John Lasseter Articles
THE SMURFS Tops International Box Office, CARS 2 vs. CARS Comparison
Katy Perry, Smurfette's voice, in The Smurfs Box Office: Katie Holmes-Guy Pearce's DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Plummets, Julianne Moore-Steve Carell-Emma Stone-Ryan Gosling's CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE Up Raja Gosnell's The Smurfs topped the international box-office for the fourth consecutive weekend. Not surprisingly, The Smurfs is performing much better abroad than in North America: cume of $295.8m vs. $131.9m to date. Without the foreign market, [...]
Internationalized CARS 2 Animated Movie Performs Well Overseas: Box Office
Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), Cars 2 After getting the international treatment with races in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan — no small-town USA as in the 2006 Cars — Cars 2 opened remarkably well overseas. Directed by John Lasseter (with co-director Brad Lewis), Cars 2 collected $42.9m at 18 markets. According to distributor Walt Disney — as reported at Box Office Mojo — that [...]
Disney/Pixar's CARS 2 Trails CARS (Taking Inflation into Account): Box Office
Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), Mater (Larry the Cable Guy, Mt. Fujiyama, Cars 2 Despite generally negative reviews, Disney/Pixar's Cars 2 far surpassed expectations, collecting $68 million at the North American box office this weekend (June 24-26) according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. The animated 3D movie's average was a solid $16,525 per location. Directed by John Lasseter (with co-director Brad Lewis), and [...]
James Franco, Natalie Portman, Christopher Nolan, John Lasseter: Oscar Luncheon Photo
James Franco, John Lasseter, Natalie Portman (seated), and Christopher Nolan (behind Franco) pose for the camera at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Luncheon in Beverly Hills, on Monday, February 7. James Franco is a Best Actor contender for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours. Natalie Portman is in the running for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. John Lasseter is a nominee for the Toy [...]