Mr. Cinema

Sony had a great Summer and they're off to a good start for Fall. "Easy A" has a production budget of $8 mil. That's going to be another profitable 2010 film for the studio. Regardless of what anyone thinks of the quality, in terms of dollars, they have made some great production choices. Universal needs to steal someone from there.

islandclaws

^ I think Fox does, too. Badly. They got clobbered this summer.

moviewizguy

We got some Debbie Downers here.

The Bus

Universal needs to become relevant before they become MGM in ten years.

RichC2

I'm bored so here are worldwide grosses for some current movies, I'm still in awe that Alice in Wonderland pulled over $1b and that Disney has two movies that made more than $1b this year -- more impressively is Avatar, which made most of its fortune this year, ended up with $2.77 Billion worldwide.

Anywho, top grossers so far this year - Worldwide w/ Domestic Breakdown

- Avatar / $760m Domestic / $2.768b Worldwide | Fox
1 Toy Story 3 / $410m Domestic / $1.046b Worldwide | BV
2 Alice in Wonderland (2010) / $334.2m Domestic / $1.024b Worldwide | BV
3 Inception / $285.5m Domestic / $753.6m Worldwide | WB
4 Shrek Forever After / $238.4m Domestic / $729.7m Worldwide | Paramount/DW

5 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse / $300.1m Domestic / $689.6m Worldwide | Summit
6 Iron Man 2 / $312.1m Domestic / $621.8m Worldwide | Paramount

7 Clash of the Titans (2010) / $163.2m Domestic / $493.2m Worldwide | WB
8 How to Train Your Dragon / $217.6m Domestic / $492.6m Worldwide | Paramount/DW

9 The Karate Kid / $176.6m Domestic / $350.4 Worldwide | Sony
10 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time BV / $90.8m Domestic / $335.1 Worldwide | BV
11 Despicable Me / $244.8m Domestic / $333.5m Worldwide | Universal
12 Robin Hood / $105.3m Domestic / $310.7m Worldwide | Universal

13 Shutter Island / $128m Domestic / $294.8m Worldwide | Paramount
14 The Last Airbender / $131.6m Domestic / $290.6m Worldwide | Paramount
15 Sex and the City 2 / $95.3m Domestic / $288.3m Worldwide | WB (New Line)
16 Salt / $117.0m Domestic / $279.6m Worldwide | Sony
17 Grown Ups / $161.1m Domestic / $250.3 Worldwide | Sony
18 The Expendables / $101.3m Domestic / $247.3 Worldwide | Lions Gate
19 Knight & Day / $76.4m Domestic / $229.2 Worldwide | Fox
20 Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief / $88.8m Domestic / $226.4 Worldwide | Fox
21 Valentine's Day / $110.5m Domestic / $213.0m Worldwide | WB
22 The Sorcerer's Apprentice / $62.5m Domestic / $200.1 Worldwide | BV

23 The A-Team / $77.2m Domestic / $176.4m Worldwide | Fox
24 The Book of Eli / $94.8m Domestic / $157.1 Worldwide | WB
25 Date Night / $98.7m Domestic / $152.3m Worldwide | Fox
26 Resident Evil: Afterlife / $45.6m Domestic / $148.8m Worldwide (and going very, very strong) | Screen Gems (Sony)

Breakdown:
Fox (w/ Avatar) - 4 Movies - $1.02b Domestic Gross, $3.38b Worldwide
Buena Vista - 4 Movies - $897.5m Domestic Gross, $2.61b Worldwide
Paramount - 5 Movies - $1.03b Domestic Gross, $2.43b Worldwide
Warner Bros - 5 Movies - $749.3m Domestic Gross, $1.91b Worldwide
Sony - 4 Movies - $500.3m Domestic, $1.03b Worldwide
Summit - 1 Movie - $300.1m Domestic, $689.6m Worldwide
Universal - 2 Movies - $350.1m Domestic, $644.2m Worldwide
Fox (w/o Avatar) - 3 Movies - $263.9m Domestic, $607.9m Worldwide
Lions Gate - 1 Movie - $101.3m Domestic, $247.3m Worldwide

Ash Ketchum

They're called "realists."

Supermallet

Man, it's great to know that How To Train Your Dragon did that much overall. What a great film.

fumanstan

dolphinboy

Good for Easy A and Emma Stone. I really wouldn't call her a household name and she's the big name in that movie. Sure, it's gotten good reviews and probably good word of mouth, but carrying a film that appeared to be something that could easily have been overlooked is very impressive and I simply find her to be delightful on screen.

Always like to see "good" people rewarded. Already looking forward to owning the blu ray.

lizard

Agreed! Looking forward to the BD release next month.

Supermallet

What? It hasn't been released yet on Blu-ray? Crazy!

moviewizguy

I know, right?! I really want to see it again and again. I hope it gets nominated for Best Picture.