Category: Movies
Box Office Report: Summer Movie Attendance Likely Lowest in Two Decades
Domestic box office revenues also are down from last summer despite blockbusters “The Avengers” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”
The number of people going to the movies dipped noticeably in North America this summer, putting increased pressure on the final four months of 2012 to bolster the bottom line…
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-avengers-dark-knight-rises-367595
Consumers Show Little Interest in 3DTV
Study shows little connection between 3D and HDTV purchases
According to a recent study by J.D. Power and Associates, only a small number of consumers who purchase high-definition television receivers were motivated to do so because of 3D capabilities…
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0110/consumers-show-little-interest-in-dtv/215153
Redbox Instant: No TV Shows, way fewer movies
Redbox Instant by Verizon doesn’t want to beat Netflix with a bigger catalog, but rather focus on fewer titles that matter…
What is a movie star? New Hollywood system is breaking down definition
…The era is long past when a star like Tom Cruise could launch a career with “Risky Business” and “Top Gun,” then stay in the stratosphere for decades…
‘Citizen Kane’ no longer tops ‘Sight & Sound’ poll of the greatest films ever made:
We hope somewhere in movie-character heaven Charles Foster Kane still finds comfort in the memory of his childhood sled, because for the first time in 50 years Citizen Kane doesn’t top the Sight & Sound poll…
https://popwatch.ew.com/2012/08/01/sight-and-sound-greatest-films-poll-citizen-kane-vertigo/
The hit films Hollywood studios didn’t want
They may have been big successes, but that was only after several studios turned them down. Here’s a look back at a few hit movies rejected by Hollywood studios’
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/22058/the-hit-films-hollywood-studios-didn%E2%80%99t-want
Tony Stark makes more than Bruce Wayne
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Forbes Magazine ranks fictional characters
https://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/fictional-15-12/bruce-wayne.html
‘Dark Knight’ Creator Nolan Sticks To 2 Dimensions
…”The question of 3-D is a very straightforward one,” Nolan said in a recent interview. “I never meet anybody who actually likes the format, and it’s always a source of great concern to me when you’re charging a higher price for something that nobody seems to really say they have any great love for…
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=156918634&sc=tw&cc=share
How Does the Film Industry Actually Make Money?
I’ve been trying to come to terms with two seemingly irreconcilable facts. First, “Men in Black 3” has made more than $550 million worldwide. Second, while a representative from the parent company of Columbia Pictures told me that the movie is now “in the win column,” it seemed until recently as if Columbia might actually lose money on it. How could that be?…