YOUR WEAK-END BOX OFFICE: This weekend was good for the movies, as the total ticket take added up to $143.6m, an 8% spike over the same time last year. Tri-Star’s Matt Damon-vs.-the-1% sci-fi flick Elysium came out on top with $30.4m, while Warner’s fake-family-smuggles-weed road comedy We’re the Millers came in second place with $26.5m. So why does Hollywood see Millers as the real winner? Because the weekend’s haul covered most of the film’s $37m budget, whereas Elysium has a ways to go before making back its $115m. Anyhoo, Disney’s Planes took the bronze medal; the inexpensive (i.e. non-Pixar) animated outing will be flying on pure profit shortly. Fox’s $90m Percy Jackson sequel, by contrast, failed to bring the magic. In its second week, the Denzel-Wahlberg actioner 2 Guns dropped nearly 60% but remained the top-performing film not in its first frame.
In a related story, the sci-fi parable Emphysemium, the tragic tale of a security guard in the distant future who can longer smoke pot, was acted out very dramatically in the UMPG lobby. (8/12a)
LIVE NATION POSTS (ANOTHER) RECORD QUARTER
More butts in seats than ever before. (5/3a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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