Alan Rickman
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
02/20/1946
Hammersmith, London, England |
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'The Mexican' Gets More Than '15 Minutes'
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTHollywood's advance radar system fizzled this weekend as "15 Minutes" failed to oust "The Mexican" from first place. Although insiders were right in predicting a sharp second week drop for DreamWorks' R-rated drama "The Mexican," they were wrong about it losing top honors. "Mexican" held on to first place with a less sexy estimated $12.13 million (-40%) at 2,959 theaters (+8 theaters; $4,100 per theater). Its cume is approximately $38.3 million. "Mexican" reportedly only cost about $40 million s
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'Stuart Little': The Little Mouse That Could
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 2, 2000 -- "Stuart Little" may squeak softly, but he carried a big cheese stick at the box office during New Year's weekend. Columbia Pictures' animated talking mouse movie returned to the No. 1 spot, surging ahead of Al Pacino and Matt Damon and claiming a place in the cinema record book. With total receipts topping $7 billion for the first time ever, 1999 was a record-setting year at the U.S. box office. "Stuart Little" closed out the year with another historical f
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'Toy Story 2' edges out 'Green Mile'
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTThere was a close race for first place between Buena Vista/Disney and Pixar's animated blockbuster "Toy Story 2" and Warner Bros. and Castle Rock Entertainment's opening of the drama "The Green Mile." Based on Sunday's estimates, the G-rated "Toy 2" held on to the top spot on the chart, but only by a nose. When the box office dust settles Monday, it is possible that because the two films were so close in the estimates, they could wind up reversing positions. Working against "Mile" was the fact
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'Stuart Little' Livin' Large
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2000 -- Hollywood got through the first weekend of the new year in slightly better shape than studio insiders expected. It took just $11.5 million to put Columbia's "Stuart Little" in first place, making it the weekend's only Top Five film to crack double digits. Lackluster tracking scores last week had suggested that the new year might kick off with none of the Top Five films doing better than single-digit grosses. Columbia's PG-rated family comedy held on to the
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'Scream 3' Remains No. 1
July 31, 2001 7:53am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 13, 2000 -- Dimension Films' "Scream 3" made the weekend's biggest waves at the box office, holding on to first place despite 20th Century Fox's strong launch for Leonardo DiCaprio's "The Beach." "Scream 3" took a hefty second weekend drop but still sliced off an estimated $16.40 million (-53%) at 3,467 theaters (theater count unchanged, $4,730 per theater). Its total is approximately $57.1 million. In December 1997, "Scream 2's" second weekend gross of $13.9 million
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ROLE CALL: 'Big Fish' Catches Spielberg
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Aug. 10, 2000 -- The producers of "American Beauty" are trying to snag a very big fish for their next project, according to today's Variety: Steven Spielberg. Appropriately, the project is titled "Big Fish." Based on the book of the same title, it's a comedy-drama about a dying braggart father and his estranged son who tries to unravel fact from fiction in his dad's life through a series of funny flashbacks. AHOY, MATE: It's high time that the sea-faring novels of Patrick O'Brien wer
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Freddie Defeats 'Friday'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 23, 2000 -- Hollywood was suffering from the box office blahs over the weekend, just as Hollywood insiders anticipated. For the first time since Oct. 22, no films cracked double-digits. Miramax's PG-13-rated teen-appeal romantic comedy "Down To You" managed to top the chart with only an estimated $8.30 million at 1,971 theaters ($4,211 per theater). Written and directed by Kris Isacsson, it stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles. "I think it's great," Miramax Senio
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B.O. FORECAST: Super Bowl top attraction this weekend
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2000 -- Hollywood expects to be thrown for a loss on the box office gridiron this Super Bowl weekend. Neither of the weekend's two new wide releases is tracking well, according to distribution insiders. "'Eye Of the Beholder' is 3% first choice, 'Isn't She Great' is 2% first choice," one studio executive said, referring to mid-week tracking data. "I really liked the trailer for ('Great'), but I guess it doesn't matter. It has zero unaided awareness. Nobody cares."
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Bless the Child Review
August 10, 2000 8:00pm ESTThink of it as a haunted house at Halloween: If all you want is hackneyed themes and staged surprises, you'll enjoy the ride. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Starring Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Ian Holm and Angela Bettis. Directed by Chuck Russell. Produced by Mace Neufeld. Written by Clifford Green and Ellen Green. Released by Paramount. es: Brockovich is a torrent of profanity. 'Erin Brockovich' Julia Roberts: Erin Brockovich Alber
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B.O. FORECAST: Super Bowl top attraction this weekend
December 31, 1899 7:00pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 30, 2000 -- The Super Bowl sacked Hollywood over the weekend with a gross of only about $6.2 million being enough to grab first place. There was a close race for top honors among Destination Films' opening of its thriller "Eye Of the Beholder," Universal's Oscar contender "The Hurricane" and New Line's urban-appeal comedy sequel "Next Friday." As always, Monday's actual numbers could reverse today's estimated results. Although Destination's "Eye" appeared to have the
