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Thor: The Dark World Tops The US Box Office Again

November 18, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

thor-the-dark-world-poster2As most box office watchers expected, Thor: The Dark World stayed on top of the US box office, taking another $38.4 million for a gross so far of $147 million. The 55% drop from the last weekend is about in line with other big movies, and should ensure it ends up with a North American total somewhere around $250 million.

However the real surprise was the movie in second place, The Best Man Holiday, a follow up to the 1999 movie The Best Man, which took just over $30 million. By now the success of films aimed at African-American audiences shouldn’t be a surprise anymore, but every time it happens even veteran watchers treat it like some bizarre anomaly, mainly because the film hasn’t been marketed to them and so they don’t know much about it.

Best Man Holiday was the only new movie in the top 10, as it was a quiet weekend before things gear up this Friday in the run up to Thanksgiving with the likes of Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of November 15th-17th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Thor: The Dark World $38.4 $146.9
2 The Best Man Holiday $30.5 $30.5
3 Last Vegas $8.8 $46.9
4 Free Birds $8.3 $42.2
5 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa $7.6 $90.2
6 Gravity $6.2 $240.5
7 Ender’s Game $6.2 $53.7
8 12 Years A Slave $4.7 $24.9
9 Captain Phillips $4.5 $97.6
10 About Time $3.4 $11.5
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FILMS: Thor: The Dark World, Last Vegas, Free Birds, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Gravity, Ender's Game, 12 Years A Slave, Captain Phillips, About Time  

Thor: The Dark World Tops The US Box Office With $86.1 Million

November 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

thor-the-dark-world-uk-quadThere was no doubt that Thor: The Dark World would top the US box office this weekend, with the only question being how big its opening would be. The first film took $65 million in its opening three days, but The Dark World got an Avengers boost, taking $86 million on its debut.

It’s a great start for the film, especially as there were still some naysayers who wondered whether the character could live on and be a success outside the Avengers franchise. Thor has now proved he can.

The Dark World was the only new opener in the top 10, although Richard Curtis’s About Time made it’s first appearance on the list, moving from 13th to 9th place with $5.1 million, thanks to addition of an extra 1,000 screens.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of November 8th-10th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Thor: The Dark World $86.1 $86.1
2 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa $11.3 $78.7
3 Free Birds $11.1 $30.1
4 Last vegas $11.1 $33.5
5 Ender’s Game $10.2 $44.0
6 Gravity $8.4 $231.1
7 12 Years A Slave $6.6 $17.3
8 Captain Phillips $5.8 $90.8
9 About Time $5.1 $6.6
10 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 $2.8 $109.9
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Ender’s Game Tops The US Box Office Despite Boycott Calls

November 4, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Enders-Game-Poster1Despite calls for boycott from gay groups angry at Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card’s virulent homophobia, the adaptation of the novel has landed at the top of the US box office with $28 million. It’s difficult to tell whether the boycott calls had any effect, as while tracking has suggested a $30 million+ opening for the film, many have suggested the publicity around the planned boycott may actually have acted as free advertising for the film.

Last Vegas came in third at the box office on its debut with $16.5 million, which isn’t a triumph but could certainly have been worse. It’s also believed the Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Robert De Niro has had a good audience reaction, suggesting it should hold up well over the coming weeks.

The animated comedy Free Birds took the fourth spot with $16.2 million. Some have suggested that the film could have done a lot better if the marketing has focussed on the story rather than generic hi-jinks, but there’s still time for the film to find more success, as its Thanksgiving theme may help it in the run up to the holiday later this month.

Take a look below for the US box office top 10 for the weekend of November 1st-4th.

Rank Title Weekend Gross (millions) Total Gross to date (millions)
1 Ender’s Game $28.0 $28.0
2 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa $20.5 $62.0
3 Last vegas $16.5 $16.5
4 Free Birds $16.2 $16.2
5 Gravity $13.1 $219.1
6 Captain Phillips $8.5 $82.5
7 12 Years A Slave $4.6 $8.7
8 Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 $4.2 $106.1
9 Carrie $3.4 $31.9
10 The Counselor $3.2 $13.3
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Harrison Ford & Gavin Hood Defend Ender’s Game Against Author’s Anti-Gay Views

October 13, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Enders-Game-Poster1A few months ago there was much talk of a boycott of the movie version of Ender’s Game, due the the fact the author of the book the film is based on, Orson Scott Card, has voiced extremely anti-gay views and been at the front of the fight against gay marriage.

It’s cast a bit of a pall over the marketing of the movie, and often felt slightly like the elephant in the room. The filmmakers have already distanced themselves from Card (the author will have nothing to do with the promotion of the movie), and now director Gavin Hood and star Harrison Ford have once more felt the need to speak out against Card at a promotional event for the movie in London.

Gavin Hood said (via The Guardian), “It’s well known Orson Scott Card and I have different views on the issue of gay marriage and gay rights … It has been a real dilemma for me: I love the book Ender’s Game, it’s all about tolerance and compassion, and understanding the other. When I first read the book I was deeply moved by a story aimed at young people that I could share with my children and access ideas in a way that was exciting for them, and yet allowed us to talk about compassion, tolerance, diplomacy, even.

“The themes of the novel are so important to me – drone warfare, the way games and reality merge in the modern world, the way we hide behind a computer screen, that young people are seduced into war – and I love them from the book. It’s very difficult for me to reconcile that with his clearly contrary views to the ones I hold on the issue of gay rights.

“Should I not have made the film because of his views? I wrestled with that, and you know what? I thought: if I don’t put these ideas out on screen we wouldn’t be having this conversation. We are having this conversation precisely because the themes of the book are at odds with his current ideas. I’m very proud of the film, and I felt strongly that I didn’t want to lose my love of this book because its creator seems to be in a different zone to me on this issue.”

“It’s hard. We love the music of Richard Wagner, but he was a deep antisemite. I love Braveheart, but I don’t like what Mel Gibson has been saying about Jewish people. Art and their creators often diverge. Art is an expression of our higher selves and we who make art don’t always measure up to the art we create.”

Ford added, “This movie doesn’t address any of those issues [gay rights]. It was written 28 years ago; it’s a very impressive act of imagination that he could predict the internet, and that he could predict drone warfare … There is nothing in the film or the book addressing his current dispositions, or prejudices. We care about the positive aspects of the story we are telling.”

You can understand where they’re coming from, but the worry has always been that Card is likely to have a deal where he gets paid bonuses based on how much the movie grosses, so going to see the film could inadvertently fund the author’s anti-gay activities. Some still plan to continue with the boycott, while some have suggested watching the film but doing a kind of offset by donating to pro-gay charities. Others however agree that the film should be divorced from its creator and we should see them as two separate entities.

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Ender’s Game Filmmakers Talk About Gay Boycott At Comic-Con

July 19, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Enders-Game-Poster1It probably wasn’t a coincidence that Geeks Out decided to announce their planned boycott of Ender’s Game just a couple of weeks before Comic-Con, as they knew the actors and filmmakers would be gathering in San Diego to try and push the sci-fi film.

Talk of a boycott has certainly managed to shift the focus from the film itself to the controversy surrounding the book’s author. It’s resulted in most of those involved in the film making statements at Comic-Con distancing themselves from the homophobic sentiments of the author Orson Scott Card.

Talking to The Huffington Post, director Gavin Hood said, “We can’t control – like, we have no right to tell him [Card[ what he should or shouldn’t say. I don’t know, Bob and I – we hold the opposite view. I do not agree with Orson Scott Card’s position on gay marriage. But, I love Ender’s Game the book. And that’s something that one has to reconcile in one’s own head. That’s really our position.”

Producer Bob Orci added, “At first, as you’re saying, we were, ‘Yes, this is a difficulty.’ We’ve come to embrace the fact that this actually gets to be a conversation. And we actually get to sit here and say that we support human rights and we support what’s going on in this country right now and that it’s trending in the right direction. And without this conversation, we wouldn’t be able to say that. We wouldn’t be talking about that. And the book is about tolerance and understanding differences and bullying. And, so, it’s actually turned out to be oddly relevant to the book and it turns out that the book itself is the biggest advocate of the position.”

“And that’s the beautiful thing,” Hood continued. “Frequently artists create something that is better and more insightful than their own particular point of view on some issue. We have a great piece of art and we have the artist behind that art saying things that seem to be extremely bigoted. But they’re not the book. The book is the book and Orson’s views are his views.”

Orci echoed those sentiments when he got on stage for the film’s actual Comic-Con panel, saying, “The best message of the book is tolerance, compassion, empathy. Rather than shying away from the controversy, we’re happy to embrace it and say we support LGBT rights.” He was given a strong round of applause by the 6,000 people in the room.

Orci and Hood are not the only ones being asked for their views, as 16-year-old Asa Butterfield, who plays the Titular Ender in the movie, said “I agree with rights for everybody… You can’t blame a work for its author.”

Co-star Harrison Ford has also weighed in saying, “No part of the story concerns Mr Card’s theories about society in terms of gay issues or homosexual issues. I think he has a right to his opinions and has also made it clear that it was a battle that he fought and lost and would like to get on with the rest of life.”

As you might have realised, Card was not invited to be part of the panel, and with Ender’s Game studio Lionsgate recently laying out their LGBT-friendly credentials and distancing themselves from Card, it’s safe to say he won’t be part of the publicity for the film at all.

Geeks Out maintains they’re keeping with their boycott plans, as no matter how gay-friendly everyone else involved in the film is, it will make money for Card, which he could then put towards anti-gay causes, such as the extremely homophobic National Organisation For Marriage, which had Card as a board member.

Ultimately though, will the planned boycott effect the film, or is it actually just giving it more publicity and the oxygen of controversy in a crowded marketplace for young adult movies?

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Milk Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black Suggests Ender’s Game Boycott Is A ‘Waste Of Our Collective Energy’

July 16, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

dustin-lance-blackIn the melee of voices over the last week talking about Geeks Out planned boycott of the Harrison Ford sci-fi flick Ender’s Game – due to the fact it’s based on a book by the homophobic Orson Scott Card – it would be easy to believe that everyone gay was behind the boycott, while everyone anti-gay was attacking it. But that’s certainly not true.

Now Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning writer of Milk and a leading voice in the fight against Prop. 8, has stepped forward to say he thinks the boycott is misguided, although he’s since deleted his comments. In a Facebook post he wrote, “There’s so much good to be done right now. Boycotting a movie made by 99% LGBT equality folks in an LGBT equality industry is a waste of our collective energy,” Black wrote Saturday. “Making one phone call to a relative in the South who isn’t quite there yet would be 1,000 times more effective [than this boycott.”

The Guardian says that he had later added, “The homophobic novelist who wrote the book hasn’t been involved in decades. Misguided boycott.” He later deleted his posts, which may be due to Black not realising the extent of Card’s involvement in the fight against gay marriage.

Card has written several opinion pieces in the last couple of years that have decried gay marriage and been generally unpleasant about gay people. He also sat on the board of the National Organization For Marriage (although some reports say he left quietly a few months ago), one of the highest profile and most virulently nasty of the anti-same sex marriage groups.

It appears Black may not have realised that, hence his deleting the post (or it could be in reaction to those who didn’t take kindly to his views).

Misinformation from some sources in the last week has suggested Geeks Out were against the film because of things Card said in the 1990s. Admittedly he was worse then, calling for the re-criminalization of gay sex and linking being gay and paedophilia, but his involvement in homophobia certainly isn’t decades old. While his rhetoric has slightly calmed in the last few years (he no longer things being gay should be a criminal offence), he’s certainly still been giving plenty of time and effort to fighting against gay rights.

That said, Black is not the only gay person who’s been reticent about boycotting the movie, as even before the boycott was announced, others were already trying to reconcile their love of the story of Ender’s Game, with the fact it could potentially make Card a lot of money, which he could then channel into anti-gay causes. For example, some have been suggesting gay people watch the movie, but also donate some money to a cause such as The Trevor Project, to offset any money Card might make.

Since the boycott was announced, Card has asked for Tolerance, while the pro-LGBT company behind the movie, Lionsgate, has distanced itself from his views. However Geeks Out has rejected this.

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Group Behind Ender’s Game Boycott Call Reject Lionsgate Response

July 15, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

enders-game-pic2If you’ve been following BGPS for the last week, you’ll know that the gay group Geeks Out is planning a boycott of the upcoming sci-fi film Ender’s Game, due to the homophobic sentiments and work of the author of the book it’s based on, Orson Scott Card.

The boycott call led to responses from Card, who called for tolerance, and the studio behind the film, Lionsgate, who laid out their LGBT-friendly reputation, said the film and Card are completely separate and promised to hold a gay benefit screening of the film.

However Geeks Out has now responded and rejected Lionsgate’s arguments, saying the problem was never with the film itself or the company that made it, it’s due to the fact it could make Card millions of dollars, which he could then use to fight against gay rights.

They say, ‘The simple fact is that Skip Ender’s Game has never been about the content of the novel or the film Ender’s Game. It’s about money. It’s about the money the company has already paid to Card and the potential millions he and the National Organization for Marriage stand to make off of the success of the film—our money.

‘A benefit premiere, indeed any outreach to the LGBT community by Lionsgate, ought to be much appreciated. What’s clear is that whether or not they support his views, Lionsgate is standing by their man and their would-be blockbuster. They made the common, perhaps cynical, calculation that audiences wouldn’t connect Ender’s Game with Card’s very public homophobia—or wouldn’t care. Geeks OUT appreciates that most American families work for every dollar and care deeply about where that money goes and what it supports.

‘Skip Ender’s Game is not a threat; it is a reality. Our pledge adds hundreds of signatures every day from sci-fi fans around the world who would rather stay home than support homophobia. We have only just started and Geeks OUT and its allies are prepared to carry on past November 1. Nothing Card nor Lionsgate has said changes the fact that skipping Ender’s Game is the easiest way to ensure none of your dollars go to Orson Scott Card’s and the National Organization for Marriage’s extreme anti-gay agenda.’

There have also been reports that Card has quietly left the board of the virulently anti-gay National Organization For Marriage. That’s yet to be confirmed, although with Orson last week suggesting they’d lost the gay marriage debate, may turn out to be true.

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Film Studio Lionsgate Responds To Planned Ender’s Game Gay Boycott

July 13, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Enders-Game-Poster1While Lionsgate must have known about author Orson Scott Card’s homophobic views when they bought the rights to make a movie of his classic sci-fi novel Ender’s Game, up until last week they’d largely managed to keep people focussed on the film, which stars Harrison Ford and Asa Butterfield. However that came unstuck when the gay group Geeks Out announced earlier this week that they were organising a boycott of the film.

This led to Card responding and asking for ‘tolerance’, and also seeming to admit he’d lost the gay marriage debate. However Lionsgate didn’t say anything, until now that is. They’ve now said they want people to view Card’s beliefs as irrelevant to the movie, and have also promised to hold an LGBT benefit.

Here’s the statement: ‘Via: Richard Foreman Jr., SMPSP

‘As proud longtime supporters of the LGBT community, champions of films ranging from Gods and Monsters to The Perks of Being a Wallflower and a Company that is proud to have recognized same-sex unions and domestic partnerships within its employee benefits policies for many years, we obviously do not agree with the personal views of Orson Scott Card and those of the National Organization for Marriage.

‘However, they are completely irrelevant to a discussion of Ender’s Game. The simple fact is that neither the underlying book nor the film itself reflect these views in any way, shape or form. On the contrary, the film not only transports viewers to an entertaining and action-filled world, but it does so with positive and inspiring characters who ultimately deliver an ennobling and life-affirming message. Lionsgate will continue its longstanding commitment to the LGBT community by exploring new ways we can support LGBT causes and, as part of this ongoing process, will host a benefit premiere for Ender’s Game.

‘Ender’s Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state. Now it will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute.’

It remains to be seen whether those who want to boycott the film will accept, as their issue was never with the movie itself, which no one has suggested was anti-gay, but with the fact if it’s a success it will earn Orson money both from his film deal and with increased sales of his book, as well as giving him a higher public profile to espouse his views. While it’s understandable that the film company would want people to see the author and the film as completely separate, whether that’s a reasonable thing to do is another matter.

It was already clear before the boycott that Lionsgate was trying to sideline Card from the promotion of the film, and their latest statement is an attempt to pull the story back to being about the film rather than the beliefs of the man who created the story. Incidentally, their claim to being a very gay-friendly company is generally seen as true, even if many do wish they’d left Ender’s Game alone.

As well as a full-on boycott, there are others calling for LGBT-friendly people to go see the film if they want to but also make a donation to a gay cause, as a kind of offset against any money Card might make.

We’ll have to wait and see whether calls for a boycott affect the film when it’s released in November.

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Gay Sci-Fi Author David Gerrold & Geeks Out Unimpressed By Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game ‘Tolerance’ Plea

July 11, 2013 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Orson-Scott-CardEarlier this week, the gay group Geeks Out announced they are planning a boycott of the movie version of Ender’s Game due to the fact that it’s based on a novel by Orson Scott Card, who is very anti-gay and sits of the board of the virulently homophobic National Organization For Marriage.

The boycott led Card to respond, asking for tolerance and seemingly accepting he’d lost the gay marriage debate. He said, “Ender’s Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state.

“Now it will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute.”

However, many have been less than impressed with this plea, including Geeks Out themselves and gay sci-fi author, David Gerrold (who, among many other things, wrote the classic Star Trek episode, The Trouble With Tribbles).

Geeks Out responded by saying, ‘The Bill of Rights protects your freedom of speech but it does not protect your right to a blockbuster opening weekend…

‘This plea for tolerance is perhaps a bridge too far, especially from someone who characterized gay marriage as “the bludgeon [The Left] use to make sure that it becomes illegal to teach traditional values in the schools,” (2012). There’s nothing more democratic and tolerant than a consumer boycott, rooted in the ideas of free market accountability. Skip Ender’s Game is about doing what all of us do every day—use facts to determine who and what to support with our money.

‘Orson Scott Card, we can tolerate your anti-gay activism, your right-wing extremism, your campaign of fear-mongering and insults, but we’re not going to pay you for it. You’ve got the right to express your opinions and beliefs any way you choose—but you don’t have a right to our money. How many homophobic billboards and absurd “Gathering Storm” ads would a new fortune built off of Ender’s Game lunchboxes buy for NOM?’

Gerrold meanwhile wrote on his Facebook page, ‘After twenty years of despicably virulent homophobia, no. This is just another detestable characterization of LGBT people — that we are intolerant. Intolerant? Of people who want to lock us up, put us in concentration camps, deny us our civil rights? Intolerant? Are you fucking kidding me? You want me to be tolerant, Scott? First be one of those people who understands. Or to put it bluntly — get your fucking foot off my neck, then we’ll talk tolerance.

‘See, Scott — I don’t dislike you. I honestly don’t. I think you’re a very interesting author and you’ve turned out some works I admire. But you’ve made PR Mistake Number One. You’ve sided with hate-mongers. You’ve targeted a minority and you’ve characterized yourself as the righteous warrior. That gives you a short-term gain and a long-term loss. Look up Father Coughlin and Anita Bryant and Kirk Cameron.

‘Now you’ve made PR Mistake Number Two — instead of honestly and sincerely apologizing for the hurt you have caused others, you have doubled down. You have played the martyr card, arguing that you are the victim…

“Our nation was founded on the idea that ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men (people) are created equal, endowed with certain inalienable rights — and that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’ Your public statements, Orson Scott Card, put you on the wrong side of that declaration. Until you recognize that your public utterances have been at the service of bigotry and prejudice, there can be no redemption for you in the eyes of the LGBT community. Or anyone else, for that matter.”

You can find out more about the planned boycott at Skip Ender’s Game.

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Ender’s Game Author Orson Scott Card Pleads For ‘Tolerance’ In Face Of Gay Boycott Of Film Version

July 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac 3 Comments

Orson-Scott-CardYesterday we reported on a planned boycott of the movie version of Ender’s Game, with the gay group Geeks Out setting up ‘Skip Ender’s Game‘, to try and convince people not to see it. The problem is that the man who wrote the sci-fi book the film is based on – Orson Scott Card – is very anti-gay. He has in the past said gay sex should be criminalised, linked homosexuality and paedophilia, and now sits of the board of the National Organization for Marriage, one of the most virulently unpleasant of the anti-gay marriage lobbies.

However now Card has stepped forward to plead for ‘tolerance’, and despite saying a few years ago about any government that tries to implement same sex marriage, “I will act to destroy that government and bring it down”, he seems to be capitulating that he’s lost that argument too.

He told EW, “Ender’s Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state.

“Now it will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute.”

That argument might have more weight if Card was saying he was giving up working against gay rights, and also guaranteeing that any money he earns from the movie won’t be used to make gay people’s live more difficult.

So should we treat the film and author as completely separate entities, and accept Card’s statement that he’s accepted they’ve lost the equal marriage battle (I’d love to know what the National Organization for Marriage thinks of one of their board members sounding like he’s throwing in the towel)? Or is Card’s argument the equivalent of saying we shouldn’t worry about potentially giving money to a member of the Ku Klux Klan, as they lost the battle over Civil Rights?

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