they are spending $20 million more per movie, their profits are growing and let s not forget the merchandising. the dvd sales are gigantic. girls are going to see this movie two, three, four, five times. and then they buy the dvd. what are the big draws? knight and day, with tom cruise and cameron dias. you yeah. you liked it. cameron diaz did a lot of own stunts in this film. i hear she s a wicked driver, really good. she was excellent to watch in this film. but toy story three took the cake. $60 million, coming in second was the adam sandler movie. so it s good summer fun all the way around. looks like something for everyone. thank you, amy. new pictures of a rare cece
happy friday, everybody. and sadly, it looks like michael jackson is worth more dead than alive. estimates from billboard.com but the gloved one s earnings over the past year at $1 billion. let me break that down for you. the biggest chunk went to m.j. s music sales totalling $429 million which includes nine million albums sold, 13 million single tracks downloaded and 1.5 million ring tones. movie this is it became the highest grossing concert movie of all time raking in $72 million at the u.s. box office. if you include the overseas numbers, d.v.d. sales, licensing fees and the soundtrack it made a total of $392 million. how about that record deal that the jackson estate signed with sony music to provide 10 albums of the king of pop s unreleased music through 2017? $31 million for the first one has been paid so far and if all are made, it could make a whopping $250 million.
due to the success of avatar, time warner beating estimates as well on strong dvd sales. cbs reporting after the closing bell, beating on revenue, earnings were in line with expectations. but viacom missing its revenue for slow season. a slump in dvd sales. that s it for cnbc world wide. now back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. today the latest effort to support to oil spill in the gulf begins with a dome-like contraption making its way to this site. has bp done enough? ed markey met with executives of the oil industry yesterday. congressman markey, what do you make of bp s, in terms of their discipline, their backup systems, their training, their safety approach? generally, did they take the
she s a great actress but her life is a mess. she needs the money but she can t get anybody to hire her. a big problem also, a lot of films can t get insurance on her because she s not reliable. that ends up being an extra complication. also over the weekend avatar on dvd. it has set a record for blue ray dvd sales. it sold since april 22nd, 2.7 million dvds. previously the dark knight was that record holder. it didn t sell that much in the 16 months it was out. people are so in love with this film avatar. it s a fantastic film. another version of avatar, a 3d version is expected to kout out at the end of the year, when you see those 3d televisions hit the market. a lot of money. expect another record to be set. the power that is mr. cameron. expect another cocoa out.
a, what, a cheap thrill or something? and to sell dvds. there s a reason why suddenly there s ten candidates. you know, suddenly people are downloading movies, you know, dvd sales have really dropped. suddenly we ve got ten nominees. it s not a coincidence. logan, i love your article, because it talks about how there s this almost a campaign-like narrative behind each of these movies and they actually recycle these narratives year after year. give us a couple examples. one example would be the actor who deserves it, it s their time. a guy like jeff bridges. he hasn t it s maybe not his best film, but just like scorsese with departed, it s about time we gave him something. a film like avatar is really a response to the economy. the film industry s been in trouble and people say a vote for avatar is a vote for the film industry. this is the film that was successful and people went and saw in big numbers. a film like kathryn bigelow, who could be the first woman to ever wi