CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS Tops Box Office
Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs stormed the North American box office this weekend with a solid $30.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Playing in both 3D and standard format, Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s animated adventure scored an average of $9,651 per theater at 3,119 locations. The film follows an inventor who faces the consequences of his latest invention: a device that converts water into food.
Debuting in second place with a decent three-day gross of $10.5 million was Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant!, which stars Matt Damon as an exec helping the FBI uncover his company’s price-fixing scheme. The film is showing [...]
by Franck Tabouring | September 20, 2009
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Tags: 9, Box Office, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer's Body, Love Happens, Matt Damon, Megan Fox, Shane Acker, Taraji P. Henson, The Informant
I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF Tops Box Office
Taraji P. Henson, Mary J. Blige, Adam Rodriguez in Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself. Photo: Quantrell Colbert.
Tyler Perry’s latest family comedy-drama, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, found its way to the top of the North American box office this weekend with $24 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates.
I Can Do Bad All By Myself got off to a strong start Friday and maintained its dominance at No. 1, scoring a solid average of $10,656 per theater at 2,255 locations. Starring Taraji P. Henson, the film follows the spiritual transformation of a troubled nightclub singer.
At a distant No. 2, Shane Acker’s animated adventure 9 collected $10.8 [...]
by Franck Tabouring | September 13, 2009
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Tags: 9, All About Steve, Box Office, Bradley Cooper, I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Julie and Julia, Kate Beckinsale, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Shane Acker, Sorority Row, Taraji P. Henson, Tyler Perry, Whiteout
Austin Film Critics Awards 2009
2008 Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Austin Film Critics Association award winners: December 16, 2008
Christian Bale in The Dark Knight
Best Picture: The Dark Knight
Top 10 Films:
Slumdog Millionaire
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wrestler
WALL-E
Frost/Nixon
Let the Right One In
Gran Torino
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In
Best Documentary Film: Man on Wire
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Original Screenplay: Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Dark Knight, Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
Best Cinematography: The Fall, Colin Watkinson
Best Original Score: The Dark Knight, James [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 16, 2008
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Tags: Anne Hathaway, Austin Film Critics Awards, Christopher Nolan, Film Awards, Heath Ledger, Let the Right One In, Man on Wire, Sean Penn, Taraji P. Henson, The Dark Knight, WALL-E
