«Twilight» finale takes in $ 65M, «Skyfall» adds $ 51M and «Lincoln» and «Life of Pi» over-perform
as holiday movie season is off to a record start
This Week:
As the holiday movie season swings into gear, Kevin invites Grae Drake from CNN, Movies.com and the Popcorn Mafia into the Magical Studio in the Sky to get chip - faced.
Not exact matches
We got a jump on our
holiday shopping
as well and also found a way to squeeze in 2 Christmas
movies yesterday on top of Red Oaks
Season 3.
Forget about It's A Wonderful Life
as being the most - watched Christmas
movie during the
holiday season.
Oddly, this
movie has been released
as a summer family picture instead of during the
holiday season, where the winter wonderland scenes would've made more sense, commercially speaking.
Having emerged from the award
season with little more than nominations and from the
holiday movie season without having delighted the world, War Horse seems pretty likely to be forgotten pretty quickly, even
as Spielberg returns to the prestige historical drama well with this coming Christmas» Lincoln.
Fans of Disney's original animated classic and those who appreciate big summer
movies have probably circled this
as one of the big must - own releases this
holiday season.
If there was any doubt to the validity of Disney's goal to make non-family
movies, 1987's numbers removed it
as Disney's top four films again hailed under the Touchstone name and included the first and fourth top - grossing films of the year in
holiday season releases Three Men and a Baby and Good Morning, Vietnam, each earning well over $ 100 million and easily deserving classification
as a «blockbuster.»
The 2017
holiday season was kind to
movie fans
as there were plenty of films to choose from, and audiences showed up in droves.
Being
as it's the
holiday season, we decided to pick out our favorite gifts in
movie history.
«Django» has stormed the
holiday movie season on the back of promising early reaction
as well
as both the stellar box - office and critical reception from «Inglourious Basterds,» but
as Tarantino explains in a new Playboy interview, he can predict the success waning.
So it's comforting
as a warm blanket to find filmmaker David O. Russell slipping «Joy» under the
holiday movie tree this
season.
The Hollywood Reporter says that he will join The Babysitter actress Judah Lewis and Big Little Lies actress Darby Camp in the
as - yet - untitled
movie which we're guessing will be released in time for next year's
holiday season.
This
holiday season, a roster of Hollywood - themed entries summon up lingering images from beloved
movie classics, among them The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach and Wuthering Heights,
as well
as from kooky cult favorites, including TV's wonderfully eccentric «Doctor Who.»
But
as a
movie - streaming, game - playing, Internet - surfing device, the Kindle Fire looks like a hot gift this
holiday season.
Sometimes these categories can be particularly valuable — one Wirecutter staffer noted that over the 2015
holiday shopping
season they received 5 percent back on all Amazon purchases — but other times they can be for less convenient spending categories, such
as movie theaters, fast food restaurants, or department stores.
Other
holiday job opportunities typically abound in the entertainment and hospitality industries
as well, so you may find yourself being hired
as a musician,
movie theatre worker, caterer, or waiter this
holiday season.