Will Superstars Become Summer Box Office Superheroes?
The box office action this summer will be triggered more by superstars than superheroes, contrary to recent history. And the studios have created and endured some messy budgetary headaches and…
Peter Bart
Philanthropy: The New Hollywood Brand
The charity banquet season hits its peak at this time of year, and the crowded ballrooms remind us that there are people in town who worry less about making money than giving it away.
Talent Agents Have Lost Their Leverage in a Buyer's Market
The most important fact about talent agents today is that no one is scared of them anymore.
Academy Meeting: Membership Standards Won't Change
Academy prexy Hawk Koch played to a full house — or, more accurately, three full houses — Saturday in the first town hall meet for members that covered such topics as Oscar voting procedures, membersh…
Can Grown-Up Films Encroach on Summer's Tentpole Tyranny?
Joss Whedon has Hollywood street smarts, so doesn't he know that grown-up movies (especially Shakespeare) aren't released in summer?
In Search of a Great 'Gatsby': Hollywood's F. Scott Fitz and Starts
Baz Luhrmann took me by surprise four years ago when he confided over lunch that he intended to shoot "The Great Gatsby" as his next movie -- he explained that he had become obsessed with the…
Act Their Age or Age Their Act? Stars Strive to Keep Reinventing
The superstars of the 65-and-over set are wandering down unexpected paths these days in a determination to keep their creative lives (and income streams) aloft.
MGM: Sometimes a Roaring Silence Is Best
Today's MGM is a corporate anomaly -- it's either primed for a moment of rebirth or sitting in a holding pattern.
Tentpole Torpor Stalls Hollywood's Dream Machine
The principal source of apprehension among the studio czars, when pressed, is that they're emotionally locked into a tentpole dependency -- a film genre that not only defies cost controls but also…
Memo to Jon Stewart: Stick With Your Day Job Behind the Desk
Consistent with my habit of dispensing unsolicited advice, Jon, here is my response to your announcement that you plan to direct your first movie: Don't do it.
VScore
Domestic Film DAILY
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1
The Hangover Part III
The Hangover Part III
1Daily: $11.8M Cumulative: $11.8M Warner Brothers 1st in 1st week -
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
2Daily: $8.0M Cumulative: $108.8M Paramount Pictures 2nd in 1st week -
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Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness
3Daily: $6.8M Cumulative: $108.8M Paramount Pictures 3rd in 1st week
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