Twilight Lexicon (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
According to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood: “1. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (Summit Entertainment) Week 2 [4,042 Theaters) Wed $14.3M, Thurs $9.2M, Fri $17.7M, Sat $16.5M 3-Day Total: $42.5M (includes Sunday estimate) (-70%) 5-Day Total: $66M (includes Sunday estimate) Domestic Cume: $230.7M (includes Sunday estimate_” This cum (much of which is estimated because of the...
Twilight Review (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The weekend totals are in and both Gossip Cop and Nikki Finke (of Deadline Hollywood Daily) are reporting that the box office totals for The Twilight Saga: New Moon are actuallyhigher than what was initially predicted. The weekend total for the film rounded out at a whopping $142.8M, putting it in the third spot for highest weekend [...]
Sweetness & Light (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
From Deadline.com: Obama Thanks Hollywood With Coveted Invites To First White House State Dinner By Nikki Finke Monday November 23, 2009 EXCLUSIVE: If tradition stands, the details of the guest list will be revealed only a few hours before the Obama administration’s first state dinner tomorrow. The welcome for India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the biggest [...]...
Twilight News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Nikki Finke breaks down how the success isn’t just limited to the US: “New Moon grossed $118.1 million from 6,681 prints in 25 markets in its first 5 days of release. That brought its worldwide gross to $258.8 million so far. A number of markets are still to report:” Check out more from Nikki on Deadline Hollywood. [...]
Twilight Lexicon (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Nikki Finke breaks down how the success isn’t just limited to the US: “NEW MOON grossed $118.1 million from 6,681 prints in 25 markets in its first 5 days of release. That brought its worldwide gross to $258.8 million so far. A number of markets are still to report:” Check out more from Nikki on Deadline Hollywood. Larry [...]
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
... magnate Roger Penske.To many Penske seemingly came out of nowhere this summer when he acquired Nikki Finke's showbiz blog Deadline.com for several million dollars, aligning himself with the enfant terrible of Hollywood journalists.But Penske had been quietly building an online business since 2004, when -- at age 25 and only three years out of the Wharton Business School -- he raised...
American Power (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... equivalent of the Oscars". According to the well-connected Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke, the former DreamWorks partners Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg will be at the dinner. Alhough Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is expected to attend, top Republican congressional leaders are not invited. See the Washington Times, " Top Republican Lawmakers Not...
Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Obama Thanks Hollywood With Coveted Invites To First White House State Dinner By Nikki Finke | EXCLUSIVE: If tradition stands, the details of the guest list will be revealed only a few hours before the Obama administration’s first state dinner tomorrow. The welcome for India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be the biggest social event of the Obama White House. Already...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Unfortunately, this bout of "family matters" has nothing to do with Urkel. Production on the hit show (and Emily Nussbaum fave ) was halted late last week as the former Monica Geller-Bing was excused from the set to deal with a "private family matter." While we have no official word when production is supposed to resume, we can only hope that Vulture buddy Nikki Finke...
The Lonely Conservative (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... dubbed “Washington’s equivalent of the Oscars”. According to the well-connected Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke, the former DreamWorks partners Steven Spielberg, David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg will be at the dinner. One Hollywood figure will definitely be there – the WME Entertainment “super-agent” Ari Emanuel, brother of the White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and the model...
Twilight Review (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
According to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood (at 10:30 pacific time Saturday night): “SATURDAY 10:20 PM UPDATE: Hollywood insiders tell me that, based on NEW MOON’s early Saturday numbers, the phenomenally performing pic opened with a gargantuan $140 million first weekend. The Twilight Saga franchise moviemaker Summit Entertainment won’t report official North American,...
Twilight Lexicon (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
According to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood (at 10:30 pacific time Saturday night): “SATURDAY 10:20 PM UPDATE: Hollywood insiders tell me that, based on NEW MOON’s early Saturday numbers, the phenomenally performing pic opened with a gargantuan $140 million first weekend. The Twilight Saga franchise moviemaker Summit Entertainment won’t report official North American,...
Twilight News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
According to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood (at 10:30 pacific time Saturday night): “SATURDAY 10:20 PM UPDATE: Hollywood insiders tell me that, based on NEW MOON’s early Saturday numbers, the phenomenally performing pic opened with a gargantuan $140 million first weekend. The Twilight Saga franchise moviemaker Summit Entertainment won’t report official North American,...
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... sen. That indicates that the fanbase has grown, since “New Moon” did so much more for the weekend. Nikki FInke also chimes in : Hollywood was stunned as night after night the New Moon numbers kept breaking even four-quadrant Dark Knight and Harry Potter film records. Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga” novels — New Moon is the second in the series — are now proving as much of a phenomenon...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... Entertainment, which is now a bit more major and a bit less mini. As both jolly Carl DiOrio and Nikki Finke remind us, that puts it right behind the opening weekends of “ The Dark Knight ” and “ Spiderman 3 ,” displacing, as per Finke, “ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ” with its pitiful $135.6 million. “New Moon” enjoyed a spectacular Friday performance of $72.7...
