Film Industry News
Top DVD rentals and sales last week
These are the top DVD rentals for the week ending July 4, as announced by Rentrak: 1. Hot Tub Time Machine 2. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief 3. The Book of Eli 4. Green Zone 5. The Crazies 6. She’s out of My League 7. When In Rome 8. Shutter Island 9. [...]
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 Are TOP DVD [...]
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 [...]
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. Gamer [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. Tooth Fairy – $4,500,000 8. Crazy Heart – $3,025,000 [...]
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 [...]
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. Zombieland [...]