ACNielsen EDI Presents 12th Annual Gold Reel Awards; Films Win Awards for Exceeding $100 Million at the Box Office.Entertainment Editors & Film Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001 ACNielsen ACNielsen is a global marketing research firm, based in Schaumburg, Illinois. This company was founded in 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, by Arthur C. Nielsen, Sr., in order to give marketers reliable and objective information on the impact of marketing and sales programs. EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. , the worldwide authority on box office results, information and analysis, will award eight motion picture distribution companies with Gold Reel Awards, honoring the rare films that surpassed the $100 million milestone at the box office. These extraordinary blockbusters emerged from the competitive field of 488 motion pictures released during 2000. A total of 22 films released in 2000 achieved $100 million or more in domestic box office, generating a combined box office gross of $2.87 billion, or 38% of the year's $7.46 billion total receipts. The 2001 ACNielsen EDI Gold Reel Award will be presented to the executives responsible for the marketing and distribution of these successful movies at a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. , co-hosted by Variety. "These box office champions are the bedrock of the motion picture economy," said Tom Borys, president of ACNielsen EDI. "Since the Awards' inception in 1989, only 159 films have achieved this level of success, representing less than 4% of the films released." Borys noted that DreamWorks and Universal were stand-outs, garnering four awards each. These blockbusters propelled Universal and DreamWorks to all-time all-time adj. Exceeding all others up to the present time: an all-time speed skating record. all-time Adjective Informal company highs in the year 2000. Virtually every genre of film is represented, including comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, animated, epic period pieces and sequels. "The public's taste is consistently responsive to a wide variety of film types," Borys added. Star power, however, can help. Tom Hanks' "Cast Away" marks the actor's 11th $100 million starring role (including his vocal vo·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to the voice. 2. Capable of emitting sound or speech. vocal pertaining to the voice. roles in "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2"). Julia Roberts also garners her eighth $100 million film with "Erin Erin (ĕr`ĭn, ēr`–), ancient and poetic name of Ireland. Brockovich." She has the most $100 million grosses of all female stars. ACNielsen EDI, an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of ACNielsen, is the worldwide authority on box office results, information and analysis for the motion picture industry. Each day, ACNielsen EDI provides instantaneous in·stan·ta·ne·ous adj. 1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was instantaneous. 2. box office results from more than 50,000 movie screens spanning four continents. ACNielsen, a company of VNU VNU Volontaires des Nations Unies (French) VNU Verenigde Nederlandse Uitgeversbedrijven (Dutch) VNU Virtual Network User N.V., is the world's leading market research film, offering measurement and analysis of marketplace dynamics, consumer attitudes and behavior, and new and traditional media in more than 100 countries. Clients include leading consumer product manufacturers, retailers and service firms, media and entertainment companies and the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the community.
The 2001 honored movies and distributors are:
2001 Gold Reel Honorees
Distributor Title Open Date Box Office $
DreamWorks "Gladiator" 5/5/00 186,610,052
DreamWorks "What Lies Beneath" 7/21/00 155,243,518
DreamWorks "Chicken Run" 6/21/00 106,834,564
DreamWorks "American Beauty" 9/15/99 130,100,000
Paramount "Sleepy Hollow" 11/19/99 101,100,000
Paramount "Mission Impossible: 2" 5/24/00 215,409,889
Paramount "What Woman Want" 12/15/00 175,625,449
Buena Vista "Dinosaur" 5/19/00 137,725,800
Buena Vista "Remember The Titans" 9/29/00 115,459,929
Buena Vista "Gone in 60 Seconds" 6/9/00 101,648,571
Fox "Big Momma's House" 6/2/00 117,559,438
Fox "X-Men" 7/14/00 157,299,717
Fox "Cast Away" 12/22/00 209,798,303
Miramax "Scary Movie" 7/7/00 157,019,771
Sony "Charlie's Angels" 11/3/00 121,106,919
Sony "The Patriot" 6/28/00 113,330,342
Universal "Dr Suess' How The Grinch ..." 11/17/00 259,806,995
Universal "Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps" 7/28/00 123,272,875
Universal "Erin Brockovich" 3/17/00 125,592,105
Universal "Meet The Parents" 10/6/00 164,844,085
Warner Bros. "The Perfect Storm" 6/30/00 182,618,434
Warner Bros. "Ms. Congeniality" 12/22/00 100,345,956
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