Hollywood Deep

With the Writers Guild of America still on strike for the fourth week, just about everyone I know in the production end of the biz, has been laid off. Hollywood has turned into a production wasteland. Assistant directors, camera people, gaffers, grips, make up & hair artists, costumers, prop masters, set construction workers, caterers, production [...]

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Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie” buzzed to the top of the box office, overtaking last weeks #1, “American Gangster,” starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. The DreamWorks/ Paramount animated comedy flick, packed in family crowds to pull in $26 million, raising its total to $72.2 million, in two weeks.
“Our bee has legs,” said [...]

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Ridley Scott’s gritty ’70s drug-dealer epic, “American Gangster,” was number one in last weekends box office tally. Gangster handily out gunned Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie”, by 7 million dollars, appearing on 1000 less screens. The two movies were successful in breaking the post-summer doldrums and announcing that the winter holiday hits are on the way.
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“30 Days of Night”, opening the week before, beat the Halloween horror flick traffic. The Sony fright flick, with Josh Hartnett leading Alaskans against ravenous vampires that turn up for the prolonged winter darkness, debuted as the weekend’s No. 1 movie with $16 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Audiences continued to choose merriment over [...]

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I have to apologize to my avid readers, I’ve been a bit neglectful in my postings recently. Being the Hollywood professional that I am, I’ve been hard at work. Out there in the Hollywood landscape working and getting the inside scoop. The thing is, working so much leaves little time for well thought out writing. [...]

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“The Game Plan” starring good guy, Duane “The Rock” Johnson, remained the top flick for the second-straight weekend with $16.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. “The Heartbreak Kid” pulled in a modest $14 million during opening weekend, coming in at No. 2. Paramount and DreamWorks had expected more from “The Heartbreak Kid,” which reteamed [...]

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“The Rock” was solid at the box office this weekend. Once again, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, proved he can carry a movie and open it big. “The Game Plan”, a surprise No. 1 in theaters this weekend, took in $22.7 million. The Walt Disney Company’s football film exceeded most analysts’ expectations by about $9 [...]

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“Resident Evil: Extinction,” with Milla Jovovich again fighting flesh-hungry zombies in the third installment based on the video game, opened as the No. 1 weekend flick with $24 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was the best debut for the franchise, topping the $23 million debut of part two, 2004’s “Resident [...]

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With all that went on this weekend, all the OJ developments and the Emmys, the weekend box office winner was overlooked. Warner Bros. captured the top spot with the vigilante thriller “The Brave One” last weekend grossing $13.5M. Jodie Foster’s film topped the charts bumping last weeks champ “3:10 to Yuma” to the runnerup spot. [...]

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With $18 million and a second first-place finish, “Superbad” joined “Pirates” and “Spidey” as the only three movies to win back-to-back weekends this summer. With a new total of nearly $70 million dollars, the flick will soon join über-producer Judd Apatow’s “40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Knocked Up” as certified $100 million hits.
Holding strong in its fourth [...]

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