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Box Office: No Competition For ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife’

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Resident Evil: Afterlife put up some pretty impressive numbers over the weekend, particularly for a franchise’s fourth film. The movie wasn’t screened for critics, so there was no early buzz on the film.  The $27.7M take speaks volumes about the … Continue reading →

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Box Office: Fans Bend Over Backwards For ‘Last Exorcism’

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Note: This week’s box office was an extremely tight race. When final numbers become available, the top two positions might change. We actually had some movies over-perform at the box office for a change, and some little guys got to … Continue reading →

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Box Office Recap: ‘Piranha’ Has No Bite

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Several movies have made the grade with critics of late, but enthusiasm for Scott Pilgrim and now Piranha has not lead to large numbers at the box office.  It has been very disheartening to see how poorly some movies have … Continue reading →

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‘Saw’ Director Tackles The 11-11 Movement

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Have you ever heard of the 11-11 movement?  I haven’t, until today.  Apparently it is a spiritual cult that believes the date 11-11 has cosmic power, and that the number has been associated with many historical events. They also believe … Continue reading →

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Nintendo Wii Sells 30 Million Units in U.S.

Posted on August 11, 2010 by John Carle

In the competitive video game industry, companies like to be able to brag about the accomplishments they have achieved. Nintendo was able to proudly say that they have reached the milestone of selling 30 million units of the Nintendo Wii … Continue reading →

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Relativity Media Poised To Become Full Fledged Studio

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media has announced that it has acquired Overture Film’s distribution and marketing operation from Starz LLC which allows for Relativity to become a full service studio. About 2/3 of the Overture staff will be moved over to Relativity … Continue reading →

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Box Office: ‘Eclipse’ Leads an Explosive Weekend

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Shannon Hood

*Note: this column was written on Sunday, so four-day totals that include Monday’s receipts will differ from these numbers. It was no surprise that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse dominated the weekend box office. The film made $69 Million over the … Continue reading →

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Box Office: Toys Win Over the Grown Ups

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Shannon Hood

Toy Story 3 had another stellar weekend at the box office and held off new releases Knight and Day, and Grown Ups.  It made over $59 Million over the weekend.  That is a drop of around 46%, but that is … Continue reading →

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