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Showing posts with label Box Office Records. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Box Office Records. Show all posts
Monday, February 10, 2020

"Parasite" Revolutionized How We See Best Picture Winners

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Bong Joon-ho Back in 2009 when I was discovering who I was as a cinephile, there were a handful of movies I was recommended. My friend...
Saturday, February 8, 2020

Failed Oscar Campaigns: "Hustlers" (2019)

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Scene from Hustlers  (2019) As awards seasons pick up, so do the campaigns to make your film have the best chances at the Best Picture ...
Monday, December 23, 2019

"Cats" Hacks a Hair Ball at the Box Office

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Scene from Cats Things just keep getting worse for Cats . In just a week, the film featured some of the year's worst reviews with m...
Saturday, December 14, 2019

"The Irishman" Proves Netflix Isn't Kidding Around This Oscar Season with 26.4 Million Views in the First Week

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Scene from The Irishman  (2019) By all accounts, Netflix has been crushing it this awards season. This past week saw the streaming serv...
Saturday, November 16, 2019

Failed Oscar Campaigns: "Frozen" (2013)

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Scene from Frozen  (2013) As awards seasons pick up, so do the campaigns to make your film have the best chances at the Best Picture ra...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Having Broken A Billion Dollars, "Joker" Becomes One of the Most Profitable R-Rated Movies of All Time

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Scene from Joker  (2019) Considering that it took Avengers: Endgame  less than a weekend to earn a billion dollars, it seems like every...
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Failed Oscar Campaigns: "The Sixth Sense" (1999)

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Scene from The Sixth Sense As awards seasons pick up, so do the campaigns to make your film have the best chances at the Best Picture r...
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Monday, December 24, 2018

A24 A-to-Z: #58. "Lady Bird" (2017)

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Scene from Lady Bird In case you didn't know, A24 is one of the great purveyors of modern cinema. Since 2013, the studio has found a...
Monday, October 15, 2018

"Beautiful Boy" Opens With Amazon Studios' Best Per-Screen Average to Date

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Scene from Beautiful Boy What has been exciting about the month of October so far has been the fact of how well it has ushered in Oscar...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

After 10 Years, "The Dark Knight" Continues to Be a Milestone in Superhero Cinema

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Scene from The Dark Knight It's sort of a cliche, but it's hard to describe the impact of director Christopher Nolan's The...
Monday, November 27, 2017

"Lady Bird" is Officially the Highest Rated Movie on Rotten Tomatoes

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Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird For those who haven't heard, director Greta Gerwig's film Lady Bird  is good. If you trust my opinio...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Martin Scorsese's "Silence" Remains Quiet at the Box Office

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Andrew Garfield in Silence Few names will get serious movie fans to the theaters quite like Martin Scorsese. For several decades now, h...
Monday, December 12, 2016

"La La Land" Becomes a Box Office Hit in Limited Release

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Scene from La La Land It's the most wonderful time of year. For movie fans, Oscar season is in full gear and has a variety of optio...
Monday, November 28, 2016

"Moana" Tops the Box Office While Beatty Covers the Bottom

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Scene from Moana It is likely that if you had family, you spent a part of this past Thanksgiving weekend seeing Disney's latest fil...
Monday, October 24, 2016

"Moonlight" Becomes a Box Office Hit with the Highest Per Screen Average of 2016

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Scene from Moonlight If you're one of the loyal Oscar fans, you'll know why you should be keeping an eye out for director Barry...
Monday, June 20, 2016

"Finding Dory" Breaks Animated Box Office Records on Opening Weekend

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Scene from Finding Dory When it comes to Pixar, there are few films as beloved as Finding Nemo . It isn't just one person's opi...
Wednesday, January 6, 2016

"The Force Awakens" is Officially the Highest Grossing Film in United States

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Scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens For many, today is a triumphant moment in pop culture. While it has broken almost every other r...
Monday, December 28, 2015

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is the Quickest Film to a Billion Dollars at the Box Office

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Scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens There is an old expression for very popular movies: Everyone and their mother has seen it. In t...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

"The Good Dinosaur" Looks to Be Pixar's First Flop

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As people are already starting to compile their "Best of 2015" lists, it seems like one name is cropping up more often than not...
Monday, November 30, 2015

"The Good Dinosaur" Has Pixar's Lowest Box Office Opening in 20 Years

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Scene from The Good Dinosaur Last week was a major milestone in Pixar's lengthy history. On November 22, it marked the 20th anniver...
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