2 articles from 2008
13 June 2008 10:32 PM, PDT | From fantasymoguls.com | See recent Fantasy Moguls news
Saturday 10 p.m. (Pacific): I am told that The Incredible Hulk (Universal) was down slightly from Friday-to-Saturday for a likely $20 million. That will probably translate to $55 million for the three-day, which is much stronger than Universal had been hoping for. One source told me that "mid-40s and long legs" would be a triumph. If this number holds, The Incredible Hulk will be the all-time 11th-best opening for a comic book adaptation: All-time Top 20 Openings For Comic Book Adaptations 1. Spider-Man 3 — $151.11 million 2. Spider-Man — $114.84 million 3. X-Men: The Last Stand — $102.75 million 4. Iron Man — $98.61 million 5. Spider-Man 2 — $88.15 million 6. X2: X-Men United — $85.55 million 7. 300 — $70.88 million 8. Hulk (2003) — $62.12 million 9. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer — $60.23 million 10. Fantastic Four — $56.06 million 11. The Incredible...
Steve Mason
7 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news
In yet another example of a media company taking money from one pocket and putting it into another, 20th Century Fox has announced that it has sold exclusive network rights to five movies, including the hits The Simpsons Movie, Live Free or Die Hard and Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer as well as the box-office flops Death Sentence and Hitman to FX channel for more than $55 million. Both the studio and the cable network are owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
2 articles from 2008