Women and Hollywood

The Marginalization of Women's Stories During The Summer Movie Season

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The summer movie season kicked off this weekend with gusto with the record breaking $200 million opening of The Avengers. I joined the throngs on Friday afternoon for a showing and there was much excitement in the theatre. Just to give you a sense of the excitement, when the credits rolled at the beginning, people clapped.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 7, 2012 1:00 PM
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Female Reviewer Gets Attacked for Avengers Review

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While I am not usually that interested in boycentric blockbusters, I am very into seeing The Avengers. I want to see how an open feminist man like Joss Whedon makes a big budget Hollywood film. Will the women be more than window dressing? Too bad The Avengers only has one female lead -- Scarlett Johansson -- and she wears a skin tight suit, but hey maybe she has some good lines and kicks ass like Whedon's Buffy.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 25, 2012 11:09 AM
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The Hunger Games Scores the Third Best Opening Weekend EVER

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By Melissa Silverstein
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March 26, 2012 12:28 PM
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MPAA Data Shows Women and Men Each Buy Half the Movie Tickets Sold

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For the second year in a row the MPAA has released data showing that men and women each buy half the tickets to movies. (Here's the post of the 2010 stats.) Two years ago women bought more than half the tickets.

By Melissa Silverstein
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March 23, 2012 10:25 AM
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Will The Hunger Games Be The First Real Female Franchise?

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In a little less than two days the film based on the first book of The Hunger Games trilogy will hit the big screen. Already over 2,000 screenings on Thursday night are sold out and theatres are adding 3am screenings to accomodate the huge appetite for this film.

By Melissa Silverstein
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March 21, 2012 11:04 AM
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How Big Will The Hunger Games Open?

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The news is that this week when The Hunger Games came onto the pre release tracking (which is what the studios use to gauge awareness and desire to see a film) it was huge - so huge that experts are saying it could open between $70 and $100 million.

By Melissa Silverstein
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March 2, 2012 12:03 PM
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Hunger Games Advance Ticket Sales Break Records

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This is very, very good news. Advanced tickets went on sale last week for The Hunger Games which opens on March 23rd. According to Fandango, the one day total for the film was bigger than the one day total for Twilight: Eclipse which had set the record previously.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 28, 2012 11:11 AM
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Sexism Watch: Gender Disparities in Actor Salaries

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I saw a story the other day about how the actor Chris Pine (whose new film This Means War opens today and looks beyond dreadful) was being sued by his former agents over non payment of commissions. In the story it revealed what Chris was paid for some of his recent roles.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 17, 2012 11:21 AM
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Top Grossing Women Centric Films of 2011

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When I read that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo crossed the $100 million mark, it reminded me to take a look at how women centric films did last year.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 8, 2012 10:15 AM
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Strong Box Office for Kevin and The Iron Lady

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By Melissa Silverstein
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January 18, 2012 11:23 AM
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