Tag: Abominable
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Brad Pitt’s ‘Ad Astra’ Maintains International Box Office Lead With $18 Million
Disney and Fox’s “Ad Astra” scaled international box office charts again, maintaining its lead for the second weekend in a row. The astronaut drama starring Brad Pitt amassed another $18 million from 50 foreign territories, easily placing first overseas among Hollywood offerings.After two weekends in theaters, “Ad Astra” has generated $53.5 million abroad and $89…
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‘Abominable’ #1 as the Oscar-Season ‘Judy’ Soared With $3 Million
DreamWorks Animation’s “Abominable” achieved a surprisingly easy #1 this weekend. With just under $21 million, it fell into line with cartoon features around this period. “Smallfoot” last year took in $23 million.That was enough to easily top the second weekend of “Downton Abbey.” The big-screen extension of the popular British series added $14.5 million to…
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Dreamworks’ ‘Abominable’ Leads Quiet Box Office As The World Awaits ‘Joker’
When you have a powerhouse comic book film coming in a week, studios normally don’t even bother releasing other major films to compete in the week prior. And that’s exactly what happened this week, as most major studios are giving Warner Bros. a clear runway for next weekend’s “Joker.” The only studio to provide any…
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‘Abominable’ Puts Universal Atop the Weekend Box Office Once Again
Universal finished atop the weekend box office yet again this year with their animated adventure Abominable, while also taking second position with Focus’s Downton Abbey, now in its second weekend. Meanwhile, Roadside saw a strong performance from their release of Judy, delivering a top ten performance in moderate release, while holdovers such as Hustlers and…
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Box Office: ‘Abominable’ Edging Out Holdover Competition for $20 Million Opening
“Abominable” is edging out its box office competition, following $5.69 million in Friday’s domestic ticket sales.If estimates hold, the DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-production should take home around $20 million come Sunday — the biggest opening for an original animated film this year and only the third original film to open at No. 1…
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‘Ad Astra’ and ‘Abominable’ in international box office action
Last weekend’s top film and the new animated adventure open in major markets.After topping the international and global box office charts last weekend, Fox’s Ad Astra opens in three new major markets this weekend.Meanwhile Focus Features’ Downton Abbey arrives in France and Universal’s Abominable begins its international roll out in earnest, opening in three major…
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Universal’s ‘Abominable’ Ready to Freeze Out the Weekend Competition
The first animated film of the fall season, and the first in over a month, arrives this weekend in the form of Universal, DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s Abominable and it’s looking to top the weekend box office. Behind it is last weekend’s strong opener Downton Abbey, while Roadside Attractions looks to crack the top…
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How Lighting, Production Design Helped Bring ‘Abominable’ Toon to Life
DreamWorks Animation’s “Abominable” is a fantasy about a city girl and two cousins helping a Yeti travel across China to its Mount Everest home, but creating the film’s look with virtual lighting and production design required as much attention to detail as any live-action feature.Proprietary software allowed head of lighting Michael Necci and his team…
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‘Abominable’ Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
In this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, DreamWorks Animation claims the top spot in spending with “Abominable.”Ads placed for the animated film had an estimated media value of $5.97 million through Sunday for 1,543 national ad airings on 40 networks. (Spend…
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‘Abominable’ Review: An Adorable, If Familiar, Fairy Tale About a Girl and Her Magic Yeti
“Abominable” may feel boilerplate: Plucky loner finds an unexpected friend, a wild journey ensues with the help of a motley crew, and it ends with a buffet of lessons about the power of friendship, family, and self-respect. Also included: one incredibly cute magical yeti, all the better to incite both warm and squishy sentiments and…