Simultaneous Worldwide Release Is Long Overdue
Shutter Island is released in the UK this weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing it but, unfortunately, i know what happens at the end. It’s my own fault, i accept that. I ignored a spoiler warning, and paid the price. But if all movies had simultaneous worldwide release, it wouldn’t have been an issue.
It’s not even [...]
Is an Avatar: Extended Edition Coming to Our Cinemas?
James Cameron’s Avatar has railed through box office records and Fox are basking in its afterglow with coffers overflowing and looking ahead to their next wave of cash courtesy of Pandora.
The astonishing success of Avatar does have its drawbacks, primarily how to overcome the inevitable disappointment of the transfer, and loss of the all important [...]
The Key To Alice’s Big Box Office… Timing…
I predicted in my preview ten days ago that Alice in Wonderland would draw big box office. No, it wasn’t exactly a bold prediction, and it was clear to everyone that a lot of money was going to be spent on Alice. I don’t think, however, that anyone could have predicted just how much money [...]
Alice In Wonderland May Make $100 Million Weekend Haul
The early word of mouth on Disney’s latest, the live action Tim Burton directed Alice in Wonderland, was not overwhelmingly positive, and the curious news cycle of a possible cinema boycott in the UK and the US may have kept Alice in the news in the weeks running up to the film’s release yesterday, but [...]
Avatar Becomes Top Grossing Movie of All Time
It was inevitable really. Week after week since James Cameron’s Avatar was released we’ve seen box office records smashed, big name after big name surpassed and now it seems even the movie that would never be beaten, Cameron’s own Titanic has now been knocked off the top stop as the highest grossing movie of all [...]
Avatar’s Inflated Box Office and Other Stories
James Cameron’s Avatar is now certain to become the highest grossing movie of all time, both at the domestic US Box Office and internationally, well, sort of. Factor in inflation and things look a little different. Ed crunches the numbers and finds out if today’s blockbusters are really more popular than their counterparts from yesteryear.
The Avatar Effect in 2010
Avatar has just a become the second highest grossing movie of all time. It’s inevitable it will break Titanic’s record, becoming the highest grossing movie of all time, and will have done so in an astonishingly short period. James Cameron’s movie has united almost the entire industry in praise, with scores of positive reviews. Historically, the [...]
Avatar Breaks a Billion – So What Does This Mean?
It’s official – the colour of money is blue, and it is being reported that James Cameron’s critically lauded Avatar has made over a billion dollars worldwide as of its third week of release and with $670 million coming from the international market the success of Avatar is truly a worldwide phenomenon.
Despite healthy competition from [...]
Bazmann’s Christmas Address
It’s been a great year for the British film industry. It kicked off with the British invasion of the Oscars, with notable wins for Kate Winslet, and Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. The huge amount of British Actors plying their trade successfully in Hollywood continued to grow, with Scot Gerard Butler particularly in demand with parts [...]
Why Did I Hate Avatar?
Yeah, I know. It’s pretty strong, and I can feel the ire of those reading even as I type this. (Please note, this isn’t our official review, you can find that here, as written by Gary). Believe me though, it was never supposed to be like this. I’ve known about Avatar for a long time. [...]
