August 31st, 2009
It's the calm before the storm on the home market. There's not a lot of TV on DVD releases this week, but that's temporary, while the summer blockbusters will start flooding the market in just two weeks. From that week till the end of the year, there will be a major blockbuster release coming out practically every week. As for this week, the list of top tier releases is not particularly strong, but there are a trio of DVD Pick of the Week contenders. These include Earth on Blu-ray, Supernatural - Season Four on DVD or Blu-ray, and Degrassi - The Next Generation - Season 8 on DVD. Each one has their draws and weaknesses, but all three are worthy of the title.
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February 25th, 2006
With the
Oscars just over a week away and our
contest well under way, there's no better time to take a closer look at some of the nominees. Today we'll look at the Best Achievement in
Directing.
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October 13th, 2004
With openings in nearly a dozen new markets,
Shark Tale was able to take top spot on the international charts with $9.4 million in 16 markets, pushing its early total to $19.2 million internationally and over $100 million worldwide. Highlights include $4.4 million in the U.K., (including previews) and $2.05 million in Mexico. How happy the studio is with these results depends on their expectations. Compared to the average film,
Shark Tale is a massive hit. But compared to
Dreamworks previous
digitally animated film,
Shrek 2, it is a large drop.
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August 23rd, 2004
Every week films get a second chance at success from the home market; or, in some cases, a first chance at success. Here is a list of wide releases, limited releases and a few from the growing TV on DVD section, including the co-winners of the DVD Pick of the Week, Futurama - Volume 4 -
Buy from Amazon and
The Girl Next Door - Buy from Amazon:
Unrated Version.
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August 23rd, 2004
With tomorrow's release of
The Girl Next Door on DVD there is no better time to announce the winner of the
20th Century Fox,
Special Ops Media and The Numbers contest.
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August 19th, 2004
Now is your last chance to enter the
The Girl Next Door contest as the contest closes in just 24 hours. So check out the
review, read the
rules and
enter today.
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August 15th, 2004
The Girl Next Door centers around
Matthew Kidman, a senior at Westport High School whose career has been everything he could hope for. Class president, acceptance into a top
University and he's a lock for a scholarship as well. But there's just one problem, he's worked so hard to accomplish these goals that he never really lived. That is until
Danielle moves in next door. She helps him break free and learn to live life, but she has a secret that could destroy their relationship.
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August 13th, 2004
To celebrate the August 24th release of
The Girl Next Door on DVD,
20th Century Fox,
Special Ops Media and The Numbers are proud to announce our latest contest. Two lucky readers will win copies of the Unrated Edition of The Girl Next Door on DVD.
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April 12th, 2004
Only one of the five movies released managed to live up to expectations, and with that I think it's safe to say 2004's winning streak came to an end. The week-to-week drop-off was 9.4%, and while 2004 was up 17% from the same time last year, it's increase of last Easter was much less at just 7.6%. Year-to-date is up 9% but 2004 will have a tough time keeping up with 2003 in May.
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April 9th, 2004
In my
previous weekend prediction story I accidentally left one of the new releases.
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April 9th, 2004
With four movies already in 3000 or more theatres, it was slim pickings for the five movies opening. The top draw could only manage 7th spot on this week's
theatre count charts and one of the new openers couldn't even make the top ten. Even so, a new release should still take the top spot.
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April 8th, 2004
During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. This week saw a deceptively poor crop of site as there were a lot of movie site launched / updated / released, more than 30 in fact. However, very few of them even came close to the being considered for this week's award. It's so bad I've spent the last 3 hours looking for a gem of movie site that I may have missed in previous weeks. In the end it was
Kill Bill: Volume 2 -
Official Site that won the award with only one or two other that were even briefly considered. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details.
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March 28th, 2004
With summer just around the corner ... Yes I know Spring started a week ago, but this is the movie industry, we do things differently. So with Summer just around the corner it's time for the Summer Movie Preview, Part 1 - April. In April we have nearly 20 films opening wide over 5 weekends, or almost 4 per weekend. That much variety should please moviegoers, but that much competition will kill the chances of half the movies released.
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March 11th, 2004
During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week,
The Ladykillers -
Official Site. If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details.
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February 27th, 2004
This week's review of new and changed movie release dates includes changes for
The Girl Next Door,
Catwoman and
The Manchurian Candidate,
along with a bunch of movements for limited releases.
As usual, if you hear news, please send information to
releases@the-numbers.com
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February 20th, 2004
Two movies with March releases have previews this weekend. First up is
The Girl Next Door, which is showing in 831 theatres tonight before opening wide March 12th. Tomorrow the remake of the classic 70s show
Starsky and Hutch will play in 850 theatres. It opens wide on March 5th.
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February 19th, 2004
During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of this week's releases, a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week,
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen -
Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details.
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January 22nd, 2004
During the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content. Here the list of new releases, updated sites, and some upcoming releases that slipped through the cracks, including the winner for the week Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! - Official Site . If you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e-mail me with the details.
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