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- China expects to set new box-office record this year: state media
- BEIJING AFP — China is expected to set a record for box office receipts in 2008, boosted by John Woo's epic "Red Cliff," Jet Li's "The Warlords" and the animated hit "Kung-Fu Panda," state media reported Wednesday. Film ticket sales are expected to top four billion yuan (590 million...
- Research articles 2008-08-06
- Will Smith rules July 4 box-office as drunken superhero
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Will Smith was crowned king of the July 4 box-office once again this weekend with "Hancock", his film about a drunk, down-and-out superhero, final figures showed Monday. The movie -- which opened to mixed reviews -- netted 62.6 million dollars to take top spot in...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
- 'Kung Fu Panda' delayed in quake-hit part of China: report
- BEIJING AFP — The release of the US box office hit "Kung Fu Panda" has been postponed in southwest China due to the magnitude-8.0 quake that last month devastated much of the region, state press reported Friday. The animated film made by Dreamworks premiered in China on Friday, but...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- Hollywood holding out for a hero after 'Iron Man' success
- LOS ANGELES AFP — A slew of Marvel comic superheroes are set to arrive on the big screen following the debut box-office success of "Iron Man", entertainment press reported here Tuesday. Marvel's film division was now planning to adapt several of the comic giant's superheroes -- including Thor and...
- Research articles 2008-05-06
- Jolie, Witherspoon top list of best-paid actresses
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Screen stars Angelina Jolie and Reese Witherspoon are Hollywood's best paid actresses, netting 15-20 million dollars per picture, local media reported Friday. Reese Witherspoon, 31, who won a Best Actress Oscar in 2006 for "Walk the Line," last year was number two on the list...
- Research articles 2007-11-30
- 'Snakes on a Plane'... and in the theater
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Reality mirrored fiction in Phoenix, Arizona, when moviegoers watching the film "Snakes on a Plane" found a rattlesnake in the theater and one outside, cinema chain AMC Entertainment Inc. said. "One of the snakes was found inside the theatre and the other one in the...
- Research articles 2006-08-22
- Tom Hanks earns his $25 million dollar salary, but not Jim Carrey
- WASHINGTON AFP — "Da Vinci Code" star Tom Hanks delivers for his 25 million dollar per-movie salary, but not Jim Carrey, whose films haven't done as well at the box office, a comparison in Entertainment Weekly showed Friday. Hanks, 49 and the star of the much-awaited film of the...
- Research articles 2006-05-06
- Culture Wars, Yes ... But Whose Culture?, The
- As a son of the privileged Jamaican plantocracy, Michael Manley, Prime Minister of that country for eight years until 1980 and at the time charismatic head of the non-aligned nations, was wont to listen to Beethoven string quartets and cultivate roses, while his anti-American rhetoric intensified and he dragged his...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Japanese director wins over US box office with 'The Grudge'
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Japanese director Takashi Shimizu scared up more money than any other film at the North American box office this weekend, with his latest horror movie "The Grudge," early figures showed. The film stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, who achieved stardom as the title character in the...
- Research articles 2004-10-24
- 'Sky Captain' flies to top of box office
- LOS ANGELES AFP — The high-flying science-fiction film "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" soared to first place at the North American box office at the weekend, early figures showed. Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie star in the film -- a throwback to science fiction comics...
- Research articles 2004-09-19
- Movie based on video game sweeps North American box offices
- LOS ANGELES AFP — "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," a blast-em zombie movie based on a hot video game series, grossed some 23.7 million dollars in its debut to take the top spot at the North American box office, according to preliminary weekend figures. The movie -- a sequel to 2002's...
- Research articles 2004-09-12
- Ticket sales fall in 2003 at North American box office
- LOS ANGELES AFP ? US and Canadian box office revenues fell in 2003 for the first time since 1991, despite strong marketing campaigns that brought big opening weekends but failed to keep the customers coming. "The marketing campaign scored well. We had huge opening weekends," said Exhibitor Relations president...
- Research articles 2004-01-05
- Disney rakes in more than 3 billion dollars in box office takings in 2003
- BURBANK, United States AFP ? US entertainment group Walt Disney announced it had taken more than three billion dollars in box office receipts for films distributed through its Buena Vista subsidiary. Disney registered the takings as of Thanksgiving Day -- Thursday, November 27, the group said in a statement....
- Research articles 2003-12-03
- Heat Index; Weekly Rating (0-10) of Sizzle & Fizzle.(Brief Article)
- 9 EMINEM Joe Lieberman's poster child for controversial content is now the favorite of Joe Consumer. Movie "8 Mile" opens with a huge box-office intake, showing the near-ubiquitous magazine cover boy can do more than just sell albums. 8 barry diller Gets a job...
- Research articles 2002-11-18
- 'I got a little crazy'
- AUBURN, Ind. AP -- The last new Camaro to be sold by Chevrolet - - a red, T-topped Z-28 -- brought a tidy $71,500 at a charity auction. "I got a little crazy," said the buyer, Mark Gembinski, a 32- year-old business manager from Mayville, Mich. "I paid a lot...
- Research articles 2002-09-04
- Rarely seen `Adding Machine' worth the attention
- Byline: Theater review by Dorothy Velasco For The register-Guard "THE ADDING Machine," now playing in the Robinson Theatre at the University of Oregon, is rarely produced anymore. In a lifetime of theater going, this is the first time I've seen it, and it's a pity it isn't performed...
- Research articles 2002-04-16
- Honor, Wonder on video.
- * Men of Honor, starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr., is coming to video from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on April 10 on rental VHS (prebook March 21) and special edition DVD (prebook March 7; $29.98). The film grossed about $48 million at the...
- Research articles 2001-01-29
- We're 93 years old today!
- NEW YORK AP -- Today is the 321st day of 2000. There are 45 days left in the year. Here are some business and legal highlights from this date in history: In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington during the American Revolution. In...
- Research articles 2000-11-16
- High-tech times are good
- SAN FRANCISCO NYT -- The latest issue of MicroTimes includes a Holiday Gift Guide promoted on the magazine cover: "Looking for that perfect stocking stuffer but don't want to blow your budget? We have cool gifts for $1,000 or less." Tackling an age-old question PITTSBURGH...
- Research articles 1999-11-16
- Studios bleed from self-inflicted mega-budget film wounds
- LOS ANGELES -- Here's why income statements at some Hollywood studios may get burned this summer. In 1977, Star Wars cost $9.5 million and raked in about $322 million in the U.S. This summer, Speed 2: Cruise Control cost $145 million and took in $16.2 million on its...
- Research articles 1997-06-25
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