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...
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Generally speaking, 2004 has so far been a mixed bag. This year we've seen the highest of the highs and some very low lows.
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Generally comedies and family movies have a harder time on sequels than action or science fiction films, ... That would explain the problems of 'Analyze That' or 'Stuart Little 2.' This year, 'Legally Blonde 2' could be in trouble. It doesn't have the hard core fan base of 'The Matrix' or 'X-Men.' And it opens opposite 'Terminator 3.'
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There's the 'official' budget, there's the 'rumored' budget, and then there are the various deals struck with exhibitors and the talent, ... There's a lot of mystery there.
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It's not a little off. Six percent is a big number. And they've got a big problem.
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It was a pretty decent year for comedies.
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They've turned the tough-sell aspect of the picture into the selling point.
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DVD is both a curse and a blessing. It's a blessing because it's this great new revenue stream for Hollywood. It also increases movie viewing because it's so convenient and collectable. But there is the perception that it is cannibalizing theatrical business to an extent,
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This year's best picture nominees are the least popular on record.
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Computer-animated pictures tend to make a lot of money. The most popular ones tend to have universally appealing stories.
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Warner Bros. is releasing a bunch of movies and hoping a number of them stick.
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It would be an extraordinary success if they were able to replicate that in every city. It would be a mega-blockbuster.
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It was the number one Super Bowl weekend opening of all time.
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It was the No. 1 Super Bowl weekend opening of all time. The industry was really expecting only expecting it to gross in the mid-to-high teens.
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This is prime time for a picture like this between nomination and awards. This is when they make all their money, and it's at $50 million before it's even nominated.