#Christopher Nolan to Get BFI Fellowship

#Christopher Nolan to Get BFI Fellowship

The British Film Institute (BFI) will present English director Christopher Nolan with its highest honor, the BFI Fellowship, in recognition of the Oppenheimer filmmaker’s “extraordinary achievements and enormous contribution to cinema,” the BFI announced Monday. The BFI Fellowship will be presented to Christopher Nolan at the BFI Chair’s Dinner in London on February 14, 2024,…

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#Christopher Nolan on the Danger of Streaming-Only Films Disappearing: “It Will Need to Be Fixed”

#Christopher Nolan on the Danger of Streaming-Only Films Disappearing: “It Will Need to Be Fixed”

Christopher Nolan is addressing the concern that filmmakers’ projects could vanish if they are removed from streaming platforms and not available to be seen via physical media. During a conversation with The Washington Post published online Friday, the Oppenheimer director discussed his film’s upcoming home release. Nolan clarified that a comment he made at a…

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#Box Office: ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Lead (Again), ‘Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Capsizes With .5M

#Box Office: ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Lead (Again), ‘Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Capsizes With $6.5M

Barbie continues to bedazzle everything in its path. The Warner Bros. blockbuster grossed an estimated $33.7 million at the Aug. 11-13 box office in North America, the ninth-biggest fourth weekend of all time, ahead of Spider-Man: No Way Home ($32.6 million) and not far behind The Avengers ($36.7 million), not adjusted for inflation. Barbie easily…

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#Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Crosses B Globally, ‘Meg 2’ and ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Add to Summer Burst

#Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Crosses $1B Globally, ‘Meg 2’ and ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Add to Summer Burst

Turtles and a humongous shark helped fuel another great weekend at the box office as they joined the Barbenheimer parade and opened ahead of expectations. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie grossed another $53 million domestically as it it hits $459.4 million in North America and crosses $1 billion globally on Sunday in a huge win for Warner…

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#Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Dances to 5M Globally, Days Away from Joining Billion-Dollar Club

#Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Dances to $775M Globally, Days Away from Joining Billion-Dollar Club

Barbie couldn’t be dancing any faster. The Greta Gerwig-directed movie, from Warner Bros., earned a spectacular $131.5 million at the global box office in its second weekend, including an estimated $93 million domestically and $122.2 million from 70 markets overseas. That puts Barbie‘s domestic total at $351.4 million. It has earned an equally-as-surprising $423.1 million…

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#Box Office Fusion: ‘Barbie’ Heads for Staggering 5M-Plus Opening, ‘Oppenheimer’ Eyes M

#Box Office Fusion: ‘Barbie’ Heads for Staggering $155M-Plus Opening, ‘Oppenheimer’ Eyes $77M

The summer box office just went nuclear. Filmmaker Greta Gerwig’s female-fueled Barbie started off with a stupendous $70.5 million on Friday, including $22.3 million in previews. If early modeling is correct, the Warner Bros. movie is headed for a historic $155 million-plus opening domestically, a threshold usually reserved for male-driven superhero fare or marquee IP…

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#Greta Gerwig on Adding an Author Proust “Easter Egg” in ‘Barbie’, Connection to ‘Oppenheimer’

#Greta Gerwig on Adding an Author Proust “Easter Egg” in ‘Barbie’, Connection to ‘Oppenheimer’

The playful rivalry between Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer continues. Not only has the films’ release dates being on the same day, July 21, started a “Barbieheimer” phenomenon across social media but the two movies, with completely contrasting themes, have some other similarities. During a recent interview with the Associated Press, published online…

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