Record Setting Summer Box Office Already – TFC Morning Report
Top Story: The Summer of 2009 may not have had a Dark Knight, but it still turned out to be the biggest summer ever at the domestic box office. Even before Labor Day weekend, $4.17 billion dollars were brought in, beating the previous record from 2007 of $4.16 billion. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen took in the most money of any film this summer with a domestic gross of $399 million. Now the question is: Will this be the first $10 billion year at the box office? All signs point to yes. (Variety)
In Other News: Oscar’s 10 Best Picture nominees will be voted on in a different way this year. Scrapping the previous just pick your fave voting style, the Academy has opted for a preferential voting system. Voters will rank their choices 1 through 10, just as they do when they nominate pictures. The voting will continue until a film is supported by a majority of Academy members. (THR)
Fox is rebooting The Fantastic Four. And just to make sure everything goes well, they hired Batman & Robin screenwriter Akiva Goldsman to oversee the production. (Variety)
MTV has made a pilot presentation order for a television series based on the movie Teen Wolf. (THR)
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