Tag: Avatar: The Way of Water
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Disney Veteran Ken Caldwell Retires After 40 Years
Ken Caldwell, a nearly 40-year veteran of Disney, is retiring from the company at the end of the year.He most recently served as executive vice president and general sales manager of North American theatrical sales and reported to Tony Chambers, the executive VP of theatrical distribution. In his role, Caldwell oversaw domestic distribution encompassing the…
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‘Barbie’ Outpaces ‘The Avengers’ as 11th-Highest Grossing Domestic Release in History
Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” has generated $626 million at the domestic box office, overtaking Marvel’s 2012 blockbuster “The Avengers” ($623 million) as the 11th-highest grossing release in history.In order to crack the top 10, “Barbie” will need to outpace 2015’s “Jurassic World” (No. 10 with $653 million), “Titanic” (No. 9 with $674 million), “Avengers: Infinity War”…
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‘Master Gardener’s Sigourney Weaver Discusses Her Character in New Featurette
When it comes to movies with complex themes, Master Gardener is certainly one that can stir up a discussion. To say that the movie brings delicate subjects to the table is an understatement: Racism and white supremacy are just two elements that are covered in the story. In an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette that Collider can…
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Box Office Stats Have Nothing To Do With a Film’s Quality, Actually
The top 10 highest-grossing movies of all time at the domestic box office (without adjusting for inflation) are The Force Awakens, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Avatar, Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther, Avatar: The Way of Water, Avengers: Infinity War, Titanic, and Jurassic World, respectively. Out of those 10, five were nominated for Best…
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Disney Accused of ‘Self-Dealing’ by Fox Slate Financier
Tsg Entertainment, which has invested more than $3 billion in 140 Fox films including “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “The Shape of Water,” accused Disney in a lawsuit on Tuesday of using Hollywood accounting tricks to cheat it out of hundreds of millions of dollars.The slate financier alleged that Disney had engaged in “self-dealing”…
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‘Titanic’ Budget Breakdown: What Did It Cost To Make James Cameron’s Epic?
Director James Cameron’s 1997 mega-hit Titanic has become a relevant talking point in the industry once again, though admittedly not for the most noble reasons. The infamous vessel after which the Oscar-winning film is named entered the public eye again following the viral story that a submarine owned by Oceangate Expeditions went missing in late…
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Nearly a Quarter of ‘Barbie’ Filmgoers in the U.S. Hadn’t Been to a Theater Since Before Pandemic, Survey Finds
“Barbie” brought sporadic moviegoers back to theaters in a big way, a new survey from film tracking service The Quorum found. Quorum surveyed 1,800 “Barbie” ticket buyers in the U.S. over the past three weeks, finding that 11% “couldn’t remember the last film they had seen in a theater.” Another 11% said “Barbie” was the…
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3′ and ’65’ Have Out-of-This-World Success in Home Viewing
Three VOD charts and Netflix’s top 10 all resulted in films set in non-Earth planetary worlds leading the pack in home viewing. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney) is #1 on VOD (at $19.99) at iTunes, Google Play, and Vudu, while “65,” four months after its theatrical release and multiple weeks scoring on VOD,…
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Korea Box Office: ‘Elemental’ Expands Further in Fourth Weekend
Pixar animation film “Elemental” expanded further at the South Korean box office in its fourth weekend of release, giving the film its third weekend triumph in four weeks of release.“Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” took third place from preview screening ahead of its official release on Wednesday.“Elemental” earned $6.11 million between Friday and…
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New on Disney+ in July 2023
Disney+ has had quite an eventful year thus far with The Mandalorian Season 3, Star Wars: Visions Season 2, The Bad Batch Season 2, Peter Pan and Wendy, American Born Chinese, and the streaming premieres of films like Avatar: The Way of Water, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. July will…