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28 June 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Batman Begins remained at the top of the box office and two newcomers, Bewitched and Herbie: Fully Loaded, performed reasonably well over the weekend. But they were not potent enough to bring the box office out of an 18-week slump, the worst in its recorded history. Final figures released Monday indicated that Warner's new Batman movie earned $27.6 million over the weekend, followed by Sony's Bewitched, with $20.1 million. Fox's Mr. & Mrs. Smith placed third (in its third week) with $16.8 million, while Disney's Herbie:Fully Loaded earned $12.8 million, to place fourth. Universal's new zombie movie, George Romero's Land of the Dead rounded out the top five with $10.2 million.The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Batman Begins, Warner Bros. $27,589,389, 2 Wks. ($122,511,813); 2. Bewitched, Sony, $20,131,130, (New); 3. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 20th Century Fox, $16,825,209, 3 Wks. ($125,513,483); 4. Herbie: Fully Loaded, Disney, $12,709,221, 1 Wk. ($17,745,586 -- From Wednesday); 5. George Romero's Land of the Dead, Universal, $10,221,705, (New); 6. Madagascar, DreamWorks, $7,434,917, 5 Wks. ($160,191,242); 7. Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, 20th Century Fox, $6,113,071, 6 Wks. ($358,469,219); 8. The Longest Yard, Paramount, $5,527,359, 5 Wks. ($141,947,805); 9. The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl in 3-D, Miramax, $3,496,044, 3 Wks. ($30,539,862); 10. Cinderella Man, Universal, $3,446,235, 4 Wks. ($49,768,535).

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27 June 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The combination of Batman, Herbie the love bug, and Samantha the witch were not enough to lift the box office out of its chronic slump this weekend. All performed reasonably well, with Batman Begins holding the top spot for the second week with an estimated $26.8 million in ticket sales to bring its total to $121.7 million. Sony's Bewitched, with Nicole Kidman playing Samantha, opened in second place with about $20.2 million. Disney's Herbie: Fully Loaded starring, Lindsay Lohan, opened at No. 4 with $12.8 million ($17.8 million since its Wednesday debut), just behind the third week of Fox's Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie comedy thriller Mr. & Mrs. Smith, with $16.8 million, which has now taken in $125.4 million. The only other new film this weekend was George Romero's Land of the Dead from Universal, which took in $10.2 million, qualifying for the fifth spot. Overall sales were down from last year for the 18th weekend in a row, falling 16 percent to $116.7 million for the top 12 films. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Batman Begins, $26.8 million; 2. Bewitched, $20.2 million; 3. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, $16.75 million; 4. Herbie: Fully Loaded, $12.75 million; 5. George Romero's Land of the Dead, $10.2 million; 6. Madagascar, $7.3 million; 7. Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, $6.25 million; 8. The Longest Yard, $5.5 million; 9. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, $3.4 million; 10. Cinderella Man, $3.3 million.

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21 June 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Warner Bros. executives apparently failed to take into appropriate account the Father's Day crowd in coming up with their weekend estimates. The studio's Batman Begins took in almost $2 million more on Sunday than had originally been estimated. The film's $48.7 million weekend gross, combined with its take on Wednesday and Thursday brought its five-day total to $72.9 million. Other films performed pretty much as expected. Twentieth Century Fox's Mr. & Mrs. Smith placed second with $26 million to bring its two-week total to $96.7 million, while DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar placed third with $10.7 million. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Batman Begins, Warner Bros., $48,745,440 (New) ($72,896,986 -- From Wednesday); 2. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 20th Century Fox, $26,037,023, 2 Wks. ($96,697,986); 3. Madagascar, DreamWorks, $10,737,325, 4 Wks. ($146,831,846); 4. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, 20th Century Fox, $10,038,498, 5 Wks. ($348,140,685); 5. The Longest Yard, Paramount, $8,239,853, 4 Wks. ($132,144,471); 6. The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D, Miramax, $6,692,907, 2 Wks. ($24,015,408); 7. Cinderella Man, Universal, $5,572,285, 3 Wks. ($43,893,695); 8. The Perfect Man, Universal, $5,300,980, (New); 9. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Warner Bros., $3,127,232, 3 Wks. ($30,160,110); 10. The Honeymooners, Paramount, $2,648,330, 2 Wks. ($9,551,584).

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20 June 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Batman did not save the box office this weekend. Batman Begins' estimated $46.9-million gross turned out to be some $15 million less than what most analysts had expected. With the top 12 movies' total adding up to $128.5 million, down 1.6 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago, the box office slump would lengthen to 17 weeks, tying a record set in 1985, if the numbers hold when final figures are released later today (Monday). For the year, the total take has been $3.84 billion, 7 percent below last year's $4.11 billion. Still, $46.9 million ain't small potatoes for a movie, and many analysts seemed confident that Batman would perch on top of the box office again next week when the Dark Knight/Caped Crusader's major competition will be the family films Bewitched and Herbie: Fully Loaded. The only other new film at the box office this weekend, The Perfect Man, starring Hilary Duff, took in just $5.5 million to place seventh. Last week's winner, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, performed respectably in its second week, earning $27.3 million, to bring its total to date to $98 million. DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar held the third spot with $11.1 million, down a modest 35 percent, while in the fourth spot Fox's Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith added another $9.7 million to it gross, which now stands at $348 million. Paramount's The Longest Yard rounded out the top five with $8 million. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Batman Begins, $46.9 million; 2. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, $27.3 million; 3. Madagascar, $11.1 million; 4. Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, $9.7 million; 5. The Longest Yard, $8 million; 6. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, $6.6 million; 7. The Perfect Man, $5.5 million; 8. Cinderella Man, $5.2 million; The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, $3.2 million; 10. The Honeymooners, $2.6 million.

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14 June 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

While most studios were assessing the effects of a slump in attendance that has entered its 15th week, 20th Century Fox appeared to be experiencing a windfall as the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie comedy thriller Mr. & Mrs. Smith opened with $50.3 million, about double what analysts had expected. At the same time, 20th's release of George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith, continued to perform strongly, earning $14.9 million in its fourth week and placing third on the box-office chart. In second place was DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar, which took in $17.2 million. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 20th Century Fox, $50,342,878, (New); 2. Madagascar, DreamWorks, $17,180,801, 3 Wks. ($128,414,334); 3. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, 20th Century Fox, $14,851,474, 4 Wks. ($332,109,171); 4. The Longest Yard, Paramount, $13,878,482, 3 Wks. ($118,484,565); 5. The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D, Miramax, $12,582,088, (New); 6. Cinderella Man, Universal, $9,728,955, 2 Wks. ($34,642,020); 7. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Warner Bros., $5,711,420, 2 Wks. ($23,732,629); 8. The Honeymooners, Paramount, $5,538,835, (New); 9. Monster-in-Law, New Line, $2,624,376, 5 Wks. ($76,475,163); 10. High Tension, Lions Gate, $1,897,705, (New).

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13 June 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Stoked by a frenzy of media gossip and other free publicity, 20th Century Fox's Mr. and Mrs. Smith, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, took in an estimated $51.1 million, nearly twice what box-office analysts had expected. Reporting on the results, Daily Variety commented, "Boosting Smith were older femme adults, who don't usually turn out for actioners but do read the celeb weeklies and watch tabloid TV chronicling the are-they-or-aren't-they star pairing." DreamWorks Animation's animated Madagascar dropped to second place with about $17.1 million. Fox's Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith remained in third place with around $14.9 million. A clear disappointment was the performance of the critically hailed Cinderella Man from Universal, which dropped 48 percent in its second week after opening with lower-than-expected results. "The studio believes in this movie still," a Universal spokesman told today's Los Angeles Times, "but we're obviously disappointed in the week 2 results, and we're going to regroup and see what strategies we can come up with to continue to support the movie." On the other hand, Disney's limited release of the Japanese animated film Howl's Moving Castle performed exceptionally well, earning $401,000 in 36 theaters, an average of $11,139 per theater. Despite the impressive results for Smith, the box office remained off the pace of 2004 and extending a slump that has now gone into its 15th week. Sales for the top 12 films totaled $138.1 million, off 10 percent from a year ago, according to Exhibitor Relations. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, $51.05 million; 2. Madagascar, $17.1 million; 3. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, $14.9 million; 4. The Longest Yard, $13.5 million; 5. The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D, $12.5 million; 6. Cinderella Man, $9.5 million; 7. The Honeymooners, $5.8 million; 8. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, $5.7 million; 9. Monster-in-Law, $2.6 million; 10. Crash, $1.9 million.

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10 June 2005 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

With The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D, it's the "in 3-D" part of the title that's getting the critics' primary attention. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times calls the movie "an innocent and delightful children's tale that is spoiled by a disastrous decision to film most of it in lousy 3-D." (The film uses a 60-year-old technique in which audience members wear cardboard glasses with one lens colored blue, the other, red.) It's "a little like seeing Christmas through the double vision of a wino," comments Jan Stuart in Newsday. Mike Clark in USA Today remarks that "as in the '50s, the optical novelty wears out its welcome fast." "Besides," notes Bruce Westbrook in the Houston Chronicle, "Who needs it? Today's computer animation looks wondrous enough without adding a gimmick from the 1950s. Enough with 3-D -- get on with the show." Ty Burr in the Boston Globe says that watching the movie "is an experience akin to seeing the world through dung-colored glasses. ... On the evidence here, Planet Drool should have been called Satellite Crud." On the other hand, Kyle Smith writes in the New York Post: "The digital landscapes of Planet Drool showcase wild imagination, delightfully enhanced by the 3-D effects." And Carina Chocano in the Los Angeles Times describes Planet Drool as "a lavender and gray 3-D Eden of milk-and-cookies landscapes, talking bubbles, roller-coaster rides and more terrible puns about the subconscious than you'd hear at a Friar's Club roast of Sigmund Freud." Nancy Churnin in the Dallas Morning News notes that the film is based on a story Director Robert Rodriguez's eight-year-old son dreamed up. "It's all accentuated by the 3-D, which juts these part-dream, part-nightmares straight into viewers' faces." On Good Morning America, critic Joel Siegel offered the filmmakers a quote: "The Best Movie I've Ever Seen. Not from me. From my son, Dylan, who's seven. ... It was like he was watching his own imagination come to life on the screen."

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10 June 2005 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Kristin Davis faced a tough line of questioning during a visit to David Letterman's chat show on Wednesday night, when she was quizzed about pal Cynthia Nixon's lesbian relationship. Davis appeared on the show to promote her new movie The Adventures Of Shark Boy & Lava Girl In 3-D, but within minutes of taking a seat, Letterman grilled her about Nixon's romance with Christine Marinoni. When Letterman enquired if Nixon is a lesbian or if she's "just visiting", Davis answered, "I don't personally know but I think she says that she doesn't need a label. Doesn't need one, isn't concerned about it..." The funnyman also raised a laugh when he asked if Danny Mozes, the father of Nixon's two children, "turned" also, before admitting of Nixon's romance, "In a way, it's kind of hot." While Davis is heterosexual, she informed Letterman she would "never say never" to the idea of one day having a relationship with a woman herself.

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