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'The Purge': Why Doesn't Everyone Make $3M Movies That Open to $36M?
ReutersJun 10 (TheWrap.com) - With the $3 million "The Purge" taking in $36 million – or 12 times its production budget – in its first three days at the box office, you may be wondering why every studio isn't releasing micro-budgeted thrillers in hopes of...Tags: Movies, Les Miserables (musical), Media Industry, Genres, Sinister (movie)
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'The Purge' and the low-budget genre revolution
Back in 2010, shortly after Paramount Pictures’ "Paranormal Activity" became a mega-hit on a micro-budget, executives at the studio decided to launch a label dedicated to making more movies of this kind. InSurge, as it was known, would produce...
Tags: Owen Wilson, Paranormal Activity (movie), Vince Vaughn, Budgets and Budgeting, Genres
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Los Angeles Film Fest 2013: James Wan's 'The Conjuring' to debut
Filmmaker James Wan's ("Saw," "Insidious") latest scare fest, "The Conjuring," will have its debut at the Los Angeles Film Festival at the Regal Cinema at L.A. Live on June 21. The film will be shown at 10 and 10:30 p.m. Both screenings will follow with...Tags: Movies, Patrick Wilson, Entertainment, Los Angeles Film Festival, Arts and Culture
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Box Office: Cheap Thriller 'The Purge' Scares Up $36M; 'Internship' Gets $18M Hazing
ReutersJun 09 (TheWrap.com) - The micro-budget home-invasion thriller "The Purge" debuted with an estimated $36.3 million at the box office this weekend, putting the brakes on the two-week dominance of the cars-and-criminals sequel"Fast & Furious 6." The...Tags: Sony Corp., Sinister (movie), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Woody Harrelson, The Hangover (movie)
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'The Purge' hopes to make a killing for less
If you're a movie studio with money to burn, summer is bonfire time. Almost every week there's a new $200-million-plus production — Warner Bros.' "Man of Steel" and Paramount's "World War Z" are the next budget-busters — and it costs...Tags: A Nightmare on Elm Street (movie, 2010), Frankenstein (movie, 1931), Andrew Form, Sinister (movie), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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Box office: Low-budget 'The Purge' expected to beat 'The Internship'
This weekend, "The Internship" may become the latest star-driven movie to get beaten by a lower-wattage production. The comedy, which stars Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, appears set to follow in the footsteps of Will Smith's "After Earth," which last...Tags: Movies, Owen Wilson, Hall Pass (movie), Vince Vaughn, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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Stuart Ford Extends IM Global Contract
ReutersMay 28 (TheWrap.com) - IM Global founder Stuart Ford has extended his contract to continue serving as the film financing and distribution company's chief executive officer. The pact is described in a release as a multi-year extension. "It's been a...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Liam Hemsworth, Film Festivals, Stuart
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Jason Blum: How to succeed in the microbudget movie business
A couple years ago the agent-turned-producer Gavin Polone ("Zombieland") detailed just how excessive movie star perks can be. Not only are actors paid a salary, he noted in a piece for Vulture, but add-ons often include private jet travel and luxury...
Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), Patrick Wilson, Budgets and Budgeting, Sinister (movie), Independent (Movie Genre)
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Box Office: 'The Purge' Could Put an End to 'Fast 6' Dominance This Weekend
ReutersJun 06 (TheWrap.com) - "The Purge," a horror thriller that cost $3 million to make, looks like it will knock off the far pricier "Fast and Furious 6" and Owen Wilson-Vince Vaughn workplace comedy "The Internship" at the box office this weekend. Universal...Tags: Jason Blum, Michael Bay, Tomatoes, Sinister (movie), Google Inc.
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'Tooth Fairy' failure inspired 'Purge' producer's later success
In a roundabout way, producer Jason Blum owes his career revival to the 2010 flop "The Tooth Fairy." Blum worked as an executive at Miramax, 1995-2000, where he helped oversee a number of features that, in his words, "no one ever saw." He eventually...Tags: Lawless (movie), Movies, Celebrities, Paranormal Activity (movie), Entertainment
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New spin on old tale with 'Jack the Giant Slayer'
Opening Friday Jack the Giant Slayer One thing this current run of blockbuster fairytales inspired by Tim Burton’s "Alice in Wonderland" has taught us is how very hard it is to be Tim Burton. Multiple versions of "Snow White," a comic splatter...Tags: Jack the Giant Slayer (movie), Alice in Wonderland (movie, 2010), Snitch (movie), Scott Stewart, Keri Russell
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Carmike Cinema:Discover the secrets of 'Broken City'
OPENING FRIDAY Broken City It should come as no surprise that every character in a movie with a title like this is either rotten to the core, or a liar, or a schemer, or the bearer of seriously damaging secrets. What is surprising is that these...
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