Movie Revenue | Film Earnings | Box Office numbers matter

The early reviews are favoring the original director’s “connection with the story” in the first installment of Twilight. The buzz around the movie if feverish in my observation- the way “journalists” are covering this movie launch is as though they are all getting a commission from Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series management team. News outlets are hyping the loyalty of Twilight’s fans — but, will it give Twilight the top movie revenue for the week?

Here is the LA Times Kenneth Turan’s review:

And studio executives at Sony shock and awe the competition with another blockbuster opening — with $225,000,000 worldwide for 2012. $65 million of the total 2012 box office was generated in the U.S. market. Maybe James Cameron is not crazy to spend $500,000,000 on Avatar after all? If ‘2012′ can bang home $225 million in its opening weekend, then the stakes are getting higher as Hollywood builds a worldwide audience more willing to spend money going to the movies.

‘Precious’ also continues to tick away with millions of dollars in returns for a movie that cost less than $10 million to produce.

LA Times Coverage

Official 2012 Trailer #3

Will 2012 continue its torrid sales- what do you think?

…and thumbs up to them! In releasing Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs via IPTV and Blu-Ray players prior to the DVD release, Sony will be eliminating tons of unnecessary waste from the supply pipeline.

It sucks for distributors to have their master beat them to the market as a competitor, and it may seem ruthless; but, let’s face it-- it is overdue. Expenses go down, profits go up & the suckling middlemen become middleware. They will have to reinvent how they do business, like Sony has, in order to adapt and innovate. Countless square footage of office space and retail space & administrative clutter can now get recycled too.

The New York Times had this pearl:
“We don’t need a war with Wal-Mart or any other organization, and I don’t think they’re hostile to this,” said Howard Stringer, the chief executive of Sony.

What do you think? Is it talk backwards day? lol

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs -- Official Trailer

Word is spreading that Eminem is going to test the movie box office waters again. Eminem’s last movie was the smash hit 8 Mile, and I thought he was super in it. The difference is that his next movie will be a 3-D Horror, so it will really test his movie revenue drawing capabilities. 8 Mile had similarities to Eminem’s own life, so maybe it was a fluke. I would not bet against Eminem however because he is a talented human.

Gigwise has some more details..
Eminem is set to star in a 3D hip-hop horror anthology entitled Shady Talez, it’s been reported.
The rapper will also produce the horror movie, which is earmarked for release next year. Described as a cross between The Twilight Zone and Creep Show, the movie will be produced by DJ Classicz. Trade paper Screen International reports that a four-issue comic book series is to be released alongside the movie... Read the Whole Article.

Do you think Eminem will return to movie revenue greatness or fail?

Insert Gratuitous Eminem YouTube Video -- 8 Mile Trailer (Old)

James Cameron has been gestating ‘Avatar’ now and running up the budget with a whopping $500,000,000 in expenses! How much movie revenue does News Corp think the movie ‘Avatar’ can generate? Titanic was a home run at the box office for Cameron — Will Avatar perform?

NY Mag’s article alludes to the huge risk involved with this movie:
…20th Century Fox and its parent company News Corp. are scared because the movie has no big-name stars and is becoming one of the most expensive feature films ever made.