WILL GLOBES BOOST BOX OFFICE THIS YEAR?

Hollywood will now await word on whether the truncated Golden Globe awards "show" will have a significant impact at the box office. Generally speaking winners receive a modest spike in ticket sales during the weekend following the presentations. Writing in his Hollywood Today blog, veteran entertainment industry reporter Alex Ben Block predicted, "The bounce won't be the same. The box office won't be as big as if it might have been. And that is the point, from the writers' view. They want the companies to hurt, so they will come to the table. The writers have succeeded, but we can still lament the loss of the laughs from the annual Globe follies." And TV critic Alessandra Stanley in the New York Times concluded, "The strike was obviously the biggest winner of the night."

14/01/2008