I've enjoyed THE BLACK WINDMILL more as an adult than a 12 year old. Very underrated and so chilling. Universal did poorly with this but THE GIRL FROM PETROVKA -also at Radio City later that Summer was even more of a disaster at the boxoffice.
I'd like to see both on DVD -my vhs copies arent...
As much as I love THE ARTIST, I have a feeling it will top off at 40 million, still an incredible figure. But, platform releases were making 2 times that a decade or more ago, even much more with inflation.
I think Weinstein did a commendable job with THE ARTIST, IRON LADY and MY WEEK WITH...
I believe there is still quite a large following for BUGSY MALONE. I was never a fan but loved the title song. I think this could have benefited from a RCMH release as it did have an exclusive NY run at a much smaller theater. It cleaned up inBritain but while it is aBritish productn it is...
Researching the Hall attractions has led me to believe it was more a Hall of Shame. Most of the films that premiered there were second rate features and none became blockbuster's. THE TAMARIND SEED, FHE BLACK WINDMILL, PAPER TIGER, I admittedly.enjoyed all of these on hbo, but would bog have...
Browsing through Variety archives I was surprised what a blockbuster AT LONG LAST LOVE was at Radio City. It had a very healthy 2 month run (replaced by an MGM retrospective before THE WIND AND THE LION landed as theMemorial Day attraction). For the majority of its run it averaged oder $ 250 k a...