Five New Releases Dominate Home-Video Sales
In a banner week for new releases, the five top-selling discs on the national homevideo sales charts for the week ending July 19 are all newcomers that hit stores the previous Tuesday, the designated…
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Oscar Visual Effects, Sound and Editing Nominees: Four Memorable Scenes
FILM EDITING: “Whiplash” Finale Is a Choice Cut If film editing is, on one level, a way of keeping tempo, then the riveting final moments of "Whiplash" embody that principle to the hilt. Having…
‘Godzilla,’ Warner Bros. Lead the Year’s Top TV Ad Spend for Movies
In this special year-end edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by iSpot.tv, we are ranking the top 10 movies by advertising spend on TV for 2014. All told, 66 film distributors…
‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Holds No. 1 Spot for Third Week on Home Video Sales Charts
Twentienth Century Fox isn't letting go of the top spot on the national home video sales charts. "X-Men: Days of Future Past," the latest installment in the superhero series, remained at No. 1 for…
‘X-Men,’ ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ Maintain Top Spots on Home Video Sales Charts
A handful of new theatrical releases arrived in stores last week, but none could bump the previous week's top sellers from the two top positions on the national home video sales charts the week…
‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Tops Weekly DVD Sales
Two high-profile new releases, both distributed by 20th Century Fox, took the two top spots on the national home video sales charts the week ending Oct. 19. "X-Men: Days of Future Past," the latest…
Nicholas Hoult Gets Evil for Jaguar
Nicholas Hoult has joined Tom Hiddleston, Ben Kingsley and Mark Strong in Jaguar’s villain-themed ad campaign to promote the automaker’s new models. Hoult, who was recently seen as Beast in “X-Men…
Can YouTubers Help Sell Home Video Titles? Fox is First to Find Out with ‘X-Men’
Knowing a massive fan base already exists for its “X-Men” franchise, Twentieth Century Fox decided to enlist some of YouTube’s more vocal moviegoers to help promote the homevideo release of “X-Men…
Fox to Add Anna Paquin Back to ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’
Anna Paquin’s scenes as Rogue that were cut from “X-Men: Days of Future Past” will be added back to the film and re-released as the “Rogue Cut” next summer on homevideo platforms. The extended…
Fox, Samsung Look to ‘Liberate’ Movies on Digital Devices
When Twentieth Century Fox announced plans to back a technology that enables digital entertainment to easily move from one device to another, there was one thing missing: major support from a…
Digital Domain Remains on the Sick List
HONG KONG — Visual effects group Digital Domain does not look much healthier than it did a year ago, when it was given a back door share listing in Hong Kong. The VFX businesses were largely…
