SATURDAY AM: Disney / Pixar's Ratatouille cooked up a winning recipe as America's No. 1 movie, opening big with $16.5 mil Friday from a hefty 3,940 theaters. This means it should make major moolah from today's kiddie matinees already crowded with family fare. Projections are for the toon to serve up weekend numbers around $48 mil to $50 [...]
Sat, Jun 30, 12:55 am
I didn't know Joel Siegel personally until I started Deadline Hollywood Daily. So I was incredibly flattered when he emailed me one day saying he was a huge fan of the website, and loved reading my caustic Oscar commentary. Joel rightfully patted himself on the back for his own best line to describe how interminable the most recent [...]
Fri, Jun 29, 7:55 pm
FRIDAY AM: Yes, it's the start of another nailbiter for gross receipts this summer weekend as blockbusters bust a move in movie theaters. Right now my box office gurus are saying the totals for both films by Sunday look neck-and-neck: between $40 million to $45 million. Naturally, Fox especially is trying to lower 5-day expectations for Live Free Or Die Hard by [...]
Fri, Jun 29, 7:23 am
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