Harvey Weinstein CBE (born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer. He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films, including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), The Crying Game (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Heavenly Creatures (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), and Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love, and garnered seven Tony Awards for a variety of plays and musicals, including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein Company, a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017.
‘Wakanda Forever’ Clears $204M+, Eyes $70M+ 2nd Weekend As Counterprogramming Tries To Find Life – Box Office Preview
deadline.comA very vibrant runway leading into Thanksgiving for sure for movie theaters as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is headed for a second weekend down around -60% for $70M-$72M.
Through five days, the Ryan Coogler-directed Disney and Marvel Studios sequel has amassed $204.8M with Tuesday earning $12.4M, the third best Tuesday of November after Frozen 2 ($20.8M, Nov.
26, 2019) and Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($15.96M, Nov. 26, 2013). While some believe that Wakanda Forever‘s running time might be its Achilles heel in regards to long legs, it is the only must-see title on the marquee for those off from school (45% out Monday and Tuesday, 80% on break Wednesday and 100% on Thanksgiving and Black Friday).
Disney also has the family animated title Strange World arriving Wednesday. Trying to budge in and annex those adults who’ll decide to finally head to the movies over the holiday stretch is Searchlight’s Anya Taylor Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Ralph Fiennes genre title The Menu and Universal’s feature adaptation of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey book, She Said.
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