‘Noah’ Rides Controversy to $44 Million Box-Office Triumph
The Wrap
By Todd Cunningham
The Biblical epic “Noah” rode a
tide of controversy to a $44 million opening, sailing past “Divergent” and into
the top spot at the domestic box office this weekend.
Darren Aronofsky's adaptation of
the Old Testament tale surged on Saturday and finished well ahead of
expectations that had been tempered by months of negative buzz — mainly from
church groups wary of the “Black Swan” director's edgy style and reports that
the film strayed too far from Scripture. Distributor Paramount,
which backed the film with New Regency, even added a statement at the beginning
of the movie noting that it was a dramatic interpretation.
Paramount
Brad
Grey is the chairman for the Paramount
Pictures Corporation, a trustee at the American
Film Institute, and a Greenberg
Glusker client.
Note: Ari Emanuel was a
trustee at the American Film Institute,
a partner at Endeavor Agency LLC, Michael Moore is his client, the co-CEO
& director for the William Morris
Endeavor Entertainment, and his brother is Rahm I. Emanuel.
John
Lesher was an agent for Endeavor
Agency LLC, Michael Moore’s
agent, and is the president of the Paramount
Film Group.
Michael
Moore was John Lesher’s client, is
Ari Emanuel’s client, a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client, and a producer & writer for the Unnamed Farenheit 9/11 sequel.
Endeavor
Agency LLC and the William Morris
Agency merged into William Morris
Endeavor Entertainment.
Paramount
Vantage is the co-financier & distributor for the Unnamed Farenheit 9/11 sequel.
Paramount
Vantage is a subsidiary of the Paramount
Pictures Corporation.
Rahm
I. Emanuel is Ari Emanuel’s
brother, the Chicago (IL) mayor, a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and was the White House chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Mellody L. Hobson
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and the chairman for DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc.
DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc. is a Greenberg
Glusker client.
Jeffrey
Katzenberg is a Greenberg Glusker
client, the founder & CEO & director for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., and was the president for the Paramount Pictures Corporation.
DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc. is a Greenberg
Glusker client.
Bert
Fields is Greenberg Glusker’s attorney,
and the Paramount Pictures Corporation’s
attorney.
DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc. is a subsidiary of the Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Ronald
L. Nelson was the co-COO for DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc., and the EVP & CFO for Paramount Communications Inc.
Thomas E. Freston
is a director at DreamWorks Animation
SKG Inc., and the chairman for the ONE
Campaign.
Michelle
Obama is an advocate for the ONE
Campaign, and was a lawyer at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
R.
Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Mellody L. Hobson
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and the chairman for DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc.
DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc. is a subsidiary of the Paramount Pictures Corporation.
Brad
Grey is the chairman for the Paramount
Pictures Corporation, a trustee at the American
Film Institute, and a Greenberg
Glusker client.
DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc. is a Greenberg
Glusker client.
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