Month: July 2009

Movie studio executives don’t hate Redbox — they just think it’s the equivalent of that dingy movie theater where you can see 4-month-old movies for a buck.

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/hollywood-hoping-redbox-will-be-dvd-version-of-1-movie-theaters.html

Hey, Hollywood, don’t get suckered by this week’s earnings reports of doom and gloom at the Big Media companies. In fact, the entertainment sides of some of these companies are doing — dare I say it — better.

Spin-doctoring or just plain old optimism?

https://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/big-media-earnings-filmtv-bright-spots/

When DreamWorks Animation reports its second quarter earnings tomorrow afternoon, Jeffrey Katzenberg may have to answer questions about a problem his company has never faced before: international underperformance.

Uh, perhaps 3-D for no reason other than limiting venues?

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/dreamworks-animation-facing-its-first-ever-international-underperformance.html

Guinea pigs take in $32.2m to land top spot; ‘Harry’ pockets another $30m.

https://www.thewrap.com/article/boy-wizards-steep-drop-gives-way-disneys-guinea-pigs_4591

Netflix, the DVD-by-mail subscription company, saw revenue surge 21% in the second quarter that ended June 30

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/netflix-revenue-up-20-as-rentals-boom-in-the-recession.html

Studio to distribute DVDs through service

https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006298.html?categoryid=20&cs=1&nid=2562

NASA has “remastered” footage from the Apollo 11 mission in glorious HD. Cool!

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/hd/apollo11.html

‘Potter’ smashes ‘Spider-Man 3’ record, earning $396.7 million

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31996600/ns/entertainment-movies/

As more movies play in digital 3-D, there’s evidence that audiences are becoming less interested in the ballyhooed format that many in Hollywood have predicted will stem the long-term erosion of theater attendance.

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/07/3d-starting-to-look-flat-at-the-box-office.html

A table of inflation-adjusted US box-office receipts produced by Bloomberg gives the crown to Gone With the Wind

https://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/jul/07/titanic-gone-with-the-wind