Nov 29, 2017 | Hollywood Chronicles, TV
Disney-Pixar’s “Coco” handily won the Thanksgiving holiday box office over the second weekend of Warner Bros.-DC Entertainment’s “Justice League,” with $71.2 million at 3,987 North American sites during the Wednesday-Sunday period. “Justice League” pulled in $60...
Nov 14, 2017 | Hollywood Chronicles
Disney is flexing its muscles in the marketplace. The studio is not only launching a streaming site to compete with Netflix, but demanding from domestic exhibitors a firm 65 per cent aggregate film rental — the percentage of ticket sales that theaters return to...
Oct 10, 2017 | Hollywood Chronicles
Over the course of five days, Harvey Weinstein went from a powerhouse player to a Hollywood pariah. His career is in tatters, and the company he co-founded has been wrested from his control following the Oct. 5 publication of a New York Times exposé featuring multiple...
Sep 27, 2017 | Hollywood Chronicles
Matthew Vaughn, who was developing the comic strip as a future feature, says that James Gunn’s Marvel movies beat him to the punch. With Kingsman: The Golden Circle in theaters, director Matthew Vaughn can turn his attention to other projects on his plate —...
Sep 12, 2017 | Hollywood Chronicles, Trending
Back to the Future almost didn’t exist. When Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale were shopping the script for the now-legendary 1985 science fiction comedy to studios, few wanted to go near it. According to Variety, many executives suggested the lighthearted romp would...
Sep 12, 2017 | Hollywood Chronicles, Trending
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) is the immensely popular magical fantasy movie myth. Its estimated budget of $10 million was easily recouped when it became one of the box-office champion films of all time. Steven Spielberg’s very personal, heartwarming sci-fi...
