MCN Originals Archive for October, 2014
The Weekend Report
“Amazing Amy” manages to stay just a cool-headed million ahead of wicked doll Annabelle, taking $38.1 million versus $37.1 million ahead of the Haunting.
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Annabelle breaks out of the box with a $2.3 million Friday lead on Gone Girl, but history tells us that a horror movie will stall as the weekend progresses while a drama will stay strong, if not get stronger… so look for Gone Girl to win the weekend. Even with 2 strong newcomers, the holdover business is good, with The Equalizer down only 55% Friday-to-Friday, suggesting a hold in the high 40s for the weekend. There are also 2 weak mainstream newcomers; Freestyle’s Left Behind and a 17-screen launch of Men, Women & Children from Jason Reitman and Paramount.
Read the full article »The DVD Wrapup: Transformers, Are You Here, Sordid Lives, American Muscle, Last of the Unjust, Ida, Lucky Them, Hellion, Wolf, Ivory Tower … More
In this way, Age of Extinction is the cinematic equivalent of a really explosive fireworks display on the 4th of July. Lots of things sparkle and go “boom,” but nothing lingers for very long. In addition to returning to Chicago for a while, Bay takes us to Hong Kong, Beijing, Monument Valley, Iceland and Detroit, which was redressed to fill in for other locations.
Read the full article » 3 Comments »22 Weeks To Oscar: Bring On The Narratives!
Even before we really know – and no one really knows jack excrement this early, especially in this season – we do know some of the strategies waiting to be unfurled in the next two months.
If you wanna to win an Oscar, you gotta have a narrative.
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