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Are Critically Acclaimed Movies More Popular? They Were Last Year

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Critics, Movies, Box Office, Rotten Tomatoes, Movie Reviews, Summer Movies, Movie Box Office, Entertainment News

Both critics and moviegoers seem to like quality and not crap. Is this revelatory? In a society that dismisses quality, and that holds up crap for imitation, it certainly feels revelatory.

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Why the New York Times Shouldn't Try to Predict Summer Box Office

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iron Man, Spider-Man 3, Kung Fu Panda, Summer Movies, Shrek the Third, Box Office, The New York Times, Sex and the City, Pirates 3, Sex and the City: The Movie, Entertainment News

Frankly, it's not the business of the New York Times to engage in facile prognostication about the box office performance of summer sequels.

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Trapped Between Two Women at the Sex and the City Premiere

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 06.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iron Man, Sex and the City, Box Office, Wish Fulfillment, Carrie Bradshaw, Movies, Entertainment News

When your dream wedding goes kaput and you're catatonic, your friends care enough to whisk you away to Mexico for a vacation for four. You don't even need to thank or acknowledge them. What are friends for?

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Why Is The New York Times Encouraging Hollywood's Myopia?

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 05.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The New York Times, Box Office, Spider-Man 3, Summer Movies, Iron Man Movie, Entertainment News

When I began reading Michael Cieply's article in the New York Times, "For Movies, A Summer That's Shy on Sequels," my main thought was: "What's the point?"

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A Look at 2007 Box Office, or Why You Should Avoid Movies that Open in 2,000 Theaters

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 04.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Spider-Man 3, Box Office, Initial Release, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Eagle vs. Shark, Widest Release, Entertainment News

You have a better chance of meeting someone who thinks President Bush is doing a good job than seeing a good movie that plays in over 2,000 theaters.

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The Moviegoer: Losing the Battle for Box Office

James Rocchi | Posted 04.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, Lions for Lambs, Iraq, In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, Stop-Loss, Box Office, Films About Iraq, Movies About Iraq, War in Iraq, Entertainment News

So why are the Iraq movies failing? A few possibilities: it's too soon, they're not good, it's too late, and buying a ticket would be buying in.

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The Most Popular Movies of All Time are Chick Flicks

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 04.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The New York Times, Chick Flicks, Pearl Harbor, Box Office, Titanic, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Entertainment News

To create a blockbuster, all you've got to do is find the right actress, the right actors, the right historic tragedy, and then cross your fingers that you've created Titanic rather than Pearl Harbor.

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Where in The World Are Iraq War Movies Popular?

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 04.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Battle of Algiers, Rendition, Lions for Lambs, Box Office, In the Valley of Elah, Redacted, Stop-Loss, Mission Accomplished, Iraq War, Iraq War Movies, Iraq, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Hollywood has tried to make it easy for us by making its Iraq War films about us, and setting the action here, in the U.S. But we can't be bothered.

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Why We Stopped Seeing Best Picture Nominees -- Part III

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Post-9/11, The Academy Awards, Breaking Entertainment News, Box Office, Spider-Man, Entertainment News

The Academy Award's best picture nominees feel small, timid and dry, while the box office smashes feel big, bold and dopey. There's got to be some kind of middle ground. We used to be able to find it.

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Why We Stopped Seeing Best Picture Nominees -- Part II

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 01.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sequels, The Academy Awards, DVD Sales, Movie Distribution, Oscar, Breaking Entertainment News, Movies, Box Office, Entertainment News

(Read Part I here.) So why have best picture nominees gotten so unpopular in this particular decade? Is it the DVDs? In the past, the Academy and ...

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Why We Stopped Seeing Best Picture Nominees -- Part I

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 01.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Academy Awards, Oscars, Academy Awards, Box Office, Entertainment News

How rare is it when at least one of the best picture nominees isn't among the year's top 10 box office hits? What was once a rarity has now become routine.

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2007 Was Modest Year For Hollywood

New York Times | Brooks Barnes | Posted 01.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Movie Industry, Domestic Receipts, Nielsens, Foreign Grosses, Ticket Sales, Box Office, Media by Numbers, Movies, Business News

Despite a modest increase in 2007 box office receipts, moviedom is trudging into January with a droop in its shoulders. Ticket sales at North America...

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