Film Preview Anna and the King Directed by Andy Tennant Starring Jodie Foster, Chow Yun Fat 20th Century Fox Pictures Opens nationwide November 24
There are several times in the calendar year over which the executives of big Hollywood studios--Sony, MGM, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, etc.--just seem to salivate. This past summer, the prime time to release big-budget and sometimes quirky films, box office receipts totaled a touch over $3 billion, the biggest ever in the history of movie making. Summer is one season where the amount of hype and advertising simply inundates various forms of media; but Christmastime and the preceding period is no less intense in film circles when various movies with varying appeal play (to variable degrees of success) in theaters across the country.
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