Big Money For No Country: Trade Roughage 11/12/07

By Karina Longworth posted 2 years ago

No Country For Old Men opened huge in limited release over the weekend. The Coen Brothers’ “comeback” grossed $42,929 on each of its 28 screens. Meanwhile, Bee Movie rose to first place in its second weekend. Jerry Seinfeld’s cartoon was able to capitalize on a weak slate of debuts, including Fred Claus, which could only manage $19.2 million, and Lions For Lambs, which opened in fourth with just $6.7 million.
The longer the strike lasts, the better chance low and mid-level Hollywood employees have of getting fired, and anyone who keeps their job can forget about charging incidentals to the company. Dave McNary lays it out at Variety: “Development staffs are in jeopardy since there are only a few scripts to read. Support staff infrastructure is also in trouble, and the strike is impacting expense accounts, which have been cut to the quick at studios, production companies and agencies.”
Mickey Rourke has joined the cast of that Nic Cage/Darren Aronofsky wrestler movie.

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