

Columns By Leonard KladyKlady@moviecitynews.com
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What seems rather commonplace, even organic today – a screenwriter taking the reins of his script – was once a rather radical proposition. We’ve all been privy to yarns about brilliant scripts transformed into pedestrian vehicles by filmmakers with indifferent credentials that simply didn’t “get it.” The godfather of all writer-directors was Preston Sturges who…
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March 25, 2007 Weekend Finals Domestic Market Share TNMT – aka Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – led weekend movie going with an estimated $25.6 million. In a session dominated by openings of six national releases box office grew but there was no getting around the fact that the preems weren’t quite at peak box office potential….
Read the full article »Knee Jerk Reaction …
March 18, 2007 Weekend Finals Domestic Market Share The Spartans of 300 were still commanding the field even as their energies diminished by 56% to an estimated $31.3 million. Meanwhile the incoming forces had mixed effect with the chiller Premonition scarring up an impressive $17.7 million to rank third; followed by OK returns of $7.7 million for…
Read the full article »What’s A Billion Among Friends …
Last year the Motion Picture Association of America decided days before the start of the ShoWest convention to unveil its annual box office statistics in advance of the event. The rationale was that everyone knew that both box office and admissions had declined and getting that dirty detail out of the way would allow the…
Read the full article »Sparkin’ Spartans …
March 11, 2007 Weekend Estimates Domestic Market Share The eye-popping graphics of 300 corralled close to half of weekend business with a staggering estimate of $69.5 million. The historic drama was virtually the only new national release though the inspirational The Ultimate Gift did unspool in 800 locations for a $1.2 million tally. Additionally there…
Read the full article »Hog Wild …
March 4, 2007 Weekend Estimates Domestic Market Share It was the snort of approval for Wild Hogs and – in the words of Borat – not so much for Zodiac. The two freshmen entries debuted in the top two slots for weekend moviegoers with respective estimated grosses of $38.1 million and $12.9 million. Overall business saw a…
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