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47 Articles match "Box Office","Film"

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Congress has driven a stake through the heart of movie box office futures trading — banning the practice. In the news… Federal court finds senatorial candidate Charles DeVore’s political campaign advertisements utilizing Don Henley’s music are not Fair Use.
JetLawBlog - Monday, June 28, 2010
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ATTRACTING INVESTORS
That leaves most film¬makers looking to Mom, Dad, and whatever they can scrape up from friends, relatives, and MasterCard. While such resources have financed many films, distributor’s expectations have risen over the years. This competition has driven up the price of talent, even for low-budget indie films.
Entertainment Law Resources Blog - Saturday, June 19, 2010
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“Hurt Locker” Producers Seek to Hurt Wallets of Thousands of Individuals for Unlawful File-Sharing
pits the movie business against those who engage in the unlawful file-sharing of films. Producers of “The Hurt Locker,&# which had meager earnings at the box office but took home six Academy Awards, brought the suit against 5,000 unnamed individuals who they allege copied and distributed the film using BitTorrent sites.
JetLawBlog - Thursday, June 3, 2010
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    This disconnect of a mediocre film doing well at the box office got me thinking of my UK client Fred Hogge’s post on his blog cinelogic about how box office success builds audience interest regardless of the merits of a particular motion picture. So more people will go.
    DealFatigue - Sunday, October 5, 2008
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  • Gone with the Wind Knocks Titanic Off B.O. Chart, Dark Knight Leads Flickchart Rankings
    Inflation is a huge factor in figuring out the best box office performers of all time. top box office list, along with Star Wars , The Sound of Music and E.T.: Film School Rejects can't get enough. 1959 == Gross Gross Rank Film Studio Adj* Unadj* Year == 14 Return of the Jedi Fox $675.3 Somebody stop me.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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  • Transformers:ROTF Passes $300 Million
    300 MILLION IN 14-DAYS FOR TRANSFORMERS SEQUEL Milestone achieved in record time HOLLYWOOD , CA (July 8, 2009) – After only 14-days in release, the worldwide hit “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” became the 2nd fastest film in movie history to earn $300 million in U.S. It's not a question of Michael Bay being a crap director.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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  • Transformers: ROTF's Bay Has Nothing to Worry About
    The film accounts for 41 percent of tickets sold at MovieTickets.com last week. Tags: Transformers box office Michael Bay Shia LaBeouf tickets Transformers Looks like Michael Bay didn't really have much to worry about with this pro-forma anxious-Nelly, grammatically-challenged letter to the Paramount brass. This is normal.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, June 22, 2009
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  • Whip It: Angry Women Make Potent Box Office
    The film opens in October and stars Barrymore and Juno star Ellen Page as a rebellious, angry teen rollerblader. On its surface, Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It looks like a Fast & Furious -style look at an exotic world we don't know much about: roller blade contests. Some men might even show up. Mainly, it's an angry woman movie.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, July 13, 2009
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  • Bruno: Good Opening, Bad Buzz; Harry Potter Clips
    But At the Movies' mainstream Two Bens were typical: neither recommended that audiences "see" the film. Tags: Boxoffice Harry Potter Sacha Baron Cohen Summer Movies Bruno Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Sacha Baron Cohen sex in cinema summer movies Transformers weekend box office It was utterly predictable. The Voice's J.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, July 13, 2009
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  • Daily Read: Ads in Recession, Toronto Film Fest, Google
    The Toronto International Film Festival is starting to post its line-up. THE TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BRINGS HOME THE BEST OF THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT Toronto – The Toronto International Film Festival announces 24 international selections to screen this September. Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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  • Monday Morning JETLawg…
    Congress has driven a stake through the heart of movie box office futures trading — banning the practice. In the news… Federal court finds senatorial candidate Charles DeVore’s political campaign advertisements utilizing Don Henley’s music are not Fair Use.
    JetLawBlog - Monday, June 28, 2010
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  • LAFF: Paper Man So-So, Indie Financing, Stoning of Soraya M.
    It had a highly regarded script, respected producer Richard Gladstein, the potential discovery of new directors Michele and Kieran Mulroney, and in the context of everything the fest was looking at (most of the films had screened somewhere else), it must have looked like their best and freshest option. It's where I come from.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Sunday, June 21, 2009
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  • TIFF: Galas and Specials Include Coens, Barrymore, Moore
    Toronto International Film Fest announcements are coming fast. Monday through Friday, closed weekends and holidays) or in person at the Festival Box Office at Nathan Phillips Square (10 a.m. The film chronicles each woman’s quest for change and their mysterious encounter in a magical orchard. to 7 p.m., to 7 p.m.,
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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