In a claim disputed by several studios, director Tim Burton’s family fable “Big Fish” reeled in the No. 1 spot in its first weekend of wide release by selling $14.5 million worth of tickets. But that sounded like a whopper to others in Hollywood, particularly New Line Cinema, which said its reigning champ, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” earned more. [More]
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From the A&E Website: A behind-the-scenes look at the sets, special effects, and people who made “The Lord of the Rings” the most popular movie trilogy of all time. Includes a trip to a pub with the Hobbit boys and interviews with director Peter Jackson and actors Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellan(SIC), Miranda Otto, and Orlando Bloom. Premieres: Sunday, Jan 11 @ 10pm ET/PT. [More]
Celebrial, Tedster, elanor & Flourish were some of the lucky few who attended the Lincoln Center events this weekend in a very frigid New York City. Take a look at their wonderful reports! Now with more photos added! [More]
Brandon from boxofficemojo.com writes: ROTK has raked in $710.4 million worldwide in just its first 22 days of release, 30% ahead of TTT at the same point. Add in FOTR’s and TTT’s grosses, and the LOTR trilogy has grossed over $2.5 billion at the worldwide box office. ROTK is well on its way to surpassing TTT and FOTR. Here’s the worldwide breakdown, showing what each movie has made in each country, including ROTK’s opening weekends, release dates and screen totals. [More]
The Discovery Institute writes: Join noted British actor John Rhys-Davies for a rollicking evening as he talks about the meaning and the making of The Lord of the Rings and answers audience questions about his long career in films and TV. [More]
Diana writes: I just got my Premiere magazine through the mail (Feb 04), and there is a portion of the magazine celebrating “The Year of the Director.” On the second and third page of the magazine, there is an ad saying “International Creative Management…Joins Premiere Magazine in Celebrating THE YEAR OF THE DIRECTOR.” There are pictures of six directors, Peter Jackson included. In the ‘Directors of 2003’ part of the magazine is a long statement from Peter Jackson and a cute caricature.