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The final numbers are in, and the estimated $1.8 million earned by Precious in its limited-release opening weekend wasn't an exaggeration. In fact, it was a little short: The Sundance-prize-winning, Oprah-endorsed indie drama actually made $1,872,458 between Friday and Sunday. (Numbers courtesy of Box Office Mojo.) The reason that's so impressive is that it was only playing in 18 theaters, for an average of $104,025 per theater. For comparison's sake, A Christmas Carol made $8,159 per theater. So let's put on our nerd hats and break down those Precious numbers. While it's only in 18 theaters, it played on 35 screens, because most cineplexes, anticipating the demand, booked two prints. (The per-screen average, therefore, was $53,499.) I looked at each theater's listings and added up how many showings the movie had over the weekend. That number was 507. Then the math: It made $1,872,458 in 507 showings, for an average of $3,693 per showing. The average ticket price at the theaters in question is $11 (disregarding things like senior discounts and slightly cheaper prices for Friday matinees). That means each screening sold an average of about 335 tickets, which is surely the capacity for a lot of those theaters. That means a sell-out crowd for almost every screening. I guess I could have found out how many people each theater seats and determined exactly how many sell-outs there were, but that would be silly. Box Office Mojo says the $104,025 per-theater average is the 12th highest ever -- but the 11 films ahead of it were all playing in no more than six locations. Precious played in 18 and still had a huge per-theater average. Any way you slice it, the delightful feel-good romp of the year opened with a splash.Filed under: Box Office, Exhibition Permalink | Email this | Comments

Talking about film budgets is a tricky thing. Talking about the budget for Avatar is an even trickier thing. I recently mused about how Fox's huge gamble had caused four highly-anticipated films in China to flee from its shadow, poising the film on the precipice of a perfect storm of box office success in China that no previous film had been privy to. In doing so I invoked the ire of a good number of commenters, all of whom felt my budget-returning extrapolation from the news that Avatar is set to dominate in 80% of China's screens during its biggest blockbuster season wasn't just a wrong hypothetical, but downright ignorant. While I still stand by the point of that post - that the hitherto unseen convergence of all the elements behind Avatar's release is going to see unprecedented box office in China - I'll concede that there is no chance that the film makes its budget back from China alone; not with the New York Times now claiming that the film's price tag is breaching the half-billion mark. As with all things budget, however, this number isn't as simple as it looks. The $500 million is NYT's combination of the estimated $300 million it cost to actually produce the film, the approximately $150 million Fox plans to spend on global marketing alone, with the remaining $50 million being a cushion for the cumulative costs some of the film's partners have already ponied up (such as Avatar Day, whose bill was footed mostly by IMAX). However, even if their newly estimated number is accurate, that doesn't mean that Fox is on the line for the full half-billion.Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Distribution, Exhibition, 20th Century FoxContinue reading Is the 'Avatar' Budget Approaching $500 Million? Permalink | Email this | Comments

November 6 - 8, 2009. Christmas gets off to an early start thanks to Disney and Robert Zemeckis, but are audiences ready to celebrate? Host Grace Randolph gives you the latest box office report plus her own review of The Men Who Stare At Goats!

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Author: ForeverFriends Added: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:49:49 -0800 Duration: 0Full movie available at http://www.foreverfriends.co.uk/seasonal/christmas.aspx Hallmark official trailer of the latest computer animation about Forever Friends Bears. Special Christmas Movie with snow, Santa Claus, Rudolph the reindeer , Christmas gifts and carols. Last Christmas it was a Magic Star animation. This year you can again feel the spirit of Christmas. New, amazing, heartwarming story filled with joy for the whole family. Merry Xmas 2009

Author: ForeverFriends Added: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:49:49 -0800 Duration: 0Full movie available at http://www.foreverfriends.co.uk/seasonal/christmas.aspx Hallmark official trailer of the latest computer animation about Forever Friends Bears. Special Christmas Movie with snow, Santa Claus, Rudolph the reindeer , Christmas gifts and carols. Last Christmas it was a Magic Star animation. This year you can again feel the spirit of Christmas. New, amazing, heartwarming story filled with joy for the whole family. Merry Xmas 2009

College student Samantha Hughes takes on a babysitting job in a remote mansion. The pay is good, but Samantha quickly realizes that she is trapped. As a lunar eclipse darkens the night sky, her employers carry out a horrific ritual with Samantha at the center. Release Date 30 October 2009 # Starring Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan