Jan 19th 2010 Industry News
The Golden Globe Awards were handed out on Sunday night and there were plenty of surprises. AVATAR was the big winner taking Best Motion Picture and Best Director for James Cameron. THE HANGOVER upset critical fave 500 DAYS OF SUMMER to take the Best Picture, Musical or Comedy and both Sandra Bullock and Robert Downey, Jr. were surprise winners. Take a look at a full list of the winners below (winners are in bold). Stay tuned for more coverage from the Globes tomorrow included a full photo gallery at Movie Hotties and a complete recap!
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Jan 18th 2010 Box Office Results
Source: www.boxofficemojo.com
Five weeks at #1 and counting…
Uhhhhhm…for those people who didn’t think James Cameron’s AVATAR would ever beat James Cameron’s TITANIC as the highest-grossing movie of all-time…think again!!! After only 5 weeks of release, AVATAR has grossed over $1.6 BILLION worldwide, while the TITANIC record stands at $1.8 BILLION. Yeah, it’s “only” $200M off the mark and something tells me that’s a done deal and then some at this point! Coincidentally enough, the last film to remain at the #1 spot for five weeks in a row was TITANIC, which stayed at #1 for 15 weeks in a row back in 1997-1998. More »
Jan 13th 2010 Industry News
Office Hours on the Australia Day long weekend.
Following in the great Australian tradition of enjoying a long weekend, we at the Cooroy office have decided that Australia Day should mean a long weekend so that staff may honour the holiday and return refreshed for a full year ahead.!!
We are closing the office on Monday 25th January followed by the public holiday on 26th January!!
So that means the Cooroy Head Office will be closed from 5pm, Friday 22nd January and re-opening on Wednesday, 27th January at 9am.
Jan 13th 2010 Industry News, Industry News
More Australians watched Pay TV than any other television network last year — although movies do not appear to be much of an audience draw.
Source: www.tradeguys.com.au
Online - 6th Jan 2010
According to figures issued by the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association, Pay TV channels accounted for over 22 percent of all metropolitan viewing in 2009, putting it ahead of the other Free To Air networks.
However, that percentage is based on viewing across all Pay TV channels and audiences remain relatively small for individual programs. More »
Jan 11th 2010 Box Office Results
Source: www.boxofficemojo.com
THE #1 MOVIE OF 2009 IS…AVATAR!!!
It didn’t take long for the “king of the world” to dethrone the man who likes to make movies that go “Boom!” a whole lot, as AVATAR became the #1 movie of 2009 in only its 4th week of release, beating out the previous #1 film directed by Michael Bay, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, which had grossed $402M (James Cameron’s movie is currently at $429M). More »