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Meet the Robinsons in 3-D
Following the success of Chicken Little’s run with the new technology, Disney has announced, through Yahoo! Finance, that its next computer animated film, Meet the Robinsons, will likewise be shown… |
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Ten films eligible for Best Animated Feature Oscar consideration
…Feature. Three nominees for the award will come from a list that includes: Chicken Little, Gulliver’s Travel, Hoodwinked, Howl’s Moving Castle, Madagascar, Robots, Steamboy, Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride, Valiant, and… |
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Disney reports lowered quarterly earnings
…average in U.S. box office is something like $270 million,” Iger said. “Even though Chicken Little is doing quite well, we’re not predicting we’ll get anywhere close to that level.”… |
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"Consider" these animation ads
Attempting to score award nominations, “For Your Consideration” ads for Chicken Little, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride are now online, with an ad promoting Hoodwinked found at… |
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Weekend box office actuals: November 18 – 20
This past weekend, Chicken Little fell to #3 with $14,711,378, averaging $4,186 per each of its 3,514 theaters. This brings the Disney hit’s total domestic gross to $99,093,096. At #19,… |
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Meet John Aquino, animator for Walt Disney Feature Animation
…Disney animator to Animaction, the Santa Monica-based animation school, changed Aquino’s life. The animator would later go from being a trainee for Hercules to a character finaler for Chicken Little…. |
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Animated box office estimates: November 25 – 27, 2005
Facing off against Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and newcomer Yours, Mine & Ours for family audiences, Chicken Little fell a slight 16% over the weekend, to finish… |
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Weekend box office actuals: December 2 – 4
In its fifth weekend, Chicken Little fell to #7 in the box office’s top ten and grossed $4,406,418, down an understandable 64.9% from its previous weekend. That amount brings the… |
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Iger continues push to stop delay between theater and DVD release
…“They don’t want to take the most bullets.” Moreover, it has been revealed that Iger proposed to theater owners the selling of Chicken Little DVDs in their lobbies, with profits… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 9 – 12, 2005
…In the meantime, another Disney release, Chicken Little, fell to #9 with $2,306,627 from 2,326 theaters, for a total domestic cume of $127,280,176. At #12 was the IMAX version of… |
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School of Visual Arts presents “Which Way Did They Go?” exhibit
…Showtime, HBO, Fox, the Cartoon Network, Canal+ and Arte. He has produced and directed 11 short films, including the Academy Award-nominated The Chicken from Outer Space (1995). Dilworth has served… |
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“When are movies too intense for children?”; Narnia deleted sequence noticed
The Chicago Tribune ponders the question “When are movies too intense for children?” In its investigation, the publication looks at such recent family fare as Chicken Little; The Chronicles of… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 23 – 25, 2005
…pulled in $954,725 from 66 theaters, bringing its domestic re-release intake to $7,580,970. Meanwhile, Chicken Little came in at #19, hatching $432,624 from 874 theaters. Thus far, its domestic total… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: December 31, 2005 – January 1, 2006
…3rd week over 3,627 theaters) 18. Chicken Little with $799,028 ($131,944,653 total in its 9th week over 803 theaters) 19. The Polar Express – IMAX with $742,073 ($9,814,031 total in… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: January 6-8, 2006
…4th week over 3,482 theaters) 23. Chicken Little with $343,605 ($132,863,585 total in its 10th week over 419 theaters) 27. The Polar Express – IMAX with $262,839 ($10,444,705 total in… |
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit takes top animation honors at Critcs' Choice Awards
…Animated Feature category Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit recorded a victory over other nominees Chicken Little, Corpse Bride, Howl’s Moving Castle, and Madagascar. As the Oscar season… |
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U.S. weekend box office actuals: January 13-16, 2006
…7. King Kong with $9,061,690 ($204,527,690 total in its 5th week, over 2,814 theaters) 31. Chicken Little with $296,502 ($133,235,508 total in its 11th week, over 271 theaters) 33. The… |
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\\Wallace and Gromit\\ wins PGA award
…the Best Animated Film award at the {{link http://www.producersguild.org/pg/awards_a/ 17th Annual Producers Guild Awards}}. The DreamWorks/Aardman film beat out competition from \\Chicken Little\\, \\Madagascar\\, \\Robots\\, and \\Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride\\…. |
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Don Knotts dies at 81
…the title character in \\The Incredible Mr. Limpet\\, T.W. Turtle in \\Cats Don’t Dance\\, Turkey Lurkey in \\Chicken Little\\, and starred in several episodes of \\Scooby-Doo\\ where he played himself…. |
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Disney's FastPlay DVD feature is a success with families
…implementation due to high customer satisfaction. BURBANK, Calif., March 23, 2006 – In support of the March 21st DVD release of Chicken Little, Disney’s #1 animated movie of 2005, and… |
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Mark Dindal, Randy Fullmer leave WDFA
Chuck Oberleitner reports at o-meon that director Mark Dindal and producer Randy Fullmer have decided to depart Walt Disney Feature Animation after wrapping up work on Chicken Little, culminating with… |
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More on Nightmare Before Christmas' 3-D release
…the latest version of the film will sport 3-D similar to that of last year’s Chicken Little, with the 3-D passive glasses described as “ghoulish” and “collectible.” Tim Burton and… |
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Films look for both inner child and adult
…child or adult, depending on how old the viewer is. Animated examples in the piece include Chicken Little, Shrek 2, The Incredibles, The Ant Bully, Cars, and Over the Hedge…. |
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Animated aspect of 35th annual Key Art Awards
Honoring the best in film advertising, nominations for the 35th annual Key Art Awards have been announced, via The Hollywood Reporter. Animated entries in the nods include: Chicken Little (5… |
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Animated movies look to 3-D for box office boost
…pictures. With Monster House as the basis for the story, other animated projects mentioned include: Chicken Little, The Ant Bully, Open Season, Meet the Robinsons, and The Nightmare Before Christmas…. |
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Disney wishes upon a Starz this Thanksgiving
…The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & and the Wardrobe, Chicken Little, Herby: Fully Loaded and The Incredibles. The presentation will begin Thursday, November 23, at 6 a.m…. |
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Wallace & Gromit honored with children's BAFTA
…age voted Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to be their favourite film, from a shortlist of 10 flicks including Chicken Little, The Chronicles of Narnia and Superman Returns…. |
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More Blu-ray titles coming from Buena Vista, Sony, Lionsgate
…will see the release of such Buena Vista flicks as Chicken Little, Cars, and both Pirates of the Caribbean films. Asia and Europe will also finally receive The Wild, with… |
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DreamWorks Goes 3D
…will both be leading the launch of DreamWorks Animation’s stereoscopic 3D efforts. Phil McNally, Stereographer on Chicken Little & Stereographic Supervisor on Meet the Robinsons, will be the Stereographic Supervisor… |
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Digital 3D – Everybody's Doin' It!
The March 30 release of Meet the Robinsons in Disney Digital 3D on over 600 screens, is seven times the number of screens that ran Disney’s Chicken Little in 3D…. |

