It's Complicated Articles
Box Office: Oscar Nominations Help Only a Little
Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount); Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron in The Blind Side (Ralph Nelson / Warner Bros.) (middle); Meryl Streep, Steve Martin in It's Complicated (Melinda Sue Gordon / Universal) (bottom) On Tuesday, James Cameron’s Avatar once again topped the North American box-office chart, with $2.688m, a minuscule 0.4 percent drop from the day [...]
Oscar 2010: Those That Didn't Make It
Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin in It's Complicated (top); Penelope Cruz, Lluís Homar in Broken Embraces (middle); Agnes Varda in The Beaches of Agnes (bottom) Which movies were totally ignored by the Academy? Which performers and filmmakers were ignored? The list is quite long, of course. Below are the most notable omissions from the Oscar 2010 shortlist. Marc Webb's (500) Days of Summer, Pedro Almodóvar's Broken [...]
AVATAR Box Office #1 on Jan. 27; IT'S COMPLICATED to Cross $100m Mark Today
Avatar was once again the #1 movie at the North American box office on Wed. (Jan. 27), with $3.137 million according to Box Office Mojo. James Cameron’s 3D sci-fier had a small 1.9 percent drop from Tuesday. Avatar’s total domestic take currently stands at $561.3m. The film has been out for 41 days. Most other movies on the Box Office Mojo chart posted considerably larger [...]
AVATAR Box Office: Day 40 #1; IT'S COMPLICATED Posts Strong Gains
On its 40th day out, Avatar kept its lead at the North American box office on Tuesday (Jan. 26), with $3.198 million according to Box Office Mojo. James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi spectacle had a small 1.9 percent drop from Monday. Avatar’s total domestic take currently stands at $558.1m. Most other top-twelve movies posted gains on Tuesday. Denzel Washington’s post-apocalyptic drama The Book of Eli was [...]