Scorsese and his nonprofit organization The Film Foundation have announced their new film curriculum, Portraits of America: Democracy on Film. The curriculum is in addition to the ongoing film course, “The Story of Movies,” which aims to teach students how to read the language of film and place movies in the context of history, art, and society. […]
Indie Companies: Neon (I, Tonya)–Co-Founder Tom Quinn
March 27, 2018 by
NEON co-founder Tom Quinn, speaking at the Australia Film Forum in New York laast week, explained the motivation behind founding the company: “It’s so expensive that unless you’re going to build something that has a point of view, that can stand for something, I didn’t really feel the need to launch a company.” Over the […]
Indie Companies: STX Entertainment–Commercial Flops (Space Between Us, Free State of Jones)
March 23, 2018 by
STX Entertainment’s “The Space Between Us” bombed, eking out $3.8 million. That’s far less than the $8 million to $10 million that the studio projected the film would earn in its debut. The science-fiction romance was picked up from Relativity Media after that company fell into bankruptcy. It centers on an intra-planetary relationship that forms […]
Movie Stars: Fonda, Jane: From Sex Toy in Barbarella to Politically Active Women
February 27, 2018 by
Significantly, Jane Fonda became a major box-office star, not when she played sex kitten roles (Barbarella) or romantic ingenues (A Period of Adjustment; Barefoot in the Park), but strong, politically committed women (Julia, China Syndrome).
Movie Audiences: Average Movie Ticket Price in 2018 is $9.16
The average first-quarter movie ticket price for North America jumped 3.6% from a year ago, rising from $8.84 to $9.16, the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO).
The figure, released Monday by NATO, is down only two cents from the fourth-quarter average of $9.18, which was driven by the combination of premium prices for tentpole films (such as “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”) and awards contenders.
Overall business during the first quarter was down about 2.8% to $2.93 billion, according to comScore, as Disney-Marvel’s “Black Panther” generated 22% of the quarter’s revenues with $648 million. A pair of holdovers released on Dec. 20 performed well, with Sony’s “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” grossing $233 million during the quarter and Fox’s “The Greatest Showman” taking in $122.8 million.