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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Oscar Nods Didn't Help Usually, best-picture nominees get a second life at the box office. Not this year. Over the weekend, with only two weeks till the Oscars, the top-10 box-office draws didn't include a single nominee. More moviegoers warmed up to Eight Below than Brokeback Mountain. To Date Movie fans, Good Night and Good Luck sounded like a line of dialogue. The Pink Panther chased Munich off the map. And Curious George aroused more curiosity than Capote. Meanwhile, the list of top-50 video rentals showed no evidence of a Crash.
