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Why 'Land of the Lost' couldn't find its way by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Business

By Steven Zeitchik The pathologists are out in force conducting autopsies on 'Land of the Lost.' And the subject of their attention is decidedly a corpse: the movie opened to just about $19 million, good enough only for third place... Read More...
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Why can't an action movie beat a family film? by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik The solid triumph of "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" over "Terminator Salvation" this weekend is going to inspire a lot of theories about the best approaches to box-office these days -- the importance...
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June Swoon: Why has a promising summer month gotten so sparse? by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik For studios, seasonal logic is about as permanent as an ice cube. Yet even in the ebb and flow of tentpole release patterns, there's a strange development looming this summer: a nearly barren June. With "Star Trek,".....
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Ode to a Mensch by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

In a piece titled "Mentor, Mensch and Scribe" on the trade-reunion destination Sime's Site, Frank Segers writes an endearing tribute to the personality and legacy of Hy Hollinger, THR's international box-office guru who retired at the...
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Christmas, holy day of box-office judgment by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik Throw all the naughty and nice cliches out the window. Today, Christmas Day, begins a four-day run the likes of which box office hasn't seen since reindeer roamed the earth.Disney releases its biggest live-action pic of the... Read...
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'Like' is such a strong word by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik A weekend with as many wide openings as this -- eight, to be exact -- has to offer some broader lessons, right? We're sure many will be parsed, some of them involving dog movies (hey, they wouldn't... Read More...
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Dave, meet Hellboy. Hellboy, beat Dave. by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik Never underestimate the fanboys and girls. We didn't need the lesson but we got it anyway, and just weeks before Comic-con, no less, as "Hellboy 2" pulled in pulled in a whopping $36 million this weekend. With... Read...
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Do high gas prices really send people running to movie theaters? by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik When the Hollywood gods shut a door, they open a window. Or, these days, more like a crack in the floorboards. With all the talk about how a recession will or won't affect the entertainment biz, we... Read More...
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Now if only they could combine them into one movie by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik Every once in a while a weekend comes along that demonstrates everything about contemporary movie-releasing -- the good, bad and the puzzling. The frame just ended is one of those weekends, from the specialty to the broadly... Read...
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Babies, mamas, men and women by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik Regular readers of this blog know there's nothing we enjoy more -- besides for random references to sports teams, that is (puzzling Jets draft, no?) -- than parsing weekend box office for trends. So what can this... Read More.....
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What Horton and His Friends Are Really Hearing by The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz Blog

By Steven Zeitchik The clean sweep at the box-office by "Horton Hears a Who" this weekend offers more than a few clues to anyone who might be wondering about the future of the movie biz. The top four weekend openers... Read More...
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