Tuesday, September 19, 2017
VES Announces 2015 Board of Directors
The Visual Effects Society announced its 2015 board of directors, with Mike Chambers elected as board chair.
The 2015 Officers of the VES Board of Directors are:
Chair: Mike Chambers
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‘Hobbit’ Remains Atop Box Office Battle
The first weekend of the new year was a good one for Bilbo Baggins, as The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies topped the domestic box office with an estimated $22 million in ticket ... Continue Reading →
‘Hobbit’ Finale Slays B.O. Competition
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies demolished the competition at the box office with a $56 million weekend that brings the Wednesday-opening feature to a $91 million five-day ... Continue Reading →
Oscar Watch: Best Visual Effects Contenders
The short list of visual effects films that will head to the annual bake-off won’t be known until early in December, but the race is still a hot one that’s proving more ... Continue Reading →
‘Hobbit’ Opens Strong Abroad; ‘Exodus’ Tops Domestic
The visual-effects epics dominated the weekend box office in a relatively quiet week prior to the holiday surge The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is expected to bring next week.
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‘Penguins’ Tallies $36m Holiday Weekend Total
DreamWorks Animation’s feature film Penguins of Madagascar finished the weekend in second place behind a strong repeat performance from the most-recent entry in The Hunger Games ... Continue Reading →
‘Mockingjay’ Year’s Top Debut But Opens Low for Franchise
There was good news and bad news at the box office for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1. The good news: The $123 million opening weekend domestic gross was the best to date in ... Continue Reading →
Complying with Gravity
Interstellar
Interstellar
Interstellar
Double Negative goes for realism and a mix of old-school ... Continue Reading →
‘Dumb’ Tops Weekend; Disney Gross Hits $4B Worldwide
Comedy won the weekend battle, but animation and visual effects are proving to be the fuel that’s propelling growth in the global box office war.
Universal’s comedy sequel ... Continue Reading →
‘Big Hero 6′ Out-Powers ‘Interstellar’
It was set up as a box office duel between Disney’s animated action feature Big Hero 6 and Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated science-fiction opus Interstellar.
The winner ... Continue Reading →
