The Vault
Geneva convention to tackle entertainment branding
by John Scaletta and George Rouman
Tags: Approach to Inspire Creativity , Approach to People Management , C. Cretors & Company , Disney , Lionsgate , Saw , Tyler Perry
GENEVA CONVENTION TO TACKLE ENTERTAINMENT BRANDING Disney hosts two seminars on perfecting the theatrical experience by John Scaletta and George Rouman H ollywood returns to the Heartland on September 28-30 when hundreds of exhibitors, studio executives, vendors and industry experts gather...
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Book It!
Tags: Eric Elmosnino , Gabi on the Roof in July , Gainsbourg (Heroic Life) , Joann Sfar , Laetitia Casta , Lucy Gordon
BOOK IT! (continued from page 49) er in New York for a summer, Gabi on the Roof in July uses its indie limitations to affectionate and purposeful ends. Instead of getting caught up in semi-trendy, late mumblecore trappings, Gabi evokes a New York sentimentalist tradition that mixes the edge of g...
A brand new toy box
Tags: 7.1 , Dolby , Dolby Surround 7.1 , Pixar , ShowWest , Toy Story , Toy Story 3 , Up
FACTS & FIGURES FROM BOXOFFICE.COM INDUSTRY NEWS INN I TOY STORY TOY STORY 11/22/9511/22/95 OPENING OPENING WEEKEND* WEEKEND* $34,266,446 $34,266,446 DOMESTIC TOTAL DOMESTIC TOTAL $191,796,910 $191,796,910 TOY STORY 2 TOY STORY 2 11/24/9911/24/99 OPENING WEEKEND* OPENING WEEKEND* $66,...
Super sonic
Tags: Christie , Christie Managed Systems , Cinedigm
technology that’s in place. It’s a natural fi t. They’ve got a great relationship with their customers, they have feet on the street in terms of installation and support personnel. One way we enhance them is being able to provide that 24/7 support—the remote monitoring, the diagnostics, the operat...
Faking fire with fire - super sonic
by Sara Maria Vizcarrondo - Amy Nicholson
Tags: Christie Managed Systems , M. Night Shyamalan , Pablo Helman , The Last Airbender , Tim Harrington
INDUSTRY NEWS continued FAKING FIRE WITH FIRE Animating The Last Airbender By Sara Maria Vizcarrondo P ablo Helman, the visual effects supervisor and second unit director of The Last Airbender, makes a point of authenticity. An affable man with a big accent, he addresses the theater at the ...
Taking center stage
Tags: Aliens , Anne Hurd , Armageddon , Brian Grazer , Dean Devlin , Gary Lucchesi , Paula Wagner , Produced By 2010 , Rachel Klein , Richard D. Zanuck , Ridley Scott , Rocky Balboa , Terminator , Terminator 2 , Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines , webisodes
TAKING CENTER STAGE At their annual conference, producers are the stars By Amy Nicholson “W hen I was starting out, it was a very expensive endeavor to produce a film,” says veteran producer Gale Anne Hurd, the behind-the-scenes brains behind Aliens, Armageddon and the fi rst three Term...
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
BOXOFFICE PREDICTS THE SUMMER HITS 30 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies May 2010
Pop Culture
Tags: Andrew Cretors , Charles Cretors , Charlie Cretors , Chicago World’s Fair , Cretor's , Kevin Gorman , Mach 5 Popper , popcorn
say, ‘Yeah, we’ve got this family business, but that doesn’t mean you have Andrew, being born with the family name bodes no obligation to the family business. “Dad [Charlie] went out of his way to helm. Still, according to oday, the fi fth generation of the Cretors bloodline stands at the comp...
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
WE PICK THE BEST BETS FOR THE SEASON FROM THE MAJORS AND THE MINORS PLUS LAFF’S DAVID ANSEN ON PROMOTING SPECIALTY TITLES PLUS BOXOFFICE’S RICHARD MOWE ON LIFE ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT PLUS UNMINED GEMS: SEVEN HOT UNDER-THE-RADAR INDIES May 2010 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
BY PHIL CONTRINO WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY DANIEL GARRIS & ALEX EDGHILL May 2010 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies 31
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
WILL 2009 SUMMER DOMESTIC GROSSES PASS THE 32 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies May 2010
Summer Sensations
Tags: Adam McKay , Adrien Brody , Alice Braga , Angelina Jolie , Arnold Schwarzenegger , Bruce Willis , Cameron Diaz , Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore , Christopher Nolan , Despicable Me , Dinner For Schmucks , Dolph Lundgren , Eclipse , Get Him to the Greek , Grown Ups , Inception , Iron Man 2 , Jake Gyllenhaal , Jason Statham , Jay Baruchel , Jerry Bruckheimer , Jet Li , Jonah Hex , Jonah Hill , Knight And Day , Leonardo DiCaprio , Macgruber , Mark Wahlberg , Marmaduke , Nicolas Cage , Predators , Prince of Persia , Ridley Scott , Robin Hood , Russell Brand , Russell Crowe , Salt , Sex And The City 2 , Shrek Forever After , Sorcerer’s Apprentice , Steve Carell , Survival Of The Dead , Sylvester Stallone , The A-Team , The Expendables , The Karate Kid , The Last Airbender , The Other Guys , Tom Cruise , Topher Grace , Toy Story 3 , Twilight , Will Ferrell , Zach Galifianakis
$4 BILLION MARK FOR THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR? May 2010 Boxoffice · The Business of Movies 33
Festival Faves
Tags: Alan Tudyk , American Splendor , Amir Bar-Lev , Australia , Big Love , Blue Valentine , Buried , Cane Toad: The Conquest , Cane Toads: An Unnatural History , David Ansen , Davis Guggenheim , Grown Up Movie Star , Hesher , Isabelle Huppert , Joseph Gordon- Levitt , Katie Holmes , Kevin Kline , Kristen Stewart , Los Angeles Film Festival , Michael Winterbottom , Michelle Williams , Pat Tillman , Paul Dano , Robert Pulcini , Ryan Gosling , Ryan Reynolds , Shari Springer Berman , Shawn Doyle , Someone I Loved , Splice , Tatiana Maslany , The Extra Man , The Imperialists Are Still Alive! , The Kids Are Alright , The Killer Inside Me , The Nannie Diaries , The Seattle International Film Festival , The Tillman Story , Tucker & Dale vs Evil , Tyler Labine , Villa Amalia , Waiting For Superman , Welcome to the Rileys , Winter's Bone , Zeina Durra , afi
NICHE? NO PROBLEM By Amy Nicholson uty who likes beating women. To death. Blow by blow. Blood drop by blood drop. After an indignant post-film Q&A (sample question: “How could you?”), IFC did the unthinkable: they bought it. But if the unnamed price was right, the free publicity could make it a s...
Pop Culture
Tags: Andrew Cretors , Charles Cretors , Charlie Cretors , Chicago World’s Fair , Cretor's , Kevin Gorman , Mach 5 Popper , popcorn
auction. Sponsors of the event include brand name luminaries like Coca-Cola, ConAgra/ Orville Redenbacher, Fed Ex and Great Western Products. Concessions has become a $10 billion a year industry in the US. “I think there continues to be a lot of opportunity for us,” says Andrew. “The big market ...
Festival Faves
Tags: Alan Tudyk , American Splendor , Amir Bar-Lev , Australia , Big Love , Blue Valentine , Buried , Cane Toad: The Conquest , Cane Toads: An Unnatural History , David Ansen , Davis Guggenheim , Grown Up Movie Star , Hesher , Isabelle Huppert , Joseph Gordon- Levitt , Katie Holmes , Kevin Kline , Kristen Stewart , Los Angeles Film Festival , Michael Winterbottom , Michelle Williams , Pat Tillman , Paul Dano , Robert Pulcini , Ryan Gosling , Ryan Reynolds , Shari Springer Berman , Shawn Doyle , Someone I Loved , Splice , Tatiana Maslany , The Extra Man , The Imperialists Are Still Alive! , The Kids Are Alright , The Killer Inside Me , The Nannie Diaries , The Seattle International Film Festival , The Tillman Story , Tucker & Dale vs Evil , Tyler Labine , Villa Amalia , Waiting For Superman , Welcome to the Rileys , Winter's Bone , Zeina Durra , afi
UNMINED GEMS (continued) global businessman. This lushly romantic drama by French actress-turned-director Zabou Breitman spends most of its running time reenacting his illicit passion for Mathilde (Marie-Josée Croze), a translator many years his junior, who embraces him in hotel beds on every co...
Festival Faves
Tags: Alan Tudyk , American Splendor , Amir Bar-Lev , Australia , Big Love , Blue Valentine , Buried , Cane Toad: The Conquest , Cane Toads: An Unnatural History , David Ansen , Davis Guggenheim , Grown Up Movie Star , Hesher , Isabelle Huppert , Joseph Gordon- Levitt , Katie Holmes , Kevin Kline , Kristen Stewart , Los Angeles Film Festival , Michael Winterbottom , Michelle Williams , Pat Tillman , Paul Dano , Robert Pulcini , Ryan Gosling , Ryan Reynolds , Shari Springer Berman , Shawn Doyle , Someone I Loved , Splice , Tatiana Maslany , The Extra Man , The Imperialists Are Still Alive! , The Kids Are Alright , The Killer Inside Me , The Nannie Diaries , The Seattle International Film Festival , The Tillman Story , Tucker & Dale vs Evil , Tyler Labine , Villa Amalia , Waiting For Superman , Welcome to the Rileys , Winter's Bone , Zeina Durra , afi
MOVIE MADNESS (continued) All film festivals conform to the same emotional patterns: heady days of optimism at the start when there’s the chance of discovering a masterpiece, growing disenchantment in the middle when the odds have shrunk, followed by depression, physical and mental breakdown and ...
Festival Faves
Tags: Alan Tudyk , American Splendor , Amir Bar-Lev , Australia , Big Love , Blue Valentine , Buried , Cane Toad: The Conquest , Cane Toads: An Unnatural History , David Ansen , Davis Guggenheim , Grown Up Movie Star , Hesher , Isabelle Huppert , Joseph Gordon- Levitt , Katie Holmes , Kevin Kline , Kristen Stewart , Los Angeles Film Festival , Michael Winterbottom , Michelle Williams , Pat Tillman , Paul Dano , Robert Pulcini , Ryan Gosling , Ryan Reynolds , Shari Springer Berman , Shawn Doyle , Someone I Loved , Splice , Tatiana Maslany , The Extra Man , The Imperialists Are Still Alive! , The Kids Are Alright , The Killer Inside Me , The Nannie Diaries , The Seattle International Film Festival , The Tillman Story , Tucker & Dale vs Evil , Tyler Labine , Villa Amalia , Waiting For Superman , Welcome to the Rileys , Winter's Bone , Zeina Durra , afi
Kline in the key of A Fish Called Wanda and up-and-coming actor Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood). More an audience-pleaser than a critics’ favorite, smart marketing could emphasize Extra Man as a must-see arthouse comedy that may mark Ames’ debut as a specialty comedy superst...
Pop Culture
Tags: Andrew Cretors , Charles Cretors , Charlie Cretors , Chicago World’s Fair , Cretor's , Kevin Gorman , Mach 5 Popper , popcorn
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Festival Faves
Tags: Alan Tudyk , American Splendor , Amir Bar-Lev , Australia , Big Love , Blue Valentine , Buried , Cane Toad: The Conquest , Cane Toads: An Unnatural History , David Ansen , Davis Guggenheim , Grown Up Movie Star , Hesher , Isabelle Huppert , Joseph Gordon- Levitt , Katie Holmes , Kevin Kline , Kristen Stewart , Los Angeles Film Festival , Michael Winterbottom , Michelle Williams , Pat Tillman , Paul Dano , Robert Pulcini , Ryan Gosling , Ryan Reynolds , Shari Springer Berman , Shawn Doyle , Someone I Loved , Splice , Tatiana Maslany , The Extra Man , The Imperialists Are Still Alive! , The Kids Are Alright , The Killer Inside Me , The Nannie Diaries , The Seattle International Film Festival , The Tillman Story , Tucker & Dale vs Evil , Tyler Labine , Villa Amalia , Waiting For Superman , Welcome to the Rileys , Winter's Bone , Zeina Durra , afi
BOXOFFICE DISSECTS THIS YEAR’S BIG INDIE BUYS F estival hits have a risky reputation. Often, they star nobodies and try to take audiences to places no popcornmuncher will boldly go. Like that Sundance 2009 melodrama about an overweight, illiterate, emotionally and physically abused teen. Sure,...
