WARREN BEATTY - FANS CAMP OUT TO SEE PATTISON

FANS CAMP OUT TO SEE PATTISON

Dozens of mostly female fans of actor Robert Pattison began camping out Sunday on the sidewalk at Mann's Village theater in Westwood, hoping to get a glimpse of the young British star of the vampire movie Twilight when it premieres at the theater tonight (Monday). Canada's National Post reported today that thousands of Pattison's teen fans showed up at a promotion for the movie in Toronto on Saturday. Noting that Twilight has not yet even been released, it commented, "This was a case of fame running ahead of itself on a ski hill. This, here, was the sound of many, many hammers, etching a moment into pop culture's time. Pattison, here, was like Rudolph Valentino in 1921, or Warren Beatty in 1975, or a Spice Girl in 1996." On her Deadline Hollywood Daily blog, Nikki Finke observed Sunday that industry experts don't "quite know what to make of this frenzy in terms of estimating box office grosses for this low-cost blockbuster's November 21 opening ... with estimates ranging from $35 million and maybe $40 million all the way up to $60 million.

17/11/2008