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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.12 - March 1999
Films
AWN Animated Box Office Report
January 22-24: With the holidays behind and the children back in school,
this winter's animated films are slowly starting to head out and make way
for spring's batch of films. DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt held eighth
place with $3.6M after 6 weeks of release for a grand total of $87.3M. Disney/Pixar's
A Bug's Life passed the $150M mark placing twelfth with a grand cume
of $151.7M. The family-targeted Disney remake of Mighty Joe Young,
featuring extensive CGI work took fourteenth amassing $2.5M and a 5-week sum
of $43.4M. Paramount's The Rugrats Movie and DreamWorks/PDI's Antz
took twenty-second and thirty-third, respectively. The Rugrat tykes have
brought in $93.6M while the ants have gathered $90.3M. . . . January 29-31:
DreamWorks' The Prince of Egypt was the top animated film on Super
Bowl football weekend placing 10th with $2.6M, making a grand total of $90.8M.
Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life followed closely at 12th taking in $1.9M
for a dazzling cume of $154.1M. Bug's Life has already outgrossed Disney's
Pocohontas ($141.6M) but won't reach Pixar's blockbuster first effort
Toy Story which accumulated $191.8M. Disney's live-action/CGI Mighty
Joe Young moved up a slot to 13th with $1.6M amassing $45.5M in 6 weeks.
Both Paramount's The Rugrats Movie and DreamWorks/PDI's Antz,
have finally run out of breath at the box office, taking 23rd and 36th, respectively.
However, the two films can be proud of their box office sums which currently
stand at $94.2M for the babies and a $90.4M tally for the insects. . . . February
5-7: For the first time since the October 2 release of Antz, there
were no animated films in the box office top ten. DreamWorks' The Prince
Of Egypt is still the top animated film placing 11th with $1.9M and a
grand total of $93.3M domestically. The film's total worldwide gross to date
is $197.8M. Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life placed 15th with $1.4M bringing
its spectacular sum to $155.9M in North America. Worldwide, the insect film
has brought in a total of $213.1M and is still going strong. The film's opening
in the U.K. this past weekend marked the highest debut ever for an animated
offering there with a grand take of $6.9M. Paramount's A Rugrat's Movie
brought in a cool $0.5M in 25th and still holds the crown for the highest
non-Disney animated feature of all time in the U.S. with $94.8M although it
will soon be supplanted by DreamWorks' Prince. DreamWorks/PDI's Antz
arrives on home video and DVD on February 9 but still placed 37th theatrically
with $0.1M and a cume of $90.6M.
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Oscar Noms Announced. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
has announced the Academy Award/Oscar nominees for films made in 1998. The
nominees in the Best Animated Short Film category are:
Jolly Roger, an Astley Baker production directed by Mark Baker.
The Canterbury Tales, an S4C production written and executive directed
by Jonathan Myerson.
Bunny, a Blue Sky Studios production written and directed by Chris
Wedge.
When Life Departs, an A Films Aps production directed by Karsten Killerich
and Stefan Fjeldmark.
More, a film made by Flemington Pictures, Bad Clams Productions and
Swell Productions in 70mm/15 perf written and directed by Mark Osborne.
The winning film will be announced during the 71th annual Academy Awards ceremony
on March 21, 1999 in Los Angeles.
Haven't seen all of the films? Don't worry, visit The 1999
AWN Oscar Showcase, complete with downloadable QuickTime clips from all
the nominees, exclusive quotes from the filmmakers, plus film stills and summaries.
In addition, visitors can vote for their favorite films on the site with the
results being announced on Oscar Day.
Disney's New Fantasia Goes IMAX. Disney is going all out for their
release of Fantasia 2000 by launching an exclusive four-month run of
the film in IMAX theaters around the world from January 1 through April 30,
2000. The updated version will debut with a five-city, London Philharmonic
Orchestra-accompanied tour starting in December 1999. The tour, which will
pass through Los Angeles, London, Paris and Tokyo, will have its world premiere
December 17 at Carnegie Hall in New York City with a concert by the London
Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition, Disney will host a New Year's Eve gala
for 2,000 guests at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium with a special screening
of the film. Dick Cook, Walt Disney chairman, comments, "The exclusive
90-minute IMAX engagements offer us the opportunity to enhance the moviegoing
experience and present the film as the visual and audio sensation that it
is meant to be." The supervising director of Fantasia 2000 is
Hendel Butoy and segment directors are Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg,
Paul and Gaetan Brizzi and Pixote Hunt.
Adam Sandler Gets Animated. Comedian and former Saturday Night Live
cast member Adam Sandler (The Waterboy, The Wedding Singer) has signed
with Columbia TriStar (a division of Sony Pictures) to develop a full-length
animated musical comedy featuring a character based on him. Sandler, who is
producing the film with his partner, Jack Giarraputo, will also voice the
title character. Amy Pascal, President of Columbia Picture, stated, "After
our wonderful experience working with Adam on Big Daddy [a live-action
film to be released in summer `99], everyone at Columbia is excited to be
a part of this new venture." The film, which is currently in the scripting
stage, has no release date yet.
Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.
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