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2013 Most Valuable Blockbuster – #5 ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Vs. #12 ‘World War Z’; #4 ‘Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ Vs. #13 ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’
The second of four posts today in Deadline's Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament. The subsequent rounds will play out next week.
Other Matchups:
#1 'Iron Man 3′ Vs. #16 'The Conjuring'
#2 'Frozen' Vs. #15 'The Great Gatsby'
#3 'Despicable Me 2′ Vs. #14 Star Trek Into Darkness'
#6 'Fast & Furious 6′ Vs. #11 'The Croo…
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IMAX Q1 Earnings Miss Forecasts Despite Strong Box Office Results
The main culprit appears to be a drop in joint revenue sharing deals as IMAX installed four new theaters under these arrangements in Q1 vs eight in the same period last year. All told, the company reported net income of $2.9M, +14%, on revenues of $49.9M, -10.3%. Analysts expected revenues of $54.2M. And earnings per…
‘Oz The Great And Powerful’ Crosses $300M At Global Box Office
The Disney pic eclipsed the worldwide milestone yesterday, with the international cume now at $154.2M to go along with $152.9M domestic. Oz The Great And Powerful is likely to pass $175M on Sunday in North America, with spring break vacation and the Easter weekend still to come. Sam Raimi’s 3D fantasy crossed $100M in…
#1 ‘Oz’ Holds For $281.8M Worldwide Cume; Halle Berry In #2 ‘The Call’ Beats Carell-Carrey In #3 Bomb ‘Burt Wonderstone’
SUNDAY 8 AM, 4TH UPDATE: Jetlagged from traveling but home at last. Let’s start with the domestic bad news because that’s what Hollywood craves. New Line’s The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (3,160 theaters) is a complete disaster despite no fresh comedy at the multiplex since Identity Thief opened five weeks ago. This…
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By Nikki Finke
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Next Disney Fairy Tale Blockbuster? How About ‘Trance’ Scribe Joe Ahearne Reimagining ‘Beauty And The Beast?’
EXCLUSIVE: Hot on the heels of another splashy revisionist fairy tale opening in Oz The Great and Powerful, Disney is in talks with UK-based writer Joe Ahearne to reinvent its Beauty And The Beast franchise. Ahearne most recently scripted Trance, the film that Danny Boyle directed and then completed between his…
‘Oz’ Wizardry Powers Great $150.2M Global: $80.3M Domestic Is 2013’s First Huge Weekend And Third Highest March Debut
SUNDAY AM, 6TH UPDATE: Disney‘s 3D wizardry Oz The Great And Powerful was magic for the U.S. and Canadian box office just like advance tracking showed it would be. Little wonder that the studio has gone into development of a first sequel and expects this new franchise to spin off not just films but mucho…
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By Nikki Finke
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Deadline Awards Watch With Pete Hammond, Episode 16
In episode 16 of our audio podcast Deadline Awards Watch With Pete Hammond, our Awards Columnist talks host David Bloom about Emperor and Oz The Great And Powerful, two big movies debuting this month with some year-end awards potential. They also look at the lingering Oscars controversy over which entertainment notable…
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By Pete Hammond
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Super Bowl Spot: ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’
Disney’s Oz The Great And Powerful — the Land of Oz as seen by wizard Sam Raimi:
Watch this video on YouTube.
Related: Super Bowl XLVII To Air 6 Studio Film…
Disney, Google Chrome Unveil ‘Oz’-Themed Next-Gen Web Experience
Chasing the tech-leaning male demographic ahead of its Super Bowl ad buy, Disney today unveiled their “Find Your Way To Oz” Google tie-in, a plugin-free, in-browser web experience linking the next advance in Google Chrome technology with the world of Oz: The Great And Powerful. Similar “Google Chrome Experiments” were…
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By Jen Yamato
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Hot Trailer: ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’
Disney unveiled a special look at its Oz The Great And Powerful last night during the SAG Awards, part of a full-court press campaign ahead of the pic’s March 8 premiere. That push includes a separate tease for an ad that will play during the Super Bowl. Here’s the clip from last night — they’ve packed quite a bit…
UPDATE: SAG-AFTRA Responds To Michigan’s Right-To-Work Vote
UPDATE, 8 PM TUESDAY: Michigan’s governor tonight signed two so-called right-to-work bills passed by the state Legislature that allow workers in unionized workplaces to opt out of paying union dues if they wish. SAG-AFTRA strongly opposed the legislation and issued this statement in response:
“This legislation does…
Hot Trailer: ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’
Disney debuted the first trailer for Sam Raimi’s Oz The Great And Powerful back in July at Comic-Con. Today brings a new, longer look at the film that stars James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz. Based on the books by L. Frank Baum, the origin story centers on Oscar Diggs, a small-time circus…
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