Sunday, October 12, 2003
WEEKEND REPORT :: October 11-12, 2003 :: "Bill" kills
1. Kill Bill ($22.7Million)
2. School of Rock ($15.4 Million)
3. Intolerable Cruelty ($13.1 Million)
4. Good Boy! ($13.0 Million)
5. Out of Time ($8.6 Million)
6. House of the Dead ($5.5 Million)
7. The Rundown ($5.3 Million)
9. Secondhand Lions ($3.3 Million)
10. Lost in Translation ($2.9 Million)
Quentin Tarantino’s grindhouse tribute Kill Bill slashed through the competition this weekend, and scoring the biggest opening of Tarantino’s career. Jackie Brown (1997) and Pulp Fiction (1994) each opened at approximately $9.3 million. Exit polls were very strong, with 90% of audiences reporting that they were eager to see Volume 2 which will hit theaters in February. The combined cost for both films is approximately $55 million. I’m sure there was some celebrating by Miramax execs over the weekend.
Jack Black grabbed the #2 slot with his School of Rock slipping only 20% to bring in $15.4 million. School continues to enjoy very positive word-of-mouth.
George Clooney and Cathera Zeta Jones’ Intolerable Cruelty opened in third place with $13.1 million.
Building momentum for it’s wide release next week is the Clint Eastwood directed Mystic River. it opened in 13 theaters and grossed an amazing $45,500 per venue.
NEXT WEEK: Mystic River, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Runaway Jury.
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Thursday, October 09, 2003
TRANSFORMERS!
It seems like some of the most exciting to hit the internet this year has been from the desktop computers of fan-filmmakers and not from the major studios. First there was Batman:Dead End, then the footage from the Linn Brothers Star Wars:Heart of the Rebellion fan feature. Now check out this test clip from a Transformers fan-film. Unfortunately, the film never got completed but the animator, Michael Smith put this test clip on his website and the rest is history. This clips is rumored to be the reason the Transformers motion picture was recently fast-tracked by producers Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto. Hopefully, they will be giving Michael Smith a call.
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE Quicktime Trailer and site
Despite the disappointing Human Nature, I am still looking forward to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the new collaboration between Charlie Kaufman(writer) and Michel Gondry (director). The trailer has been floating around for awhile in lousy wmf and realplayer versions, but finally we have scored a link to a nice Quicktime version. This trailer makes me happy every time I watch and not just because Kirsten Dunst dances around in her underwear.
And if the trailer looks interesting, check out the official website of Lacuna Inc. ... where you can be the first to see their new national television ad campaign.
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DAWN OF THE DEAD behind the scenes pics
At first it seemed like a re-make of Dawn of the Dead was outright sacrilege. But as details about the film start to trickle out, I begin to have hope. Check out these behind the scenes pics. It really seems like there is going to be a big scope to this movie. And what is Tom Savini doing on set? Was he just paying a visit or does he have something to do with this film?
For more behind the scenes pics, check out Rayza.net.
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Tuesday, October 07, 2003
KILL BILL sequels and maybe a prequel
Aint It Cool News published this report based on an article in Newtype Magazine. The interview is with David Carradine:
“Bill wouldn’t be in the sequels,” said Carradine. “The original concept calls for two sequels, but they’re going to be shot quite a bit apart. The children of some of the characters in this pictuire will become the stars of the subsequent movies, but there are also plans for a prequel that would be animated. It would be done with anime, as far as I know. That would take you back and give some of [The Bride’s] backstory.” “As far as the prequel cartoon and, to a lesser extent, the sequels, these are visons that Tarantino has...”
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