2010 Best Picture nominee box office totals
With 10 Best Picture nominees, four of which are already on DVD, that old reliable, the post-nomination box office bump, may not be as noticeable as it once was. The Hurt Locker is still moving up the DVD sales chart at Amazon.com. Up, Inglourious Basterds, and District 9 will likely move too. For the film’s still in theaters, including Avatar (the newly crowned highest-grossing domestic release of all-time), things tend to look up, post-nomination. Avatar will likely win the weekend again this week, with Fandango reporting a 45 percent increase in ticket sales for Cameron’s epic after the nomination. What about the others? A Serious Man? An Education? Those are the types of movies that used to gain the most from a Best Picture nomination. Now that they have to compete with more pictures, who knows if that boost...
Read More2010 Oscar nominees – 9 for THE HURT LOCKER & AVATAR
Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side An Education District 9 The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up in the Air Best Director Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker James Cameron, Avatar Lee Daniels, Precious Jason Reitman, Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds Best Actress Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Helen Mirren, The Last Station Carey Mulligan, An Education Gabourey Sidibe, Precious Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia Best Actor Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart George Clooney, Up in the Air Colin Firth, A Single Man Morgan Freeman, Invictus Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz, Nine Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air Mo’Nique, Precious Best Supporting Actor Matt Damon, Invictus Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Christopher Plummer, The Last Station Stanley Tucci, The Lovely...
Read MoreFinal 2010 Oscar nomination predictions w/ screenplay guesses
And so D-Day arrives. That of course makes March 7, V-O Day (Victory in Oscarland), but tomorrow is where the fun begins. At 8:30 8:38 a.m. ET tomorrow, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards. It will be the first time in over 65 years that 10 movies will compete for the Best Picture statue. At this point, its damn near impossible to pick all 10. We know The Hurt Locker, Avatar, Precious, Up in the Air, and Inglourious Basterds are locks. But who else? One thing you can always count on is for the Academy to be uncool. Guessing The Hangover or Star Trek, no matter how well they did in the precursors, seems unlikely. Can Up and District 9 even make the list. I’m putting them out...
Read MoreAVATAR breaks TITANIC’s worldwide record
Avatar is No. 1. When Monday’s box office grosses came in, James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbuster hit $1.86 billion worldwide. That’s enough to top Titanic seemingly unsinkable record, which makes Avatar the highest grossing film of all time on the worldwide chart. But that’s not all! Avatar is only $45 million away from topping Titanic‘s domestic record, too. People talk of adjusting for inflation, but considering how media saturated we are, I’m surprised that this day has come. Thank you for 3D. For the record: Adjusted for inflation, Avatar stands at No. 26 on the all-time domestic...
Read MoreAVATAR hits $500 million domestic, TITANIC record going down
Yesterday, Avatar became only the third film in motion picture history to hit the $500 million mark at the domestic box office ($505 million to be specific). With a $54 million four-day total over the MLK holiday, King of the World Universe James Cameron is now almost guaranteed to top his own Titanic when Avatar becomes the highest grossing picture at the domestic box office. Look for that to come sometime mid-February. And Titanic‘s worldwide record? Expect that to go down before month’s end. Avatar is only $220 million dollars away from hitting $1.84 billion dollar mark. It’s been pulling in more than $150 million worldwide just on weekends, and its regular weekend take overseas is going up not down. (China pulling the 2D version from its cinemas could have an slight impact, though.) Now instead of wondering if...
Read MoreGelling – The 2010 Oscar Race
Prior to this weekend, the race for Best Picture was down to four films. After the Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards, it may only be down to two. Avatar took home both Best Director and Best Motion Picture – Drama at the Globes tonight. On Friday, The Hurt Locker took Picture and Director. Sure, we say these are just critics groups. They don’t vote for Oscar. But the two awards shows have given Avatar and The Hurt Locker the momentum, very public momentum, that’s necessary to win. The Director’s Guild of America announces its pick on Jan. 30. That group has a startlingly accurate track record when it comes to predicting the Best Picture winner, especially in the last decade. (Their love for Ang Lee, times two, being the only exceptions.) If the DGA award goes to Avatar...
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