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March 6, 2020 12:09 p.m.Box Office: The role of Valentine’s Day weekend in February film successes and flops
Did audiences fall in love at the box offices this year? For now, let’s call it “mixed feelings.”
This year’s February was an eventful one, beginning with the surprise underperformance of “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” before swinging around to a stuffed Valentine’s Day weekend.
By Ryan Wu
Lifestyle
Feb. 11, 2020 5:05 p.m.Box Office: January, February releases prove a movie’s profitability depends on many factors
This post was updated Feb. 13 at 1:52 p.m.
In just the first two months of 2020, film fans have plenty of upsets to discuss.
If a foreign-language film winning Best Picture for the first time ever wasn’t enough, the box office also saw its fair share of surprises with releases from the month of January.
By Ryan Wu
Lifestyle
Nov. 9, 2019 1:52 p.m.Box Office: Polarizing though it may be, ‘Joker’ has made its mark on the cinematic world
It’s official folks.
Last week, “Joker” went wild, grossing over $900 million worldwide. That’s no laughing matter. It’s enough to make “Joker” the highest-grossing R-rated movie in history.
By Ryan Wu
Throwback Thursday
Oct. 31, 2019 6:19 p.m.Throwback Thursday: A look back at UCLA’s paranormal research during the ’70s
Throwback Thursdays are our chance to reflect on past events on or near campus and relate them to the present day. Each week, we showcase and analyze an old article from the Daily Bruin archives in an effort to chronicle the campus’ history.
By Ryan Wu
The Quad
Sept. 30, 2019 8:22 p.m.The Quad: What happened when ‘The Hunt’ tried to comment on the American political divide
In June 2016, J. D. Vance released Midwestern memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” to a country in the grip of election fever.
Vance’s nonfiction book, following his upbringing in Middletown, Ohio, was intended to shed light on the crises hitting America’s small towns: unemployment, opioid epidemics, failing institutions and limited opportunities.
By Ryan Wu
Lifestyle
May 31, 2019 5:16 p.m.Box Office: The history behind how studios choose when in the year to release movies
Hollywood’s a company town. It might be a cliche, but in this age of record-breaking box office hauls, it couldn’t ring truer. With every film around the corner a potential franchise, the box office has become a high-stakes chess game for studios; who gets a sequel, and who gets left in the dust?
By Ryan Wu
Lifestyle
May 3, 2019 4:34 p.m.Box Office: Modest successes succeeded by ‘Avengers: Endgame’ smashing cinematic records
Hollywood’s a company town. It might be a cliche, but in this age of record-breaking box office hauls, it couldn’t ring truer. With every film around the corner a potential franchise, the box office has become a high-stakes chess game for studios; who gets a sequel, and who gets left in the dust?
By Ryan Wu
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