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2008-10-28
A slower week in terms of first run releases with a second tier summer release topping that particular list. However, there are a few other releases that are more interesting, including the direct-to-DVD release, Tinker Bell, which is worth picking up on either DVD or Blu-ray, but the latter is better than the former. While that release is the DVD Pick of the Week, two non-DVD releases are worth mentioning above the fold: The Mental Floss History of the World - Buy from Amazon and The Best Of Bond... James Bond - Buy from Amazon. It goes without saying that it was another busy week in terms of total DVDs on this week's list, so much so that it had to be split into two. The second part of the list can be found here.
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2008-10-21
The number of DVDs reaching my door is increasing each week (so are the number of ones that are late, or so it would seem). However, while there was a wide selection, the choice for DVD Pick of the Week was easy: Looney Tunes - Golden Collections - Volume 6. ... And
James Bond - Blu-ray Uber Collection, as well as Casino Royale on Blu-ray. One last note, as has happened more often than not, this week's list is split into two. The first part can be seen here.
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2008-10-21
The number of DVDs reaching my door is increasing each week (so are the number of ones that are late, or so it would seem). However, while there was a wide selection, the choice for DVD Pick of the Week was easy: Looney Tunes - Golden Collections - Volume 6. ... And
James Bond - Blu-ray Uber Collection, as well as Casino Royale on Blu-ray. One last note, as has happened more often than not, this week's list is split into two. The second part can be seen here.
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2003-10-29
viously that MGM had cancelled the planned James Bond spin-off Jinx, which would have starred Halle Berry. And the Oscar winning actress is reportedly furious over this decision. It's not hard to see why she is mad; Jinx was the first of a planned franchise and had a movie pedigree most projects can never hope to match. Even if the movie didn't work and the character couldn't pull off a movie on her own it would still make $40 million for an opening weekend, $100 million domestically, better than that internationally and home market sales enough to push total revenue past $300 million. For a good example of this, see Lara Croft: Tomb Raider's performance. And that's if it didn't work, if it did work revenues could be much higher with many sequels to come.
What makes the decision even more unusual is the reason given, or lack of reason given. The producers were simply told to stop work on the movie. And it's not like MGM has a great track record when it comes to box office hits recently. Since Die Another Day was released and made $400 million worldwide, MGM has released more than a dozen films. And with the exception of two relatively low budget kids' movies (Agent Cody Banks and Good Boy!) and the sequel Legally Blonde 2, none have done well enough to show a profit, even by the time the initial home market is considered.
This isn't the first time this year MGM has made a seemingly foolhardy decision. They previously lost the director to Agent Cody Banks 2 over budget concerns which amounted to only a few million dollars. It's not surprising that MGM reported a loss of $32 million for the third quarter.
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2003-03-04
the-numbers.com/movies/2002/JB20.html>Die Another Day grabbed more than $2 million for it’s opening weekend in Italy, the best every for a James Bond flick. And with that it has crossed the $400 million mark worldwide. With its Japanese opening just days away there are still a few more milestones to cross. Most money internationally by a James Bond flick (currently held by Goldeneye at $247 million) and $250 million internationally, which would make it only the 40th film to do so. It has an outside chance to reach $300 million internationally, but it would have to do much better than expected in Japan.
Quite an amazing run, especially when you consider that back in 1989 when License to Kill bombed at the domestic box office some were suggesting it was time to retire James Bond for good. Enter Pierce Brosnan in 1995 and four movies later and nearly $1.5 Billion worldwide, and the franchise is as strong as ever.
As a side note, maybe the people at United Artists in charge of James Bond could talk to their counterparts at Paramount. I’m sure Paramount would love to see Star Trek go through a similar rebirth.
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2003-01-14
.screendaily.com/story.asp?storyid=10797">Screen Daily is reporting that the latest James Bond flick, Die Another Day has passed the $200 million mark from international Box Office. Combined with its domestic gross of more than $156 million, the $360 worldwide is the highest for the 40 years old series. And there are more milestones for Die Another Day to cross. It is still well back of Goldeneye’s series leading international gross. In 1995, Goldeneye, which was the first movie to showcase Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and revitalized the series, made nearly $250 million internationally.
Can Die Another Day surpass that number? Only time will tell, but it has yet to open in a number of countries, including Argentina, Hong Kong and one of the largest international markets - Japan.
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