Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Cineplex Flex

Box office numbers and studio earnings top the news...




Pamela McClintock of Variety:

New Year's box office hits the bubbly

The five-day New Year's frame continued the late-year boost to the film biz, with Disney sequel "National Treasure: Book Of Secrets" leading and 20th Century Fox's surprise hit "Alvin and the Chipmunks " overtaking Warner Bros.' "I Am Legend" for the No. 2 spot...


Six major studios top $1 billion



Paramount leads the billionaires' club...

That's quite the comeback for Paramount--considering where the studio was just a few years ago...As the Writers Guild of America strike wares on though--unless there's a settlement soon--2009 could be an entirely different matter...

Dave McNary, also of the big V has the overseas data...Where, it's blockbusters to the rescue...

Foreign box office hits record levels

Tentpoles help majors to 9% jump overseas...

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