Category: Collateral

Oct 21, 2004
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Collateral, General, War of the Worlds

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  • More from Joss Stone:

    After Tom Cruise mentioned on a TV talk show that he was a fan, he and Stone became friends. “I went over to his house for lunch,” she says. “He has this trampoline in the back garden, and of course he does all the flips, because he’s Superman; he can do anything. He’s so nice, just a normal guy. And I love it because he has no agenda. What does he need from me? He’s Tom Cruise.”

  • More box office:

    “Collateral grabbed six No. 1 debuts over the weekend, including terrific debuts in South Korea, Italy, Australia and Spain. The biggest start came in Italy where the Michael Mann thriller grossed $2,710,036 from just 260 screens. That easily unseated Hero ($1.1 million second weekend, $4 million total) and topped such other Tom Cruise movies as Eyes Wide Shut ($2.5 million from 300) and Vanilla Sky ($2.2 million from 287) openings.

    La Mala educación remained in third place in Italy with a second weekend haul of $995,300 (€809,800) from 231 screens, falling just 20% for a $2.9 million (€2.4 million) total. Director Pedro Almodovar’s latest openes Stateside on Nov. 19. In Spain, Collateral recorded a $2,183,384 debut from 337 screens, besting The Bourne Supremacy by 16% and Enemy of the State by 9%. South Korea was most surprising, however, with a massive $1,664,988 start from just 141 screens. That was better than Minority Report’s $1.2 million and one of the biggest openings for a U.S. movie this year.

    In Australia, Collateral was able to keep fellow openers The Notebook and Open Water at bay with a $1,726,542 launch from 233 screens. It has a strong $7,410 per screen average, but wasn’t released widely enough to top most Tom Cruise pictures.

    Collateral also had two strong No. 1 debuts in Finland and Turkey. Finland registered $128,802 from 30 screens narrowly unseating Home on the Range while Turkey had a $470,854 debut from 150 screens.

    Collateral continued to do well in holdovers as well, lead by France’s third weekend gross of $1,211,259 from 470 screens for a 19-day total of $7,928,831. It was off 39% from last weekend.

    Collateral ended up with a $12,305,376 weekend overall from 2,618 screens in 19 countries, shooting its total to $59,485,867. Still to go for the Tom Cruise-Jamie Foxx vehicle are Scandinavia and Japan, where Cruise has extreme star power.”

  • Wanna see Cruise around the world promoting Collateral? Click here.
  • Collateral $100 million dollar ad
    • Oct 18, 2004
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    Appearances, Collateral

    NEWS NEWS NEWS

    So much news, you guys will go insane! Lets all take a deep breath and go through this.

  • Remember when the Cruiser called “The Edge” radio station (twice) back when he was filming The Last Samurai in New Zealand? (What? You don’t remember?! Check back in the news archieves and listen to the interview to refresh your memory!), well the Cruiser called the radio station again and the interview will be up on thursday on their official site. He told the dj’s that he would call back when WoTW is ready and get Steven Spielberg to call aswell. In the mean time, Cruise sent them some goodies, that you could win by checking their website:

    1 and 2.

    Thanks Alberta for this news!

  • Cruise, Oprah Tapped For Nobel Peace Prize Concert

    Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey will host December’s traditional Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, honoring the 2004 laureate, Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, organizers told the AP Wednesday.

    “They really wanted to do it, right from the start,” concert organizer Odd Arvid Stroemstad said by telephone Wednesday. “They clearly know what the Nobel concert is, and what the Nobel Peace Prize is about.”

    As masters of ceremony for the Dec. 11 concert in the capital, Oslo, Winfrey and Cruise will share the stage with plenty of high-profile entertainment.

    Entertainers booked to play the show include British teen soul singer Joss Stone, opera vocalist Andrea Bocelli, jazz singer Diana Krall, pop singer Cyndi Lauper and Patti Labelle, along with several Norwegian artists.

    The Nobel concert will be carried live in more than 100 countries, and traditionally draws some of the biggest names in show business. Last year, the event was hosted by Hollywood husband-and-wife Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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  • DVD details regarding Collateral

    When DreamWorks’ double-disc “Collateral” DVD hits stores Dec. 14, film buffs will get an unprecedented look into director Michael Mann’s style of filmmaking and a view into how stars Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx trained for their roles. The DVD’s bonus materials capture Mann’s private exchanges with the cast and crew and include a wealth of footage that unveils the creative and technical process that brought the actioner to life.

    “City of Night: The Making of Collateral” highlights footage specifically shot for the DVD, with segments on Cruise as he goes through weapons training, Foxx’s preparation with cab drivers and his stunt driving practice and Mann’s use of state-of-the-art equipment that enabled him to capture a gritty view of nighttime Los Angeles.

    Another DVD bonus feature, “Special Delivery,” shows Cruise donning a Federal Express uniform and striding through a busy marketplace in Los Angeles to hand-deliver a package, all captured on hidden camera.”
    From Q Magazine.

  • Tom Cruise leads $100 million movies club

    …..“This is a movie that had legs, a concept that has all but vanished from the movie lexicon,” said Dergarabedian, president of Exhibitor Relations Co. “It didn’t open with this huge bang but slowly and successfully built this audience. It hung in there and was always in the mix.” …..

    …..Collateral” is Cruise’s fifth consecutive film to gross at least $100 million domestically and 12th overall. Dergarabedian said it has been “the Cruise factor” that has enabled the actor’s last five movies, all vastly different from each other, to be commercial hits. They include “The Last Samurai,” “Minority Report,” “Vanilla Sky,” and “Mission Impossible II.” “The Cruise factor to me is that he does something like ’Samurai,’ ’Collateral,” or ’Vanilla Sky’ — which are not ’Mission: Impossible’ — and the audience will follow him wherever he goes,” he said. “Tom Cruise appears on the screen and $100 million is almost guaranteed, even if it takes awhile.”

  • Don’t forget, tomorrow Born on the Fourth of July Special Edition DVD hits stores. Click here for more details.
  • Cruise was in Japan this morning, more on that with pictures tomorrow. Also coming tomorrow, video of the week– David Letterman part the second!
    • Oct 11, 2004
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    Collateral

    Collateral B.O/DVD

  • Collateral hit the $100 million dollar mark today at domestic box office. Yay! It’s the 5th movie in a row for Cruise to top $100 million, tying with his previous record (Though, Hanks’ holds the record for 7) And it is still topping int’l box offiice:

    Ending “The Village’s” five-week reign, “Collateral” was the weekend champ overseas, nailing $8.9 million from more than 1,800 screens, propelling its cume to $38.5 million in 24 territories. But, typifying the general malaise, it was the first time since the dog days of early March that the weekend’s top title earned less than $10 million. Tom Cruise (news) starrer ruled in France, Belgium, Holland and Poland and held reasonably well in its second assignation in Germany. Gallic crix raved about the hit-man saga, one hailing it as a “triumph of the American system when it’s put together by artists: entertainment in its highest form,” and another saluting director Michael Mann’s “new form of melancholic lyricism.”

    “Collateral” knocked “Look At Me” off its perch in France but exhibs were satisfied with the perf of the dark comedy from helmer/thesp/co-writer Agnes Jaoui

  • The DVD cover for Collateral has been revised. Click here to view the new cover.
    • Oct 2, 2004
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    Appearances, Collateral, Pictures Update

    New pictures/Collateral DVD

  • Some new information on the Collateral DVD. It’s set to release on Dec. 14. View the DVD cover art here. The 2-disc feature will include Deleted Scenes , Cruise and Foxx Rehersal Footage , Cast and Crew Interviews , City of Night: The Making of COLLATERAL , Visual FX: MTA Train , Trailers, TV Spots, Posters, Key Art.. In other Collateral news, it’s made a total of # 98.4 million at the US box office.
  • Here’s a cool Collateral picture from The New Yorker. Click on the picture below to view it:

  • Tons of new pictures. Cruise was at the US premiere of Sharktale last monday. Click on the images below to view all the pictures:

  • Tom is on the cover of Cinemania. Click here
     to view pictures.
  • And lastly, a few recent misc. public appearances. Pictures of Tom with his kids and his sister and pictures of Tom with Frank Darabont and Morgan Freeman for the DVD release of The Shawshank Redemption. Click on the pictures below to view the pictures:

    • Sep 28, 2004
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    Collateral, Movie News

    Collateral DVD release date

    Collateral is being released on dvd and vhs on December 14th, the same date as the Top Gun: Special Edition and The Return of the King Extended Edition dvd, so this will be a date that will make me broke. Sooooo much to buy!!! *lol*

    Aug 31, 2004
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    Appearances, Collateral

    Box office/Paris Premiere

  • Collateral had another nice weekend. It came in number 6, with $6,470,109 and a -36.3% drop, pushing it’s total to $80,758,614 and its WW total to $4,857,811 ($85,616,425 ).
  • A couple of videos from the Paris premiere. Click here and here to see it.
  • Wanna read the War of the Worlds online? Click here
    • Aug 26, 2004
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    Collateral

    Win Tickets for Collateral Premiere

    Way to Blue has one pair of ticket to one lucky fan for the Collateral Premiere that will be held on Empire Leicester Square on September 2nd. Check this site for info on how to participate

    Aug 22, 2004
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    Collateral, Media

    B.O/Mexico Premiere

  • Extra has a great video of the Collateral premiere in Mexico. Click here to see the video.
  • Collateral is doing some CRAZY numbers. It made $10 million this weekend, coming in at number 5. It’s turning out to be the most leggy film of the summer with a 35% drop (!). Its total in 17 days is $70,065,000 with $2,679,105 from overseas markets. It has already made it’s $65 million budget back. Lets keep supporting this movie!
  • Wanna know where to catch Tom on TV? Tom Cruise Current month TV schedule
    • Aug 17, 2004
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    Collateral, Pictures Update

    Mexico City

    Tom went to Mexico City for a Press Conference and Premiere of Collateral, pictures for you:

  • Premiere
  • Press Conference
    • Aug 16, 2004
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    Collateral, Pictures Update

    Box office/Rolling Stone

  • More pictures from the Rolling Stone photoshoot have been added in the galleries. Click here to view them. (big thanks to Architect)

  • Collateral had an excellent second weekend making over $16 million, 34% drop from last weekend. It’s domestic total as of Aug 15 is $52,560,520 with an additional $1,252,300 from foreign markets, bringing it’s worldwide total (thus far) to $53,812,820
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