Word: smashed
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...figures. Sony has sold more since the Playstation was introduced--6.4 million to Nintendo's 4 million--but it came out a year earlier. The Nintendo64 is more powerful, but has only 43 games, in contrast to hundreds for the Playstation. But both sides agree the industry will smash its sales record of $4.7 billion set in 1994. Who says war is hell...
...Diana Crash Theory More suspicion hangs over the investigation into Princess Diana's fatal smash. The car was going much slower than we thought, says one investigator...
...when another Cameron project comes along, will Mechanic slam the door? Will Paramount? Both studios say no. In fact, Mechanic says he's sure Fox will do Cameron's next picture. Surely Cameron won't smash the budget the way he did the time before. And the time before that. And the time before that. "It does not have to be this complex," Mechanic insists, with a showman's optimism. "I don't think this will happen again...
...part, Ben Ammar complains that no matter what Jackson does, it tends to come out negative in the press. For example, Ben Ammar says, Jackson's recent tour--42 gigs in Europe and South Africa--was a commercial smash, yet it received mainly sniping coverage. According to Ben Ammar, the tour matched the $100 million gross brought in by Jackson's 1996 swing through Asia, and was even more profitable, because operational costs were slashed 50%. Ben Ammar says Jackson netted $15 million instead of going in the red. That is music to the ears, even in Saudi Arabia...
Anastasia, which cost about $53 million, is getting a blast of promotion equal to that given any Disney cartoon--and 35% more marketing support than Fox lavished on last year's smash Independence Day. With such a price tag, a studio boss gets to hope out loud. "I'd like it to be, at a minimum, the most successful non-Disney animated film," says Fox filmed-entertainment chief Bill Mechanic, probably alluding to the $90 million earned at the box office by Warner's 1996 Space Jam. "But I really hope it will compete with the best Disney pictures." Best...