A week after opening the Cannes Film Festival to warm notices, Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" is burning up the U.S. box office. On six screens, the Owen Wilson led ensemble piece grossed a downright stunning $578,905. According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier today, that made for a $96...
Read More »While "The Hangover Part II" rocked the studio box office Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" opened to very strong numbers in 4 New York and Los Angeles theaters over the the holiday weekend. According to estimates, the long-awaited Palme d'Or winner took in $489,000 over the four-day weekend, av...
Read More »The specialty marketplace has been heating up in North America, in large part thanks to the huge per-theater-averages for Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" and Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life." In a new feature on indieWIRE, the focus will turn to how a few independent films are faring around th...
Read More »From the moment it hit theaters, it was clear "Midnight in Paris" would not be your average Woody Allen box office performer. When numbers for its first night of release came in, box office analysts were taken aback: From four theaters in New York and Los Angeles, "Paris" grossed $170,953, averagin...
Read More »Today Cannes kicked off, Oprah debuted her new doc club on OWN and much more.
Read More »As Cannes closes down its 2011 edition in the south of France, its opener is debuting Stateside. Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" is opening in limited release this weekend care of Sony Pictures Classics, and alongside Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel's doc "Louder Than a Bomb" and Sundance 2010 alum "L...
Read More »It was announced today that Cary Fukunaga's acclaimed adaptation of "Jane Eyre" will open the 46th Annual Karlovy Vary Film Festival at a screening presented by Dame Judi Dench. The festival will close with Woody Allen's popular "Midnight in Paris." The Czech fest will run from July 1-9, 2011.
Read More »Spanish films continue to attract large audiences abroad, where they grossed €140.66m in 2009. This is even more than on the domestic market, where box office takings for the same period were €140.37m. Pedro Pérez, president of the Federation of Spanish Audiovisual Producers Associations (FAPAE), ca...
Read More »The WGA has announced the nominees for its 2012 awards. The Original Screenplay category rewarded films that leaned toward comedy, while the Adapted Screenplay features a number of Oscar Best Picture frontrunners.
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