Brandon Gray
Brandon Gray
Box Office Mojo is a website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way, founded in 1999. In 2008, Box Office Mojo was bought by the Internet Movie Database, owned by Amazon. The website is widely used within the film industry as a source of data. From 2002–11, Box Office Mojo had forums popular with film fans. On October 10, 2014, the website's URL was redirected to Amazon's IMDB.com website for one day, but the website returned the...
beginning early
It's too early to say if this is the beginning of the end.
holiday last possible record season
It's possible this holiday season will be a record breaker, but even if it were, that wouldn't be enough to make up (the comparisons with) last year.
domestic drives engine
Domestic is still the engine that drives the train,
decent year
It was a pretty decent year for comedies.
playing
It's fascinating the way he's playing the media.
audiences despite excited human incredibly industry media strong tough tricky
It was, realistically, a tough sell, despite the industry and media hype. It's incredibly tricky to get audiences excited about a movie that doesn't have a strong human character.
aspect picture selling turned
They've turned the tough-sell aspect of the picture into the selling point.
campaign dvds gate given lions seems sent
Unfortunately, it seems like a possibility that 'Crash' will win, given the campaign that Lions Gate has put out, with all those DVDs sent to voters.
best far increase nomination people picture seen walk
Walk the Line' has done very well so far but there are still a lot of people haven't seen it. A Best Picture nomination could increase the turnout.
appear hollywood last letting screams seeing
You look at the slate, and it doesn't appear to be that different from last year. Hollywood has been letting moviegoers down, and I'm not seeing anything that screams that's going to change.
expect flying mainstream passed seems test weekend
We'll see if it's got the gumption to become a mainstream hit. Each weekend has been a test for this movie, it seems like, and it has passed with flying colors. I would expect it to do very well this weekend.
above films million performed performers three together top
They had it together this year. Each of their top three films performed at or above expectations and accounted for about $680 million of their business. They also had a lot of mid-range performers and not a lot of flops.
huge room
There's enough room for 'Shark Tale' to have a huge opening.
character lead smash special
You're not going to make a smash live-action movie when your lead character is a special effect. Especially one that doesn't even speak.