How Lengthy Can 'Breaking Dawn' Keep Its Box Office Crown?

FROM MTV MOVIES: This area-office fight of Thanksgiving weekend originates and gone, and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Beginning - Part 1" once more emerged because the victor. The penultimate entry within the vampire romance series drawn off a remarkable haul of the believed $62.3 million, based on BoxOfficeMojo.com. The weekend introduced the film's domestic total to roughly $221 million, and made it formidable competition from "The Muppets," which gained a decent $42 million. But exactly what do the approaching days hold for "Breaking Beginning - Part 1"? We consulted some box-office experts to discover. Browse the full story at MTV Movies!

Film Bazaar sees increased activity

GOA -- India's annual film market the Film Bazaar (Nov. 14-27), which is organized by the National Film Development Corp., saw a flurry of activity this edition. Sales agents Fortissimo Films will represent debutant helmer Anand Gandhi's "The Ship of Theseus" internationally, excluding South Asia, and has also boarded the film as co-producer. Pic, which is in post, stars Egyptian thesp Aida El-Kashef and Bollywood's Sohum Shah and Neeraj Kabi. "Lorna's Silence" associate producer Christoph Thoke has announced a January 2012 shoot for 2010 Bazaar alumnus "Television" to be directed by Bangladesh's Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. Thoke is producing through his shingle Mogador Film. France's Eaux Vives Productions are co-producing. The NFDC has joined helmer Q's "Tasher Desh" as co-producers. Pic is a production between India's Overdose Art, Anurag Kashap Films, Dream Digital and Belgium's Entre Chien Et Loup. The film has just wrapped principal photography. Bikas Mishra's "Chauranga" won the Indian tourism ministry's $20,000 cash award for the best film in the co-production market. And four Bazaar projects -- Khanjan Kishor Nath's "The Bicycle," Haobam Paban Kumar's "The Gun," Manjeet Singh's "Mumbai Cha Raja" and Satish Manwar's "What's Your Religion?" -- have been chosen to participate in the Rotterdam fest's Rotterdam lab in 2012. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

9 Milestones in the Evolution of Robin Williams

In this weekend’s Happy Feet Two, Robin Williams voices Ramn, a South American penguin lothario, and Lovelace, a deep-voiced love guru. So how did a self-described quiet child from Chicago transform himself into one of Hollywood’s most energetic Academy Award winners and skilled impressionists, who pulls double duty in Warner Bros.’s latest animated feature? You can always trace a direct line through a few important roles to illustrate what led to an actor’s current success. As such, let’s look at nine pivotal performances that track the evolution of Robin Williams. Mork & Mindy (1978) After graduating from Juilliard, Williams moved to Los Angeles where he honed his stand-up routine on the west coast comedy circuit and auditioned for television roles. One such guest part on Happy Days — as Mork, an alien from the planet Ork who helps abduct the Fonz — was such a hit with the show’s creator Gary Marshall that Marshall created a sci-fi sitcom for Williams’s character. Mork & Mindy proved to be the breakthrough project that made Robins a recognizable name and earned him a Golden Globe in 1979. Popeye (1980) Halfway through the four-season run of Mork & Mindy, Williams made his big screen debut as the titular character in Robert Altman’s adaptation of Popeye. (Yes, a live-action musical adaptation of Popeye in which Robin Williams squints and sings “I am what I am” with inflated forearms exists.) Williams reportedly won the role after Dustin Hoffman dropped out. In spite of a respectable effort to bring life to a two-dimensional comic character with a lopsided smile and an obsession with spinach, Popeye earned mixed reviews. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) Following one small success (The World According to Garp) and a trio of forgettable titles (The Best of Times, Club Paradise and Seize the Day), Williams established himself as a legitimate dramatic actor and a box office draw with Barry Levinson’s Vietnam war comedy-drama. As Armed Forces Radio Service DJ Adrian Cronauer, Williams was able to use his trademark rapid-fire monologue style and improvise extensively. Thanks in part to Levinson’s direction (which carefully pulled Williams out of his stand-up shell) and the well-formed script, Williams was able to shed his fast-talking persona for a fully-fleshed character by the end of the film. Good Morning, Vietnam earned Williams his first Academy Award nomination. Aladdin (1992) After solidifying himself as one of Hollywood’s most underestimated dramatic actors in Dead Poets Society and The Fisher King, Williams established his talent as a voice actor in Aladdin. Animator Eric Goldberg was reportedly so determined to get the actor on board as the Genie that he animated the Genie doing some of Williams’s stand-up routines. The actor was so impressed that he signed onto the project, even agreeing to participate for scale pay as long as his voice was not used for merchandising and his character took up less than 25% of the film’s promotional materials. When the studio reneged on some contractual stipulations that Williams had tried to enforce, the actor stopped supporting the project and refused to work with Disney again — until years later, after chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg had been fired. In addition to being a milestone for the actor, Aladdin proved to be a landmark for animated films in general as it was the first title to be advertised on the strength of its voice actors.

Rankings Corporate Jungle: CBS Series & NBCs Rock Center Rise, Fox Dramas Slide

CBS’ Monday selection published across-the-board gains for any second straight week. The Way I Met Your Mother (4.5/12 in grown ups 18-49, 10.4 million total audiences) was up a tenth in 18-49 from last Monday, 2 Broke Women (4.8/12, 11.7 million) was up 7% from the fast national a week ago to publish its best 18-49 rating within the 8:30 PM slot, 2 . 5 Males (5.3/12, 14.six million) was up 4% to once more rank because the top program from the evening in 18-49, and Mike & Molly (4.4/10, 12.two million) was up 5%. Hawaii Five- (3.3/8, 11.5 million) prospered without scripted broadcast competition within the 10 PM hour, up 10% within the demo from the fast national a week ago to publish its best demo and total viewer number because the season premiere. Hawaii will probably tie its season-high opener within the finals whether it’s modified up a tenth because it normally is. CBS (4.2/10, 12 million) easily won the evening in 18-49. NBC’s Rock Center With John Williams (1.3/3, 4.5 million) last evening boasted the greatest news “get” from the moment, a unique interview with former Penn Condition football coach and accused child molester Jerry Sandusky. The main one-on-one with Bob Costas increased the battling newsmagazine to the greatest rating up to now, up 30% in the 1. Rock Center published in the first couple of days. Still, the show was dwarfed within the 10 PM hour by another newsmagazine, ABC’s exclusive edition of 20/20 (2.8/7, 13.4 million) featuring Diane Sawyer’s interview with recuperating shooting victim U.S. Repetition. Gabrielle Giffords, in addition to CBS’ Hawaii Five-. Rock Center also rated because the cheapest-ranked program around the Large 4 systems, and it is fast national amounts might have been inflated with a local National football league pre-emption in Ontario, so an adjustment lower is really a strong possibility. Ditto for NBC’s The Sing-Off (1.5/4, 4.7 million). ABC’s Dwts (3.4/8, 18.5 million) was up a tenth within the demo from a week ago’s fast national, while 20/20 published ABC’s best rankings for any newsmagazine since Sawyer’s interview with another survivor, Jaycee Dugard, in This summer. ABC (3.2/8, 16.8 million) won the evening as a whole audiences. (The network had local National football league pre-emtions within 1% of the nation.) Each of Fox’s dramas published declines. Terra Nova (2.3/6) was lower 12%, while House (2.5/6) was lower 7% from the fast national. The declines were disproportionally bigger around the male side, that is a little puzzling because Monday Evening Football on ESPN (9.2 metered market average) seemed to be lower, by 21%, from a week ago. The CW’s Monday dramas held steady.

Netflix Makes Lionsgate U.K. Streaming Deal Official

TORONTO - Netflix will probably be streaming Lionsgate movie game game titles like Dirty Dancing and Blair Witch Project if the launches inside the U.K. and Ireland at the beginning of 2012, the web video streaming giant confirmed Monday.our editor recommendsITV Plays Lower Netflix Deal TalksMGM Signs With Netflix for Exclusive Streaming in U.K., Ireland But Netflix gave no indication of the prices or diary for its next worldwide unveil after Canada, showing basically a "low" bill every month due to its approaching U.K. and Ireland subscription service. The multi-year deal with Lionsgate U.K. will dsicover Netflix stream movie game game titles within the Vancouver-based small-studio on tv sets, pills, game titles and personal computers. Netflix introduced in October it expand for the U.K. and Ireland areas early next season, where it'll meet competition from residents Lovefilm and Blinkbox. Related Subjects Worldwide Lionsgate Netflix

Marathon, time change slows Broadway box office

Broadway sales downshifted a little in Week 23 (March. 31-November. 6), although two shows became a member of the selection, assisting to keep your cume on componen using the prior sesh.One reason behind the downtick could lie within the November. 6 switchover from daylight not waste time, which some legiters believe adversely impacts B.O. Also affecting biz was the NY Marathon, annoying vacationers and Gothamites.Primary Stem cume ended up, just, to $21.two million for 30 shows around the boards, with attendance rising slightly to 230,161.The 21 musicals made $17,142,682 for 80.9% from the Broadway total, with attendance of 180,467 as well as an average compensated admission of $94.99. The nine plays made $4,047,124 for 19.1% from the Broadway total, with attendance of 49,694 as well as an average compensated admission of $81.44. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Dirty Dancing Remake Gets Release Date

Patrick Swayze and Cynthia Rhodes in Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing fans will have to wait nearly two years for the remake to hit theatres. The updated version of the 1987 cult classic, being produced by Lionsgate, is scheduled for release on July 26, 2013, Deadline reports. Jennifer Grey says she's "excited" about Dirty Dancing remake In August, the film's original choreographer,Kenny Ortega, announced his plans to direct a remake of the unconventional love story starring Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick Swayze. Maria Maggenti (Monte Carlo) is writing the script with Ortega and Debra Martin Chase producing. Are you on board with the Dirty Dancing redux?

Andy Serkis Signs For Further 'Planet In The Apes'

When "Rise in the Planet in the Apes" surprised with $453 million world-wide, the talk of Hollywood didn't target the on-camera leads James Franco and Freida Pinto, nevertheless the guy behind Caesar the ape, Andy Serkis. Very good news, then, the mo-cap wizard responsible for the existence-like ape as well as the legendary Gollum from "The Our god in the Rings" just signed for further "Apes" movies in the deal that Deadline Hollywood is verifying is more than seven figures. Serkis might be the very first cast member to enroll in nearly any more obligations, beating all the on-screen stars within the first hit film. Deadline's report also mentions that director Rupert Wyatt and screenwriters Ron Jaffa and Amanda Silver had already made the decision to some follow-up after they initially signed on for "Rise in the Planet in the Apes." Really the only guy to rocket to fame just for wearing a motion capture suit, Serkis' slate is a lot more than packed with further work behind CG figures. He's presently in the office on Peter Jackson's "Hobbit" films, reprising the role that made him famous. His work, both for motion capture and voice acting, inside the approaching "Adventures of Tintin" as Captain Haddock hits theaters this December. Because the discharge and subsequent success of "Rise in the Planet in the Apes," there is buzz about whether Serkis could garner serious honours attention early next season. Fox certifies to Deadline that they're going to make an Oscar push for Serkis come 2012. Will still be unclear what form more "Apes" movies will need, but it is certain Serkis will probably be there for whatever is always to come. Are you currently presently excited to find out more "Apes" movies with Andy Serkis? Inform us inside the comments below and also on Twitter!