Monica Petrucci

Hollywood Box Office News: Scarlett Johanssen, Johnny Depp

Domestic Box Office Report: ‘The Avengers’ tops with $103.2-M, ‘Dark Shadows’ disappoints The Avengers cracks the $1-B mark worldwide in just 19 days, the 1st film in history to hit $100-M in its 2nd weekend at the domestic box office; “Dark Shadows” opens soft a $28.8-M. The Avengers broke another record by grossing $103.2-M during [...]

Hollywood Box Office The Avengers, IMAX and Disney Big Winners

Domestic box office record falls; “Avengers” opens at $200.3-M The Disney and Marvel Studios BigPic made history with the biggest opening of all time in North America and globally “Avengers” has earned $641.8-M in 12 days. Joss Whedon’s The Avengers has set the bar in opening to $200.3-M at the domestic box office, the largest [...]

Hollywood Box Office News: The Avengers, Battleship, The Hunger Games

At the Movies with Monica Petrucci from Tinsel Town Foreign Box Office: ‘The Avengers’ wins overseas setting records in Asia and Latin America The Marvel-Disney release take $25-M in the UK, # 2, “Battleship,” # 1 in Russia. It is still Spring, but the Summer Tentpole” season is open overseas with a big weekend as [...]

Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth Set Overseas Box Office Records NYSE:DIS

NYSE:DIS Box Office Report: ‘Avengers’ opens overseas breaking records Joss Whedon’s SuperHero mash-up opened Wednesday in Australia and Taiwan The Avengers is off to a strong start at the international box office, scoring the 2nd-highest opening of all time in Australia behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. The Marvel Studios and Disney [...]

Hollywood Box Office: The Hunger Games Leads Again, Pics, Video

At the Movies with Monica Petrucci Box Office Report: ‘Hunger Games’ beats ‘Three Stooges’ and ‘Cabin in the Woods’ I saw the trailer for Battleship last night and I expect the big news this weekend will from the international markets, where Universal and Hasbro’s Summer tentpole “Battleship” is expected to open to $58-M from 26 [...]

Hollywood News: The Hunger Games, 21 Jump Street, The Lorax

Big Box Office Opener: ‘Hunger Games’ posts the 3rd Best Opening Weekend of All Time Lionsgate’s book-to-film adaptation grosses a huge $155-M, breaking records and besting any “Twilight” film opening; overseas, “Hunger Games” opened to $59.3-M for a Worldwide take of $214.3-m on the weekend. Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games opened to $155-M at the domestic [...]

Hollywood Box Office News: John Carter

At the Movies with Monica Petrucci Box Office Report: ‘John Carter’ takes in $30.6-M Domestically, $101.2-M Globally Andrew Stanton’s 3-D SyFy epic John Carter hit $30.6-M in its North American debut and opened Internationally to $70.6-M for a total $101.2-M Worldwide. Industry experts say Andrew Stanton’s $250-M SyFy spectacle will be a substantial loss for [...]

Hollywood Box Office News

At the Movies with Monica Petrucci from Tinsel Town Box Office Report: “Safe House” runs ahead of “The Vow” in Presidents Day race “Safe House” grossed $24-M Friday/Sunday, followed by $23.4-M for “The Vow;” “Ghost Rider” sequel opens # 3 with $22-M, “This Means War” opened # 5 with $17.6-M. This President Day Weekend race [...]

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“Caesar Must Die” wins the Golden Bear at Berlin

“Caesar Must Die” wins the Golden Bear at Berlin In a major upset, the Italian docudrama Caesar Must Die (Italy) by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani won the Golden Bear for Best Film, at the awarding ceremony of 62nd Berlinale, in Berlin, Germany. The brothers are known for their literary costume dramas such as The Night [...]

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Hollywood Box Office News: Tom Cruise

At the Movies with Monica Petrucci from Tinsel Town Box Office Report: ‘Mission: Impossible 4′ takes the Christmas weekend, Tom Cruise is Back! Cameron Crowe’s Matt Damon-Scarlett Johansson starrer “We Bought a Zoo” opens soft at # 6; David Fincher’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” off to Strong start. Paramount’s Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol is [...]

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Private Equity Takes a Hit in Q1 2012

Most private-equity and hedge funds typically take 20 percent of investment gains as carried interest, on top of 2 percent of assets as a management fee to …