Tonight at 8 PM ET we have our first major televised awards show of the year, the Golden Globes. While the Globes are not the best predictors of the Oscars (they tend to favor big stars and popular movies, and with less than 100 voters, upsets happen easily), being the second largest awards ceremony of … Continue reading Golden Globes Preview
Earlier today, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced their nominations for Outstanding films this year. The PGA does like to honor financial successes as the guild, consisting of producers, understand and admire the hard work required in making high quality, accessible, and successful films. This year, however, they went all-in on popular films. Just … Continue reading PGA Announces Nominations, May Be Previewing Most Populist Oscar Lineup in Decades
It's the first weekend of 2019 and Aquaman is going to continue to rule the box office. The bevy of holiday releases should have smooth sailing as the only new film opening is Escape Room, which is occupying the yearly early-January horror film niche. Aquaman continues to close in on $1 billion worldwide, and it will cross … Continue reading Box Office Preview: “Aquaman” Prepares for Threepeat
Happy New Year! 2018 has officially ended, and we have made it through the busiest time at the box office of the year. The marketplace was exceptionally crowded, particularly with major blockbusters, but as 2018 became the highest grossing year of all time, there was plenty to go around as most films were able to … Continue reading Holiday Box Office Recap: “Aquaman” is King and Other Releases Strong
We've finally made it to the most crowded box office weekend of the year. Five films are opening wide, including three huge, big budget blockbusters. With Christmas falling on a Tuesday, it is essentially a five day weekend, on top of Christmas being a huge day for the box office. Mary Poppins Returns got an … Continue reading Box Office Preview: Five Wide Releases Look to Take Advantage of Christmas
The Oscars are trying something a little different this year: they are unveiling all nine shortlists simultaneous, as opposed to staggering them as they traditionally have done. On Monday, the shortlists for nine categories were unveiled. Several of these categories (visual effects, make up) will have "bake offs" which will give the potential nominees the … Continue reading Academy Unveils Shortlists for Nine Categories
An animated film topped the box office for the fifth time in the past sixth weeks, as Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse topped the box office. The Mule had a strong start, while Mortal Engines is one of the biggest disasters of the year. With a $35.3m opening, Spiderverse narrowly tops 2016's Sing's $35.2m (technically part of a five day opening) for … Continue reading Box Office Results: “Spider-Man” Swings to Animated December Opening Record, “Mule” Moves $17m, “Mortal Engines” Can’t Start
[Note: An error with WordPress prevented this from being posted when originally sheduled. This was intended to be published on December 13, 2018.] The past few weekends at the box office have been pretty dull, with Ralph and The Grinch dominating basically by default. Now, we are out of the lull and the next few weeks will … Continue reading Box Office Preview: “Spider-Man” and Clint Eastwood Prepare to Revive the Box Office
The Screen Actors Guild, or SAG, is always the first guild to release their nominees each year. Since actors make up the largest chunk of the Academy, these nominees are very strong predictors of the eventual Oscar nominees. A SAG nomination is nearly required to win an acting Oscar, and an Ensemble nomination was required … Continue reading The SAG Nominations are Baffling
This weekend was supposed to be an easy win for Ralph Breaks the Internet, but an incredible hold from The Grinch was almost enough for Illumination's film to retake the top spot in its fifth week. But, alas, Ralph was able to win its third weekend in a row, joining Crazy Rich Asians (3 weeks), Avengers: Infinity War (3 weeks) and Black … Continue reading Box Office Results: “Ralph” Narrowly Holds Off “The Grinch” to Win Third Weekend
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