Spirit Award Nominations 2017

by Nathaniel R

The Film Independent Spirit Award nominees hit today. Tessa Thompson and Lily Collins were on hand to announce the awards with the longest stretch of time between nominations and awards. The ceremony, as ever, will be held the day before the Oscars. So that's Saturday, March 3rd 2018 this time.

It was a huge day for Sony Pictures Classics (the company received 13 nominations in total) and for A24, too. Almost every single movie A24 released this year was nominated for at least a little something. As far as underseen pictures the happiest nominee this morning has to be Sony Pictures Classics' The Rider (reviewed here) which was a busy film on the festival circuit but has yet to be released. 

The Nominees Are...

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Thor and Lady Bird Reign at the Box Office

by Nathaniel R

Weekend Box Office (Nov 10-12)
W I D E 800+ screens	L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide
1. Thor Ragnarok  $56.6 (cum. $211.5) REVIEW, YOUR QUEEN	1.🔺 Lady Bird $1.2 on 37 screens (cum. $1.7) REVIEW
2.🔺 Daddy's Home 2 $30	2.🔺 Let There Be Light $1.1 on 773 screens (cum. $6)
3. 🔺 Murder on the Orient Express $28.2	3.🔺 Florida Project $579k on 229 screens (cum. $3.8) REVIEW
4. A Bad Mom's Christmas  $11.5 (cum. $39.8)	4.  Loving Vincent $515k on 212 screens (cum. $3.9)
5. Jigsaw $3.4 (cum. $34.3)	5. LBJ $509k on 608 screens (cum. $2)

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Tweetweek

It's funny because it's true.

I bet MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS would do better if the marketing made it clear it's Johnny Depp who gets murdered.

— Eric D. Snider (@EricDSnider) November 9, 2017

 He's not in very much of the movie (whew). More after the jump including The Abyss, Lady Bird, Jude Law, and the dread expansion of parts of Twitter to 280 characters...

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Box Office: Super-sized Thor and little films that could.

by Nathaniel R

Weekend Box Office (Nov 3-5)
W I D E 800+ screens	L I M I T E D excluding prev. wide
1.🔺 Thor Ragnarok  $121 REVIEW, YOUR QUEEN	1.🔺 Let There Be Light $1.6 on 642 screens (cum. $4)
2.🔺 A Bad Mom's Christmas $17	2.🔺 LBJ $1.1 on 659 screens
3. Jigsaw  $6.7 (cum. $28.8) .	3.🔺 Florida Project $663k on 189 screens (cum. $3) REVIEW
4. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween  $4.6 (cum. $42.9)	4.🔺 Loving Vincent $590k on 205 screens (cum. $3)
5. Geostorm $3 (cum. $28.7) .	5.🔺 Killing of a Sacred Deer $401k (cum. $908k)  REVIEW

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Tweet Things 2

It's our weekly curated collection of a dozen or so showbiz-related tweets we think you might enjoy. Some are true and some are funny like these two.

Watch movies from before you were born. It's good for you.

— Diablo Hellalgo (@pablohidalgo) October 28, 2017

Guy at work orientation today: What was the most pirated movie last year? Hint. Blockbuster. Main character dressed in red?

Me: JACKIE.

— Cici Cooper (@danblackroyd) October 30, 2017

And others just make us smile.

There's more after the jump involving Richard Burton's diaries, Meet Me in St Louis, The Snowman, Winona Ryder, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and more. But first how's this for an FYC plug? I mean is Sarah Paulson's asking us, we're considering...

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