News Source: The New York Observer
| 29 days ago
Everyone expected a horror film to be at the top of the charts on the weekend before Halloween... just not this horror movie. Paranormal Activity landed in first place over the weekend , scaring up $22 million and upsetting Saw VI in the process-the...
News Source: BBC
| 29 days ago
The film, which reportedly only cost $15,000 (£9,200) to make, took $22m (£13.5m) in its first weekend on nationwide release. It trounced the sixth instalment of the horror franchise Saw, which opened at two with the worst takings in the series'...
News Source: The Globe & Mail
| about 1 month ago
EDT Last updated on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 3:20AM EDT $ 2 2-million The film: Paranormal Activity , made for $15,000 (U.S.). The Plot: The movie unfolds like a homemade documentary as a couple copes with apparitions and supernatural phenomena.
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| about 1 month ago
Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey had an unusual message for an industry in which taking credit for the latest hit is standard practice. "Evidently we have a situation where you put one foot in front of the other every day at the studio," he said...
News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| about 1 month ago
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News Source: The New York Times
| about 1 month ago
Paranormal Activity,” an independently produced thriller picked up by Paramount’s DreamWorks unit, cost only about $10,000 to produce and has been marketed with a combination of conventional advertising and cheap Web-based tactics. After a little...