tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post6381238271916886898..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Cloudy with a chance of boxofficeSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-78711766883873912142009-09-19T09:48:27.501-07:002009-09-19T09:48:27.501-07:00Now looking like 30 million is the likely weekend ...Now looking like 30 million is the likely weekend total, according to Sony estimates.<br /><br />Not bad. Getting quite good reviews, too. Congratulations to all the crew at Sony Animation, the movie looks really good! Going to see it later today...Chipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-21446967595223416572009-09-19T07:31:49.029-07:002009-09-19T07:31:49.029-07:00Saw it. Great movie! Congrats to SonySaw it. Great movie! Congrats to SonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-89398349818652465862009-09-19T02:15:59.369-07:002009-09-19T02:15:59.369-07:00Ouch...
7.7 million friday estimate for Cloudy, b...Ouch...<br /><br />7.7 million friday estimate for Cloudy, but it will be number 1.<br /><br />but I guess thats good for September?<br /><br />It should break 25 million, but I doubt 30 million is possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-41923309674532465462009-09-19T02:02:36.582-07:002009-09-19T02:02:36.582-07:00Is this post still about Cloudy?
I really hope th...Is this post still about Cloudy?<br /><br />I really hope that opens with 30-40 million. Chris & Phil are going to have a busy award seasonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-88940954547178455022009-09-18T19:27:35.129-07:002009-09-18T19:27:35.129-07:00Well, darn it! HERE:
From Deadline Hollywood.com:...Well, darn it! HERE:<br /><br />From Deadline Hollywood.com:<br /><br />EXCLUSIVE! Dick Cook Fired From Disney; Hollywood Registering Shock At News; Cook "Never Saw It Coming"<br />By Nikki Finke | Category: Uncategorized | Friday September 18, 2009 @ 5:00pm<br />Comments (0) Email This | Print This | Bookmark and Share<br /><br />Disney is adamantly telling people tonight that Dick Cook was not fired. But that's not what Cook himself is telling Hollywood. I'm told that he was called in to see Bob Iger and given the news that "it was over". "He got blindsided by Iger. He never saw it coming," one source who just now spoke to Cook tells me. However, several months ago, rumors were floating that Iger was going to fire Cook because of the motion picture division's recent record of failures (along with some big successes) at the box office. When I asked top execs about this, I was given firm denials. (Then rumors began that Oren Aviv would be axed. Again, denials.) Iger himself talked to analysts about the motion picture division problems. <br /><br />There can be no doubt that Cook was one of the most popular executives ever to work in showbiz. Tonight, Hollywood can't believe this has happened, especially on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. "I'm shocked by Dick's ouster. I love him more than life," one Disney insider told me, adding, "I walked out of a meeting and heard this. And, 4 minutes later, you post it." It's reminding old Disney hands of the day when Michael Eisner blindsided Jeffrey Katzenberg by firing him. "If your mandate if is to up the Disney brand, then how do you fire somebody who has 38 years of institutional brand knowledge of Disney?"<br /><br />Naturally, the guessing game of who would replace Cook began immediately. "I don't know who Iger thinks he can find who'll be able to come in there and already have relations with Spielberg, and Zemeckis, and Bruckheimer, and Lasseter, and Burton, like this guy had." And then there is the fact that so many divisions report to Cook that his replacement also must be an experienced administrator as well as have deep talent relations. And that ain't easy. <br /><br />There's been a lot of talk that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige spent a lot of time with Disney CEO Bob Iger during the dealmaking to buy the company, and Feige impressed the hell out of Iger. Of course, there's also the new DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider whose resume includes running Universal, after all, and who could further cement Steven Spielberg's control at his new moviemaking home. ("But she can't. She's a long-term partner with Steven and Reliance in DreamWorks. She not available," said a DreamWorks spokesperson.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-5209966895726723342009-09-18T19:26:23.014-07:002009-09-18T19:26:23.014-07:00Oops, sorry, bad link. Here:
http://www.deadline....Oops, sorry, bad link. Here:<br /><br />http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/exclusive-dick-cook-fired-from-disney/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-57426391262081011162009-09-18T19:25:18.903-07:002009-09-18T19:25:18.903-07:00I hear it was more like he was fired.
http://www....I hear it was more like he was fired.<br /><br />http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/<br /><br />Maybe it was the guinea pig spy movie that finally did it...or maybe Princess and the Frog isn't tracking well...or that stupid new Muppets movie being greenlit...hmmm....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-25151349738459321022009-09-18T17:47:14.850-07:002009-09-18T17:47:14.850-07:00And this just in:
Dick Cook "stepping down&q...And this just in:<br /><br />Dick Cook "stepping down" as chairman of Disney.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/18/dick-cook-disney-studios_n_292077.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/18/dick-cook-disney-studios_n_292077.html</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com