John Cusack
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
06/27/1966
Evanston, IL |
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THE COMING BOX OFFICE WEEKEND (MAY 12-14 AND SUMMER):
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTDreamWorks' "Gladiator" should be victorious again on the box office battlefield this weekend. With "Gladiator" still commanding a 30% first-choice tracking score among opening and released movies, there's little doubt the R-rated action adventure will keep a tight grip on the top spot. If "Gladiator" slips 36% from its $34.8 million opening, its second weekend tribute will still be a handsome sum of about $22 million. DreamWorks is distributing "Gladiator" domestically, while Universa
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR MAY 5-7, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTMoviegoers gave DreamWorks' "Gladiator" a thumbs-up vote of nearly $33 million. The R-rated DreamWorks' action adventure set in ancient Rome arrived to a spectacular ESTIMATED $32.7 million at 2,938 theaters ($11,130 per theater). Its per theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide or limited release this weekend. "It really is a great opening," DreamWorks distribution head Jim Tharp said Sunday morning. "I think we're so pleased with it because it's an R-rated movie, it h
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BOX OFFICE ESTIMATES FOR APR. 28-30, 2000
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTUniversal's unsinkable "U-571" continued full speed ahead in first place this weekend just as studio tracking data indicated it would. The PG-13 World War II submarine drama, which had a 19% first-choice tracking going into the weekend, held on to the top spot with a brisk ESTIMATED $12.33 million (-37%) at 2,615 theaters (+32 theaters; $4,715 per theater). Its cume is approximately $38.2 million, heading for $60 million-plus in domestic theaters. "U-571's" per theater average was the high
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EXTRA: Who the Hell's the Beta Band?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., April 7, 2000 - They haven't come close to cracking the Billboard Top 100, but the Beta Band are suddenly enjoying the perks of membership in a much cooler list: Top Five Bands. According to John Cusack, anyway. If you haven't heard of the Beta Band, you're not alone - either that, or you just haven't seen "High Fidelity," in which Cusack plays the owner of a super-hip, indie-minded Chicago record store. In a scene that's as close to free advertising as you can get, Cusack
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ROLE CALL: Keanu Plays 'Hardball'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., April 7, 2000 -- Funny Keanu Reeves doesn't look like Walter Matthau. But our favorite deadpan hunk will make like Mr. Matthau (the "Bad News Bears" years) in "Hardball," a new comedy about an inner-city Little League team that Daily Variety says Reeves will star in for Brian Robbins, the ex-"Head of the Class" kid who directed "Varsity Blues," which did not star either Reeves or Matthau, but instead featured that current "Dawson's Creek" kid. Whew. SORT OF THE MATT DRUDGE
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BOX OFFICE: Gunning for Julia
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 30, 2000 -- As the box-office turns: Can an aging slacker suffering a romantic crisis, the second-string heartthrob from "Dawson's Creek," and yet another "animated epic" join forces to end Queen Julia Roberts' reign atop the box-office heap? Then again, will Jet Li karate-kick all of their butts? This weekend, four major new movies ("The Road to El Dorado," "The Skulls," "High Fidelity" and "Price of Glory") hit theaters, threatening not only to knock "Erin Brockovi
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ROLE CALL: Law on Spielberg's Side
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 16, 2000 -- Steven Spielberg is one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. Jude Law Did we stun you with our insight? Read on. Now we'll stun you with our evidence: Just 24 little hours after Spielberg announced that he intended to helm "A.I.," a sci-fi project left orphaned after the death of Stanley Kubrick, two Oscar-nominated actors have already jumped onto the bandwagon. Today's Hollywood Reporter says Best Supporting Actor hopefuls Jude Law ("The Talented M
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Star Out of 'Closet'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 9, 2000 -- The infectious bug that has been plaguing TV series of late -- you know, the "I feel that my time with the show is up and I've decided to move on" epidemic -- has claimed another victim. The latest casualty is none other than "Veronica's Closet's" Kathy Najimy. Trade papers report today that the actress, who plays Olive, Veronica's (Kirstie Alley) trusted sidekick and confidant, will bid farewell to the NBC comedy at the end of this season. Najimy tells Var
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Robert De Niro: Da Comedian?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2000 -- Robert De Niro is bleepin' funny. At least according to comedy performers, who picked Mr. "GoodFellas" as a nominee for the 14th Annual American Comedy Awards, to be presented Feb. 6 in Los Angeles. De Niro is up for funniest lead actor in a film for his turn as a crying mob boss in "Analyze This." He's up against Jim Carrey ("Man on the Moon"), Mike Myers ("Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me") and Kevin Spacey ("American Beauty"). "Analyze This" is also
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Execs predict lackluster openings for ‘Bicentennial Man,’ ‘Anna’ and ‘Stuart’
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTIt looks like tough sledding for Hollywood this pre-Christmas weekend, according to distribution executives with an eye on tracking study data.None of the three new wide releases appears likely to open impressively."It doesn't look too exciting in terms of the openings," said one studioexecutive. "The first choice on 'Bicentennial Man' is running only like 8%. Now, admittedly, it's (only mid-week) but I would think they would like to have been in double digits by now."Buena Vista/Touchstone and
