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18 June 2008 10:35 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Commercials for new movies are the least likely to be skipped by users of TiVo digital video recorders, according to a study by the DVR maker. The study, conducted in April, found that the least fast-forwarded (and most-watched) ad was for Universal's comedy film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, which aired during NBC's The Office. (The episode itself, however, did not even make TiVo's list of the ten most-watched shows.) The second least fast-forwarded ad was for Sony Pictures' Hancock which aired during an episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Other movies making the top-ten list included Sony's Made of Honor (#4), Universal's Baby Mama (#7), and Paramount/Marvel's Iron Man (#10).

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10 June 2008 10:28 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

With the top two films earning nearly $100 million between them, the studios and exhibitors had a very good weekend, final reports by Media by Numbers indicated Monday. DreamWorks Animation/Paramount's Kung Fu Panda led the pack with $60.24 million, while Sony's You Don't Mess With the Zohan topped out at $38.5 million. Together, the top 12 films grossed $170.87 million, 31 percent above the $130.43 million reported for the same week a year ago. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. Kung Fu Panda, Paramount, $60,239,130, (New); 2. You Don't Mess With The Zohan, Sony, $38,531,374, (New); 3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount, $22,793,630, 3 Wks. ($253,014,750); 4. Sex and the City: The Movie, Warner Bros, $21,218,305, 2 Wks. ($99,177,283); 5. The Strangers, Universal, $8,941,970, 2 Wks. ($37,298,770); 6. Iron Man, Paramount, $7,477,439, 6 Wks. ($288,847,640); 7. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Disney, $5,658,836, 4 Wks. ($125,977,010); 8. What Happens in Vegas, 20th Century Fox, $3,437,801, 5 Wks. ($72,267,894); 9. Baby Mama, Universal, $806,750, 7 Wks. ($57,931,215); 10. Made of Honor, Sony, $804,055, 6 Wks. ($44,689,497).

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9 June 2008 10:33 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Although DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda and Sony's You Don't Mess With the Zohan were expected to run neck-and-neck at the box office over the weekend, the results weren't even close. The panda did in fact mess with Zohan as it attracted an estimated $60 million in ticket sales to $40 million for Zohan. The figure for Panda was about twice what box-office prognosticators had predicted it would earn. The two films together, combined with solid holdover performances by Warner Bros.' Sex and the City and Paramount's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull boosted the overall box office some 30 percent above the comparable weekend a years ago. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers:1. Kung Fu Panda, $60 million; 2. You Don't Mess With the Zohan, $40 million; 3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $22.8 million; 4. Sex and the City, $21.3 million; 5. The Strangers, $9.3 million; 6. Iron Man, $7.5 million; 7. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $5.5 million; 8. What Happens in Vegas, $3.4 million; 9. Baby Mama, $780,000; 10. Made Of Honor, $775,000.

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6 June 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Before Michelle Monaghan went public with news that she's pregnant with her first child, her Made of Honor costar, Patrick Dempsey was already aware of her condition. "It was a big secret, and I wasn't allowed to tell anyone, but I knew Michelle was pregnant, and I am thrilled for her," Dempsey, 42, told People on Friday – as he prepared to race this weekend in the Six Hours of the Glen Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York. "She will be a great mom because she has a good head on her shoulders, a fine husband,

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3 June 2008 10:38 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Even the box office estimates for the opening weekend of Warner Bros.' Sex and the City turned out to be too conservative as the film earned a million and a half dollars more on Sunday than studio executives had reckoned. The film took in a total of $56.9 million for the weekend, substantially ahead of Paramount's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which brought in $44.8 million in its second week, pushing its gross past the $200-million mark to $215.6 million. The No. 3 film, Universal's horror flick The Strangers, also performed better than expected with $21 million -- more than what the film cost to produce. In fourth place, Iron Man appeared to have legs of steel, as it brought in another $13.5 million after five weeks. Rounding out the top five, Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian added $12.7 million to its gross in its third week. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date):1. Sex and the City: The Movie, Warner Bros, $56,848,056, (New); 2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount, $44,754,615, 2 Wks. ($215,635,899); 3. The Strangers, Universal, $20,997,985, (New); 4. Iron Man, Paramount, $13,541,264, 5 Wks. ($276,166,336); 5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Disney, $12,704,545, 3 Wks. ($115,362,725); 6. What Happens in Vegas, 20th Century Fox, $6,681,097, 4 Wks. ($65,904,971); 7. Speed Racer, Warner Bros., $2,259,031, 4 Wks. ($40,677,371); 8. Baby Mama, Universal, $2,194,320, 6 Wks. ($56,117,805); 9. Made of Honor, Sony, $1,913,035, 5 Wks. ($42,878,354); 10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Universal, $1,059,840, 7 Wks. ($60,485,980).

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2 June 2008 5:55 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Michelle Monaghan is expecting her first child.

The Made of Honor star and husband Peter White will welcome their tot in the autumn.

Monaghan's rep, Jennifer Allen, tells People.com, "They are very excited."

The 32-year-old met White in a New York bar and the couple wed in 2005.

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2 June 2008 10:32 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

When Friday's box-office results for Sex and the City came in on Saturday, Hollywood gurus were stunned. The movie had earned just about as much as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull had earned the previous Friday, just under $30 million. While advance word was that the movie would do especially well on Friday as groups of women got together for the premiere, no one had predicted that it would do that well. But Warner Bros. distribution chief Dan Fellman told the Associated Press, "There were women that came in and bought out entire theaters in advance and invited all their friends." Co-star Sarah Jessica Parker told the New York Times, "It is kind of mind-boggling." (Eighty-five percent of the audience Friday night was female.) And in fact the movie took in only half its Friday gross on Saturday and again on Sunday, winding up with $55.7 million -- just about what it reportedly cost to produce. And yes, it became the top moneymaker at the box office for the weekend, pushing Indy into second place with $46 million -- also something that no one had predicted. Also opening solidly was the horror flick The Strangers, with about $20.7 million, to place third. Some experts are predicting that Crystal Skull will return to the top spot next week and remain there for a while, pointing out that the potential audience for that film is far greater than that for Sex and the City -- especially as kids begin pouring out of school for summer vacation.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers: 1. Sex and the City, $55.7 million; 2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, $46 million; 3. The Strangers, $20.7 million; 4. Iron Man, $14 million; 5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, $13 million; 6. What Happens in Vegas, $6.9 million; 7. Baby Mama, $2.2 million; 8. Speed Racer, $2.1 million; 9. Made of Honor, $2 million; 10. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, $1 million.

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27 May 2008 12:15 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack has died of cancer. He was 73.

Pollack died on Monday afternoon at his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles surrounded by friends and family. His death follows a ten month battle with the deadly disease.

Pollack won critical acclaim and two Academy Awards for his epic romance Out of Africa starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The 1985 movie garnered a staggering 11 nominations and won seven including Best Picture and Best Director.

He was also famed for directing 1973 classic The Way We Were and 1982's Tootsie starring Dustin Hoffman.

While best remembered as a director, Pollack started out as an actor and continued to perform throughout his career - most recently appearing alongside George Clooney in last year's Oscar-winning picture Michael Clayton and in this year's Made of Honor with Patrick Dempsey.

Pollack is survived by his wife Claire, daughters Rebecca and Rachel and six grandchildren.

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4 May 2008 3:33 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Michelle Monaghan got a taste of the chaos behind a big wedding when she 'married' for a second time on the set of romantic comedy Made Of Honor.

The Mission: Impossible 3 star wed Peter White in 2005 in a very small affair in his native Australia.

And so her big movie wedding was a real eye-opener.

She says, "My wedding was small; nothing like the Isle of Skye ceremony in the film.

"My husband is Australian and we got married by the Great Barrier Reef. I had a much smaller wedding dress than the one I wore in the film. And I wore my hair down; no up-dos for me!"

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1 May 2008 1:09 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

In 1986, John Hughes wrote Pretty In Pink, a high-school romantic comedy featuring a love triangle between a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, her long-smitten best friend, and a handsome rich kid. It worked so well that he essentially wrote it again with the genders reversed, and called it Some Kind Of Wonderful. Cheap? Maybe. You could simply call it consistency. But what do you call it when someone pulls a gender reversal on someone else's movie? If that movie is My Best Friend's Wedding, you call it Made Of Honor. Originality is often overrated anyway, but director Paul Weiland (City Slickers II: The Legend Of Curly's Gold, Leonard Part 6), working from a script by newcomer Adam Sztykiel and the generally reliable team of Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, doesn't offer much compensation for his lack thereof. Everyone hits the notes to a tune they,...

Keith Phipps

10 articles from 2008