Ron Howard
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
02/28/1954
Duncan, OK |
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'Grinch' Steals Thanksgiving
July 23, 2001 9:52am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Nov. 26, 2000 -- Dr. Seuss' "Grinch" was just what the doctor ordered for theater owners, lifting their spirits with nearly $74 million in Thanksgiving ticket sales. Universal and Imagine Entertainment's PG-rated blockbuster comedy adventure "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" from director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and star Jim Carrey easily held on to the top spot in its second weekend. Going into the long Thanksgiving period, insiders' were seeing stiff competition
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'Cast Away' Looks to be Christmas Survivor
July 23, 2001 9:52am ESTMoviegoers will "Cast" most of their box office votes for Tom Hanks this weekend. "Cast Away," 20th Century Fox's PG-13-rated drama reteaming Hanks and "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemeckis, opens at nearly 2,800 theaters. "Sunday is going to be off because its Christmas Eve, but with Christmas on a Monday this year it's going to be a four-day weekend," an insider explains. "Based on what 'What Women Want' did last week (opening to $33.6 million), 'Cast Away' could open to $30 million-plus for
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'Grinch' Steals Weekend
July 23, 2001 9:52am EST"The Grinch" stole the weekend box office with $55 million in very green grosses. Universal and Imagine Entertainment's PG-rated comedy adventure "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" easily evicted "Charlie's Angels" from first place with a record-setting estimated $55.11 million at 3,127 theaters ($17,625 per theater). "Grinch," which is playing on over 4,200 screens, had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide or limited release last weekend. "It's the highest non-s
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'Angels' Should Fly High
July 23, 2001 9:52am ESTWith heavenly grosses clearly on the horizon, "Charlie's Angels" is poised to kick off in first place this weekend. The PG-13 action adventure comedy opening via Columbia at 3,037 theaters is flying high on Hollywood's advance radar screen. "I feel this movie is (going to open) closer to $30 million than $20 million," predicts one insider. "I think it's going to get every teenager out there -- male and female." "Number one by far," agrees another studio executive. "About $25 million-plus. It's (
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'Blair Witch' Not So Scary
July 23, 2001 9:52am ESTInsiders thought they knew "Witch" movie would top the Halloween weekend chart, but it turned out to be "Meet the Parents" and not the "Blair Witch" sequel. Universal's PG-13-rated blockbuster comedy "Meet the Parents" was still meeting and greeting moviegoers in first place in its fourth week with a hefty estimated $15.06 million (-6%) at 2,647 theaters (+28 theaters; $5,690 per theater). Its cume is approximately $100.0 million, heading for a domestic theatrical gross $130-150 million. "Parent
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The Score Review
July 20, 2001 11:52am ESTDe Niro. Norton. Brando. A remarkable cast. An unremarkable heist. The money must be good.
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Universal: "Grinch" not profitable
June 16, 2001 7:41am ESTHow the Grinch Stole Christmas, last year's biggest box office hit with $260 million in the U.S., has yet to make a profit for Universal, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The studio, the newspaper said, is still struggling to make expenses that included huge payouts (reportedly 34 percent of the gross) to star Jim Carrey and director Ron Howard--raising questions about the back-end profit guarantees that studios are increasingly willing to
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Steve Martin releases short film online
May 08, 2001 3:14pm ESTSteve Martin has released the short film Morto the Magician exclusively at Countingdown.com. According to Internetwire.com, Martin wrote and direct the animated short for Web viewers. Morto the Magician features an animated magician named Morto as he unsuccessfully performs a round of magic tricks. The short follows the successful launch of Martin's first online project, Gwyneth and Steve, which is still available at the same Web site, and runs with other shorts currently playing by directors Ro
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Parton: A Perfect Mae West; Reid is a "Guest"
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTHOLLYWOOD, March 15, 2001 -- Dolly Parton as Mae West? You were thinking of someone else?ABC is developing a made-for-TV movie about the legendary buxom blonde Mae West specifically with the country-singer/actress Parton in mind, but it has not been confirmed on whether Parton has agreed to the project. Parton would certainly fit the bill as the seductive and sexually charged West, whose tremendous comic timing was unmatched in her time. West made nine films before her death in 1980.Parton, whos
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ROLE CALL: Depp and Clooney Bang A Gong
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11, 2001 -- Looks like the on-again, off-again "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is finally ready to get it on. Daily Variety reports that Johnny Depp is in final talks to star in the project, which is a biopic based on the autobiography of Chuck Barris, aka "The Gong Show" host, who says that he also worked for the CIA. Adding more weight to the offbeat film would be George Clooney, who might join Depp in a co-starring role as a CIA recruiting agent. The project will be directed
