DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Kevin Costner mortgaged his home and put $38 million of his own money into "Horizon." Box-office numbers suggest this was a terrible idea.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Kevin Costner is the latest star to be reminded that passion projects don't always yield big box-office returns. Costner isn't as prominent in the 3-hour movie as marketing would suggestKevin Costner in "Horizon." AdvertisementDespite being the face of the franchise and its star, Kevin Costner isn't actually in a lot of "Horizon." And even though the next "Horizon" movie comes to theaters in August, who's to say audiences will come back? AdvertisementAccording to Variety, Costner and his investors are paying for the "Horizon" marketing, a spend that's around $30 million.

Persons: Kevin Costner, hasn't, Costner, Max, that's, Barbie, John Dutton, Costner isn't, Kevin Costner isn't, Hayes Ellison, who's, Richard Foreman, Warner, George Lucas, Mel Gibson's, —, Orson Welles, Francis Ford Coppola, It's Organizations: Service, Business, Paramount Network, Warner Bros, Paramount, CBS, Cannes Film, WB, Army, Variety Locations: Santa Barbara, Yellowstone, American, Utah, Texas , Arizona, Oklahoma

☆ Trump to host screening of 'Sound of Freedom,' the divisive anti-child-trafficking hit film
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former President Donald Trump this month will host a screening of "Sound of Freedom," the surprise hit film about rescuing sex-trafficked children that has been embraced in right-wing circles, his 2024 campaign announced Thursday. "Sound of Freedom" has made more than $53 million as of Wednesday, Deadline reported. Utah-based Angel Studios distributed "Sound of Freedom," selling tickets through an online "pay it forward" campaign. Other conservative outlets have defended the film from its critics, and Ballard has pushed back on those linking it to QAnon. That outlandish right-wing internet conspiracy revolves around the idea that Trump was secretly fighting against shadowy, powerful rings of satanic pedophiles.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Eduardo Verastegui, Ron DeSantis —, DeSantis, Disney, Bob Iger, Jim Caviezel, Indiana Jones, Tim Ballard, Ballard, Caviezel, Mel Gibson's, Steve Bannon Organizations: White House, Prosperity, GOP, Florida Gov, Disney, CNBC, The New York Times, Rotten Tomatoes, Angel Studios, New York Times, Homeland Security, Operation Underground Railroad, Underground Railroad, Trump Locations: Bedminster , New Jersey, Florida, Disney's, Utah, Colombia, Colombian, QAnon

Search resuls for: "Mel Gibson's"

2 mentions found