| Best known as a Director based on credits in that role in 6 films, with $277,508,408 worldwide aggregate box office (rank #628) |
| Best-known technical roles: 12 Years a Slave (Director), Widows (Director), Widows (Screenwriter), 12 Years a Slave (Producer), Widows (Producer) |
| Most productive collaborators: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, John Ridley, Viola Davis, Solomon Northup |
| Born: October 9, 1969 (55 years old) |
| Movies | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Technical Roles | Director | 6 | $103,231,002 | $174,277,406 | $277,508,408 |
| Producer | 4 | $99,074,625 | $157,828,070 | $256,902,695 | |
| Screenwriter | 3 | $46,404,925 | $49,992,616 | $96,397,541 | |
| Co-Producer | 1 | $90,144 | $12,128 | $102,272 |
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February 5th, 2019
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We are finally getting to the massive fall hits on the home market, as Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch hits the home market this week. It is the biggest release, but not the best. The Pick of the Week was a coin toss between Maquia: When The Promised Flower Blooms and Widows. In the end, the latter won, but both are worth buying.
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November 1st, 2018
October continued 2018’s phenomenal box office run, for the most part. There were a couple of films that missed expectations by $10 million or more, but on the other hand, Vemon and Halloween were smash hits and are now the first and second biggest October debuts of all time. Furthermore, 2018’s lead over 2017 is, as I’m writing this, just shy of $1 billion and if 2018 can maintain this lead, it will be one of the biggest year-over-year increases of all time. It won’t. The fun times end now. Why is that? Last November was amazing. There were only eight wide releases, but six of them earned more than $100 million. Three of those hit $200 million, including Thor: Ragnarok, which earned over $300 million. This year, there are a lot more movies opening in November, but it is a case of quantity over quality. No movie is expected to come close to $300 million and it would take a bit of luck just to have five $100 million hits. The film I’m looking forward to the most is Ralph Breaks the Internet, while it, Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch, and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald are all aiming for $200 million this month. Fortunately, even if 2018 is behind 2017’s pace by around $300 million, 2018 has built up such a large lead that it should still go into December with an insurmountable lead at the box office.
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March 15th, 2014
12 Years a Slave recently won the Best Picture Oscar. This creates huge expectations. I am a little worried the expectations are so great the film will be weak by comparison. Is that the case? Or is the film really as good as its reviews and accolades would indicate?
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March 2nd, 2014
Independent Spirit Award handed out the hardware last night and the big winner was 12 Years a Slave, which picked up five of the seven awards it was nominated for.
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February 27th, 2014
With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we end this with the two most prestigious awards, starting with Best Director. You could generously call this a two-horse race, but in reality there is only one director expected to win.
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January 26th, 2014
The Directors Guild of America handed out the awards over the weekend, including two for theatrical releases. There were no true upsets, but it didn't go exactly as I anticipated it would go.
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January 16th, 2014
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning and there are some surprises mixed in with the predictable results. Gravity and American Hustle led the way with ten nominations each while 12 Years a Slave was right behind with nine. The fact that 12 Years a Slave wasn't the leader is the first of the surprises.
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January 14th, 2014
The Directors Guild of America finished its theatrical nominations yesterday with the Documentary category. I'm of two minds with the list of nominees. On the one hand, I feel like I should be surprised, because a number of documentaries thought to be Oscar favorites were left off the list. On the other hand, they've been left off the list a number of times. I think it is time to rethink who is and is not an Oscar favorite.
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January 7th, 2014
The Directors Guild of America handed out their nominations for Feature Films today and will do the same for Documentaries next week. I have no idea why they do this, but it makes my job harder. Usually, I just wait till the Documentary nominations are announced, but this year I will do two stories. Next week will be mostly cut and paste job.
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December 14th, 2013
Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their Golden Globe nominations this week, and a clear picture is forming. 12 Years a Slave was again the recipient of the most nominations, but this time it was a tie, as it and American Hustle both grabbed seven nominations. If you look down the list of other multi-nominated films, you will find a number of familiar faces.
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November 28th, 2013
Independent Spirit Award started the Awards Season this week, handing out its nominations. 12 Years a Slave led the way with seven nominations, but it wasn't the only film to pick up multiple nominations.
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October 18th, 2013
It is not a busy week when it comes to limited releases on this week's list, but at least we have a couple that are earning stellar reviews and could expand wide. All is Lost has the reviews to become a big hit and an Awards Season player, but it doesn't have the buzz. 12 Years a Slave has the buzz, as well as the reviews. While opening in limited release is always a risky maneuver, 12 Years a Slave has a better shot at opening in the top ten than it does of bombing outright.
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October 1st, 2013
October is an awkward month. It sits between the dumping ground that is September and November, the unofficial start of Awards Season / holiday blockbuster season. For the most part, September was stronger than average for the month and there's reason to be optimistic going forward. After all, box office success tends to feed on itself, as does box office struggles. That said, there are not a lot of sure hits over the coming four weeks. Of the nine or ten films opening wide this month, only Gravity has a better than 50/50 chance at $100 million. Captain Phillips could have a shot at the century mark, but only if it becomes a serious Awards Season player. Its early reviews suggest that could be a possibility. Last October, there were two films to reach the $100 million mark, Taken 2 and Argo. On the other hand, pretty much everything else that opened that month crashed and burned. While this October doesn't have as strong a top end, it will hopefully have much better depth.
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| Release Date | Title | Role | Domestic Box Office | International Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
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| Nov 1, 2024 | Blitz | Director Producer Screenwriter |
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| Dec 25, 2023 | Occupied City | Director Producer |
$152,934 | $152,934 | |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Three Minutes - A Lengthening | Co-Producer | $90,144 | $12,128 | $102,272 |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Widows | Director Screenwriter Producer |
$42,402,632 | $33,582,068 | $75,984,700 |
| Oct 18, 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Director Producer |
$56,671,993 | $124,093,068 | $180,765,061 |
| Dec 2, 2011 | Shame | Director Screenwriter |
$4,002,293 | $16,410,548 | $20,412,841 |
| Dec 5, 2008 | Hunger | Director | $154,084 | $38,788 | $192,872 |
| Averages | $20,664,229 | $29,048,256 | $46,268,447 | ||
| Totals | 7 | $103,321,146 | $174,289,534 | $277,610,680 | |
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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| Nov 1, 2024 | Blitz | |||||
| Dec 25, 2023 | Occupied City | $152,934 | ||||
| Nov 16, 2018 | Widows | $12,361,307 | 2,803 | $42,402,632 | $75,984,700 | 55.8% |
| Oct 18, 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | $923,715 | 1,474 | $56,671,993 | $180,765,061 | 31.4% |
| Dec 2, 2011 | Shame | $349,519 | 95 | $4,002,293 | $20,412,841 | 19.6% |
| Dec 5, 2008 | Hunger | $1,980 | 11 | $154,084 | $192,872 | 79.9% |
| Averages | $3,409,130 | 1,096 | $25,807,751 | $55,501,682 | 46.7% | |
| Totals | 6 | $103,231,002 | $277,508,408 | |||
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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| Nov 1, 2024 | Blitz | |||||
| Dec 25, 2023 | Occupied City | $152,934 | ||||
| Nov 16, 2018 | Widows | $12,361,307 | 2,803 | $42,402,632 | $75,984,700 | 55.8% |
| Oct 18, 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | $923,715 | 1,474 | $56,671,993 | $180,765,061 | 31.4% |
| Averages | $6,642,511 | 2,139 | $49,537,313 | $85,634,232 | 43.6% | |
| Totals | 4 | $99,074,625 | $256,902,695 | |||
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| Release Date | Title | Opening Weekend | Maximum Theaters | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office | Domestic Share |
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| Nov 1, 2024 | Blitz | |||||
| Nov 16, 2018 | Widows | $12,361,307 | 2,803 | $42,402,632 | $75,984,700 | 55.8% |
| Dec 2, 2011 | Shame | $349,519 | 95 | $4,002,293 | $20,412,841 | 19.6% |
| Averages | $6,355,413 | 1,449 | $23,202,463 | $48,198,771 | 37.7% | |
| Totals | 3 | $46,404,925 | $96,397,541 | |||
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