Paul Dergarabedian
Paul Dergarabedian
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There were lines around the block for the latest book, The Half-Blood Prince. I expect no different for this Harry Potter movie.
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There's a lot at stake. There always have been with these films. That being said, this (Lord of the Rings) is as much of a sure thing as you can get at the box office. It's a real important film for Time Warner, but I think it's going to deliver.
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This is the perfect test to gauge the faith-based audience. You can't underestimate this market. The usual rules don't apply (to churchgoing audiences) because they can rally a crowd quickly.
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They're back on the release schedule. Whether they're back in terms of box office clout, we'll see over the next couple of weeks. But this group of titles certainly looks like the kind of films that can break down the barrier, the taboo that R-rated movies can't be blockbusters anymore.
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There's a tremendous amount of pressure on 'Star Wars' to turn the marketplace around.
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There seems to be an insatiable appetite for family films but if you have too many coming out at the same time some of these movies will get hurt.
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There seems to be a new benchmark in terms of what we call a blockbuster, ... This year, by the end of the year, we'll wind up with about 17 films over $100 million. But the key to this year's success is that we have five films that have gone beyond $200 million. That's never happened before.
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It's a battle of the holiday blockbusters. It was very close for the No. 1 position.
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It was quite an underwhelming week, ... This is theoretically the first weekend of the summer and It doesn't feel like one.
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It was sort of one of these traditional romantic comedies. Even the reviewers said it seemed like such a pat formula, but they kind of liked it, ... And Reese Witherspoon is always a draw.
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It was released on March 31, 1999, a Wednesday. It got off to a slow start because the plot was a little complicated and nobody knew what it was.
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It was a really good weekend. We're in a good place.
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It was a summer that will be remembered for the debate it caused because of the seemingly lackluster box office.
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That's one box office record we don't want.