This Week In Movies By Pete Hammond – The Lion King
By Pete Hammond hollywoodnews.com: I am not sure what it says about the film business that a 17 year old animated Disney movie in its 2nd weekend again comes out on top and defeats a much-awaited new...
View ArticleThis Week in Movies – Pete Hammond – The Dolphin Tale
By Pete Hammond hollywoodnews.com: That rare A+ Cinemascore rating that Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment’s Dolphin Tale got last week was a definite sign word of mouth on this sweet little family...
View Article“Real Steel” wins the weekend with $27 million
By Scott Mendelson HollywoodNews.com:There were two major releases this weekend, and both of them more-or-less did what was expected of them. Disney/Dreamworks unleashed the robot-boxing/father-son...
View ArticleThis Week in Movies By Pete Hammond –“Footloose,”“Real Steel”
By Pete Hammond hollywoodnews.com:Three new wide release movies with built –in marketing elements “guaranteed” to draw audiences all failed on one level or another this week in movies. In fact it is...
View ArticleThoughts on the “Drive” trailer lawsuit
HollywoodNews.com: As sometimes happens, I commented on someone else’s blog (in this case, David Poland’s The Hot Blog) and what was supposed to be a random bit or two turned into a mini-essay. So for...
View ArticleThis Week in Movies By Pete Hammond –“Paranormal Activity”
By Pete Hammond HollywoodNews.com: It’s rare that a third edition of a horror movie franchise could not only actually outperform its predecesors at the boxoffice but actually get good reviews in the...
View ArticleThis Week In Movies By Pete Hammond –“Puss In Boots”
By Pete Hammond Hollywoodnews.com: This cat may have the Halloween record in his hat. Despite the East Coast early snows and massive power outtages , Puss In Boots, Dreamworks Animation’s first...
View Article“Underworld” leads the weekend box office after Friday
By Sean O’Connell Hollywoodnews.com: The fourth “Underworld” leads the weekend box office now that Friday’s estimates have rolled in. The sequel, which stars Kate Beckinsale as the hunter Selene,...
View ArticleMadagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted is Number One
HollywoodNews.com: As I often say, ranking is a relatively irrelevant stat that shouldn’t be used as a barometer for box office success. Both wide releases opened like rather well this weekend, and in...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Weekend… and the winner is ‘Warm Bodies’
Ah, Super Bowl weekend! Warm Bodies (review) can go from a $9 million Saturday to a $2.9 million Sunday and it’s okay! According to the studio, it earned $8.1 million on Friday, $9 million on...
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