Weirdly, the real strength in this year’s box-office has come from mid-level films, which is precisely where the conventional wisdom has said studios should not tread. Movies like “Taken” or “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” on middling budgets with middling stars, over-performed.
Is the end of huge budget movies near as George Lucas predicts?
The man behind “Pufnstuf” and “Land of the Lost” on his fear of Judy Garland and why Dean Martin hated wooden boobs.
…doesn’t everyone hate wooden boobs?
https://www.thewrap.com/article/marty-krofft-puppetmaster_3329
Lionsgate reported revenues of $1.47 billion and a net loss of $163.0 million for its fiscal year, ended March 31.
Spin masters at work no doubt, but a rise in revenue is heading in the right direction…
https://www.thewrap.com/article/features-propel-lionsgates-revenue-rise_3402
Budget for “Terminator Salvation”: About $200 million, funded primarily with a $60 million advance from Warner Bros. for domestic distribution rights and $100 million from Sony Pictures for international
All it takes is money… lots of it!!
That’s a lot of tickets to sell to make back 200mill (not counting the lawsuit outcomes). On a related note, Night at the Museum II surpassed the latest Terminator at the box office this last weekend. Is that a reflection of this latest installment of the Terminator series’ quality (a friend recently gave it a C+ and described it as “one bullet followed by a bigger bullet, and that was followed by an even bigger bullet.”) or just that family movies have a bigger market?
…what happened at Thursday night’s SAG Informational meeting held at the Hollywood Reneaissance Hotel about the tentative Theatrical/TV Contract…
Well, here we are again, in the summer of 2009, where Pixar has the lone wholly original film of the summer. Pete Docter’s “Up,” which opens May 29, and is a (gasp!) original screenplay, goes up against these summer films:
Fast and Furious (sequel)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (sequel)
Star Trek (reboot/sequel)
Angels and Demons (sequel/based on novel)
Land of the Lost (based on television show)
Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian (sequel)
Terminator: Salvation (sequel)
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (remake)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (sequel/based on toy)
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (sequel)
Bruno (based on television character)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (sequel/based on novel)
Julie and Julia (based on article)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (based on television show)
The Final Destination (sequel)
H2 – Halloween 2 (sequel of a remake)
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Midnight screenings give pic an early start
…movie go-ers still love sci-fi…
https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004054.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2563
Fest Heads Tease Changes
…most films at Sundance are already low budget, Cooper emphasized the “need to differentiate between ‘low budget’ and ‘low budget aesthetics.'”… what a can of worms that is!