Robbie and Blum Join Cinema United Filmmaker Council — SkimNews
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- Margot Robbie and Jason Blum have joined Cinema United's Filmmaker Leadership Council, alongside council leaders Jerry Bruckheimer and Emma Thomas and charter members Ryan Coogler, Brad Bird, Jason Reitman, and Celine Song.
- The Council provides feedback and recommendations on pressing exhibition issues including consolidation, theatrical windows, promotion and marketing of the cinematic experience, and innovation and technology, meeting quarterly with former Imax exec Greg Foster serving as Executive Director.
- Jason Blum is scheduled to speak at Cinema United's annual Fall Summit in Los Angeles this week as part of a live conversation with exhibition members.
- Robbie, a three-time Oscar-nominated actress and producer, starred in Warner Bros.' highest-grossing film ever, Barbie, which earned over $1.4 billion worldwide; she next stars in and produces Warners' Ocean's prequel, currently shooting in Monaco under director Bradley Cooper.
- Blum, a three-time Oscar nominee leading Blumhouse Atomic Monster under a first-look deal with Universal Pictures, has produced the Paranormal Activity, The Purge, Insidious, and Sinister franchises, which grossed over $1.2 billion on combined budgets under $40 million.
- Blumhouse Atomic Monster released two films this past summer that grossed over $900 million combined on very low budgets: A24's highest-grossing film ever, Backrooms, and Focus Features' highest-grossing film ever, Obsession.
Why it matters: Cinema United just added two of the industry's most commercially successful creatives to its exhibition-advocacy bench at a moment when theatrical windows are under pressure. Robbie's Barbie grossed over $1.4 billion for Warner Bros., and Blum's recent Blumhouse Atomic Monster slate cleared $900 million in a single summer, giving the trade group direct credibility with both major studios and low-budget economics when arguing that moviegoing remains essential.
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