Golden Globe Predictions – Motion Picture: Box Office Will Reign Supreme One Way or Another
“The Golden Globes are back” is starting to sound like a common refrain and this year is no different. After a deeply embattled few years... Read More
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This season’s box office for traditional awards films is bad, but does it matter?
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans – this year’s prospective Best Picture frontrunner, the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award winner, and the latest film... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast #156: Fall Box Office draft, fixing the Oscar ceremony and more
On episode 156 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, TV Editor Tyler Doster and AwardsWatch contributors... Read More
Universal to release ‘Trolls: World Tour’ and current theatrical films on home entertainment
With movie theaters closing across the country due to the coronavirus, Universal Pictures has taken the first plunge into immediately shuffling its current slate of... Read More
Box Office Analysis (Feb. 14-16): ‘Sonic’ flies past video game movie records as ‘Parasite’ infects the top 10
Parasite earns the biggest post-Oscars weekend gross for a Best Picture winner since The King’s Speech February can sometimes be a pretty quiet month at the... Read More
Box Office Analysis (February 7-9) – ‘Birds of Prey’ flies frustratingly low as Oscar contenders soar
After two weekends in a row of new releases failing to crack even the top 3 of their respective opening weekends, the table seemed well-set... Read More
Box Office Analysis (Jan. 31-Feb. 2) – ‘Bad Boys 3’-peats over quiet Super Bowl weekend
For a third weekend in a row, Bad Boys for Life was the top movie at the weekend box office, dropping -48% to a $17.7 million weekend... Read More
Box Office Analysis (Jan. 24-26): [Gentle]Men no match for [Bad] Boys
PGA and DGA winner ‘1917’ breaks $100M; ‘Parasite’ crosses $30M; the ‘Knives’ are still out Bad Boys for Life followed up its incredible record-breaking opening weekend... Read More
After 1917 became 2020’s first wide release breakout last weekend, Bad Boys for Life surpassed all tracking and expectations to deliver the first full-fledged blockbuster opening of 2020. The... Read More
Box Office Analysis (Jan. 10-12) – ‘1917’ is no bomb but ‘Underwater’ drowns
2020 saw its first breakout opening in the form of a 2019 holdover with 1917, which opened above almost all expectations to a $36.5 million weekend... Read More
2024 Camerimage Film Festival: Danish Oscar Entry ‘The Girl With the Needle’ Wins Golden Frog 
Interview: ‘Gladiator II’ Cinematographer John Mathieson on Reuniting with Ridley Scott and Continuing the Legacy and Lore 
Interview: Alan Menken and Glenn Slater on Creating the Songs and Score for ‘Spellbound’ and the “Perfectly” Cast Rachel Zegler 
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