Recommended friends are based on your interests. Make sure they are up to date. LEGO Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood | In LEGO® Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood, the gang heads to the entertainment capital of the world, Hollywood, where they take a tour of the legendary Brickton Studios, a historic Hollywood movie studio. While visiting the lot, the gang is surprised to find the once powerful film studio has fallen onto hard times. Neglected and in disrepair, Brickton, which has lost its luster, now faces threats of closure and an impending sale to greedy developers who want to tear it down. To top it off, the Mystery Inc. gang discovers that the studio’s backlot is haunted by the ghost of Boris Karnak, a famous, old-time movie actor who has been making ghostly appearances in the roles he once made famous – including the Headless Horseman, the Mummy and the Zombie. The ghostly sightings have frightened away the cast and crew of Brickton’s latest film production, which was the studio’s final effort in trying to save the company from going under.
Now with production halted on the movie which was supposed to rescue Brickton from its demise, it looks as though the famous backlot is destined to fall into the hands of the developers after all. Will it be a wrap for Brickton or will Scooby and the gang find a way to help the studio achieve box-office success? It’s a “bricktacular” adventure no Scooby-Doo! fan will want to miss!characters come to life in LEGO® form in LEGO® Scooby-Doo!: Haunted Hollywood, available May 3, 2016! Scenes from the United Voices Rally My Life As A Zucchini, Gkids' Oscar-nominated stop-motion film, headlined a mostly quiet weekend at the , opening in two locations grossing more than $28,000. Roadside Attractions bowed romantic drama Bitter Harvest with Max Irons in 127 theaters Friday, grossing more than $207K, and Pantelion/Lionsgate's Everybody Loves Somebody remained in 333 locations in its second frame, grossing $410K. On Academy Awards weekend, the collection of 2017 Oscar Nomina…
5th Writethru Sunday AM: More moviegoers got out of the house on Saturday to get into Universal/Blumhouse’s Get Out. By textbook box office definitions, horror films are frontloaded. Genre fans typically show up in bulk on Thursday and Friday, then taper off on Saturday. The Jordan Peele feature directorial earned $12.7M yesterday, repping an 17% jump over Friday’s $10.8M. That’s a bigger Friday-to-Saturday climb percent wise than Uni/Blumhouse’s previous… It’s been quite a ride for Arrival, the sci-fi movie starring that scooped up close to three years ago at the Cannes Film Festival for a record $20 million. As we forecasted last month, the Denis Villeneuve-directed movie was destined to hit the century mark before Oscar night, becoming the third Best Picture nominee this year to do so after 20th Century Fox’s Hidden Figures (currently $146.9M) and Lionsgate’s La La Land ($136.2M). Vincent Bolloré's French media giant has confirmed that some of its top executives are being probed by Milan prosecutors for alleged market manipulation over the company's takeover attempt of Italian broadcaster .
The company, which began building its stake in Mediaset in December after announcing plans to become the second biggest shareholder of the group (behind Silvio Berlusconi's Finevest, which owns about a third of the group), said that "this does… has reported a 13% drop in profits year-on-year, which it says is primarily a reflection of weaker box office in the Middle Kingdom coupled with the company's installation of a record 34 additional theaters. The company reported adjusted profits of $37.6M, down 13%, for 2016. Revenues, however, were up 7.2% at $118.5M for the year, while gross profit was recorded at $69.3M, or 58.5% of revenues. This comes after the Chinese currency suffered a 7% depreciation… After last weekend’s Presidents Day funk that saw four-day ticket sales of $179.7 million, off 35% from 2016’s holiday record, the box office will continue to rest before its spring awakening March 3. That’s when 20th Century Fox’s R-Rated Wolverine threequel Logan comes to conquer.
What we potentially have again this weekend is another low-cost Universal/Blumhouse genre title, Get Out, busting out over a sleepy period with an estimated $20M-$25M opening at 2,773… will continue to offer animated and tentpole films from — including Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which will have scenes shot in Imax cameras — through 2019 with an extension of what they call this morning their “multi-faceted agreement.” In addition to supplying films for the large screen venues, Disney and Imax say that they will create “exclusive Imax marketing materials,” focusing on films shot with Imax cameras to fill its screens’ aspect ratios. Amid rising diplomatic tension with over Seoul's decision to deploy the anti-missile defense system, Korea is facing challenges as an entertainment and shopping destination, the Korean Tourism Organization said today. The word comes on the heels of an editorial published by Chinese state media this weekend that warned Korean retail and entertainment giant Group that it is "playing with fire that could inflame regional relations."
6th Writethru, Monday AM: Similar to MLK Weekend, why is there so much lackluster product being dumped again over a four-day holiday? Did the majors make some sort of insider pact to release their weakest titles at the same time? A couple of reasons. First, the studios knew that that they were going to be playing into the strong momentum of Warner Bros.’ The Lego Batman Movie, Universal’s Fifty Shades Darker and Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 2. Second, when a studio has… Hey exhibitors — are you listening? A recent Movio/AARP study recently highlighted that the 50+ age group is one of the more devoted moviegoing demos, particularly during Oscar season. During the period of Jan. 1, 2016-Feb. 5, 2017, those 50 and over repped 56% of the crowd for Oscar-nominated movies versus a 20% turnout for blockbusters. Distributors, particularly those with upscale arthouse fare, often gripe that theater owners just don’t get it: The 50+ demo, though… is gunning for it in the Middle Kingdom.