'BABY'S' OSCARS MAY ADD TO TOTAL.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer With Sunday's Best Sunday's Best was an indie rock band formed in 1997. The band's start came at KXLU, Loyola Marymount University's famous college radio station, where guitarist Ian Moreno, singer/bassist Ed Reyes, and drummer Tom Ackerman (formerly of Skiploader) all worked at in the late Picture Oscar win, ``Million Dollar Baby'' is now expected to become a $100 million baby at the box office. The boxing drama, directed by and starring Clint Clint is the diminutive word for the given name Clinton and may refer to: People:
But if past post-Oscar performances of Best Picture winners are any indication, ``Million'' should enjoy a sizable siz·a·ble also size·a·ble adj. Of considerable size; fairly large. siz  a·ble·ness n. audience boost in the coming weeks. Warner Bros BROS BrothersBROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) ., the studio which released the film, said Monday that it expected to add at least 100 more theaters to the film's current 2,125 locations this weekend. ``I certainly have my goal set on breaking the $100 million mark,'' said Dan Fellman, Warner Bros.' president of domestic distribution. ``There are movies like 'Schindler's List' and 'Chicago' that picked up $30 million, so hopefully we'll be in that area.'' An Oscar win for Best Picture has been a box office blessing nearly for all the winners during the past 10 years. Only 2001 winner ``Gladiator gladiator (Latin; swordsman) Professional combatant in ancient Rome who engaged in fights to the death as sport. Gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals, the intent being to give the dead man armed attendants in the next world. ,'' already out on home video when it won, did not cash in. The biggest post-Oscar jump took place in 1998 when ``Titanic Titanic (tītăn`ĭk), British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14–15, 1912, after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. ,'' having already earned a whopping $494,514,818 up until the Oscars, took in an additional $106,273,857 after its victory. But last year's winner, ``The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,'' had pretty much played out by Oscar time and added just $12.9 million to its final total of $364,115,612. ``Million'' has more in common with ``Shakespeare in Love,'' which had earned $73.2 million by Oscar day and added $27 million after its victory over the favored ``Saving Private Ryan.'' Box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian said it is ``the absolute perfect scenario'' for ``Million'' to now become a solid box office hit. In addition to Best Picture, Eastwood also won for Best Director and acting Oscars went to Hilary Swank and Morgan Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. Freeman Freeman can mean:
Warner Bros. opened the film in just eight locations before Christmas and slowly expanded the number of screens as the awards came in and positive word-of-mouth spread. ``The studio took their time - they let the film generate all sorts of critical acclaim and slowly released it into more theaters,'' said Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co. ``It was a platform release that was absolutely perfect, and this win just takes it to the next level. There are still a lot of people out there who haven't seen the film.'' The last time Eastwood won the Best Picture and Best Director prizes, in 1993 for ``The Unforgiven,'' his film added $18.3 million to its final gross, pushing it just over the $100 million mark. Greg Hernandez, (818) 713-3758 greg.hernandez(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: POST OSCAR BUMP See solder ball. bump - Increment. E.g. C's ++ operator. It is used especially of counter variables, pointers and index dummies in "for", "while", and "do-while" loops. Source: Exhibitor Relations Co. Daily News |
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