Movie ticket prices have long been a subject of grumbling among theater-goers, who have balked (but paid) for years as admissions rose ever higher into the double digits. But as two of Hollywood’s leading directors recently noted in a panel discussion, it’s likely to get a lot worse…
Invented by Garrett Brown in the early 70’s, the steadicam shot — or ‘steadishot’ — has become one of the most dynamic and exciting forms of cinematography and is one of the most engaging visual techniques in a filmmaker’s storytelling arsenal…
Blockbusters like ‘Iron Man 3’ battle more subtle Chinese fare as audiences choose plot and complexity over explosions and 3-D.
…The film studios blame the Chinese government, which imposed a two-month blackout of foreign films last year when they began making too much money and offered theaters a bonus for showing domestic films, according to The Times. Local film critics, however, note that the Chinese moviegoer isn’t all that taken with the explosion-laden, CGI-painted blockbusters that drive revenue-boosting add-ons like IMAX (IMAX +0.18%) and 3-D showings. “Lost In Thailand,” for example, took in more than $200 million last year and drew more moviegoers than “Avatar” did during its run in China.
Critics and industry analysts note that Hollywood’s one constant in China is its repeated underestimation of the college-educated Chinese moviegoer…
https://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=d8d6ca44-bbb5-4c6f-b436-c4bfdca30df3
Financiers who put up $375 million for such films as “Mission: Impossible III” and “Transformers” via the Melrose II slate alleged they hadn’t seen a dollar of profits…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/paramount-settles-massive-fraud-lawsuit-411787
A great movie poster should sell the movie and make you inscribe the film’s opening date in your mind. Admittedly, some of these posters, even the good ones, fail at that. Some are stunning but don’t even display the film’s title, and may not have brought in one extra ticket sale. That’s the studio marketing department’s problem, not ours. We’re voting just on style here, not substance…
https://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/31/16218742-best-and-worst-movie-posters-of-2012
World-saving heroes won the box office in 2012. Joss Whedon’s ensemble superhero “The Avengers” took the top spot, followed by Christopher Nolan’s final Batman film “The Dark Knight Rises” and Sam Mendes’ James Bond pic “Skyfall.”…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/20-top-grossing-movies-2012-402370
The year saw several blockbusters hit the multiplexes, but the most downloaded film of 2012 was one that slipped under the radar: Project X…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/project-x-pirated-film-2012-406747
Here are the ten biggest box office turkeys of 2012 so far. We used numbers from Box Office Mojo to compile our list. Box office returns are global. Production budgets are estimates. In order to make a profit, a film has to earn at least twice its production budget at the box office…
You’ve probably noticed by now that Sam Mendes’ Skyfall is building some seriously amazing buzz, with ecstatic praise heaped on everything from the cinematography and action choreography to the acting and storytelling. On the plus side, that makes the film’s impending release that much more exciting…
https://www.slashfilm.com/watch-over-15-minutes-of-behind-the-scenes-footage-from-skyfall/
