Takashi Miike: “Why I Am Bringing Japanese Classics Back To Life”
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Takashi Miike: “Why I Am Bringing Japanese Classics Back To Life”
Thursday, May 5th, 2011The Weekend Report — May 1
Sunday, May 1st, 2011Weekend Estimates: April 29-May 1, 2011
Title | Distributor | Gross (average) | % chng | Theaters | Cume |
Fast Five | Uni | 83.1 (22,810) | NEW | 3644 | 83.1 |
Rio | Fox | 14.5 (3,900) | -45% | 3707 | 103.7 |
Madea’s Big Happy Family | Lionsgate | 10.0 (4,370) | -60% | 2288 | 41 |
Water for Elephants | Fox | 9.2 (3,270) | -45% | 2820 | 32.4 |
Prom | BV | 4.8 (1,770) | NEW | 2730 | 4.8 |
Hoodwinked Too! | Weinstein Co. | 4.1 (1,650) | NEW | 2505 | 4.1 |
Soul Surfer | Sony | 3.3 (1,650) | -39% | 2010 | 33.8 |
Insidious | Film District | 5.3 (2,530) | -21% | 1584 | 45.62 |
Hop | Uni | 2.5 (790) | -79% | 3176 | 105.2 |
Source Code | Summit | 2.5 (1,530) | -51% | 1645 | 48.9 |
African Cats | BV | 2.3 (1,900) | -61% | 1224 | 10.6 |
Scream 4 | Weinstein Co. | 2.2 (1,000) | -68% | 2221 | 35.5 |
Hanna | Focus | 2.2 (1,410) | -58% | 1564 | 35.9 |
Limitless | Relativity | 1.1 (1,300) | -59% | 838 | 76.1 |
The Conspirator | Roadside Attractions | 1.0 (1,480) | -53% | 691 | 8.7 |
Arthur | WB | 1.0 (810) | -75% | 1251 | 31.7 |
The Lincoln Lawyer | Lionsgate | .85 (1,180) | -53% | 719 | 54.9 |
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night | FreeStyle | .74 (850) | 875 | 0.74 | |
Win Win | Fox Searchlight | .67 (2,220) | -40% | 302 | 7.6 |
Your Highness | Uni | .61 (1,520) | -84% | 402 | 21.1 |
Jane Eyre | Focus | .52 (1,770) | -30% | 294 | 8.7 |
The Adjustment Bureau | Uni | .51 (1,840) | 106% | 277 | 61.7 |
Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 | Rocky Mountain | .41 (1,110) | -53% | 371 | 3.9 |
Weekend Total ($500,000+ Films) | $150.50 | ||||
% Change (Last Year) | 54% | ||||
% Change (Last Week) | 15% | ||||
Also debuting/expanding | |||||
Cave of Forgotten Dreams | IFC | .14 (27,440) | 5 | 0.14 | |
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold | Sony Classics | 95,600 (2,660) | -19% | 36 | 0.25 |
In a Better World | Sony Classics | 76,700 (1,870) | 5% | 41 | 0.4 |
Incendies | Sony Classics | 69,800 (6,980) | 38% | 10 | 0.14 |
Nenu Naa Rakshasi | Great India | 45,300 (2,660) | 17 | 0.05 | |
13 Assassins | Magnolia | 40,100 (10,020) | 4 | 0.04 | |
Chalo Dilli | Eros | 38,400 (1,370) | 28 | 0.04 | |
Exporting Raymond | IDP | 35,200 (2,710) | 13 | 0.04 | |
Vaanam | Big Cinemas | 26,600 (2,960) | 9 | 0.03 | |
The Robber | Kino | 14,100 (2,8200 | 5 | 0.01 | |
Sympathy for Delicious | Maya | 8,600 (4,300) | 2 | 0.01 | |
Lebanon, Pa. | Truly Indie | 7,300 (3,650) | 2 | 0.01 | |
That’s What I Am | IDP | 6,600 (6600 | 10 | 0.01 | |
Earthwork | Shadow | 3,200 (3,200) | 1 | 0.01 | |
The Arbor | Strand | 1,600 (1,600) | 1 | 0.01 |
Domestic Market Share: January 1 – April 21, 2011
Distributor (releases) | Gross | Market Share | |||
Paramount (9) | 418.5 | 15.20% | |||
Sony (11) | 403.7 | 14.70% | |||
Universal (9) | 354.7 | 12.90% | |||
Warner Bros. (16) | 314.1 | 11.40% | |||
Buena Vista (7) | 263.5 | 9.60% | |||
Fox (8) | 235.4 | 8.60% | |||
Weinstein co. (5) | 165.9 | 6.10% | |||
Relativity (4) | 105.9 | 3.90% | |||
Fox Searchlight (5) | 87.9 | 3.20% | |||
Lionsgate (80 | 85.3 | 3.10% | |||
Focus (4) | 60.7 | 2.20% | |||
CBS (3) | 57.2 | 2.10% | |||
Summit (4) | 57.1 | 2.10% | |||
FilmDistrict (1) | 44 | 1.60% | |||
eOne/Seville (10) | 15.3 | 0.60% | |||
Roadside Attractions (6) | 13.7 | 0.50% | |||
Sony Classics (8) | 13.6 | 0.50% | |||
Other * (109) | 47.1 | 1.70% | |||
2743.6 | 100.00% | ||||
* none greater than 0.4% |
Critics Roundup — April 29
Friday, April 29th, 2011Dylan Dog: Dead of Night|||||
Prom|||||
Cave of Forgotten Dreams||||Green|Green
13 Assassins||Green||Green|
Fast Five||Green|||Green
I Just Flew Into Toronto, and Boy, Are My Arms Tired
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010After a full day of travel, I finally landed in Toronto around 10PM tonight. I spent part of the flight watching screeners — I’ll have a review of Swedish film Behind Blue Skies up soonish, but in brief: it’s kind of a Swedish Holy Rollers (the Jesse Eisenberg, Hasidic Jews smuggling ecstasy flick), set in the ’70s, and stars Bill Skarsgård (Son of Stellan) in a soulful, impressive lead performance.
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