Day: August 4, 2008

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Back Seat Producers Double Trouble Season 03 Shows Special Episode

Double Trouble Mini 2: Eight Legged Freaks

Welcome to the second of eight minisodes. In this episode, we are reviewing Eight Legged Freaks.

These review-only episodes highlight eight films that feature the number eight in title. They are from various genres, styles and decades.

We are doing releasing these episodes to help support Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine‘s event Double Trouble.

Tee and Pip are making a run at Amazon.com on 8.8.08 at 8 AM PST. Head out there Friday morning and buy their books, The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery and Digital Magic. Two books, two authors, two sequels.

We will be releasing these minisodes twice a day for the next four days. You get 8 episodes (plus the regular show) between now and Thursday. Enjoy… and go buy some books.

Friends and fellow podcasters: If you want to include this or any of the Double Trouble Minis in your podcast feed, shoot me an email and we’ll get you set up to do so. We want to spread these puppies far and wide and let them run free.

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Back Seat Producers Double Trouble Season 03 Shows Special Episode

Double Trouble Mini 1: 8 ½

Welcome to the first of eight minisodes. In this episode, we are reviewing Federico Fellini’s 8 ½.

These review-only episodes highlight eight films that feature the number eight in title. They are from various genres, styles and decades.

We are doing releasing these episodes to help support Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine‘s event Double Trouble.

Tee and Pip are making a run at Amazon.com on 8.8.08 at 8 AM PST. Head out there Friday morning and buy their books, The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant: A Billibub Baddings Mystery and Digital Magic. Two books, two authors, two sequels.

We will be releasing these minisodes twice a day for the next four days. You get 8 episodes (plus the regular show) between now and Thursday. Enjoy… and go buy some books.

Friends and fellow podcasters: If you want to include this or any of the Double Trouble Minis in your podcast feed, shoot me an email and we’ll get you set up to do so.  We want to spread these puppies far and wide and let them run free.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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Weekend Box Office For August 1 – 3

#1 The Dark Knight from Warner Bros. takes the top spot for a 3rd weekend bringing in $43.8 million for the weekend, thats down 41.7%, putting its total earnings at $394,887,000. The Dark Knight showed in 4266 theaters, down 100 and cost roughly $185 million.

#2 The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor from Universal debuts in the second spot just missing the #1 spot, pulling in $42.4 million for the weekend. The Mummy showed in 3706 theaters and cost roughly $145 million.

#3 Step Brothers from Sony drops to the #3 position this weekend taking $16.3 million, down 47.3%, making its total earnings $62,966,000. Brothers showed in 3094 theaters and cost roughly $65 million to make.

#4 Mamma Mia! from Universal drops to the #4 position this weekend bringing in $16.3 million, thats a 26% drop from last week, brining it total earnings to $$87,975,000 million. Mamma Mia! showed in 3062 theaters, thats up 72 from last week and cost roughly $52 million to make.

 

Rounding out the top 10 are:

#5 Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Weekend Gross: $6,875,000 down 29.2% / Theaters: 2,285 down 403 / Gross:$73,140,000 / Budget: $60 million.

#6 Swing Vote: Weekend Gross: $6,300,000 DEBUT WEEKEND / Theaters: 2213 DEBUT WEEKEND / Gross $6,300,000 / Budget: $80 million.

#7 Hancock: Weekend Gross: $5,200,000 down 37.4 / Theaters: 2782 down 527 / Gross: $215,995,000 / Budget: $150 million.

#8 Wall-E: Weekend Gross: $4,747,000 down 26.1% / Theaters: 2555 down 489 / Gross $204,222,000 / Budget: $180 million.

#9 The X-Files: I Want To Believe: Weekend Gross: $3,425,000 down 65.8% / Theaters: 3185 Unchanged / Gross: $17,060,000 / Budget: $30 million

#10 Space Chimps: Weekend Gross: $2,840,000 down 37.4% / Theaters: 2134 down 404 / Gross $22,091,000 / Budget: $37 million

A note on “Gross”: On average, studios will earn approximately 55 percent of the final gross.

Sources:
Box Office Mojo