News for LOTR fans in Britain: Following the success of the Tolkien Weekends at Sarehole Mill in 2000 and 2001, another Sarehole is planned for May 18-19 2002 [More] Thanks to Rachel for the heads-up.
Month: May 2002
Our good buddy Brandon Gray, from Boxofficemojo.com, sends us this report on the ground breaking box office weekend and just how ‘Fellowship‘ faired among the Spider-Madness. [More]
Brandon Gray
http://www.boxofficemojo.com
“Spider-Man” shattered every opening record on books with an unprecedented $114 million weekend, according to studio estimates. Never before in Hollywood history has a movie grossed over $100 million in its first three days, not even when taking ticket price inflation into account. To put that figure into further perspective, uber-blockbusters “Stars Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” took 5 days to hit that mark. [More]
But “The Lord of the Rings” was still in the top 20 at No. 19 with an estimated $430,000 from 408 theaters, down 46% from last weekend. The epic adventure’s 138-day total stands at $308.8 million, and it should surpass “Return of the Jedi” $309.3 million total within the next two weeks to become the 9th highest grossing movie of all time. The longevity of “Rings” is the kind that “Spider-Man” can only wish for. [More]
Time Magazine has a nice pic from the Matrix sequel, it shows Keanu Reeves duking it out with 4 copies of our very own Hugo Weaving (Elrond). [More]
Missed all the news this weekend? Watching the Montreal Canadians beat the stuffing out of Carolina (really…hockey in May in Carolina..what can they possibly know about it! -Xo)? Or were you stuffing some money into Sam Raimi’s coffers watching Spider-Man 2 times in 1 day like I did? Well fear not! Follow the link to catch up on all the news you may have missed this weekend! [More]
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