Brandon Gray
Brandon Gray
Box Office Mojo is a website that tracks box office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way, founded in 1999. In 2008, Box Office Mojo was bought by the Internet Movie Database, owned by Amazon. The website is widely used within the film industry as a source of data. From 2002–11, Box Office Mojo had forums popular with film fans. On October 10, 2014, the website's URL was redirected to Amazon's IMDB.com website for one day, but the website returned the...
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He took a dead genre notorious for flops turned it into one of the biggest hits. It'll be interesting to see if he can do it again.
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The most successful horror pictures play mostly to females.
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It was, realistically, a tough sell, despite the industry and media hype. It's incredibly tricky to get audiences excited about a movie that doesn't have a strong human character.
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There's the 'official' budget, there's the 'rumored' budget, and then there are the various deals struck with exhibitors and the talent, ... There's a lot of mystery there.
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Generally speaking, 2004 has so far been a mixed bag. This year we've seen the highest of the highs and some very low lows.
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Computer-animated pictures tend to make a lot of money. The most popular ones tend to have universally appealing stories.
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'Pirates of the Caribbean' was, at its root, a fun swashbuckler, ... 'King Arthur' was dark and dank. They forgot the fun.
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Pirates of the Caribbean' was, at its root, a fun swashbuckler. 'King Arthur' was dark and dank. They forgot the fun.
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You're not going to make a smash live-action movie when your lead character is a special effect. Especially one that doesn't even speak.
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There's enough room for 'Shark Tale' to have a huge opening.
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It was a pretty decent year for comedies.
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It's fascinating the way he's playing the media.
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Warner Bros. is releasing a bunch of movies and hoping a number of them stick.
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Unfortunately, it seems like a possibility that 'Crash' will win, given the campaign that Lions Gate has put out, with all those DVDs sent to voters.