John Ottman
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Eight Legged Freaks Review
July 18, 2002 5:59am ESTEight Legged Freaks is a simplistic and mildly entertaining movie that is bigger on laughs than scares, even if you are a true arachnophobe at heart.
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B.O. ANALYSIS: 'Urban Legends' Should Top Box Office
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., September 21, 2000 -- Suburban teens should help cut "Urban Legends: Final Cut" the biggest slice of box office pie this weekend. "'Urban Legends' can actually do double digits," one insider observes. "It'll be nice to see that again, won't it?" "Urban," an R-rated horror sequel opening from Columbia Pictures at 2,539 theaters, is heading for first place with $12-13 million. "Teens, particularly, have to be hungry for something to go see," says a distribution executive. "I
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR OCT. 6-8, 2000
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTA rich "Parents" opening turned the box office green after two months of lackluster grosses. Universal's PG-13-rated comedy "Meet the Parents" met with greater success than insiders had anticipated. Rather than the $18-22 million range that many Hollywood handicappers were expecting, "Parents" opened to a sizzling ESTIMATED $29.11 million at 2,614 theaters ($11,135 per theater). "Parents'" international release is through DreamWorks Pictures, which co-financed the film and will share equally in
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B.O. ANALYSIS: 'The Parents' Meet 'The Titans'
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTWith "Parents" meeting "Titans" there will be brisk action on the box office playing field and a close race for top honors. "It will be close," an insider promises. "Even though 'Remember the Titans' is expanding, they're bringing in a lot of small markets and there's got to be, at least, a 15% drop. Let's put it at $17 million. I think 'Meet the Parents' has a good chance of being number one. It could be $18 million, or it could more than $20 million if the marketplace expands." The last two we
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B.O. ANALYSIS: Remember the Titans comes out on top:
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTDenzel Washington scored a box office touchdown, finally giving Hollywood some ticket sales to "Remember." Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated football drama "Remember the Titans," from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, kicked off in first place with a muscular ESTIMATED $21.2 million at 1,865 theaters ($11,383 per theater). "Titans" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide release last weekend. "Titans" marks the first $20 million-plus since the arrival of Columbia's "Hollow Man" la
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THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND (SEPT. 29-OCT. 1, 2000)
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Sept. 28, 2000 It should be a weekend to "Remember" as "Remember the Titans" hits the box office gridiron. "Titans," Buena Vista/Disney's PG-rated football theme drama, is kicking off at 1,865 theaters. It has insiders seeing green, a box office color that's been invisible so far this fall. "I think we will remember the 'Titans,'" observes one studio executive. "They'll be over $20 million. At last a movie exploits the soft marketplace." "There's no question 'Meet the Tita
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B.O. ANALYSIS: Horror Tops Box Office
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., September 24, 2000 -- Horror was the word this weekend, both on screen and off as Hollywood suffered yet another under-performing weekend. Columbia's R-rated horror sequel "Urban Legends: Final Cut" from Phoenix Pictures took the biggest slice of box office pie, placing first with an energetic estimated $8.8 million at 2,539 theaters ($3,466 per theater). Insiders had anticipated a double-digit launch by "Urban." It was the third consecutive weekend in which the film placin
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Box Office Sales "Remember"
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1, 2000 -- To no one's big surprise, Buena Vista/Disney scored big this weekend with their football drama, Remember The Titans. Taking first place with an impressive ESTIMATED $21.2 million at 1,865 theaters ($11,383 per theater), it's a touchdown for producer, Jerry Bruckheimer and star Denzel Washington. Titans had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide release last weekend and finally marks the first $20 million-plus opener since Columbia's Hollow Man las
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Urban Legends: Final Cut Review
September 20, 2000 8:00pm ESTBring a trusted friend if you go to see this sleep-inducing movie. Otherwise you may just wake up with a missing kidney. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Starring Joseph Lawrence, Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Davis, Loretta Devine and Anson Mount. Directed by John Ottman. Produced by Neal H. Moritz, Gina Matthews and Richard Rothschild. Screenplay by Paul Harris Boardman and Scott Derrickson. Released by Sony. es: Brockovich is a torrent of profanity
