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Friday, August 12, 2011

Daily Grumble

Last night Dr. Jeff and I saw Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Two tickets, two medium drinks, one large popcorn, Twizzlers: $47. SRSLY. And we saw it at the decidedly downmarket Beekman, whose houses probably haven't been updated since the mid-80s. No 3-D, no stadium seating, regular sound.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Perversion For Profit!

The full 1965 documentary. Interestingly, twenty years after this film's release, famed newsman (and narrator) George Putnam came out publicly in support of gay rights. This movie was financed by Charles Keating, who later went to federal prison for orchestrating the infamous savings & loan scandal of the early 90's.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Palin Documentary Bombs

The cinematic love letter to Sarah Palin, The Undefeated, is on its way to being the biggest box office bomb of the year.

With its Sarah Palin documentary "The Undefeated" increasing its playdates by 40 percent this weekend, only to watch box office revenue decline by more than 63 percent, distributor Arc Entertainment announced Sunday that the film will soon be available on pay per view. The movie played in 14 Tea Party-friendly locations this weekend -- up from the 10 in which it opened last week -- but grossed just $24,000. Starting September 1, subscribers to DirecTV, Dish Network and Time Warner can see the true Horatio Alger story of an Alaska woman's rise from self-described "hockey mom" to gubernatorial dropout to conservative cable news bastion talking head, all in the comfort of their own home.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Harry Potter Grosses $476M

Whoa. The final episode of Harry Potter broke all kinds of box office records over the weekend.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2" conjured an unprecedented $168.6 million in the U.S. and Canada in just three days, whizzing past the $158.4-million record set by 2008's "The Dark Knight," according to an estimate by distributor Warner Bros. The movie also had the biggest international debut ever, grossing a magical $307 million overseas in 59 foreign countries. The last installment in the massively popular franchise began breaking domestic box-office records only hours after it opened Friday — selling more tickets during post-midnight screenings than any other movie in history and then passing the milestone for highest single-day-gross with $92.1 million. The movie went on to gross far more than any "Harry Potter" film has on its first weekend in theaters. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1," released last November, previously held that record with $125 million in ticket sales upon its debut.

Part one of the Deathly Hallows grossed almost $1B worldwide.