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Bosworth Thanks Press for Bloom Romance

24 May 2004 | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Win A Date With Ted Hamilton star Kate Bosworth is grateful to the media for bringing her closer to her actor boyfriend Orlando Bloom. Although the high-profile coverage of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck's romance played a part in their split earlier this year , the blonde beauty credits her fame with strengthening her relationship with the Lord Of The Rings hunk. The 20-year-old says, "when you become a public figure you're sort of giving yourself to the world and you realize the people who matter are the ones who know you best. It brought me closer to my loved ones and made me appreciate them. I try not to be suspicious of new people, but it's natural I am a little." Bosworth is currently filming Sin City with her boyfriend's LOTR co-star Elijah Wood. »

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De Luca Out at Dreamworks, Will Move To Sony

16 March 2004 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Michael De Luca, the onetime New Line Cinema wunderkind who jumped ship to DreamWorks three years ago and nearly drowned in the process, is moving again. Sony Pictures Entertainment announced Monday that De Luca will become a producer at Columbia in July. In a statement, De Luca said, "I'm hoping that as a producer, I can continue to focus on the kinds of films that worked for me as an executive -- appropriately budgeted, provocative specialized films with visionary filmmakers, and pop-culture, mainstream genre films with franchise potential." At DreamWorks De Luca held a post comparable to president of production (DreamWorks eschews titles). He oversaw such films as Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!, Head of State, Old School and the upcoming Anchorman. »

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Box Office Is Bowled Over

3 February 2004 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Competition from the Super Bowl took its toll at the box office over the weekend as only one film earned more than $10 million, the newly released You Got Served from Sony's Screen Gems, which took in $16.1 million. (It was actually the biggest gross that any new film has enjoyed on a Super Bowl weekend.) Another newcomer, Paramount's The Perfect Score, earned just $4.9 million to place fifth, while a third freshman offering, The Big Bounce got the bounce from moviegoers as it wound up with $3.3 million, to place thirteenth. Hardest hit of all was Warner Brothers' biker film Torque, aimed at young males -- the core Super Bowl crowd -- which dropped 67 percent in its third week to just $1.5 million. (The movie has grossed only $19.7 million during its current run. Overall, the box office was down 4 percent from Super Bowl weekend a year ago.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. You Got Served, Screen Gems, $16,123,105, (New); 2. The Butterfly Effect, New Line, $9,556,280, 2 Wks. ($31,735,064); 3. Along Came Polly, Universal, $9,310,060, 3 Wks. ($66,002,555); 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, New Line, $5,310,803, 7 Wks. ($345,331,815); 5. The Perfect Score, Paramount, $4,873,819, (New); 6. Big Fish, Sony, $4,533,655, 8 Wks. ($55,316,067); 7. Mystic River, Warner Bros., $4,378,417, 17 Wks. ($64,858,601); 8. Cheaper By the Dozen, 20th Century Fox, $4,285,230, 6 Wks. ($128,034,055); 9. Win a Date With Tad Hamilton, DreamWorks, $4,211,395, 2 Wks. ($13,107,536); 10. Cold Mountain, Miramax, $4,074,047, 6 Wks. ($78,375,713). »

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Football Clobbers Box Office

2 February 2004 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Filmgoers once again deserted theaters over Super Bowl weekend as the top ten films together generated less than $70 million in ticket sales. The top film at the box office was the poorly received musical You Got Served, which earned an estimated $16 million. Two other entrants -- which received equally dismal reviews -- barely made a showing. The Perfect Score came in at No. 5 with $5 million, while The Big Bounce failed even to make it into the top 10, finishing twelfth at $3.3 million.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. You Got Served, $16 million; 2. Along Came Polly, $10.1 million; 3. The Butterfly Effect, $9.95 million; 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, $5.3 million; 5. The Perfect Score, $5 million; 6. Big Fish, $4.6 million; 7. Cold Mountain, $4.53 million; 8. Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!, $4.5 million; 9. Mystic River, $4.4 million; 10. Cheaper by the Dozen, $4.1 million. »

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'Butterfly' Effective at Box Office

27 January 2004 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Just like he does on his TV show Punk'd, Ashton Kutcher had the last laugh Monday as final box office figures indicated that The Butterfly Effect, in which he makes his first featured appearance in a dramatic role, was the top film at the nation's movie houses over the weekend. Both the film and Kutcher's performance in it were widely derided by critics. Butterfly earned $17.1 million, edging out the second week of Along Came Polly, which took in $16.4 million. Another new film, Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!, debuted in third place with $7.3 million. The biggest loser of the week may have been Warner Bros' bike movie Torque, which dropped 56 percent from last week's premiere to just $4.5 million.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. The Butterfly Effect, New Line, $17,065,227, (New); 2. Along Came Polly, Universal, $16,352,625, 2 Wks. ($53,263,615); 3. Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!, DreamWorks, $7,320,066, (New); 4. Big Fish, Sony, $7,110,138, 7 Wks. ($48,934,111); 5. The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King, New Line, $6,785,756, 6 Wks. ($337,817,998); 6. Cheaper By the Dozen, 20th Century Fox, $6,381,508, 5 Wks. ($122,533,720); 7. Cold Mountain, Miramax, $5,004,505, 5 Wks. ($72,570,380); 8. Torque, Warner Bros., $4,492,005, 2 Wks. ($17,278,318); 9. Something's Gotta Give, Sony, $4,017,675, 7 Wks. ($107,054,327); 10. Mystic River, Warner Bros., $3,368,197, 16 Wks. ($58,766,374). »

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'Butterfly' Flies to Top of Box Office

26 January 2004 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

The Butterfly Effect escaped the bug spray of the critics over the weekend, capturing the top spot at the box office with $17.1 million, far greater than expected. The film, and its star Ashton Kutcher, received ravaging reviews on Friday but nevertheless managed to wrest the box-office crown from the Ben Stiller comedy Along Came Polly, which dipped to second place with $16.6 million, according to studio estimates. Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! debuted in third place with $7.5 million. Tim Burton's Big Fish finished fourth with about $7.3 million, while The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King rounded out the top five with $6.85 million, bringing its total cross to $337 million.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. The Butterfly Effect, $17.1 million; 2. Along Came Polly, $16.6 million; 3. Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! $7.5 million; 4. Big Fish, $7.3 million; 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, $6.85 million; 6. Cheaper by the Dozen, $6.6 million; 7. Cold Mountain, $5.03 million; 8. Torque, $4.43 million; 9. Something's Gotta Give, $4.1 million; 10. Mystic River, $3.13 million. »

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Movie Reviews: 'Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!'

23 January 2004 | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! is receiving several nice notices. Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal provides one of them: "I was won over, just as the target audience will be," he writes. Then there's one from Claudia Puig in USA Today, who calls it "unexpectedly charming" Then there's Roger Ebert's in the Chicago Sun-Times: "Because it embraces its innocence like a lucky charm, it works, for those willing to allow it. Others will respond with a horse laugh, and although I cannot quarrel with them I do not share their sentiments." Certainly the majority of major critics do not share Ebert's (or Morgenstern's). Desson Thomson writes in the Washington Post: "There are so many layers of bad when it comes to the Hollywood romantic comedy, it would take the film-reviewing equivalent of a geologist to identify them precisely." And Glenn Whipp in the Los Angeles Daily News remarks that Hamilton and director Robert Luketic's earlier film Legally Blonde "are confections that combine so many unsteady elements that they eventually blow up in your face, leaving a sticky bubble-gum residue that's hard to wash off." But many critics take the middle view typified by Bruce Westbrook's in the Houston Chronicle, who writes: "Formulaic, predictable and skimpy on characters, it succeeds, thanks to a lively, fresh cast and a director who sidesteps cornball sweetness." »

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7 articles from 2004

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