Roccio James Cuccia worked at Lionsgate as a senior buyer; FBI says he faces 200-plus years in prison
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‘Hunger Games’ Kills With $68.25M at Friday Box Office
“The Hunger Games” $68.25 million box-office take puts the movie on track to exceed $132 million over the weekend
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Fox Promotes Chris Aronson to Exec VP, General Sales Manager
Chris Aronson had been senior VP domestic distribution at Fox
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‘Pacific Rim’ Release Date Moved, ‘Hangover 3,’ ‘300’ Sequel Set for 2013
‘Pacific Rim’ will open in July 2013 rather than that May; Warner Bros. also sets release dates for “Hangover 3” and the “300” sequel
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Ol’ Dirty Bastard to be Played by Michael K. Williams in ‘Dirty White Boy’
The late Ol’ Dirty Bastard will be played by Michael K. Williams in film “Dirty White Boy,” about the rapper’s unlikely friendship with a 22-year-old white kid from the suburbs
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Global Box Office Up, Domestic Box Office Down in 2011 (Updated)
The Chinese box office grew by 35 percent in 2011 compared to 2010, by far the largest growth in major markets, the MPAA reports
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’24’ Movie Pushed to Next Year (Exclusive)
Kiefer Sutherland and Fox hope to make a big-screen adaptation of “24” next year
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Sony Picks Up Jonathan Kasdan’s Sundance Romance ‘The First Time’
Jonathan Kasdan directed the Sundance romance, which follows two high school students over a weekend
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‘Night at the Museum’ Writers to Make Directorial Debut With Horror-Comedy ‘Hell Baby’
“Night at the Museum” screenwriters Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant are directing “Hell Baby,” which starts filming in New Orleans in April
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Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase Writing a Movie
Dan Aykroyd posts on his Facebook page that he and fellow “SNL” alum Chevy Chase are working on a new comedy
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‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ Surpasses the Original at Worldwide Box Office
“Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” is now about $5 million ahead of the 2009 hit “Sherlock Holmes” at the worldwide box office, WB says
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Tribeca Film Acquires ‘Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story’
Tribeca Film has North American rights to documentary “Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story,” and will release it on VOD during the Tribeca Film Festival
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Johnny Depp ’21 Jump Street’ Cameo Came With Conditions (Spoiler Alert)
Johnny Depp was happy to do a cameo in “21 Jump Street” — but there were conditions
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‘John Carter’ Loss Expected to Be $200M
Disney said that “John Carter” is expected to “generate an operating loss of approximately $200 million” in its second fiscal quarter