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Everyone’s Gone to the Movies – The Year Sequels Didn’t Rule

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Ralph Hanson

It is almost fall, but it still seems like the summer movie season has a little time yet to go before we jump into the doldrums that lie in between the blockbusters and the late-fall/early-winter Oscar bait. Oh, wait a … Continue reading →

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Star Wars VII tops Avatar as #1 North American Box Office

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

And we’re back for 2016. Hope you all had an enjoyable holiday break! So it really isn’t any surprise that Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens is now the number one movie moneymaker of all time for the North American … Continue reading →

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Everyone’s Gone to the Movies

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Ralph Hanson

We’re headed into the heart of summer, and that makes this a great time to talk about the movies. Film composer James Horner dies in plane crash James Horner, best known for his score for Titanic, died earlier this week from … Continue reading →

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Box Office Mojo mysteriously disappears/reappears

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Box Office Mojo, the source of endless movie box office financial statistics, disappeared for a couple of days in mid-October 2014, prompting speculation that the site had been absorbed into IMDb.com, which owns BOM. But then it just as mysteriously … Continue reading →

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Women and the Movies 2013 Part 1 – Bechdel Test Movies

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

There’s long been the argument made that the reason that movies primarily feature male characters is that these types of movies make more money than those that have prominent female characters. For 2013, that statement is demonstrably false.  A study … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – Tyler Perry’s Hollywood Success

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Vanity Fair  – Tyler Perry was the number #2 African American Hollywood star for 2010 Never mind the fact that he actually lives in Atlanta…. Box Office Mojo – The box office success of Tyler Perry He’s produced a reliably … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 8 – Top of the Movie Box Office

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

As members of the audience, the actual amount of money a movie makes at the box office probably shouldn’t matter to us.  All we ought to care about is whether we liked the movie.  But with box office information  constantly … Continue reading →

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