May 2009 - Posts

Family films continue to dominate the box office as 'Up' soars to $68 million by Company Town

Family movies dominated the box office this weekend as "Up" continued Pixar's unblemished record with a $68.2-million opening and "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" came in a solid No. 2 despite the competition. "Up"...
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First look: 'Up' soars; not many dragged to hell by Company Town

Pixar's perfect streak at the box office continued this weekend with "Up," which opened to a studio-estimated $68.2 million. That puts the quirky tale directed by studio veteran Peter Docter just behind the Disney-owned company's biggest...
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Opening Day: `Up' flies to $21.4 million, `Hell' digs for $6.4 million by Company Town

"Up," the latest from Disney/Pixar, sailed to $21.4 million in box office on Friday. That's just under the $23.2 million that the last Pixar flick -- "Wall-E" -- took in on its opening day last year in route to a...
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Tyler Perry will push Lions Gate to record revenues, but not profits by Company Town

If only Tyler Perry could make two or three movies every quarter Lions Gate Entertainment might be profitable already. Thanks to Perry, Lions Gate should post solid fourth-quarter and record year-end revenues, but it won't be enough to lift the.....
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Iget, Iger, whatever. Just get that check in the mail, Bob by Company Town

Hey, Ithaca College, em, here's a tip: If you're going to mention one of your most famous and wealthiest alumni on your website and in your magazine you might want to spell his name correctly. In researching our snark-filled take...
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Anyone can be an expert on kids' TV — just say you're one by Company Town

Want to become an expert on children's television? Just come up with a clever name for your group and put out a news release. Oh, and don't forget to Twitter. That seems to be the strategy of TrueChild, a just-launched...
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How high does 'Up' have to fly to be considered a hit? by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik With Pixar unleashing its annual springtime release this weekend, the one thing that will surely happen -- apart from high-pitched childrens sounds coming from mall multiplexes -- is pundits proclaiming a hit (Pixar scores again, is...
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The Morning Fix: Microsoft wants you to Bing; Lions Gate sells big chunk of TV Guide Channel and some sort of shift in late night TV is coming by Company Town

After the coffee. Before contemplating calling in sick. Will people start saying I "Binged" you? Microsoft announced "Bing," a new search engine designed to take on the incumbent search champ Google and second place Yahoo. The Wall...
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Movie Projector: 'Up' to soar past $60 million; 'Drag Me to Hell' to open solidly by Company Town

The only question for Disney/Pixar's "Up" is how far its opening weekend gross will fly. The bar is pretty high, given that "Wall-E" opened at $63.1 million last summer on its way to taking in $224 million in domestic box...
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Looking for the Arthouse: One thing the French do get right by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik Specialty film execs like to talk about New York and L.A. as some kind of rarefied place, a sovereign country where the conventions of mainstream filmgoing don't apply. All well and good -- if it were true.... Read More...
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Prison Break video game to bust out this fall by Company Town

"Prison Break" may be done on TV, but the video game is getting a second chance. Before the series was killed by Fox this year at the end of its fourth season, the Prison Break video game was canceled last...
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DreamWorks, bucking Hollywood trend, to make more movies by Company Town

In the face of tough economic times, most Hollywood studios are paring back the number of movies they make each year, but apparently DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. didn't get the memo. The Glendale-based animation studio announced this morning that...
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Lions Gate sells 49% of TV Guide Network for $123 million to investors it gazzumped by Company Town

Lions Gate Entertainment, seeking to offset the costs of its $250-million acquisition of TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com, has sold 49% of the venture to the same private equity group that earlier had attempted to buy the assets before Lions...
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Morning Fix: Time Warner says good bye to AOL, record labels getting friendly with Internet, Idol controversy more smoke than fire and...no Twitter clips today! by Company Town

After the coffee. Before the marine layer burns off. Goodbye. Time Warner will spin off AOL by the end of the year. The move had been long expected and follows Time Warner's recent spin off of its cable systems as...
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All Things D turns Murdoch into a dancing man by Company Town

Let it never be said that News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch is above singing for his supper. Opening The Wall Street Journal's annual D: All Things Digital conference yesterday in Carlsbad, the media mogul didn't make bold declarations about the....
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