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...
holiday last possible record season
It's possible this holiday season will be a record breaker, but even if it were, that wouldn't be enough to make up (the comparisons with) last year.
domestic drives engine
Domestic is still the engine that drives the train,
aspect picture selling turned
They've turned the tough-sell aspect of the picture into the selling point.
budgets deals mystery struck various
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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It's fascinating the way he's playing the media.
audiences despite excited human incredibly industry media strong tough tricky
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.
huge room
There's enough room for 'Shark Tale' to have a huge opening.
early kong success whether
It's too early to tell whether Kong is a success or not.
beginning early
It's too early to say if this is the beginning of the end.
percent six
It's not a little off. Six percent is a big number. And they've got a big problem.
decent year
It was a pretty decent year for comedies.
best picture popular
This year's best picture nominees are the least popular on record.
expect flying mainstream passed seems test weekend
We'll see if it's got the gumption to become a mainstream hit. Each weekend has been a test for this movie, it seems like, and it has passed with flying colors. I would expect it to do very well this weekend.
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Walk the Line' has done very well so far but there are still a lot of people haven't seen it. A Best Picture nomination could increase the turnout.