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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Nikki Finke</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/nikki-finke/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Liam Neeson Tops, Alex Pettyfer Runner-Up? Justin Bieber Tumbles: Early Box-Office Estimates</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/liam-neeson-alex-pettyfer-justin-bieber-box-office/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/liam-neeson-alex-pettyfer-justin-bieber-box-office/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:16:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26396</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alex Pettyfer, I Am Number Four President's Day weekend won't be exactly stellar at the North American box office. Not a single movie is expected to get even close to $30m following a tepid Friday, according to early, rough estimates found Deadline.com. Nikki Finke adds that estimates have been varying wildly &#8212; discrepancies of up to $2m &#8212; depending on her sources. Last Friday's winner, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/liam-neeson-alex-pettyfer-justin-bieber-box-office/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart&#039;s ECLIPSE in Second Place After 10 Days: Box Office Predictions</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewarts-eclipse-despicable-me-predators/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-pattinson-kristen-stewarts-eclipse-despicable-me-predators/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:35:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Zac Gille</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23489</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (top); Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler in The Bounty Hunter (middle); Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron in Diary of a Wimpy Kid (bottom) Alice in Wonderland will continue to dominate the North American box office this weekend, according to very early &#8212; and apparently very rough &#8212; estimates posted by Nikki Finke at Deadline.com. Even so, if Finke's figures hold up Tim [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/alice-in-wonderland-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ALICE IN WONDERLAND Box Office: Biggest 3D Opening Ever</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/alice-in-wonderland-disney-biggest-weekend-719/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/alice-in-wonderland-disney-biggest-weekend-719/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:57:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22885</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mia Wasikowska in Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland grossed $41 million on Friday and an estimated $45 million on Saturday, reports Nikki Finke at Deadline.com. Despite wildly mixed reviews, Tim Burton's latest fantasy has now officially had the biggest 3D opening weekend of all time. (James Cameron's Avatar grossed $77 million on its opening weekend.) That's good news for Disney, as Alice in Wonderland [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/alice-in-wonderland-disney-biggest-weekend-719/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ALICE IN WONDERLAND Box Office: 45M Friday; AVATAR No Longer Top Five</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/alice-in-wonderland-box-office-avatar-781/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/alice-in-wonderland-box-office-avatar-781/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:15:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22760</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton's revamping of Lewis Carroll's fantasy, has decimated the competition at the Friday box office, reports Nikki Finke at Deadline.com. The film grossed an estimated $45 million on Friday, a staggering amount that easily beat Avatar's opening day take (which was affected by a winter storm that covered much of the Eastern US). [Updated Alice in Wonderland box-office report.] Finke estimates [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/alice-in-wonderland-box-office-avatar-781/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR to Beat SHERLOCK HOLMES at Christmas Weekend Box Office</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-sherlock-holmes-christmas-box-office-1256/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-sherlock-holmes-christmas-box-office-1256/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:20:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Michelle Hutton</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20045</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Cameron's Avatar (WETA / 20th Century Fox) (top); Jude Law, Robert Downey Jr in Sherlock Holmes (Alex Bailey / Warner Bros.) (bottom) Probably because of both the enormous publicity surrounding its production costs and the nearly mythical place of Titanic in box-office history, Avatar's box-office fate has been a major topic among film-related publications, whether online or elsewhere. So, here we go again. According [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-sherlock-holmes-christmas-box-office-1256/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AVATAR Expected to Gross $85 Million</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-expected-to-gross-85-million-9894/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/avatar-expected-to-gross-85-million-9894/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:53:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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