'Frankenweenie' tops DVD sales chart
The Tim Burton-directed animated feature “Frankenweenie” debuted at the top of the DVD sales charts, while “Looper” remained the most popular rental in the U.S.
January 23, 2013
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The Tim Burton-directed animated feature “Frankenweenie” debuted at the top of the DVD sales charts, while “Looper” remained the most popular rental in the U.S.
2012 was a good year for the movie business, as worldwide spending on films grew 2%, or $1.3 billion, to $62.4 billion, a report released this week said.
Dozens of theaters will be shut down because of the cost of converting to digital projection.
The science-fiction hit “Looper” started off the new year by launching on the top of the DVD and Blu-ray sales and rental charts as well as the video-on-demand charts.
With big- and small-screen sensibilities merging, where does that leave film? Last month after a screening, even as the lights came up in the theater, I could feel “Zero Dark Thirty” fading, its images and impact already softening in my head. No, no, wait: not fading — mingling
Redbox Instant, the online-video service owned by Verizon Communications Inc. and Coinstar Inc., has signed 10,000 users to its public test and is seeking 35 million customers overall.
Pop music + cartoon animation + pubescent audiences + sugary breakfast cereal ads = hit entertainment.
Plenty of films waffle toward the exit this season, much to filmgoers’ chagrin. Tom Hooper, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg have their own reasons
“Anna Karenina,†“Argo,†“Avengers†and more all earn an “A†from Seattle Times movie critic Moira Macdonald.
The raunchy adult comedy “Ted†beat a pair of action films in pre-holiday sales of DVD and Blu-ray discs, with humor trumping the final installment of director Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, “The Dark Knight Rises,†and newcomer “The Bourne Legacy†as well as the animated “Ice Age: Continental Drift.†But “Ted†barely cracked the top 10 when it came to DVD and Blu-ray rentals.