In a culture that has become obsessed intrigued by movies' openings at the box office, it's no surprise that other products, particularly in the world of entertainment, want to compare their launches to those of the biggest films. There's a...
When "A Christmas Carol" opened to $30 million domestically on its opening weekend -- well below what prerelease research had suggested and historically very weak for a movie that cost nearly $200 million to produce -- Walt Disney Studios' president...
My colleague Patrick Goldstein weighed in this morning on why Fox Searchlight's "Amelia" failed to catch on with viewers. Well, for starters, the length and the hideous reviews probably didn't help. I'm more curious about "Whip It," also from Fox...
One of the keys to the strong $35.3-million opening of "Couples Retreat" was that oldest of Hollywood marketing ploys: the glitzy media junket. Universal flew dozens of journalists to Bora Bora for interviews with the cast in the same tropical...
Following "Paranormal Activity's" robust debut in a handful of midnight screenings last weekend, Paramount Pictures said Monday that it is bringing its micro-budget thriller to 20 more cities on Friday. Paramount said more than 200,000 fans have registered interest in...
Paramount Pictures' upcoming film doesn't hit theaters until June 24, but Hollywood is already buzzing that "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” could be the biggest movie of the summer and net one of the richest paydays ever for a director....
Hollywood's oldest industry continues to receive a transfusion of new executive blood. The latest sign came today when Carmike Cinemas Inc., the nation's fourth-largest theater chain, announced that S. David Passman III, the company's chairman of the board, had been...