Tom Hanks
His career track is the stuff of showbiz legend. After two seasons on the silly sitcom Bosom Buddies (in drag, no less), the affable actor came to prominence in the 1984 romantic comedy Splash. Then a...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
07/08/1956
Concord, CA |
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'Wedding Planner' Tops Box Office
May 08, 2001 4:19am EST"The Wedding Planner" marched down theater aisles this weekend, celebrating in first place with $14 million.The PG-13-rated romantic comedy from Columbia Pictures and Intermedia Films easily captured the top spot on Super Bowl Weekend with a sexy ESTIMATED $14.0 million at 2,785 theaters ($5,027 per theater)."Planner" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in over 1,000 theaters last weekend."Great news for us this weekend," Sony Pictures Entertainment worldwide marketing & dis
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The Shawshank Redemption Review
April 24, 2001 11:36am ESTThe best time you'll have behind bars
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Oscar Wins for 'Gladiator,' Roberts
March 25, 2001 8:04pm ESTThere were a few surprises in the Academy Awards ceremony Sunday night, though for the most part the favorites came out ahead.
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Leave It to the People
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 8, 2001 -- The critics have had their chance, now it's time for the people to give their two cents. Pretty woman Julia Roberts, who carried last year's "Erin Brockovich" to the top of many a critics' lists, was chosen as favorite female movie actress by the People's Choice Awards on Sunday night. And "The Patriot" and "What Women Want" star Mel Gibson proved to be what the whole nation wants as he was named favorite male movie star. Funnyman Jim Carrey continues to charm audience
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A Record Year at B.O.
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 2, 2001 -- It was the holiday season that saved the lagging box office results in 2000, pushing the year-end gross to record numbers on the strength of films such as “Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Cast Away.” In the end, studios raked in $7.45 billion in 2000, up 2 percent from $7.31 billion in 1999, Reuters reports. It was a good end to a year with ticket receipts looking slim throughout much of it, especially with a lack of big summer blockbusters. DreamWorks’
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B.O.: Hanks Beats 'Traffic'
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 7, 2001 -- Tom Hanks' Robinson Crusoe-esque hit, "Cast Away," reigned supreme again at the box office. "Cast Away," directed by Robert Zemeckis, took in another $24.1 million, bringing its three-week total to $143.6 million, according to studio estimates today. "What Women Want" spent a third week as runner-up. The Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt starrer earned $15.5 million, bringing its four-week total to $137.8 million. Rounding out the Top Five were director Steven Soderbergh's "Tr
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OFCS Chooses 'Almost Famous'
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3, 2001 -- Director Cameron Crowe's rock pic "Almost Famous" was named the year's best movie by the Online Film Critics Society on Tuesday. The film, based on Crowe's experiences as a teen reporter for Rolling Stone, also garnered awards for Kate Hudson (supporting actress), Philip Seymour Hoffman (supporting actor), ensemble acting and screenplay from the 103-member OFCS. Hoffman tied with "Traffic's" Benicio Del Toro for supporting actor, while "Almost Famous" tied with "State
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B.O. FORECAST: Hanks Dodges 'Traffic'
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 5, 2001 -- Looks like it's going to be another Tom Hanks talking to a volleyball kind of box office weekend. And not even the nationwide expansion of Steven Soderbergh's super-hyped, Golden Globe-nominated flick "Traffic" could change that reality. Even though the ensemble drug-trafficking film raked in a per-screen average of more than $62,000 over the four-day weekend (and was shown on only four screens at that), boxofficemojo.com editor Brandon Gray believed that its wide expa
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B.O. FORECAST: Casting Mel Away?
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Dec. 22, 2000 -- Santa is not the only big boy coming out to play this Christmas holiday. Things are certainly looking up in December after Mel Gibson's $34 million-plus record-setting opening last weekend at the box office for "What Women Want." And judging from the big names, business is only going to be better this weekend as heavily anticipated films such as Tom Hanks' "Cast Away" and Nicolas Cage's "Family Man" bow nationwide today. "It's going to be a huge weekend this holiday.
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B.O.: Hanks Breaks 'Away'
March 19, 2001 11:51am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 2, 2001 -- There's no casting audiences away from the multiplexes this weekend. In the New Year's holiday weekend that saw no new wide releases, Tom Hanks' "Survivor"-esque epic "Cast Away" held on to the top spot at the box office this weekend as expected with an estimated $31.1 million, hurling the film over the $100 million mark in only its second week of release, according to estimates from box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations. Coming in second for a second consecutiv
