Film Industry News
Top DVD rentals and sales in the first week of March
These were the top DVD rentals and sales for the week ending March 7, 2010:
TOP DVD RENTALS
1. 2012
2. Law Abiding Citizen
3. Couples Retreat
4. The Box
5. The Hangover
6. The Invention Of Lying
7. The Hurt Locker
8. Zombieland
9. The Informant!
10. Where the Wild Things [...]
2010 Academy Award winners
Here are the winners of the 2010 Academy Awards:
BEST PICTURE
“The Hurt Locker”
“Avatar”
“The Blind Side”
“District 9″
“An Education”
“Inglourious Basterds”
“Precious”
“A Serious Man”
“Up”
“Up in the Air”
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan [...]
Top DVD rentals and sales last week
These were the top DVD rentals and sales for the week ending February 21, according to data from Rentrak Corporation.
TOP DVD RENTALS
1. Couples Retreat
2. Law Abiding Citizen
3. The Time Traveler’s Wife
4. Zombieland
5. The Stepfather
6. Love Happens
7. Surrogates
8. The Hangover
9. The Invention Of Lying
10. [...]
Best in film in 2009: BAFTA Awards winners
Here are the winners of this year’s BAFTA Awards, announced earlier today:
BEST FILM
The Hurt Locker
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Fish Tank
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
Duncan Jones – Moon
DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air
FILM NOT IN THE [...]
Best in film and television in 2009: The Golden Reel Awards
Here is the list of winners of the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 57th annual Golden Reel Awards:
FILMS
SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR, MUSIC IN AN ANIMATION FEATURE FILM
“Up”
Supervising Sound Editor: Michael Silvers
Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer: Tom Myers
Supervising Foley Editor: Pascal Garneau
Music Editor: Stephen M. Davis
Sound Effects Editors: Al Nelson, J.R. Grubbs, Teresa Eckton
Foley Editor: [...]
Best in film and television in 2009: Writers Guild Awards
Here are this year’s winners of the WGA Awards:
FILM
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Hurt Locker, Written by Mark Boal; Summit Entertainment
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Up in the Air, Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner; Based upon the novel by Walter Kirn; Paramount Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
The Cove, Written by Mark Monroe; Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
TELEVISION WINNERS
DRAMA SERIES
Mad Men, Written by [...]
Top movies at the weekend box office, February 19 – 21
These were the top movies at the U.S. box office this weekend:
1. Shutter Island – $40,200,000
2. Valentine’s Day – $17,160,000
3. Avatar – $16,100,000
4. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: Lightning – $15,300,000
5. The Wolfman – $9,846,265
6. Dear John – $7,300,000
7. [...]
Saturn Awards nominees
Here are the 2010 Saturn Award nominees:
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
The Book of Eli
Knowing
Moon
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
BEST FANTASY FILM
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Lovely Bones
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Watchmen
Where the Wild Things Are
BEST HORROR FILM
The Box
Drag Me to Hell
Frozen
The Last House on the Left
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Zombieland
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER [...]
Top DVD rentals and sales
Rentrak has announced the top DVD rentals and sales for the week ending February 7. Here they are:
TOP DVD RENTALS
1. Zombieland
2. Love Happens
3. Surrogates
4. Gamer
5. The Hangover
6. Amelia
7. District 9
8. The Invention of Lying
9. Whip It
10. Julie and Julia
10 BEST-SELLING DVDs
1. [...]
Weekend box office, February 5 – 7
These were the top grossing movies at the U.S. box office this weekend:
1. Dear John – $32,400,000
2. Avatar – $23,600,000
3. From Paris with Love – $8,120,000
4. Edge of Darkness – $7,005,000
5. Tooth Fairy – $6,500,000
6. When in Rome – $5,504,000
7. The Book of Eli – $4,835,000 [...]
