Entertainment News Roundup: Vienna's Breitenseer Lichtspiele, Michael Jackson's 'Bad' tour jacket

Cinema buffs familiar with movie theatres in Los Angeles, Cannes and Berlin do not necessarily link their passion with Austria's capital Vienna


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 12-11-2018 18:45 IST | Created: 12-11-2018 18:26 IST
Entertainment News Roundup: Vienna's Breitenseer Lichtspiele, Michael Jackson's 'Bad' tour jacket
"The Grinch" proved it's never too early for some holiday cheer as the animated family flick stole the weekend box office with $66 million from 4,141 locations. Illumination and Universal's adaptation of the Dr Seuss holiday tale now rank as the best start for a Christmas film. (Image Credit: Twitter)

Silent cinema and empty seats at Vienna's Breitenseer Lichtspiele

Cinema buffs familiar with movie theatres in Los Angeles, Cannes and Berlin do not necessarily link their passion with Austria's capital Vienna. But in a quiet suburb of the imperial city, one of the world's oldest cinemas has been running since 1909 on a shoe-string budget. Its license dates back to 1905 when founder Anna Nitsch-Fitzfirst started showing moving pictures in a tent.

Michael Jackson's 'Bad' tour jacket sold at auction

Michael Jackson's iconic black "Bad" jacket, which he wore on his first solo tour, sold for $298,000 late Saturday, about three times its original asking price, at a New York auction which featured items from music legends Prince, Madonna, John Lennon and others, officials announced. Julien's Auctions had an original asking price of $100,000 for the jacket that Jackson signed on the back with a silver permanent marker and was worn throughout the singer's "Bad" world concert tour from 1987-89.

Box Office: 'Grinch' Sees Green With $66 Million, 'Overlord' Beats 'Spider's Web'

"The Grinch" proved it's never too early for some holiday cheer as the animated family flick stole the weekend box office with $66 million from 4,141 locations. Illumination and Universal's adaptation of the Dr Seuss holiday tale now rank as the best start for a Christmas film. Fellow new offerings "Overlord" and "The Girl In the Spider's Web" weren't as gleeful, with mediocre debuts of $10 million and $8 million, respectively.

U.S. movie theatre chains fear Justice Department review may hit profits

U.S. movie theatre chains fear that a Justice Department review of little-known mid-century rules may result in studios getting free rein to force them to show unpopular movies in exchange for getting blockbuster releases, threatening their profits. Before the rules went into effect, studios commonly sold multiple films to theatres as a package. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1948 ruled against the practice, called "block booking," and others that favoured studios, leading the plaintiff, Paramount Pictures, Inc, and its peers to sign consent decrees over the next few years with the Justice Department that banned such deals.

(With inputs from Reuters)

(With inputs from agencies.)

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