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Lancelot Link Monday! The live action version of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST continues to break all kinds of box office records, despite having a story that's kind of creepy if you think about it.
While you're thinking about that, here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...
Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...
1) Weekend Box Office Estimates: 1 Beauty ........................ $88,347,000 2 Power .......................... $40,500,000 3 Kong ........................... $14,425,000 4 Life ........................... $12,600,000 5 Logan .......................... $10,145,000 6 Get Out ......................... $8,681,010 7 Chips ........................... $7,600,000 8 Shack ........................... $3,785,000 9 Lego ............................ $1,970,000 10 Sgt Belko ....................... $1,807,025
Lancelot Link Monday! After news leaked that there was a "Gay moment" in the new live action version of BEAUTY & THE BEAST, cinemas throughout the South pulled the film. Nobody wants to see that kind of stuff on screen! Censors in Malaysia cut 4 minutes from the film. Nobody wants to see stuff like that in Asia! Hey, a woman falling in love with a beast is fine, but Gay stuff? Nobody wants to see that! Except, even without those Southern cinemas, BEAUTY & THE BEAST broke all kinds of box office records - and those cinemas that didn't show it got *nada*! And in Asia? Without a single cut, BEAUTY & THE BEAST made almost $43 million in China over the weekend. I haven't seen it, so I don't know what the Gay moment is (I always thought Gaston was probably deep in the closet), but it doesn't seem to have mattered to the people buying tickets. The film made a ton of money - and Disney will probably do live action versions of all of its cartoons. Can't wait to see BAMBI live action! What actors will play Bambi?
While you're thinking about that, here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...
Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...
1) Weekend Box Office Estimates: 1 Beauty ........................ $170,000,000 2 Skull .......................... $28,850,000 3 Logan .......................... $17,500,000 4 Get Out ........................ $13,249,475 5 Shack ........................... $6,130,000 6 Eggo Batman ..................... $4,700,000 7 Sgt Belko ....................... $4,051,000 8 Hidden .......................... $1,500,000 9 John Wick 2 ..................... $1,200,000 10 B4 I Fall ....................... $1,034,425
So far this has been a good Box Office year - we are ahead of previous years, and have a bunch of great films coming out this summer. Ahead of last year by 5.8%, ahead of 2015 by 17.1%, ahead of 2014 by 21.4%, ahead of 2013 by only 31.0%, and ahead of 2012 by 14.4%. Not bad!
Lancelot Link Monday! Like some character in a cheap paperback thriller, I woke up yesterday with no memory of one hour of my life. Had I committed a murder? If so, where was the cliche attractive dead woman in my bed? All of those cheap paperbacks had those attractive dead women, except for the ones with female protagonist that had some dead boytoy. And why was the microwave in my kitchen still living in the past? Was it time travelling? If so, did it take my car with it? What kind of cheap paperback novel was this?
While you're thinking about that, here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...
Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...
1) Weekend Box Office Estimates: 1 Skull Island ................... $61,015,000 2 Logan .......................... $37,850,000 3 Get Out! ....................... $21,072,600 4 Shack .......................... $10,050,000 5 Eggo Batman ..................... $7,820,000 6 B4 I Fall ....................... $3,107,910 7 Hidden .......................... $2,765,000 8 JW: C2 .......................... $2,700,000 9 La La Land ...................... $1,770,000 10 50 Shades ....................... $1,629,250
