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The 2015 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards Nominations
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2015 nominees in ten categories. The winners will be announced on December 14, 2015. The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of seventeen film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150-mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, La...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Mockingjay a Three-Time Winner
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 has certainly dropped in value, an estimated $18.6 million was all it had to show for this weekend, but it was enough to hold off all comers for a third week in a row. At $227.1 million in total gross, it is still likely a box office smash, but still the least-performing entry in the series. Compare that to Krampus, the horror/comedy about a cynical family ter...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Mockingjay Still Ahead, But Contenders Loom
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 had what would be an excellent weekend for any other film – an estimated weekend take of $51.6 million – but with an unreported budget and nearly $198.3 million in the can domestically, one wonders if Lionsgate had hoped the movie would do better, especially as it has made much less than the previous films in the series. Unfortunately, rough beginnings appear ...[Read More]