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I don't remember, but wasn't Gary Hart considered attractive by presidential candidate standards? Hollywood movies are routinely filled with above-average looking people, even in roles where they're supposed to be ugly, allegedly, so it makes sense that "attractive for a politician" in real life turns into "former Sexiest Man Alive" onscreen.

First Man - Official Trailer #2: The Other Side of the Wind — filmed by Orson Welles between 1970 to 1976, finally released in 2018:

CRA will get to $150 million and have a chance at $200 million, IMO.

Such a low drop outside of a holiday weekend is incredibly rare in the age of the multiplex (Forbes): Can't wait to see how far Crazy Rich Asians will go! As a box office nerd, I like record opening weekends, but word-of-mouth phenomenons are more entertaining to follow. International Box Office: JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM: $882.5M Overseas Total | $1.295B Global Total INCREDIBLES 2: $543.9M Overseas Total | $1.140B Global Total ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: $332.6M Overseas Total | $544M Global Total MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT: $344.8M Overseas Total | $538.7M Global Total HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: SUMMER VACATION: $301.8M Overseas Total | $460.4M Global Total THE MEG: $303.3M Overseas Total | $408.6M Global Total MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN: $229.9M Overseas Total | $345.1M Global Total THE EQUALIZER 2: $47.4M Overseas Total | $145.4M Global Total CHRISTOPHER ROBIN: $35.1M Overseas Total | $112.7M Global Total THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME: $20M Overseas Total | $52.3M Global Total BLACKKKLANSMAN: $8.3M Overseas Total | $40.3M Global Total

Weekend Box Office: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Earns Crazy $25M; 'Happytime Murders' Bombs With $10M: August 24–26, 2018 Final Numbers: 1 (1) Crazy Rich Asians $24,808,202 | 3,526 Theaters | $7,036 Avg. | $30M Budget | $76,616,149 2 (2) The Meg $12,812,615 | 4,031 Theaters | $3,179 Avg. | $130-178M Budget | $105,083,261 3 (N) The Happytime Murders $9,532,425 | 3,256 Theaters | $2,928 Avg. | $40M Budget | $9,532,425 4 (4) Mission: Impossible – Fallout $8,087,385 | 3,052 Theaters | $2,621 Avg. | $178M Budget | $193,988,045 5 (3) Mile 22 $6,366,042 | 3,520 Theaters | $1,809 Avg. | $50M Budget | $25,506,996 6 (6) Christopher Robin $6,261,783 | 3,394 Theaters | $1,845 Avg. | $70-75M Budget | $77,550,566 7 (5) Alpha $6,002,359 | 2,719 Theaters | $2,208 Avg. | $51M Budget | $20,562,933 8 (7) BlacKkKlansman $5,345,000 | 1,914 Theaters | $2,793 Avg. | $15M Budget | $32,037,540 9 (N) A.X.L. $2,798,229 | 1,710 Theaters | $1,636 Avg. | $10M Budget | $2,798,229 10 (8) Slender Man $2,790,564 | 2,065 Theaters | $1,351 Avg. | $10-28M Budget | $25,408,680 11 (9) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation $2,541,668 | 1,802 Theaters | $1,410 Avg. | $80M Budget | $158,659,057 12 (11) The Equalizer 2 $2,032,245 | 1,914 Theaters | $1,062 Avg. | $62M Budget | $98,052,577 13 (10) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again $2,000,880 | 1,557 Theaters | $1,285 Avg. | $75M Budget | $115,355,990 14 (12) Ant-Man and the Wasp $1,791,836 | 1,178 Theaters | $1,531 Avg. | $162-195M Budget | $211,458,535 15 (14) Incredibles 2 $1,642,506 | 1,060 Theaters | $1,560 Avg. | $200M Budget | $597,055,472 Papillon $1,090,073 | 544 Theaters | $2,004 Avg. | $1,090,073 Beautifully Broken $589,155 | 651 Theaters | $905 Avg. | $589,155 Searching $388,769 | 9 Theaters | $43,197 Avg. | $388,769 Puzzle $353,449 | 265 Theaters | $1,334 Avg. | $1,190,554 The Wife $212,748 | 18 Theaters | $11,819 Avg. | $375,478

Official Trailer 1: I don't always like every remake that comes around, but I don't have a problem with them conceptually. They end up bringing more eyeballs to the older version(s) and have been around since the existence of fictional plays, really. I think the trailer looks good, but with yet another remake of A Star Is Born, I wouldn't have minded a bigger variation on the general story—a gender flip of the leads, maybe, or a same-sex romance.

Watson is an avowed feminist and Little Women is the sort of property that she would feel proud to be aligned with/promote. If the Meg role has been made juicier, I doubt that Stone would abandon it because of promotional obligations for another movie (the excuse being reported in the trades). Actors doing PR for one movie are simultaneously making another all the time during Oscar season; Jennifer Lawrence and Brie Larson were filming other projects as they were on their way to Best Actress, Larson on anothet continent, even. The production just works around their promo, if they are important enough. I don't know what's really going on, but this dropout seems unusually last minute. Although in most film versions, the strongest role among the March sisters almost always happens to be Jo, so maybe Stone decided she's at a place in her career where she doesn't really want to be second banana to Saoirse Ronan. And I'm not sure how in-demand Emma Watson really is, for this sort of role. Granted, she did just headline a billion dollar hit last year, but in terms of talent, I don't think that she's held in anywhere close to same regard as other actresses in her age range. If you're making prestige/awards fare and are looking for powerhouse acting from a young actress, where is Emma Watson going to rank on the list? Margot Robbie and Jennifer Lawrence are her age, Saoirse and Shailene Woodley are even younger, all are more acclaimed than Watson. But the project is a good match for her on/offscreen personas, and the studio was probably eager for a well-known name among the sisters, to sell to younger audiences.

Revenge for La La Land? :) Maybe Watson will surprise me and hold her own against Streep, Dern, Ronan, Chalamet and the rest, and she'll improve her American accent (which slipped pretty badly in The Circle, but then, that one wasn't very good, so maybe she just didn't try, lol).

At first, I read that as $20 million each, and I thought, "Well, I know The Office had a good run but Rainn Wilson must have quite the agent!" With final numbers, Crazy Rich Asians actually made $26,510,140, over a million more than the weekend estimates and its domestic total is $44,431,761 after seven days. So far, the box office is tracking very closely to The Help and We're The Millers, which both opened in mid-August on a Wednesday. Here's how they played out, to get an idea of how far CRA could go: We're The Millers (weekend/total gross): Aug 9–11, 2013: $26,419,396 / $37,908,179 Aug 16–18, 2013: $17,964,164 / $69,697,649 Aug 23–25, 2013: $13,047,119 / $91,287,318 Aug 30–Sep 2, 2013: $16,288,094 / $113,240,012 (Labor Day Weekend) Sep 6–8, 2013: $7,695,027 / $123,613,931 Sep 13–15, 2013: $5,404,385 / $131,591,481 Sep 20–22, 2013: $4,558,271 / $138,064,568 Sep 27–29, 2013: $2,807,479 / $142,360,931 Oct 4–6, 2013: $1,605,475 / $144,895,488 Oct 11–13, 2013: $1,101,318 / $146,525,205 Final Total: $150,394,119 ($269,994,119 worldwide) The Help (weekend/total gross): Aug 12–14, 2011: $26,044,590 / $35,918,416 Aug 19–21, 2011: $20,018,659 / $71,340,829 Aug 26–28, 2011: $14,536,118 / $96,833,423 Sep 2–5, 2011: $19,881,571 / $124,272,124 (Labor Day Weekend) Sep 9–11, 2011: $8,926,142 / $137,327,800 Sep 16–18, 2011: $6,513,039 / $147,439,793 Sep 23–25, 2011: $4,370,051 / $154,414,153 Sep 30–Oct 2, 2011: $3,015,995 / $159,373,023 Oct 7–9, 2011: $1,945,048 / $162,652,363 Oct 14–16, 2011: $1,187,684 / $164,905,972 Final Total: $169,708,112 ($216,639,112 worldwide)

Creative differences is a long-time Hollywood euphemism and I've seen reports range from Boyle being fed up with Daniel Craig's divo antics to alleged tension over Bond 25's focus on Russia. Will a new director be called in to save the day or is this a good time for a recast/reboot? If so, a popular candidate for the next 007 has taken his name out of the running: I've seen a lot of Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) suggestions recently, though I am doubtful of Broccoli/Wilson being that progressive.

It's heavy on (presumably good) special effects and on water, two things that run up budget costs. It's a Chinese co-production so Warner Bros didn't put up the entire cost, either.

Crazy Rich Asians opened on Wednesday with $5 million and played well throughout the weekend, not showing signs of frontloading. August 17–19, 2018 Estimates: 1 (N) Crazy Rich Asians $25,235,000 | 3,384 Theaters | $7,457 Avg. | $30M Budget | $34,001,769 2 (1) The Meg $21,150,000 | 4,118 Theaters | $5,136 Avg. | $130M Budget | $83,759,062 3 (N) Mile 22 $13,620,000 | 3,520 Theaters | $3,869 Avg. | $35M Budget | $13,620,000 4 (2) Mission: Impossible – Fallout $10,500,000 | 3,482 Theaters | $3,016 Avg. | $178M Budget | $180,738,721 5 (N) Alpha $10,500,000 | 2,719 Theaters | $3,862 Avg. | $51M Budget | $10,500,000 6 (3) Christopher Robin $8,862,000 | 3,602 Theaters | $2,460 Avg. | $70-75M Budget | $66,879,410 7 (5) BlacKkKlansman $7,000,000 | 1,788 Theaters | $3,915 Avg. | $15M Budget | $23,009,490 8 (4) Slender Man $4,965,000 | 2,358 Theaters | $2,106 Av.g | $10-28M Budget | $20,741,579 9 (9) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation $3,675,000 | 2,187 Theaters | $1,680 Avg. | $80M Budget | $153,868,700 10 (7) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again $3,385,000 | 2,270 Theaters | $1,491 Avg. | $75M Budget | $111,204,490 The Equalizer 2 $2,810,000 | 1,888 Theaters | $1,488 Avg. | $62M Budget | $94,728,884 Ant-Man and the Wasp $2,613,000 | 1,520 Theaters | $1,719 Avg. | $162-195M Budget | $208,358,650 Incredibles 2 $2,321,000 | 1,238 Theaters | $1,875 Avg. | $200M Budget | $594,119,848 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $1,155,000 | 814 Theaters | $1,419 Avg. | $170-187M Budget | $411,752,365 Three Identical Strangers $498,400 | 276 Theaters | $1,806 Avg. | $10,563,804 The Wife $111,137 | 4 Theaters | $27,784 Avg. | $111,137 We the Animals $66,261 | 3 Theaters | $22,087 Avg. | $66,261 Juliet, Naked $60,922 | 4 Theaters | $15,231 Avg. | $60,922 Blaze $45,342 | 3 Theaters | $15,114 Avg. | $45,342 No weekend estimates yet for Billionaire Boys Club, which includes Kevin Spacey in a supporting role, but it was released via premium streaming last month and made just $287 (no, that's not missing any zeroes) in 8 theaters on Friday and Saturday. International Box Office: JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM: $878.2M Overseas Total | $1.289B Global Total INCREDIBLES 2: $526.8M Overseas Total | $1.12B Global Total MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT: $320.7M Overseas Total | $501.4M Global Total ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: $257.2M Overseas Total | $465.6M Global Total HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION: $272M Overseas Total | $425.9M Global Total SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY: $178.7M Overseas Total | $392.1M Global Total MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN: $207.8M Overseas Total | $319.0M Global Total THE MEG: $230.4M Overseas Total | $314.1M Global Total THE FIRST PURGE: $61.6M Overseas Total | $130.3M Global Total THE EQUALIZER 2: $29M Overseas Total | $123.7M Global Total CHRISTOPHER ROBIN: $22.8M Overseas Total | $89.6M Global Total

I guess every season break is going to end an "ummm..." cliffhanger. I would like Bowie and Bex to get back together but Andi is way too pushy and involved in their lives. Of course, Bex has trouble setting boundaries so it's only to be expected. On a different kind of show, Miranda would be back soon, dropping pregnancy news. Can't believe she was just going to hope her budding kleptomaniac daughter would just grow out of it on her own. WTH? So, Jonah went away to an 8-week Ultimate Frisbee camp...in the middle of the school year? Maybe it's because I watched the episodes in the course of a week, but the (non) passage of time seems especially egregious in this half of the season. The school's finally going to have a girls' basketball team over 45 years after Title IX...better late than never, I guess. Buffy liking TJ doesn't bother me now-he's redeemed himself, he did a corny rap, he's an older man from her perspective (kidding). The writers should have figured out a better way to keep Amber on the canvas, if they insist on it. Buffy disliking someone who was repeatedly mean to her best friend is a perfectly valid response.

It's Statham's highest opening weekend outside of F&F. As for his overall box office history, outside of Vin and company, there's Spy ($110M), The Italian Job ($106M) and the first Expendables ($103M), though they all had other stars as the biggest draw. The Italian Job adjusts to $163M, and Expendables 2 is his biggest non-Furious hit worldwide ($315M).

A new, surprise contender for the Participation Trophy Popular Film category at the Oscars? The Meg nearly doubled industry tracking. And BlackKklansman gets off to a solid start, though I wonder how far it will expand in upcoming weeks. Official estimates haven't been reported, but Crazy Rich Asians may have made $450,000 to $500,000 in previews on August 8 (in 354 theaters). It officially opens on Wednesday. August 10–12, 2018 Estimates: 1 (N) The Meg $44,500,000 | 4,118 Theaters | $10,806 Avg. | $130-178M Budget | $44,500,000 2 (1) Mission: Impossible – Fallout $20,000,000 | 3,888 Theaters | $5,144 Avg. | $178M Budget | $161,967,284 3 (2) Christopher Robin $12,430,000 | 3,602 Theaters | $3,451 Avg. | $70M Budget | $50,019,317 4 (N) Slender Man $11,325,000 | 2,358 Theaters | $4,803 Avg. | $10M Budget | $11,325,000 (surpasses its budget, even with a D- CinemaScore) 5 (N) BlacKkKlansman $10,799,000 | 1,512 Theaters | $7,142 Avg. | $15M Budget | $10,799,000 6 (3) The Spy Who Dumped Me $6,600,000 | 3,111 Theaters | $2,122 Avg. | $40M Budget | $24,560,385 7 (4) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again $5,820,000 | 2,812 Theaters | $2,070 Avg. | $75M Budget | $103,831,200 8 (5) The Equalizer 2 $5,500,000 | 2,373 Theaters | $2,318 Avg. | $62M Budget | $89,645,928 9 (6) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation $5,110,000 | 2,589 Theaters | $1,974 Avg. | $80M Budget | $146,887,391 10 (7) Ant-Man and the Wasp $4,048,000 | 1,863 Theaters | $2,173 Avg. | $162-195M Budget | $203,518,344 11 (9) Incredibles 2 $3,532,000 | 1,545 Theaters | $2,286 Avg. | $200M Budget | $589,874,600 12 (N) Dog Days $2,630,000 | 2,442 Theaters | $1,077 Avg. | $10M Budget | $3,670,972 13 (8) The Darkest Minds $2,100,000 | 3,127 Theaters | $672 Avg. | $34M Budget | $10,945,552 14 (11) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $1,965,000 | 1,237 Theaters | $1,589 Avg. | $170-187M Budget | $409,632,945 15 (10) Teen Titans Go! To The Movies $1,770,000 | 1,437 Theaters | $1,232 Avg. | $10M Budget | $25,546,544 Eighth Grade $1,625,000 | 1,084 Theaters | $1,499 Avg. | $10,092,043 Sorry to Bother You $425,000 | 204 Theaters | $2,083 Avg. | $3.2M Budget | $15,805,404 The Island $282,500 | 40 Theaters | $7,063 Avg. | $282,500 International Box Office: JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM: $866.8M Overseas Total | $1.276B Global Total INCREDIBLES 2: $498.6 Overseas Total | $1.088B Global Total ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: $245.4M Overseas Total | $448.9M Global Total MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT: $275.6M Overseas Total | $437.5M Global Total HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION: $231.4M Overseas Total | $378.2M Global Total SKYSCRAPER: $215.2M Overseas Total | $281.3M Global Total MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN: $177M Overseas Total | $280.8M Global Total THE MEG: $97M Overseas Total | $141.3M Global Total

He got nominated for Best Actor but lost the Oscar to Casey Affleck. They never releaese the vote totals but Denzel Washington was most likely second. Gosling did win the Golden Globe for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association loves musicals and if there's one with decent (let alone good) reviews in a year, its stars will probably win their category, even over more acclaimed performances in a comedy. Gosling won out over Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool. On a shallow note, I know Mia had basically given up by the time the audition came along, but she bothered to go, so did she have nothing else to wear besides that too-big sweater? It's the big dramatic moment for the character/actor and the look is so blah. I wouldn't mind that it's a different sort of outfit from her brightly colored dresses, if it looked good. Maybe it's an homage to some character in a 1960s French musical or something.

Mandating a certain number of genre slots for Best Picture is too much of a quota system for my liking, and anyway, it seemed to more or less happen that way organically with the voting method in the category for 2009 and 2010 (set 10 nominees of the top 10 total vote getters). Going back to that system would have caused much less of an uproar than this new Participation Trophy category.

An even split between titles seems fair: the ticket price at a drive in is for the entire bill, many actually stay to watch the second/third movie, and you can't say for certain that the older movie(s) did nothing to draw the crowd.

Binge watching the latest half of the season in the lead up to the finale.... "Better to Have Wuvved and Wost": Buffy's moving in...10 days! And because this is not that show, the kiddie sitcom solution doesn't work out. It's been a while since I was 13, but are middle school boys known for their quality gift giving skills? Amber doesn't have friends; what happened to Iris? "Perfect Day 2.0": Buffy's moving in a week! Did the Good Hair Crew really go all around by town, by themselves, on their bikes, at eight...in this decade? Andi not being able to admit she's over and needs help is a human but nevertheless bad quality. Oh, and Disney made the writers work a cast member's real life musical skills into the show...er, I mean, Bowie learns Jonah's secret and introduces him to a new creative outlet. "Truth or Truth": Buffy's moving soon...and there's no school! Andi blows off Jonah and her friends to hang out with Bex. Andi should really learn how to stay out of grown folks' business, and Bex could have pointed out that telling Bowie how she feels may not lead to them getting back together. Bex too made the fatal mistake of not having jokey go-to answers for party games/magazine quizzes so you aren't actually confessing your darkest secrets. I was surprised that Andi hasn't kept her friends updated on her love life, but in show time, the bar mitzvah was, what, a few days ago? "A Walker to Remember": With less than a "week" before Buffy moves, it's game day as Buffy's friends throw sports fan etiquette out the window to cheer her on (bullhorns, really?). Why are seventh graders better able to diagnose learning disabilities than the teachers at this school? What will Buffy's mom say about her getting kicked off the team? Would there have even been any games left before she "moves"? And no dragging it out, then, for Jonah to see Andi and Walker's mural!

I predict this move to go about as well as the most recent Grammys, where the blue ribbon panel preemptively blocking Ed Sheeran from the major categories (allegedly) still didn't prevent backlashes over #GrammysSoMale and Kendrick Lamar losing Album of the Year again. I've always read that actors are the ones who are the most vociferous about objecting to the tech categories being shunted to the side, seeing it is disrespectful to people whom they know are essential to moviemaking and don't get the glory that the stars do. It will be interesting to hear the "off the record" indusrty reactions to this Popularity Contest Oscar that's been dreamed up.

In the book, they both could pass for white (and are assumed to be white by others at different points), but only one does: a two sides of the coin, "road not taken" sort of thing. But an adaptation can easily make a few story changes.

I downloaded the story last year but found it hard to get into. With this news, I read the Wikipedia summary and In the right hands it could be really melodramatic and one of those hotly debated movie endings. And I hope this isn't taken the wrong way, but is it bad that I kind of wish this is been made 10 years ago with, IDK, Maya Rudolph and Rashida Jones? I am just thinking of how they are going to make Tessa Thompson look like someone who does/could go through life passing for white and am imagining a really regrettable makeup job.

Rebecca Hall to make directorial debut with adaptation of Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing; Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga are attached to star. Ms. Hall says she was drawn to the material due to family history of a biracial American grandfather. FWIW, I remember hearing about her ancestry long before she was going to direct this project, so it's not something she's revealing just now. https://deadline.com/2018/08/rebecca-hall-passing-movie-tessa-thompson-ruth-negga-nella-larsen-novel-1202440801/

It looks like a double feature boost (studio pairs old movie with new movie at drive-in theaters, both titles get to claim all the money), which is a standard box office accounting tactic every studio uses in attempting to give a movie one last boost. Another method is when the grosses from sneak previews are rolled into the total of a movie that's already out. It doesn't usually happen so late into a movie's run these days, so it doesn't stand out as much, but this is a pretty mild case. If A Wrinkle in Time had been more popular, Black Panther could have been paired with Incredibles 2 and the increase from week to week wouldn't have been so drastic.

Winnie the Pooh, political hot potato—who'd have ever thunk it? But I don't think Disney was ever expecting Pixar money from this, since the history of the character/story at the box office is actually not that great: The Tigger Movie (2/11/2000): $45,554,533 Piglet's Big Movie (3/21/2003): $23,103,423 Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2/11/2005): $18,098,433 Winnie the Pooh (7/15/2011): $26,692,846 Goodbye Christopher Robin (10/13/2017): $1,735,251 (more of a biopic than an adventure set in the universe, but the Mary Poppins version of that made $83M domestic) The character's much more important to Disney for merchandising/direct-to-video/music/live action content than being a theatrical monster.