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2003-07-07
w the release of 3 new movies, none of which were able to match analysts’ predictions. In fact, early numbers show the total box office was down approximately 15% from last year. Granted, there is a definite correlation between where in the week July 4th lands and how the box office performs. The last time July 4th landed on the Friday was in 1997. And this year’s box office was up nearly 10% in comparison, but the average ticket price is up over 30%.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines easy won the weekend, and beat Arnold Schwarzenegger’s previous best opening (Batman & Robin.) But even still, its weekend box office of $44.0 million and 5-day total of $72.3 million is seen as a disappointment, especially when the estimated $200 million production budget is taken into account. But there is good news on the horizon, reviews are very strong and that could help it in the long run. Also, internationally this movie should perform much better than it will domestically.
With a budget less than one quarter of T3, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde earned a little more than half its box office, $22.2 million, to finish in second place. This sequel has already taken in $39.6 million in just 5 days, however, poor reviews and sharper than expected drop-offs will most likely stop it from reaching the original’s final box office.
Dropping faster than even the most cynical analyst had predicted, Charlie’s Angels 2 could only manage $14.0 million and third place. Its drop of 62.8% would have been a record earlier in the year, but both The Hulk and 2 Fast 2 Furious have done worse. Not only is the original’s total of $125 million out of the question, $100 million is now a long shot.
In fourth place is our first, and only, good news in the top five. Finding Nemo pulled in $11.1 million to top The Matrix Reloaded to become the highest grossing movie of 2003. However, from now on milestones will be a little harder to come by and won’t be the weekly occurrence they’ve been in the past.
The Hulk’s third week performance was neatly in-line with predictions. $8.2 million, or just a 56% drop. It will be interesting to see how well this movie plays overseas and at the home market. But for now it could be considered the biggest disappointment of the summer.
Combining traditional cell animation with computer coloring and some computer animation has not been very successful. Both Titan A.E. and Treasure Planet failed to live up to expectations. And now you can add Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas to that list. It could only scrape together $6.9 million for the weekend and more than $10 million for its 5-day release, all on a budget estimated at $60 - $80 million.
Also of note, 28 Days Later performed admirably with $6.0 million. Total domestic box office is just over $20 million and could be enough to make a profit for the studio, (depending on their exact share of the box office, which is not known at this time.) It is just another example of how some of the most successful movies released this year were also some of the less expensive.
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2003-02-11
ruary 11th, 2002) nominations for the 75th Annual Academy Awards were announced by Academy President Frank Pierson and Marisa Tomei. Chicago lead all nominees with 13 nominations. Gangs of New York and The Hours nearly tied for second with 10 and 9 nominations respectively.
Best Picture:
Chicago
Gangs of New York
The Hours
The Pianist
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Director
Pedro Almodóvar for Talk to Her
Stephen Daldry for The Hours
Rob Marshall for Chicago
Roman Polanksi for The Pianist
Martin Scorsese for Gangs of New York
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Selma Hayek as “Frida Kahlo” in Frida
Nicole Kidman as “Virginia Woolf” in The Hours
Diane Lane as "Connie Summer" in Unfaithful
Julianne Moore as "Cathy Whitaker" in Far From Heaven
Renée Zellweger as "Roxie Hart" in Chicago
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Adrien Brody as "Wladyslaw Szpilman" in The Pianist
Nicolas Cage as "Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman" in Adaptation
Michael Caine as “Thomas Fowler” in The Quiet American
Daniel Day-Lewis as "Bill the Butcher" in Gangs of New York
Jack Nicholson as "Warren Schmidt" in About Schmidt
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Chris Cooper as "John Laroche" in Adaptation
Ed Harris as "Richard Brown" in The Hours
Paul Newman as "John Rooney" in Road to Perdition
John C. Reilly as “Amos Hart” in Chicago
Christopher Walken as "Frank Abagnale Sr." in Catch Me If You Can
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kathy Bates as "Roberta Hertzel" in About Schmidt
Queen Latifah as "Mama Morton" in Chicago
Julianne Moore as "Laura Brown" in The Hours
Meryl Streep as "Susan Orlean" in Adaptation
Catherine Zeta-Jones as "Velma Kelly" in Chicago
Best Animated Feature Film
Ice Age
Lilo & Stitch
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirited Away
Treasure Planet
Foreign Language Film
The Crime of Father Amaro (Mexico)
Hero (China)
Hotel Paraiso (Netherlands)
The Man Without a Past(Finland)
Nowhere in Africa (Germany)
Documentary - Feature
Bowling for Columbine
Daughter From Danang
Prisoner of Paradise
Spellbound
The Travelling Birds
Documentary - Short Subject
The Collector of Bedford Street
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
Twin Towers
Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
Short Film - Animated
The Chubbchubbs
Das Rad
Katedra
Mike's New Car
Mt. Head
Short Film - Live Action
Gridlock
J'attendrai le suivant...
Inja
Johnny Flynton
This Charming Man
Art Direction
John Myhre and Gordon Sim for Chicago
Felipe Fernández del Paso and Hannia Robledo for Frida
Dante Ferretti and Francesca LoSchiavo for Gangs of New York
Grant Major, Dan Hennah and Alan Lee for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Dennis Gassner and Nancy Haigh for Road to Perdition
Cinematography
Dion Beebe for Chicago
Edward Lachman for Far from Heaven
Michael Ballhaus for Gangs of New York
Pawel Edelman for The Pianist
Conrad L. Hall for Road to Perdition
Costume Design
Colleen Atwood for Chicago
Julie Weiss for Frida
Sandy Powell for Gangs of New York
Ann Roth for The Hours
Anna B. Sheppard for The Pianist
Film Editing
Martin Walsh for Chicago
Thelma Schoonmaker for Gangs of New York
Peter Boyle for The Hours
D. Michael Horton for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Hervé de Luze for The Pianist
Makeup
Beatrice De Alba and John E. Jackson for Frida
John M. Elliott Jr. and Barbara Lorenz for The Time Machine
Music - Original Score
Elmer Bernstein for Far from Heaven
Philip Glass for The Hours
Elliot Goldenthal for Frida
Thomas Newman for Road to Perdition
John Williams for Catch Me If You Can
Music - Original Song
"Burn It Blue" from Frida
· Music by Elliot Goldenthal
· Lyric by Julie Taymor
"Father and Daughter" from The Wild Thornberrys Movie
· Music and Lyric by Paul Simon
"The Hands That Built America" from Gangs of New York
· Music and Lyric by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
"I Move On" from Chicago
· Music by John Kander
· Lyric by Fred Ebb
"Lose Yourself" from 8 Mile
· Music by Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
· Lyric by Eminem
Sound
David Lee, Michael Minkler and Dominic Tavella for Chicago
Ivan Sharrock, Tom Fleischman and Eugene Gearty for Gangs of New York
Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, and Hammond Peek for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Bob Beemer, Scott Millan and John Pritchett for for Road to Perdition
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Ed Novick for Spider-Man
Sound Editing
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom for Minority Report
Scott Hecker for Road to Perdition
Visual Effects
Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke for Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
John Frazier, John Dykstra, Anthony LaMolinara and Scott Stokdyk for Spider-Man
Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Screenplay - Adaptation
Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz for About a Boy
Charlie Kaufman &Donald Kaufman for Adaptation
Bill Condon for Chicago
David Hare for The Hours
Ronald Harwood for The Pianist
Screenplay - Original
Pedro Almodóvar for Talk to Her
Todd Haynes for Far From Heaven
Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan for Gangs of New York
Nia Vardalos for My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Alfonso Cuarón, Carlos Cuarón for And Your Mother Too
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