Big media outlets are waking up to the phenomenal box office and admissions numbers being generated so far this year. On Sunday, the New York Times weighed in with the news that movie theaters are a bargain: Helping feed the surge is the mix of movies, which have been more audience-friendly in recent months as… Read more »
Posts By: Patrick Corcoran
Box Office Boom
Box office is booming, and ABC News takes a look on the Friday before the Oscar telecast. If you look closely, yours truly has apparently gotten a new job as spokesman for the previously unknown “National Association of Theatregoers“. Aside from the really ugly acronym (NATg), they don’t exist. We really like theatregoers, but we… Read more »
Oscar Winners
Winners are in bold. Best picture “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” “Frost/Nixon” “Milk” “The Reader” “Slumdog Millionaire” Director David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon” Gus Van Sant, “Milk” Stephen Daldry, “The Reader” Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire” Actor Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor” Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon” Sean Penn, “Milk” Brad Pitt,… Read more »
Academy Award nominations
The Academy Award nominations were announced today. The entire list is available at www.oscars.com. BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Paramount and Warner Bros.) A Kennedy/Marshall Production; Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers “Frost/Nixon” (Universal) A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production; Brian Grazer, Ron… Read more »
Out with the old box office record, in with the new…
The Hollywood Reporter weighs in with 2008’s projected box office tally from Nielsen EDI (the official keepers of the box office numbers for the MPAA and NATO) and it looks mighty sweet: Meanwhile, buoyed by good weekday numbers and potentially strong holds over the holiday weekend, overall domestic boxoffice is poised to set a record…. Read more »