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21 July 2003 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Teen star Hilary Duff has hit out at reports she's undergone an operation to enlarge her breasts - after posters for her film The Lizzie McGuire Movie featured her sporting a larger bust. The 15-year-old screen star - who shot to stardom playing the all-American teen in the Disney Channel series of the same name - speculates the camera angle may have misled observers into thinking her breasts were suddenly bigger. She laughs, "I find it really, really, weird because they said that, like, I had a boob job or something. I really didn't. Maybe it was the angle of the camera or something like that." And the youngster knows she's not the first rising star to face such speculation. She adds, "Now I feel really bad for Britney Spears."

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1 July 2003 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Singer and actress Hilary Duff has signed a record deal with Walt Disney's music group - just weeks after parting ways with the company over a pay dispute for her TV show. Duff left Disney last month after the company failed to offer up enough money to persuade the teen star to continue playing Lizzie McGuire in a proposed series on TV network ABC, which is a part of the Disney family. But she has returned to the company to sign a lucrative record deal after the soundtrack to her successful Lizzie McGuire Movie went platinum. The 15-year-old beauty, who's dating pop heart-throb Aaron Carter, will release her album Metamorphosis on August 26.

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9 June 2003 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Hilary Duff left the Walt Disney Company because, according to her mother, they "weren't feeling the love." Disney and the 15-year-old actress announced they were "going their separate ways" last month, following failed talks over the direction of Duff's career, according to a spokeswoman for the entertainment corporation. But Hilary's mother Susan Duff says, "They weren't giving Hilary the respect she deserved." The actress has starred in the hugely popular Disney Channel sitcom Lizzie McGuire since 2001 and the spin-off film, The Lizzie McGuire Movie has grossed about $40 million since it opened on May 2. But negotiations broke down last month between Disney and Duff's representatives over how much money she would receive for a Lizzie McGuire Movie sequel and a new series that would follow her character to high school. Duff reportedly had received offers of six figures per episode from at least two competing TV networks, while ABC reportedly offered $35,000 an episode. As for the movie sequel, the two sides couldn't agree on terms of a $500,000 bonus for the young star.

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4 June 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

One week after Disney said that it had broken off contract talks with representatives of Lizzie McGuire star Hilary Duff because it regarded her demands as excessive, the Wall Street Journal reported today (Wednesday) that Disney Chairman Michael Eisner has urged executives to keep the negotiations going and that President Bob Iger himself is now leading talks for both a sequel to the movie and a new round of TV episodes that could be broadcast on Disney's ABC television network. The newspaper said that Duff's representatives, who include her mother, Susan Duff, are seeking many times more than the $15,000-per-episode she was previously paid for the Lizzie series when it aired on the Disney Channel and that they want $5 million for the movie sequel. (She was paid $1 million for the original.) The WSJ points out that the asking price is roughly what Frankie Muniz received from MGM for the recent Agent Cody Banks sequel, which also featured Duff.

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3 June 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Last weekend's astonishing box-office success of the Disney/Pixar animated feature Finding Nemo could prove to be a mixed blessing for Disney, which has been in talks with Pixar about extending its current film agreement, entertainment analysts observed today (Tuesday). The $70.2 million that the film took in in its first weekend could provide Pixar boss Steve Jobs with enough clout to push through his demand for a deal with Disney similar to George Lucas's with 20th Century Fox, under which Lucas pays the studio a flat fee for distributing his movies but keeps all the profits. Under the current arrangement, Pixar pays Disney a distribution fee plus shares revenue with Disney on a 50/50 basis. The two companies also split production costs equally. Some analysts are once again pointing the finger of blame at Michael Eisner for not renegotiating a contract with Pixar far earlier. (In another blow to Eisner, a Delaware court has allowed a shareholders suit to go forward that alleges that Disney was negligent when it hired former president Michael Ovitz and then approved a $138-million golden parachute for him when he was fired 16 months later. The suit charges that Eisner was responsible for the Ovitz fiasco.)

The films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Finding Nemo, Disney/Pixar, $70,251,710, (New); 2. Bruce Almighty, Universal, $37,329,480, 2 Wks. ($137,396,070); 3. The Italian Job, Paramount, $19,457,944, (New); 4. The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Bros. $15,687,241, 3 Wks. ($232,701,046); 5. Daddy Day Care, Sony, $6,744,438, 4 Wks. ($81,901,127); 6. Wrong Turn, 20th Century Fox, $5,161,498, (New); 7. X2: X-Men United, 20th Century Fox, $5,096,942, 5 Wks. ($199,365,036); 8. The In-Laws, Warner Bros. $3,741,063, 2 Wks. ($14,516,309); 9. Down With Love, 20th Century Fox, $1,570,924, 4 Wks. ($17,151,739); 10. The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Disney, $1,171,379, 5 Wks. ($39,324,982).

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28 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Final figures for the four-day Memorial Day holiday indicated that Universal's Bruce Almighty earned $85.7 million, overwhelming the previous week's winner, Warner's The Matrix Reloaded, which took in $45.6 million. In all, moviegoers plunked down $201.8 million at the box office, a Memorial Day record. The total slightly exceeded last year's record of $200.1 million for the holiday.

The top ten films over the Memorial Day holiday, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. Bruce Almighty, Universal, $85,734,045, (New); 2 . The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Bros. $45,612,152, 2 Wks. ($209,481,877); 3. Daddy Day Care, Sony, $18,113,333, 3 Wks. ($73,254,194); 4. X2: X-Men United, 20th Century Fox, $13,237,398, 4 Wks. ($192,197,843); 5 . The In-Laws, Warner Bros. $9,222,334, (New); 6. Down With Love, 20th Century Fox, $5,055,054, 3 Wks. ($14,582,029); 7. The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Disney, $4,317,247, 4 Wks. ($37,599,278); 8. Holes, Disney, $3,227,634, 6 Wks. ($60,235,819); 9. Identity, Sony, $2,682,373, 5 Wks. ($49,263,016); 10. Anger Management, Sony, $2,300,346, 7 Wks. ($131,745,970).

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27 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Bruce Almighty turned out to be a divine comedy so far as Universal Pictures, its star Jim Carrey, and the theater owners who screened it over the Memorial Day holiday were concerned. The film raked in $86.4 million over the four days, a personal best for Carrey and the second best for any comedy in box-office history (behind Austin Powers in Goldmember). At the same time, ticket sales for The Matrix Reloaded plummeted more than 60 percent as it earned $45.6 million. Commenting on the results, Exhibitor Relations chief Paul Dergarabedian told today's (Tuesday) Wall Street Journal, "We all thought this would be a big weekend, but the question was -- would Bruce Almighty top The Matrix? ... Jim Carrey in a broad comedy like this is pretty much unstoppable." In the face of such competition, Sony's Daddy Day Care continued to perform admirably, garnering $18 million, to wind up in third place. "To be in a marketplace dominated by another comedy and to do that well is very impressive," Dergarabedian said in a separate interview with Bloomberg News. By contrast, Warner's remake of The In-Laws, another comedy, opened in fifth place with just $9.1 million.

The top ten films for the holiday weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. Bruce Almighty, $86.4 million; 2. Matrix Reloaded, $45.6 million; 3. Daddy Day Care, $18.0 million; 4. X2: X-Men United, $, $13.1 million; 5. The In-Laws, $9.1 million; 6. Down With Love, $5.1 million; 7. The Lizzie McGuire Movie, $4.0 million; 8. Holes, $3.0 million; 9. Identity, $2.6 million; 10. Anger Management, $2.4 million.

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26 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Even as Disney's low-budget The Lizzie McGuire Movie was continuing to show strength after four weeks at the box office -- it has now taken in $36 million, more than twice what it cost to make -- the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday that 15-year-old Hilary Duff, who plays Lizzie, and the Disney Co. have failed to reach agreement on a new contract. The Times said that negotiations collapsed over Duff's money demands. "We very much wanted to continue the Lizzie franchise," Disney Studios production chief Nina Jacobson told the Times, "but every deal has its tipping point, the point at which it no longer makes sense. Unfortunately, that's the point we reached in the Lizzie negotiations."

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26 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

In a dazzling surprise, the Jim Carrey movie Bruce Almighty jumped to the box-office top position over the weekend before The Matrix Reloaded could reload for a second week. The Universal comedy earned an estimated $70.5 million over the first three days of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, with several analysts forecasting that it would add an additional $15 million or more today (Monday). Meanwhile, The Matrix Reloaded earned just $37.2 million but did manage to bring its total gross past the $200-million mark, terrific by most standards, but disappointing to the film's producers, who had been expecting it to display the same sticking power as last year's Spider-Man in the top spot. Studios did not release three-day estimates for the other films. However, most analysts concluded that the other films would line up like this: 3. Daddy Day Care, $15.1 million; 4. X2: X-Men United: $10.5 million; 5. The In-Laws: $7.4 million; 6. Down with Love, $4.5 million; 7. The Lizzie McGuire Movie; $3.4 million; 8. Holes, $2.4 million; 9. Identity $1.9 million. 10. Anger Management, $1.7 million.

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20 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Sunday's ticket sales for The Matrix Reloaded fell nearly 10 percent below what Warner Bros. execs had estimated, raising the question of whether the film will be able to sustain its lead over last year's Spider-Man in overall grosses. As USA Today observed today (Tuesday), box office analysts and exit pollsters disagree about the likelihood that the film will be able to enjoy the kind of passionate word of mouth that sustains blockbusters over the long haul. The newspaper also quoted producer Joel Silver as saying that the effort to pit Matrix against Spider-Man is unfair since Matrix is an R-rated film and Spider-Man was not, giving the latter an enormous advantage. "This blew away every R movie ever made," Silver said. "The public made this into a huge movie, despite the rating. ... We're not concerned with records, just whether people loved the movie."

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. The Matrix Reloaded, Warner Bros., $91,774,413, New ($134,282,716 -- from Wednesday); 2. Daddy Day Care, Sony, $18,880,185, 2 Wks. ($51,057,257); 3. X2: X-Men United, 20th Century Fox, $17,301,287, 3 Wks. ($174,172,025); 4. Down With Love, 20th Century Fox, $7,001,906, 2 Wks. ($7,066,077); 5. The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Disney, $4,755,225, 3 Wks. ($32,314,438); 6. Identity, Sony, $3,662,843, 4 Wks. ($45,070,821); 7. Anger Management, Sony, $3,554,771, 6 Wks. ($128,278,321); 8. Holes, Disney, $3,160,190, 5 Wks. ($55,960,305); 9. A Mighty Wind, Warner Bros., $1,692,463, 5 Wks. ($12,097,256); 10. Bend It Like Beckham, Fox Searchlight, $1,372,198, 10 Wks. ($15,040,183).

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19 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

As expected, The Matrix Reloaded set a box-office record for an R-rated film over the three-day weekend but, after a rocketing start, fell well behind the all-time leader, last year's Spider-Man. The Matrix Reloaded wound up with an estimated $93.3 million versus $115 million for last year's opening of Spider-Man. Nevertheless, for the four days (Wednesday's late-night previews were included in Thursday's grosses), the film earned $135.9 million, vs. Spider-Man's $125.9 million for four days. Daily Variety called the results "nothing short of phenomenal." Surprisingly, the film recorded its biggest haul on Thursday, $47.5 million (including the $5 million from previews). It drew an additional $31.2 million on Friday, $34.4 million on Saturday and an estimated $27.6 million on Sunday. (Premiering simultaneously in 13 countries overseas, it earned an additional $31.9 million over the three-day period.) Reloaded also shot down X2: X-Men United, which plunged 57.2 percent to $17.1 million, and landed in third place. Remaining remarkably strong in its second week, however, was Eddie Murphy's Daddy Day Care, which dropped only 30 percent to $19.2 million to hold on to second place. The '60s-type romantic comedy Down With Love opened (actually it played in a single theater a week earlier) with $7.6 million -- a figure that might have appeared to be exemplary in the '60s, but is likely to induce a lot of worried pillow talk between Fox executives who greenlighted the film and their wives. Sales for the top 10 films totaled $156 million, down 4 percent from $162.6 million a year ago.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. The Matrix Reloaded, $93.3 million; 2. Daddy Day Care, $19.2 million; 3. X2: X-Men United, $17.1 million; 4. Down with Love, $7.6 million; 5. The Lizzie McGuire Movie, $4.5 million; 6. Anger Management, $3.6 million; 7. Identity, $3.4 million; 8. Holes, $3.0 million; 9. A Mighty Wind, $1.7 million, 10. Bend It Like Beckham, $1.5 million.

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13 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

After his previous three films flopped badly at the box office (including the disastrous The Adventures of Pluto Nash, which cost a reported $110 million to make but earned only $7 million), Eddie Murphy has returned with what appears to be a bona fide hit. His Daddy Day Care for Sony earned $27.6 million over the Mothers Day weekend, coming in second only to X2: X-Men United, which earned $40 million in its second weekend, a drop of more than half from its opening weekend when it took in $85 million.

The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. X2: X-Men United, 20th Century Fox, $40,032,160, 2 Wks. ($147,677,021); 2. Daddy Day Care, Sony, $27,623,580, (New); 3. The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Disney, $7,209,116, 2 Wks. ($26,528,935); 4. Identity, Sony, $6,477,585, 3 Wks. ($39,382,841); 5. Anger Management, Sony, $5,738,206, 5 Wks. ($123,182,238); 6. Holes, Disney, $4,858,857, 4 Wks. ($51,678,222); 7. A Mighty Wind, Warner Bros., $3,004,214, 4 Wks. ($9,483,660); 8. Malibu's Most Wanted, Warner Bros., $2,128,493, 4 Wks. ($31,747,540); 9. Bend It Like Beckham, Fox Searchlight, $1,736,275, 9 Wks. ($13,170,142); 10. Confidence, Lions Gate, $1,539,607, 3 Wks. ($11,051,501).

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12 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Critics may have been too quick to write off the appeal of Eddie Murphy. His Daddy Day Care opened with $27.6 million over the weekend, far better than many film reviewers and box-office analysts had predicted. The Sony/Revolution film came in second behind X2: X-Men United, which grossed an estimated $41.4 million in its second weekend. Despite those big numbers, the box office overall was down 11 percent from the comparable weekend a year ago (when Spider-Man was still drawing huge crowds) with $110 million.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. X2: X-Men United, $41.4 million; 2. Daddy Day Care, $27.6 million; 3. The Lizzie McGuire Movie, $7.8 million; 4. Identity, $6.3 million; 5. Anger Management, $5.5 million; 6. Holes, $4.6 million; 7. A Mighty Wind, $2.9 million; 8. Malibu's Most Wanted, $2.1 million; 9. Bend It Like Beckham, $1.65 million; 10. Confidence, $1.5 million.

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6 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Despite speculation that X2: X-Men United might have taken in considerably more than 20th Century Fox had estimated over the weekend, it turned out that the studio was right on the mark: the film earned $85.6 million, making it the fourth-biggest debut in history, behind last year's Spider-Man and the two Harry Potter movies. Disney's The Lizzie McGuire Movie opened in second place with $17.3 million, while Sony's Identity, the John Cusack starrer that surprised analysts by opening in first place last week, dropped to third with $9.4 million. Ticket sales for the top 12 movies totaled $141.4 million, down 7.2 percent from the $152.4 million a year ago, when the debut of Spider-Man packed 'em in. Meanwhile, analysts are predicting that The Matrix Reloaded will effectively challenge X2 when it is released in two weeks, despite its R rating. "For those who have seen the original Matrix and the millions of people who bought the DVD, they realize it is really a borderline R," Dan Fellman, Warner's head of distribution told the Associated Press. "I think what will happen is there'll be a lot of adults seeing the movie opening weekend, and a lot that let their kids under the age of 17 go along." The top ten films over the weekend, according to final figures compiled by Exhibitor Relations (figures in parentheses represent total gross to date): 1. X2: X-Men United, 20th Century Fox, $85,558,731, (New); 2. The Lizzie McGuire Movie, Disney, $17,338,755, (New); 3. Identity, Sony, $9,423,662, 2 Wks. ($30,187,230); 4. Anger Management, Sony, $8,406,604, 4 Wks. ($115,285,383); 5. Holes, Disney, $6,915,418, 3 Wks. ($45,366,777); 6. Malibu's Most Wanted, Warner Bros., $4,023,235, 3 Wks. ($28,948,620); 7. Confidence, Lions Gate, $2,530,868, 2 Wks. ($8,495,774); 8. It Runs in the Family, MGM, $1,645,115, 2 Wks. ($5,227,195); 9. Bulletproof Monk, MGM, $1,474,624, 3 Wks. ($21,581,881); 10. Bend It Like Beckham, Fox Searchlight, $1,470,396, 8 Wks. ($10,966,353).

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5 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Disney's counter-programming ploy, opening The Lizzie McGuire Movie, which is aimed at female "tweens," against X-Men 2, paid off handsomely as the Hillary Duff starrer took in an estimated $17 million to open in second place. There was a big fall-off in ticket sales for all other movies, with the box office winding up with 7.6 percent less than it took in during the comparable weekend a year ago, when Spider-Man debuted with $115 million.

The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations: 1. X2: X-Men United, $85.85 million; 2. The Lizzie McGuire Movie, $17 million; 3. Identity, $9.5 million; 4. Anger Management, $8.5 million; 5. Holes, $6.5 million; 6. Malibu's Most Wanted, $4 million; 7. Confidence, $2.5 million; 8. It Runs in the Family, $1.55 million; 9. Bend it Like Beckham, $1.455 million; 10. Bulletproof Monk, $1.45 million.

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2 May 2003 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Figuring that X2 is likely to draw away all of the male teenage audience, Disney is releasing The Lizzie McGuire Movie to attract the remaining female teenagers, at any rate, those below the age of 15. Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times writes that the movie "celebrates popularity, beauty, great hair, lip gloss and overnight stardom, those universal obsessions of pop teenage culture." (It also celebrates Hilary Duff, the star of the movie, who also stars in the Disney Channel's Lizzie McGuire show.) Clearly, this is not a movie an adult film critic should be reviewing. Chris Kaltenbach in the Baltimore Sun writes, for example, "Not to sound churlish or anything, but how much adorable can one person take?" Jane Horwitz in the Washington Post suggests that it was a tough assignment for her to watch the film. It's fine for girls, she says, "But there's also no reason -- absolutely no reason -- why the rest of us should put ourselves through the agony that is The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Seriously. If your kids are too young to sit unsupervised, get together with other parents and pay an older sibling or sitter to go." Ty Burr of the Boston Globe took his two young daughters to the movie. He gave it 2 1/2 stars. They gave it four. "Now, who are you going to listen to: a professional with a college degree in cinema studies and decades in the field or a bunch of little kids?" he asks. "Right: You're going to listen to the kids." And Eleanor Ringel Gillespie in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has obviously chosen her words carefully for her review, writing that The Lizzie McGuire Movie "is a cute teen movie, starring a cute teen idol, who stars in her own cute teen TV series, which provides the basis for this cute teen movie."

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