Oscar 2012 or well known as The 84th Annual Academy Awards ceremony will honor the best films of 2011 and will take place on February 26, 2012, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. It will be televised in the United States on ABC. The host was originally going to be Eddie Murphy.However, after Brett Ratner resigned as producer after using a gay slur when talking about rehearsals, Murphy also stepped down. The nominations were announced on January 24, 2012.
Billy Crystal will be taking over as host, while Brian Grazer takes over as producer. This will be Crystal's ninth time hosting the awards ceremony.
Underworld: Awakening sank its teeth into the necks of box office pundits over the weekend as the vampire flick, starring Kate Beckinsale, opened with $25.3 million, far ahead of most of their predictions. It was helped by 3D and IMAX surcharges — $3.8 million of its total came from IMAX venues. Landing in second place was the George Lucas-produced Red Tails, with $18.8 million. (Most forecasts had it earning around $10 million.) It received an “A” grade from moviegoers polled by Cinemascore. Last weekend’s winner, Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, fell 52 percent to third place with $12 million. However, the poorly reviewed Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, flopped as it expanded nationwide, earning $10.1 million, to place fourth. And the female action flick Haywire lived up to its name as it debuted in sixth place — slightly above forecasts but with just $8.4 million.
TOP TEN BOX OFFICE
Issue Date : 23 January 2012
1 Underworld: Awakening (2012) $25.3M $25.3M 1 2 Red Tails (2012) $18.8M $18.8M 1 3 Contraband (2012) $12M $45.9M 2 4 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) $10M $10.7M 5 5 Beauty and the Beast (1991) $8.78M $33.6M 2 6 Haywire (2011) $8.43M $8.43M 1 7 Joyful Noise (2012) $5.92M $21.7M 2 8 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) $5.55M $197M 6 9 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) $4.52M $178M 6 10 The Iron Lady (2011) $3.68M $12.6M 4
Katy Perry, was the Big winner taking home 5 out of 7 to her nominations, including favorite female artist. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 won 4 awards including Favorite Movie. How I Met Your Mother has won 3 awards (with 3 nominations) and Supernatural (TV series) has won two awards, including Best Network TV drama, despite the fact none of the cast were invited.
