SATURDAY PM/SUNDAY AM UPDATE, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Overall, the movie industry domestic box ended the year at $10.3 billion, down from $10.6B in 2009. As I previously reported, Warner Bros will three-peat (a record) in winning the domestic market share for the 3rd year in a row with $1.885 billion, followed by Paramount, then Fox. ”A lack of strong commercial product at Christmas was the reason that the 2010 box office could not close strong,” one top studio exec emails me. However, the final movie industry international box office cume will definitely be a record. The final figure isn’t available yet, but the international numbers look like a tie between Warner Bros and Fox with $2.290 billion, so that gives Warner Bros the crown for worldwide market share for 2010 with $4.804 billion. That’s the 2nd year in a row. As I’ve already reported, Disney’s international total for 2010 was its biggest ever with $2.3 billion. And domestic cume will end the year its second biggest year ever with $1.49 billion. Thank its three 3D titles, Alice In Wonderland and Toy Story 3 and Tangled. Here are official numbers from the studios for New Year’s weekend box office with daily and cume estimates. More bad news: overall grosses this weekend look to be $158M, which is -28% down from last year. Here are the Top 10:
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NEW YEAR'S WEEKEND: 'True Grit' Gives #1 'Little Fockers' A Run For The Money; Many Holiday Pics Grossing Big Overseas
Jayde Nicole Brings The New Years Eve Links!
- Irina Shayk For New Years [HollywoodTuna]
- BEST OF 2010: Miley Cyrus’ Special Place [The Superficial]
- 11 Celebrities From High School Until Now [Unreality Mag]
- 10 Reasons Why Men Are Better Than Women [BroBible]
- New Alessandra Ambrosio Bikini Pictures [Popoholic]
- Joe Francis Ripped Off Ryan Reynolds [Dlisted]
- The 25 Best Songs of 2010 [Complex]
- Happy New Year, Snooki Style! [I'm Not Obsessed]
- Bethenny Frankel is in a bikini [Celebslam]
- DV Hotties In The Wild [Double Viking]
- 2010: The Year In Handbras [COED Magazine]
- Montana Fishburne Amazing Ass [Drunken Stepfather, NSFW]
- Hilary Duff Caught Licking A Sex Toy [Celeb Jihad]
- The Best Sports Fails Of 2010 [Manofest]
- Best Of ’10 Cuff ‘Ems [Busted Coverage]
- De NUTS babes van 2011 [Flabber]
- Marisa Miller Naked for Skin Cancer [Yeeeah!]
- Hugh Hefner Has Sad Little Sex Parties [The Blemish]
- Candice Swanepoel Bikini Pictures [The Grumpiest]
- Rick Ross – “9 Piece / Even Deeper” [MoeFresh]
- Are you a Bastardly Lady of the Day? [The Bastardly]
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Russell Brand unmasks Katy Perry on Twitter
[HMG Celebrity News] – Most stars don’t like to be seen without makeup but Katy Perry had little choice after her new husband, Russell Brand posted this rather less than endearing photo on Twitter. The 26-year old singer is known for her heavy use of cosmetics, but the photo shows her having just woken up, [...]
Warner Bros Wins 2010 Film Market Share; Year's Box Office Grosses Not A Record; Overall Movie Attendance Down Sharply; Should Studios Slash Number Of 3D Pics?
The movie moguls hate it whenever their studios are judged by market share. Which is why it’s so much fun to spotlight at the end of the year. Final figures aren’t in yet, but the order isn’t going to change: Warner Bros is No. 1 (for the third straight year), followed by Paramount, then Fox, then Disney, then Sony, and finally the bomb factory known as Universal. Next comes the mini-majors with Summit Entertainment, and Lionsgate bringing up the rear. The only surprise is the high placement of Fox even though it took a terrible beating from the media all year, and the low order of Sony which appeared to dominate box office week in and week out. Go figure.
As for overall grosses, 2010 alas was not a record-setting year. My pal Paul Dergarabedian over at Hollywood.com is projecting that when full year revenues come in by Monday, the expected figure of $10.5 billion will fall just short of 2009′
Johnny Depp is Top Money Maker for 2010
US actor Johnny Depp attends the photocall of the German premiere of the movie ‘The Tourist’ at the Adlon hotel in Berlin, Germany, 14 December 2010. ‘The Tourist’ will be presented in German cinemas from 16 December 2010 onwards. Photo: Hubert Boesl
Johnny Depp fans rejoice!
Ashley Greene & Joe Jonas Bring The Afternoon Links!
Photo Credit: Bauer-Griffin
- Lindsay Lohan Sweetness For The Holidays [HollywoodTuna]
- BEST OF 2010: Lady GaGa’s Missing Penis [The Superficial]
- My Top Ten Movies of 2010 [Unreality Mag]
- The 50 Best Sports Fights of 2010 [BroBible]
- Irina Shayk Sizzles In Beach Bunny Swimwear [Popoholic]
- About That Raz B vs. Chris Brown Twitter Brawl…. [Dlisted]
- The 25 Best TV Shows of 2010 [Complex]
- Christina Aguilera’s Plans [I'm Not Obsessed]
- 2010: The Year in Bikinis [Celebslam]
- Homeless Man With Style [Double Viking]
- Drunk Girls Kissing: New Year’
Raz-B trades blows with Chris Brown in ugly Twitter war
(HMG Celebrity News) – When Chris Brown completed his domestic violence course he was eager to tell the world. But the singer has found trouble again after fellow singer Raz-B criticized him for dissing Rihanna. Born as plain ‘De’Mario Monte Thornton’, the 25-year old Ohio native posted several messages on his Twitter account yesterday praising [...]
Alexander Skarsgard wants to marry Kate Bosworth, if she stops partying
Did you realize that Alex Skarsgard and Kate Bosworth have been together for a year? I think I blocked that out of my mind. But it’
WGA Script Awards Disconnect With Oscars
UPDATE: PETE HAMMOND RESPONDS — Some commenters to my post seem to believe it was written with an anti-WGA agenda on my part. I didn’
Charlie Sheen out partying again and skips family Christmas events?
[HMG Celebrity News] – Christmas doesn’t seem to suit Charlie Sheen; Last year he was arrested for an alleged assault on Christmas Day, and this year he missed no less than three holiday celebrations with his own family. “He skipped going to his brother Emilio’s, didn’t show up at Denise Richards’ house and also skipped [...]
Bristol Palins planned AZ move hit by Tripp wire
[HMG Celebrity News] – As you know, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ diva Bristol Palin just snagged a new home in Arizona and is keen to move in. But with the tiresome predictability of getting zits at your prom, Levi Johnston now has a problem with this. Sources say the 20-year old father of Bristol’s 2-year [...]
Jessica Sutta Brings The Afternoon Links!
Jessica Sutta, former PCD, performing at Dolphins vs Lions game.
- Jenna Bentley’s Breasts Are Insane [HollywoodTuna]
- BEST OF 2010: Octomom in a Bikini [The Superficial]
- Some Superb Live Zelda Music [Unreality Mag]
- The 10 Funniest Drunk NFL Football Player Photos of 2010 [BroBible]
- Jessica Alba’s Sexy Little Mom Walk [Popoholic]
- What Beyonce Got For Christmas [Dlisted]
- Gisele Bundchen’s Best Back Shots [Complex]
- Kim Kardashian’s Best Christmas Present This Year [I'm Not Obsessed]
- Hugh Jackman sucks at cricket [Celebslam]
- Best Gift Reaction Ever? [Double Viking]
- Playboy Playmate Crystal Harris’
OSCAR: Best Director Race May Surprise
At the last Academy Awards, Barbra Streisand ripped open the envelope and revealed that Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman ever to win Best Director. No such groundbreaking moment is expected this year, but the category could offer up several surprises. With a wide open Oscar race, there’
Paulina Rubio Brings The Morning Links!
- Tasha Nicole is a Playboy Model [Holytaco]
- Cisco Adler is going to marry Barbara Stoyanoff [Dlisted]
- Heather Rae Young’s 150 Sexiest Facebook Photos [COED Magazine]
- California Cutie Jessica Vaughn [Uncoached]
- The Chosen One Shiloh in Namibia [Lainey Gossip]
- Spank Bank: Charity Hodges [GorillaMask]
- Alyssa Miller is really good at advertising [Guyism]
- Emma Watson for Life: A Gallery [Made Man]
- Victoria Justice Looking As Cute As Pie [DJMICK]
- This Is Why I Avoid Online Dating [Caveman Circus]
- Emilia Claudeville – Saha Swimwear [TC Magazine]
- BAMF of the Day [The Daily What]
- Demi Lovato & Punch Victim Reach a Settlement [HollyWire]
- OG Reality Ho: Tiffany “New York” Pollard’s Photoshoot [Bossip]
- “Hey Soul Sister” Named Worst Song Of The Year [EgoTV]
- The Year in Your Mom Was Hot: 2010 [The Smoking Jacket]
- The Stripper Who Got Saved By The Trout [The Dirty]
- Krista Allen Naked All-Over [Egotastic]
- Johnny Weir: ‘Dirty Love’ Song Premiere! [Just Jared]
- Who Is the Biggest Rising Star of the Year? [PopSugar]
- Rosie Jones Says Good Morning [IDontLikeYouInThatWay]
- 65 Celebrity Bikini Babes [Socialite Life]
- Elisabetta Canalis allegedly wants to have George Clooney’s baby [Celebitchy]
- Renardo Sidney [FIGHT VIDEO] Elgin Bailey [Celebrity Smack]
- 26 Delicous Photos of Nicki Minaj [CityRag]
- Oprah Winfrey Talks About Her New Network [Bumpshack]
- Ana Beatriz-Barros Nude in Italian GQ [Derek Hail]
- Emma Stone’s Legs on Leno [GCeleb]
- MoeJackson’s Marisa Miller [Flash Games]
- Works “Red Triangle” [Monkey Review]
- Trailer: Cedar Rapids [MoeFresh]
- Are you a Bastardly Lady of the Day? [The Bastardly]
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Octomom Nadya Suleman facing New Year Eviction
[HMG Celebrity News] – After a hectic year, ‘Octomom’ Nadya Suleman is now facing eviction in the New Year. Her delivery of eight children on January 29 of 2009, made the 35-year old multiplex-mommy a media sensation. But her fame has grown cold and the big deals she planned also failed to arrived. So with [...]
Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Sentenced To Prison And Banned From Filmmaking
American filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Francis Ford Coppola spoke out publicly in support of the Iranian director when he was first arrested. Now Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to a 6-year prison sentence by an Iranian court and banned from making films for two decades. Panahi won Camera d’Or honors at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival for his first film, The White Balloon, and he won the Golden Lion in 2000 for The Circle. Another Iranian filmmaker, Muhammad Rasoulof, recently was also dealt a 6-year jail sentence by a regime determined to silence dissident artists. This underscores why the internationality of cinema is so important.
According to UK’s Guardian newspaper, Panahi and Rasoulof were originally arrested last year for publicly mourning protesters killed following the presidential election. He was arrested again in February and sent to prison in Tehran. The formal charge: collusion and propaganda, his attorney Farideh Gheyrat told an Iranian news agency.
“He is therefore sentenced to six years in prison and also he is banned for 20 years for making any films, writing any scripts, traveling aboard and also giving any interviews to the media including foreign and domestic news organizations,” the attorney told The Guardian. The conviction will be appealed.
Vanessa Hudgens Celebrated Her 22nd Birthday at Pure Nightclub
Vanessa Hudgens partied in Vegas at Pure Nightclub to celebrate her 22nd birthday over the weekend. Joining her were Brittany Snow and Ashley Tisdale. When asked about her and Zac Efron, after ending their 4-year relationship earlier this week, Vanessa responded with a simple “We’re good.” As for what 2011 hold for Vanessa:
“It’s going to be a very, very busy year. I have three movies coming out in the next year, so I’m excited to see what the future is going to hold.” [Source]
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