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Pamela McClintock
@PamelaDayM
Senior film writer at The Hollywood Reporter, in charge of box office (insanity). Opinions my own.
Los Angelesthr.comJoined July 2012

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Such a pleasure to speak at length with Sandra Bullock, who generally avoids the press. We covered a lot of ground in our half-hour convo.
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Sandra Bullock on ‘The Lost City’ Crossing $100M and Why She Turned It Down (At First) hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
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Friday afternoon update: The fireworks 💥 are starting early at the July 4th office! Judging by matinee numbers, #MinionsTheRiseOfGru should earn a huge $116M for the four days, and $98M for the three, to land one of the top 10 animated openings of all time.
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Box Office: ‘Minions: Rise of Gru’ Takes Off With Huge $10.8M in Previews hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
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Monday actuals are in: The Tom Cruise movie finished Sunday w/a domestic total of $520.8M & $486.1M overseas for a staggering worldwide total of around $1,006,900,000.
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#TopGunMaverick has grossed more than a billion dollars at the global box office. It’s the first Tom Cruise film to achieve the milestone, and the 50th Hollywood movie overall. The sequel is the highest-grossing film of 2022: thr.cm/KOsORPX
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Riddle me this: how can a journalist label a story "EXCLUSIVE" when the story is about something that's in a movie which is presently playing in THOUSANDS of theaters? Geez.
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Rest In Peace dearest Vicky. You will be missed beyond words.
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RIP Vicky Eguia. You brought tremendous spirit to all & always made it better; your love of movies & all us oddballs who make & support them was always evident. You will always be profoundly missed. deadline.com/2022/06/vicky-
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Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
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So much to unpack here. Almost looks like a normal weekend as five Hollywood summer studio event pics compete for attention. #ELVISMovie is over performing and could dance past #topgun to place No. 1.
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Box Office: ‘Elvis’ Rocking to $30M-Plus Opening in Dance-Off With ‘Top Gun 2’ hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
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And what a moment it was ! Great read.
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Had a Zoom moment with Jennifer Aniston and we talked about how she landed Damien Chazelle to direct her @vitalproteins ad, her love of journaling and daily gratitude lists, being eager to direct a feature film & the bummer of acting in the time of COVID. hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/life
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What Reed Hastings is focused on these days for Netflix: "Competing and winning. I desperately want us to pull way ahead of Disney and Discovery." Here's 's cover story on the streaming mogul.
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Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings is THR’s Philanthropist of the Year thr.cm/HTfpxPK
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A day later and I’m still gaga/obsessed with this scoop from . Let the flood of hashtags begin …
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No joke excl: LADY GAGA in early talk to play Harley Quinn opposite Joaquin Phoenix (who still doesn't have a deal to return, btw) in JOKER 2. Which is planned as a MUSICAL. hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n
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“Disney stock fell nearly 4 percent Thursday as the world learned of the decision, with one media exec calling Rice’s dismissal a “massive mistake.” Read on…
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Peter Rice Addresses Disney Exit in Final Staff Memo, Calls Tenure “A Pleasure and a Privilege” hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin
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Great story from , who recently spoke with Ukrainian distributors at Cannes.
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"Movies are what make us feel normal again,” says one Ukraine film distributor. Here's my piece on how two-thirds of cinemas in the country are back online & playing Top Gun, Fantastic Beasts, etc. rollingstone.com/movies/movie-n via @RollingStone
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The summer box office is back in fine form: #TopGunMaverick should zoom past $200M domestically sometime on Friday, it’s 8th day in release. It earned almost $16M on Tuesday alone after a $160.5M debut.
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I am confused. “I think theaters are dead. I think they’ll be a niche thing for superhero movies. I haven’t gone to the cinema for decades. You know, I just prefer to watch it at home,” David Cronenberg tells after/during a splashy big-screen premiere at Cannes.
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David Cronenberg: “Theaters are dead” apnews.com/article/8118a4
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