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As distributors prepare to fall in love in dark rooms beginning tonight at the Sundance Film Festival, here are some sobering statistics. Below is a chart of how well the 2015 Sundance acquisitions did theatrically. Some of the films made money in multiplatform schemes, but here is the theatrical component. If a film…

All this week we are looking at the best of the year, so here is Part 1 of my list of the Top 10 Movies Of 2015, listing those films from No. 10 to No. 6. These kinds of lists are always incredibly difficult to put together as I have a lot of favorites for many different reasons. Actually, in compiling my Ten Best…

I have usually avoided the idea of VOD like the plague; I believe in the big-screen experience. But it is becoming apparent that video-on-demand is the only way some very deserving films — increasingly starring some big movie names — will get seen by any kind of sizable audience. Every week there are numerous titles…

In a first, RADiUS has provided figures for an ultra-VOD release ahead of its theatrical bow. RADiUS said Chris Evans' Before We Go had a robust launch on-demand since becoming available July 21, grossing over $1.13M in just under three weeks. Back on the theatrical side, newcomers had mixed results. Sony Classics did…

A tidy group of specialty bows will head to theaters along with several studio offerings, including Ricki And The Flash, which had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival on Wednesday night. Perhaps no other midsummer festival so comfortably combines a sprinkling of Hollywood alongside a heavy rotation of…

Boys will be boys — and in this case, they might pay for it. Here’s the first look at Cop Car, starring Kevin Bacon as a sleazebag small-town sheriff who makes life miserable for a couple of kids who make off with his patrol unit. The young’uns (James Freedson-Jackson and Hays Wellford) happen upon the seemingly…

The Founder which follows the origins of how McDonald’s rose up will be released on Nov. 25, 2016. Weinstein Co. has U.S. rights and will distribute. FilmNation and The Combine are producing. Pic stars Michael Keaton as Illinois salesman Ray Kroc who turned McDonald’s drive-through business into a national franchise…

Focus World has picked up US and U.K. rights to the Kevin Bacon starrer Cop Car at Sundance. Jon Watts directed the film about two 10-year-old boys attempt to navigate the back roads behind the wheel of a seemingly abandoned police car that they have no clue how to operate. Things get worse when the corrupt small-town…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Bacon‘s break from Fox’s The Following just got busier. Most actors try to fit in a project while on TV hiatus, but the Golden Globe winner is making the most of his down time with a three-film summer. He’s joined the cast of WB’s untitled Black Mass project opposite Johnny Depp as notorious Irish…