The Hot Blog Archive for September, 2006
Friday Box Office by Mojo
Rank. Movie Title (Distributor) / Theater Count
Daily Gross | % Change (Last Week) | Total Gross | Days in Release
1. The Covenant (Sony / Screen Gems) / 2,681
est. $3,150,000 | – | est. $3,150,000 | 1
2. Hollywoodland (Focus Features) / 1,548
est. $1,875,000 | – | est. $1,875,000 | 1
3. The Protector (Weinstein Company) / 1,541
est. $1,825,000 | – | est. $1,825,000 | 1
4. Invincible (Buena Vista) / 2,987
est. $1,750,000 | -42.8% | est. $41,621,000 | 15
5. Crank (Lions Gate) / 2,515
est. $1,440,000 | -56.9% | est. $16,499,000 | 8
6. Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) / 1,560
est. $1,280,000 | -29.8% | est. $38,501,000 | 45
8. The Illusionist (Yari Film Group Releasing) / 1,362
est. $1,250,000 | -20.5% | est. $14,700,000 | 22
7. The Wicker Man (Warner Bros.) / 2,784
est. $1,250,000 | -56% | est. $14,621,000 | 8
9. Talladega Nights (Sony) / 2,617
est. $910,000 | -39% | est. $140,091,000 | 36
10. Accepted (Universal) / 2,381
est. $760,000 | -40.2% | est. $30,492,000 | 22
TIFF Friday
Has it ever felt like the party your at just can’t quite get started?
Such is the saga of TIFF 06 so far.
Today the movies got better, with good experiences with both The Lives of Others and Hana. Neither was quite the unmitigated home run suggested by some earlier reviews, but still, two strong pictures. (More on both later on MCN)
Unfortunately, the first screening for me was at noon becuase of the very long Borat night last night. I also missed ThinkFILM’s annual breakfast as a result.
Then I missed Guy Maddin’s event because I had something on my schedule for just after it was scheduled to end, Maddin started an hour late, and I left for my next thing… only to find out that I had mis-calendared the second event. Sucks.
Also, news that Peter O’Toole is too ill to join us here at TIFF to receive roses for his turn in Venus and Ridley Scott heading out of Toronto early and thus, skipping much of his A Good Year schedule.
It’s got to get better soon, right?
Also Premiering AT TIFF 06
The One Sheet For Lionsgate’s release of the LAFF Doc Winner…
(the case it was in was, obviously, dirty)
A Little Less Borat, A Little More Conversation
The Midnight debut of Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhkstan had all the making of one of the great all-time Toronto events. Borat arrived on a woman-peasant-drawn carriage on which he and his horse rode. The overflow crowd, including a block-long rush ticket line, screamed and yelped and chanted as Borat arrived.
Fox was here in numbers, including both Tom Rothman & Jim Giannopoulos, to witness the outpouring of passion and affection. And this is a film on which there has been some concern that Borat was not a well enough known character to open the movie. But clearly, the trailer is working pretty damned well.
It took a while to get the crowd, which included Michael Moore (looking good – no, not skinny – and surprisingly relaxed), and a few other celebrities, including director Larry Charles, that comic Sasha Baron Cohen
Renee Zellweger Shooting Bridget Jones III???
Nope! Cliick For The Full Barbarino
Toronto 9/7 – The First Three Movies
TIFF 2006 started with a thud today…
It wasn
First Night In TO
A local shopkeeper is already commenting on how he/she sees the fest… though I am sure the store will take the money from fest goers.
Is this outdoor for The Border or The Departed? Jack looks pretty darned good, huh? But is it really an image from the current film? And where is Marky “Invincible” Mark?
The VERY Uncensored Shortbus Trailer
Here it is… watch who’s watching you watch
7 Comments »Finally! The Least Important Story Of All The Unimportant Stories!
Getting on the planr for Toronto, but couldn’t resist leaving you with this world changing image…
She looks oddly familiar…
How The Paper Of Record Has Fallen
All the quotes in a New York Times story except for one by Sumner Redstone…
“said one producer who asked not to be identified because he worked frequently with the studio.”
“said a person apprised of the meetings who declined to be identified because of their private nature”
“declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the subject.”
“said one top Hollywood executive, speaking on condition of anonymity because he continues to make movies with the studio.”
Don’t highly paid reporters feel humiliated by putting their names to this kind of gossip reporting?
Really! How far are we from “a source told us this, but wouldn’t let us use their name because they were lying and didn’t want to be caught”?
Shouldn’t people be embarrassed to be writing these words? This is called GOSSIP! Get it?
F-in Wow!
Following up on the Paramount/Viacom shalke-up…
Here is my projection of the future. Philippe Dauman is Redstone
4-Day Weekend Estimates by Klady
No real surprises this weekend.
Crank, the teen skewing actioner, fell behind Invincible, the family feel good, after Crank had a slight lead on Friday.
The Wicker Man was less of an unmitigated disaster than it could have been.
Little Miss Sunshine continues to build effectively on word of mouth and simple, clean ads. My $50 million guess on the film