Can You Believe 'The King's Speech' Made $414 Million Worldwide?

Since Labor Day weekend, the conversation surrounding Hollywood economics has been almost exclusively about disappointment. From 'Warrior' all the way through 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,' new releases have financially underwhelmed to the point that all the year-to-year box-office gains made during the second and third quarters of 2011 -- after a terrible first quarter -- were washed away. 2011 will likely finish around 4 or 5 percent behind 2010 in box-office revenue -- a stat that maybe didn't seem possible when 'Harry Potter,' 'Bridesmaids' and 'Transformers' were making money hand over fist. All of which is to say, 2011 wasn't the best year for the movie business, relatively speaking -- it will still be the third-highest grossing year in history -- which is what makes the success of 'The King's Speech' still stunning 13 months after its initial release. Released in four theaters on Nov. 26, 2010, 'The King's Speech' was seen as a likely Best Picture favorite, but perhaps not a box-office juggernaut. About that: despite never finishing higher than fourth at the domestic box office, 'The King's Speech' earned $138,797,449 between 2010 and 2011. This year alone, the Best Picture winner grossed $115.8 million -- better than films like 'Hop,' 'Paranormal Activity 3,' 'Bad Teacher,' 'Just Go With It,' 'The Muppets,' and, possibly, 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' and 'The Adventures of Tintin.' Globally, 'The King's Speech' grossed over $414 million, more than 2011 successes like 'The Help,' 'Bridesmaids,' 'Captain America: First Avenger,' 'X-Men: First Class,' and 'Super 8.' Those figures wouldn't be all that surprising if 'The King's Speech' weren't 'The King's Speech.' After all, it seems that studios can't get moviegoers to buy tickets for "sure things" like 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'The Muppets,' but The Weinstein Company was able to get Average Joes and Janes to plunk down hard-earned money to watch a story about a British king with a speech impediment. Think about that one, especially in light of the fact that similar art-house leaning 2011 releases -- like the Weinstein Company released 'My Week With Marilyn' and 'The Artist' -- aren't catching on nearly as well. That could change post-Oscar nominations, as things did with 'The King's Speech,' but it seems unlikely that either will scale such great box office heights. All of which raises the question: What was it about 'The King's Speech' that struck such a chord with audiences? Seriously, I'm asking. To take nothing away from the quality of the film, doesn't $414 million in global grosses seem absurd for a movie like 'The King's Speech'? And yet, less than a year ago, it was the box-office hit that kept on giving: the Tom Hooper-directed film spent 11 weeks in the top-ten. 11 weeks! The thing was like a mini-'Titanic'! So: Why did you see 'The King's Speech,' when it seems like you're less likely to head to the movies now? [Photo: TWC] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Kristen Bell on 'Outrun': It's As being a Sundance Version of 'Smokey as well as the Bandit'

TV stars Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are going to the trunk for the silver screen in 'Outrun,' a completely new indie vehicle chase film they convinced each of their pals to get familiar with. It's a project not not even close to Bell's heart, she mentioned. "I developed a movie with Dax along with a couple of our other pals in the beginning in the summer season -- prior to the Showtime series ['House of Lies'] -- referred to as 'Outrun,' which will emerge in 2012," Bell mentioned to Huffington Publish TV. "I'm really pleased with plus it was the first time I've ever worn a producorial hat." Shepard attracted triple duty for 'Outrun,' acting, writing and co-pointing the flick which stars Tom Arnold, Bradley Cooper, Love Bridges, Kristin Chenoweth, David Koechner, Michael Rosenbaum, Pleasure Bryant, and Ryan Hansen. According to HitFix, 'Outrun' follows Charlie Bronson (Shepard), an ex-getaway driver who influences Witness Protection Program. He arrives of hiding to operate a vehicle his girlfriend, carried out by real-existence girlfriend Bell, mix-country for just about any job chance. By themselves drive, the duo meet numerous zany figures in route and finished up being chased by both cops (Arnold) and thieves (Cooper). David Palmer co-directed the flick. "[W]e asked for our pals being involved, our actor pals," Bell mentioned. "Everybody made time to make it happen, it absolutely was really awesome -- stars we did not think might be involved or make time for that little movie and so they did. We shot it for pretty much eight days which we'd a great deal fun. It's kind of an indie vehicle chase movie, it's like 'Smokey as well as the Bandit,' Sundance Style." Shepard and Palmer also co-directed this year's spoof film 'Brother's Justice.' Up next for Bell is Showtime's 'House of Lies' and 'Big Miracle' opposite Came Barrymore and John Krasinski. Why is this so a 'Veronica Mars' movie? Uncover what she required to say round the prospects in the project in the Huffington Publish. 'Outrun' speeds into theaters August. 24, 2012. [Photo: Getty] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook

Michelle Obama Wears Byron Lars Dress In The New First Family Official Portrait

Sonja Flemming/CBS"The Amazing Race" CBS on Thursday announced more changes to its midseason schedule, including the premiere date of the next season of The Amazing Race as well as new Friday time periods for Undercover Boss and A Gifted Man.our editor recommends'Amazing Race' Season 19 Winners Revealed'Undercover Boss,' 'Dog Whisperer,' 'Dance Moms,' 'Best Ink' Get Premiere DatesCBS Orders More 'Gifted Man' Episodes Race's 20th edition is set to premiere at 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, with Phil Keoghan returning as host. Last week's season finale posted season-high ratings in viewers (11.2 million and adults 18-49 (3.3 rating). PHOTOS: CBS' New Season TV Shows: 'Person of Interest,' 'A Gifted Man' and More The reality show Undercover Boss, meanwhile, premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, but then relocated to 8 p.m. Fridays starting Feb. 17. The move means that freshman drama Gifted Man, which airs at 8 p.m. Fridays, will shift back an hour, to 9 p.m. The spiritual-tinged medical drama, which stars Patrick Wilsonin his first series television role, was recently picked up for three more episodes. The show has been a modest performer at 8 p.m. Fridays. STORY:CBS Announces Premiere for Rob Schneider Comedy, 'Undercover Boss' Return Date After Gifted Man completes its 16-episode run, CSI: NY will return to the 9 p.m. Friday time slot. Blue Bloods will continue to air at 10 p.m. Fridays. CBS recently announced that the Rob Schneider comedy ¡Rob! will premiere at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, starting Jan. 12. PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery CBS' New Season TV Shows: 'Person of Interest,' 'A Gifted Man' and More Patrick Wilson Phil Keoghan CBS The Amazing Race A Gifted Man Undercover Boss

Scodelario Finds out Truth About Fishes

Altering Rooney Mara in indie dramaRooney Mara, presently being encircled with the Hollywood machine, apparently is now offering small amount of time for awesome indie dramas, and contains needed to stop of Emanuel And The Real Truth About Fishes. But relax a bit for Francesca Gregorini's second stint behind the digital camera: she's already transformed Mara with Kaya Scodelario.The up-and-coming Scodelario switched heads in Funnel 4's Skins, and contains herself seen some Hollywood action in Clash In The Leaders, where she carried out Peshet. She's otherwise taken the indie route however, with roles in Duncan Jones' Moon and Mo Ali's Shank, and he or she recently starred as Trina Earnshaw in Andrea Arnold's controversialWuthering Levels.Emanuel And The Real Truth About Fishes is not a peculiarly piscine entry inside the erotic franchise (inadequate M's), however in the overall synopses offered at this time around, rather appears just like a crazy mash-from Vertigo and Lars As Well As The Real Girl. It comes down lower to some youthful girl who's passionate about her neighbour because she bears an uncanny resemblance to her dead mother, and confirms to babysit mentioned neighbour's child, which calculates to become realistic toy. We're taking a chance there won't be considered an automobile chase or vary many explosions. We're intrigued about where the sea food easily fit into.Gregorini (whose first film was Tanner Hall, which starred Mara) has furthermore written the script, and may go just before the cameras within an unspecified date soon. Scodelario meanwhile, just finished shooting Now's Good, with Dakota Fanning and Jeremy Irvine, and it has Brit-thriller Twenty8K inside the works.

Digital reshapes prod'n budgeting, billing

Hugo shows how digital has changed the expansion process. Holdouts and traditionalists may be sticking with 35mm film, nevertheless the digital revolution has triumphed.You almost certainly understood that, even if you don't appreciate it. What you are able not have access to fully understood yet, though, are these claims revolution means greater than doing the identical things you've always done though digital gear. What this means is changing the way you consider work, the way you do work, and, oftentimes, the means by which work is billed and brought proper care of.Consider Martin Scorsese's 3d pic "Hugo" and visual effects company Pixomondo.Inside the analog world, f/x were "publish." The editor and director locked their cut and handed it to visual effects, wanting they'd haven't any regrets after they saw the finish result. Changes late in the sport were difficult and pricey. Most visual effects art galleries still charge around the flat-bid model remaining from people days, based on cost per shot.Digital editing is a lot more fluid, though. It starts earlier -- on several photos rough cutting starts before a scene is carried out shooting -- and continues later. That change thrown the vfx enterprize model for just about any loop. Since the cut isn't locked early, vfx art galleries coping continuous adds and changes which were not inside their flat bid.Scorsese and longtime film editor Thelma Schoonmaker like to try out their cut almost around the pic's delivery date. On "Hugo," they'd a short publish-production period by their standards -- about 38 days as opposed to the 58-68 days that like -- together with an enormous volume of 3d visual effects being completed. Adds and changes were inevitable.So Pixomondo emerged getting a 3-part solution, according to Ben Grossmann, their vfx supervisor round the pic. An on-set previs system let Scorsese and also the camera team know very well what would replace the greenscreen, to ensure that they might frame accordingly and stay away of "do the repair in publish" moments. Then Pixomondo provided temporary vfx for your edit, so Scorsese and Schoonmaker frequently see so what can keep up with the frame simply because they did their editing.The Next part and several detrimental part, states Grossmann, was "save all your bullets until they're really useful."Basically, wait as extended as you can to exhibit temp vfx into finals."If you're familiar with the notion that the visual effects are surrended for the visual effects company after editorial, your instinct is, as soon as you've something, get concentrating on it. However, if visual effects is before or synchronised with editorial, you have to switch your mindset. You will not would like to get concentrating on something before you know it's inside the movie." On "Hugo," they understood there's a powerful possibility that any vfx shot -- an easy wire removal -- would move, or start and finished in the different place, or possibly be transformed altogether getting another take. To accomplish such work early would discard cash and assets. To ensure that they merely finished vfx shots when the team around Scorsese and Schoonmaker, especially assistant editors, signaled that something made an appearance locked."It scared the shit from lots of people on 'Hugo,'?" states Grossmann. There has been tests with temp effects just before the state delivery date. But ultimately it labored.In addition, Pixomondo didn't use flat-bid prices. Rather, the shop began costs for construction of digital sets, just like physical production. Then, once people digital sets were built and lit, the cost of "shooting" inside it, despite adds and changes, may be relatively modest: a few occasions at work and goods like computer time.Mentioned Grossmann: "A collection bid is founded on the premise you know what happens you need which i realize things i must take action with, to be able to supply you with a total cost estimate which it requires. Inside the new model I have to start to adapt that to a while-and-materials model similar to other things in filmmaking."Though this model was used in TV, Grossmann mentioned movie producers are often skeptical from this. By experience, they learn to negotiate lower a collection bid. However they need to either discover much more about vfx or trust their vfx producers more.Art galleries and production companies, however, love the non-flat-bid approach, mentioned Grossmann, "because the filmmaker can get what he wants, that's with additional hold and interaction and, in some manner -- they are doing less than understand how -- they get cheaper costs."For visual effects firms, which have been trying to find a start up business design since the old one creaks underneath the stress of short posts and late changes, it's a mixed bag."The main one factor that (the vfx business) is nervous about is, 'Well the primary one positive factor was the edit might be locked which we'd stop dicking around from it.A?Inch mentioned Grossmann. "But you have to buy the whole factor part. You can't say, 'We wish to be involved, which we wish you to definitely possess all this control and interaction, but we wish you to definitely certainly lock the cut blind and hands it to visual effects."BITS & BYTES:The Mill features its vfx managers for a lot of of the approaching projects. Nicolas Hernandez is vfx supe on "Snow White-colored as well as the Huntsman." Paul O'Shea is vfx supervisor on "The Odd Information on Timothy Eco-friendly." Sara Bennett might be the Mill's vfx supe on "Dredd" Jeremy Hattingh was on-set vfx supe. Sensio has hired Diana Cantu as V . p ., business development, live 3d. ... Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE) has attracted on Mike LaJoie, executive V . p . and CTO for Time Warner Cable, included in is board for your 2011-2012 term. ... The Entertainment Technology Center at USC is seeking a completely new executive director. Former executive director David Wertheimer is becoming leader, digital, at Fox Broadcasting. ... Worldwide visual effects studio Pixomondo has hired Simon Mowbray as creative director for ads. Mowbray is dependent from La.Warner's "An Online Detective: A Game Title Title of Shadows," will probably be proven with D-Box motion seats in choose theaters worldwide. Previous Holmes pic appeared to become proven with D-Box. ... The Audio Engineering Society supplies a completely new technical committee to look at audio reproduction for digital cinema and tv. Committee will see in L.A. noisy . 2012. Committee contact John McCarty observed there is no standard for digital cinema appear performance: "Essentially, what's recorded digitally inside the studio does not appear the identical within the theatrical finish," he mentioned. The AES has not typically addressed theater appear.Harkins Theaters, the greatest independently possessed cinema chain within the U . s . States, has pacted with Christie more than 400 Christie Soliaria Series 2 projectors and contains triggered to Christie's Virtual Print Fee program. Harkins has 420 screens ... New Orleans-based Southern Theaters, which works the AmStar and Grand Theaters chains, features expects to visit all-digital with Christie too, using Solaria projectors. Plan requires Southern to buy 140 Christie projection systems too for each of their theaters being 100% digital by year's finish ... Quebec's Cinemas Guzzo may also be going all-digital with Christie, buying digital 4K projectors for 27 screens. Switch to digital is going to be carried out by April 2012. ... Christie's CP4220 and CP4230 d-cinema projectors are actually licensed DCI compliant. ... Cigital Cinema Ltd. has installed Cinedigm digital cinema software and named Cinedigm their preferred supplier to deal with deployment throughout Ireland.Mei Ah Entertainment Quantity of Hong Kong has selected RealD 3d for 100 screens on its circuit in China. MAEG expects to grow with 50 new cinemas and 500 new screens in China over the following five years. ... RealD was selected for your November. 28 Royal Film Performance U.K. preem of Martin Scorsese 3d pic "Hugo." ... Legend3D was the primary 3d conversion vendor on "Hugo." Vintage 2D material was changed into stereocopic 3d for your pic. Original footage was shot with 3d cameras. ... Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Nebraska has selected RealD 3d due to its giant-screen digital theater. ... The Wildlife Experience's Extreme Screen Theater in Colorado has furthermore selected RealD 3d ... Religious broadcaster Trinity Broadcasting Network has launched a VOD portal delivering programming across TV, Internet and mobile items. the "iTBN" platform uses technology from Key Code Media ... Technicolor produced the latest Barbie dolls dolls DVD feature: "Barbie dolls dolls: A Perfect Christmas." Technicolor provided services including pre-production, CG animation, and DVD menus. It is not the initial Barbie dolls dolls pic produced by Technicolor furthermore they produced a five-minute laffer about Barbie dolls dolls going camping along with her brothers and sisters.Dolby remains honored getting a Hollywood Publish Alliance Engineering Excellence award due to its PRM-4200 Professional Reference Monitor. Luxurious features it's made the decision to purchase "mutliple models" of the monitor. ... Cinedeck and also the new the new sony have teamed use a rebate around the new the new sony XDCAM EX and F3 cameras when bought getting a Cinedeck EX recorder. Rebate is great inside the U.S. only and runs using the finish of 2011.Publish facility Cineworks has opened up up a satellite office at Millennium Art galleries in Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana. New facility has digital dailies and capacity to upload digital footage for the Cineworks HQ in New Orleans. ... Hollywood-based publish facility Cinelicious has added visual effects creative and finishing services towards the options.Film Factory used Image Systems Nucoda validating and learning gear to accomplish "Immortals" for Relativity. ... CBS News has bought another Nucoda for NY facility. ... Nvidia has bowed its Maximus technology, which enables work stations at the same time perform complex analysis and visualization. Workstation producers including H . p ., Dell, Lenovo and Fujitsu are actually integrating the completely new tech... Look Foreign exchange used Nvidia GPUs to energy their digital vfx concentrate on "The Muppets."NewTek has revealed version 11 of LightWave. ... Luxion has released KeyShot3. ... Contact David S. Cohen at david.cohen@variety.com

Comedy Central Development Slate: New Shows from Rob Ross, 'Daily Show's Wyatt Cenac (Exclusive)

NY - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia founder Martha Stewart developed a surprise appearance within the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference here Wednesday within a trader presentation and Q&A featuring leader and COO Lisa Gersh who suggested the business's outlook.our editor recommendsMartha Stewart revisit Board of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Martha Stewart Living Boss Lisa Gersh to start Verifying to Board on Sept. 15 During the time of her six-month anniversary using the organization, Gersh told the Wall Street crowd "I'd a very busy six several days" and vowed to hold onto operate hard, and so the high quality lifestyle company can "return to profitability and acquire the best from our brands." She mentioned: "This is often a company that should be lucrative and growing," and many types of models should come to produce a profit over later on. MSLO "has not completed at acceptable levels," Gersh stressed. "The most effective to convey hi," Stewart mentioned after she walked to the room within the finish in the session and was asked for if she'd any ideas. Highlighting it was her first-time back round the business side from the organization since she recently rejoined the business's board, she mentioned she preferred to congratulate Gersh and her team on doing "an incredible job" and being aggressive in the nice way, which she mentioned was "very pleasing" to her. Asked for with the Hollywood Reporter following a UBS session if she could become chairman in the MSLO board again, she mentioned that was "TBD." The looks came after MSLO earlier inside the day had revealed an effective alliance with J.C. Penney that will start to see the store possess a 16.six percent stake inside the lifestyle media company. Emphasizing that MSLO thinks in personas and brands, Gersh mentioned that corporate expenses associated with people factors must participate the firm's cost structure. But she mentioned that her team might take out some cost in support functions, facilities and T&E. Gersh mentioned that MSLO is constantly see its Hallmark Funnel programming block just like a five-hour block of "valuable propertyInch that will help the business "further popularize our brands." And never mention any kind of plans, she also mentioned that Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse "can easily attract great audiences on broadcast" - a sign that MSLO, carrying out a finish in the run of Stewart's syndicated Tv program as well as the Hallmark deal, may be hoping to get broadcast options. Stewart later told THR they and MSLO were "happy with the expansion that's occurring at Hallmark" which MSLO's block was "doing ok." She also mentioned the firm is coping with Hallmark "to accomplish new as well as other things." She didn't elaborate. Stewart's unaided awareness is 53 percent when people are asked for the title of someone who provides lifestyle and home ideas, Gersh mentioned in stating data. The closest competitor with six percent is Rachael Ray, she mentioned. She also contended that Lagasse together with other company talent remains "under-used." Gersh in their presentation also mentioned that MSLO would save $5.5 million within the finish from the studio lease it's exiting next season. And he or she mentioned the organization could bring TV production in-house, but she didn't share further particulars. MSLO is now offering two photo art galleries, with different speaker. Gersh further told the UBS crowd that MSLO features a "tremendous library" you should use digitally which digital advertising can be a key chance. While digital requires investment, MSLO will probably be prudent, she mentioned. Meanwhile, selling might be the fastest-growing and several lucrative an element of the organization's business, she layed out. Better terms for selling deals needs to be available in the marketplace, she added. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Subjects Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia UBS

'War Horse' Star Emily Watson is Frightened of Horses

NY (AP) It is a positive thing nobody told Steven Spielberg when Emily Watson signed onto his new movie "War Equine" that she's scared of horses.The actress stated she really did not tell the director about her fear until just days after she started shooting the film in Devon, England, last fall. Watson states she needed to overcome her fears because she am looking forward to finding yourself in the Spielberg film going to be out 12 ,. 25."I am not so proficient at creatures generally," Watson stated inside a recent interview. "I love domestic creatures but large, large ones that may hurt me I am a small wimp."Watson plays Rose Narracott, mother of Albert, a youthful guy who bonds using the equine who's offered towards the British cavalry and delivered to the trenches of The First World War. Watson stated "War Equine" isn't just a tale in regards to a boy along with a equine but additionally a "profoundly moving document" of methods warfare transformed. She stated when British cavalry billed and also the Spanish people responded with machine guns "which was a level ever and our equine is incorporated in the thick of this.InchWatson plays another mother facing another conflict as Jesse Leach within the true story "Appropriate Adult," which premieres around the Sundance funnel 12 ,. 10. The drama is dependant on the complex relationship between Leach and Fred West, among Britain's worst serial murders, performed by actor Dominic West. Leach, a parent of 5, was West's court hired Appropriate Adult - an english term for an individual who sits in on police interviews to guard the privileges of somebody in custody of the children considered vulnerable.Leach performed a vital role in discovering nasty serial killings committed by West and the wife, Rosemary oil, between 1967 and 1978. Watson, who met with Leach, stated she would be a complex lady who ultimately was broken by her experience."She does something really, great which would be to undertake the role of Appropriate Adult within the most well known cases in British background and she chases it and she or he stays doggedly into it but she oversteps limitations left, right and center and she or he becomes way too near to this criminal."Copyright 2011 Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.