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14 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hot on the heels of the Golden Globe awards, the Producers Guild of America has announed its five contenders for its Best Picture award: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood. Four of the five films also previously received Directors Guild nominations (Juno was passed over for Into the Wild by the DGA), and all films received multiple Golden Globe nods. The last of the major guild awards, the PGA honors effectively put the kibosh on such hopeful Oscar contenders as Atonement, Charlie Wilson's War and Sweeney Todd, which received no love from the Directors Guild, the Screen Actors Guild or the Writers Guild. While the nominations from the guild aren't exact precursors for the Academy Awards, a majority of guild members are also Academy voters. Bee Movie, Ratatouille, and The Simpsons Movie were nominated for the PGA's animated film award, while Body of War, Hear and Now, Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, Sicko, and White Light/Black Rain are in competition for the documentary award.

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10 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Nominees for the Writers Guild of America Awards have been announced, with a few suprises and notable omissions. Original Screenplay nods went to four comedies -- Juno, Knocked Up, Lars and the Real Girl, and The Savages -- and one drama, Michael Clayton, while the films up for Adapted Screenplay are four critical favorites -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Into the Wild, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood -- and one surprising left-field contender, the thriller Zodiac, released back in March. Missing from contention were such high-profile films as Atonement, Charlie Wilson's War, and Sweeney Todd, which were also passed over for the Directors Guild of America awards. Documentary nominees were The Camden 28, Nanking, No End in Sight, The Rape of Europa, Sicko and Taxi to the Dark Side. The WGA Awards will be handed out on Saturday, February 9th.

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8 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The critically acclaimed indie comedy Juno rocketed up the box-office chart to place second over the weekend, according to final figures released Monday by Media by Numbers. Although weekend studio estimates showed Warner Bros.' I Am Legend taking second place, official results showed Juno at No. 2 with $15.9 million and Legend at No. 3 with $15.7 million. Disney's National Treasure: Book of Secrets remained at the top of the list with $20 million. The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Media by Numbers (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Disney, $20,062,684, 3 Wks. ($170,870,795); 2. Juno, Fox Searchlight, $15,860,744, 5 Wks. ($51667586); 3. I Am Legend, Warner Bros., $15,717,458, 4 Wks. ($228,055,662); 4. Alvin and the Chipmunks, 20th Century Fox, $15,546,125, 4 Wks. ($176,283,861); 5. One Missed Call, Warner Bros., $12,511,473, (New); 6. Charlie Wilson's War, Universal, $8,106,250, 3 Wks. ($52,552,540); 7. P.S. I Love You, Warner Bros., $7,834,467, 3 Wks. ($39,202,724); 8. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Sony, $6,230,489, 2 Wks. ($30,823,470); 9. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, DreamWorks/Warner Bros., $5,536,538, 3 Wks. ($38,608,100); 10. Atonement, Focus Features, $5,064,577, 5 Wks. ($19,155,607).

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7 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Disney's National Treasure: Book of Secrets stayed at the top of the box office for the third consecutive weekend with an estimated $20.2 million. But the big story was the rise of Fox Searchlight's Juno to No. 3 on the list with $16.2 million, just a notch below I Am Legend, which earned $16.4 million. When final figures are released today (Monday), rankings of the two runner-up films could well be reversed. Also performing strongly was the critically praised Atonement, which came in at No. 10 on the list of top films with $5.1 million despite playing in only 538 theaters. Overall, the box office was up about 7 percent above the comparable weekend last year. Meanwhile, I Am Legend remained the No. 1 film overseas for the third weekend in a row, with ticket sales of $34 million, according to studio estimates. The Golden Compass, a disappointment domestically, remained in second place overseas with $29 million. It has now taken in $232 million abroad compared with $62 million in North America. The top ten films at the box office over the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers: 1. National Treasure: Book of Secrets, $20.2 million; 2. I Am Legend, $16.4 million; 3. Juno, $16.2 million; 4. Alvin and the Chipmunks, $16 million; 5. One Missed Call, $13.5 million; 6. Charlie Wilson's War, $8.2 million; 7. P.S. I Love You, $8 million; 8. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, $6.3 million; 9. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, $5.4 million; 10. Atonement, $5.1 million.

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3 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

With January regarded as traditionally a slow month for the movie industry, only one film, Warner Bros.' One Missed Call, starring Edward Burns and Shannyn Sossamon, is scheduled to open this weekend. The result is that National Treasure: Book of Secrets is likely to repeat as the top film for the third week in a row, earning between $18 million and $22 million, analysts predicted. Fox Searchlight's Juno, which played in only about 1,000 theaters last weekend -- but still wound up in fifth place in the box-office standings -- is due to double that number this weekend and is expected to give films like Alvin and the Chipmunks, I Am Legend and Charlie Wilson's War, which finished second, third, and fourth last weekend, a run for the money.

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2 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

As expected, National Treasure: Book of Secrets remained No. 1 at the box office, taking in an estimated $55.4 million over the five-day New Year's holiday. What wasn't expected was the strong $42.2-million take of Alvin and the Chipmunks, which surged ahead of the Will Smith thriller I Am Legend, which slipped to third place with $38 million. (However, it crossed the $200-million mark in total sales, as it brought its gross to date to $205.1 million.) Also surprising analysts was the poor performance of 20th Century Fox's Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, which took in just $10.1 million. Charlie Wilson's War, which got off to a slow start, continued to show solid results as it tallied $20.5 million in ticket sales. And the comedy Juno made it into the top five with $15.7 million despite playing in just 1,014 theaters. (It posted the highest per-theater average among wide releases.) Opening in just two theaters in New York and Los Angeles, Paul Thomas Anderson's critically acclaimed There Will Be Blood, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, sold out every performance and averaged $92,000 per theater. The holiday box office overall was up 7 percent over last year.

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