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Thursday, June 11, 2015

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Disney Could Lose $140 Million on 'Tomorrowland' Flop

By Pamela McClintock, Jun. 10, 2015, Hollywood Reporter

This story first appeared in the June 19 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.

If ever there was a studio that could withstand a serious stumble, it's Disney, home of Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. And stumble it has with Tomorrowland, theBrad Bird-directed fantasy adventure. Sources say the film will lose $120 million to $140 million by the time it finishes its global rollout, becoming Disney's first major financial misfire since The Lone Ranger prompted a $190 million write-down two summers ago.

It's also the third big-budget original tentpole of 2015 to bomb after Jupiter Ascending andSeventh Son, highlighting the risky nature of nine-figure filmmaking at a time when relatively lower-budget hits such as Spy and Pitch Perfect 2 are causing studios to look closely at the costs of creating franchises.

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Sunday, July 6, 2014

Dinesh D'Souza's "America" Soars More Than 60%

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By Pamela McClintock, Jul. 5, 2014, Hollywoodreporter.com

Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary America, which expanded nationwide Wednesday, grossed $4 million for the five days from 1,105 theaters. That's a modest footprint, compared to the $3,000-plus location count for the other new films.

America, placing No. 11 for the weekend, didn't match the $6.5 million nationwide launch of D'Souza's hit documentary 2016: Obama's America two years ago, but soared more than 60 percent on July Fourth after an intensive marketing push tied to the holiday. On Saturday, America was the only film in the top 20 that was down, however.

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Lionsgate is distributing America, which debunks the narrative that the United States has been a force of evil across the world through a combination of historical re-creations and interviews with some of the country's harshest critics, including former Weather Underground radical Bill Ayers.

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