Peter Cullen Bryan, PhD
@pcbryan
Have PhD, will travel. Americanist by training, fan/media studies by trade. Scholar of fan studies, adaptation, Disney, comics - happy to talk intersections of translation/gender/disability. First book out; next book soon. He / him.
High Fidelity under-performed on release, with a $47 million global total against a $30 million budget. It opened in 5th place domestically in a busy April Fools weekend, though had decent legs and found a wider audience on home release. #HighFidelity #HATM
The mayor of New York in 2015 was Bill de Blasio, who was less slick than Andy Garcia, but seems to have been better at keeping any ghost activity under wraps (I don't recall any meandering spirits during his administration). #Ghostbusters
Bill Murray's Venkman was also something a paranormal debunker in the original films, so this feels like a nice echo. #Ghostbusters
Ed Begley Sr. was a character actor of some note - as one of the 12 Angry Men (as Juror #10, the racist one) - though died in 1970. #Ghostbusters
There is not a lot of scholarly articles out there on Ghosbusters in any form, but I co-authored one of them on this film specifically (about the initial response to the trailer in the context of Gamergate and other movements): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Ghostbusters
While Ghostbusters 2016 lost money, it did decently at the box office, earning $128 million domestically and a further $100 million globally, against a $144 million budget. Sony regarded as roughly break even, with a tidy profit once home video hit. #Ghostbusters
To Live and Die In L.A. was a decent hit in November 1985, opening in 2nd place against Death Wish 3, earning $17.3 million against a tight $6 million budget. While it failed to garner much awards attention, the Stunts would have been a contender for that years Oscars. #ToLiveAndDieInLA #HATM
I decided to become an Americanist when I read Don Rosa's introduction to "The Buckaroo of the Badlands" (Part Three of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck), and realized how the story of the West could be re-told. #AmericanExperiment #HATM
I haven't read it yet, but the new run of Uncle Scrooge comics kicks off with a search for the Lost City of Z. #LostCityOfZ #HATM
2. Played the board game Revolution of 1828 - about that election. Seemed appropriately dad oriented, also worked on the next book some. #LostCityOfZ #HATM
The Lost City of Z was a box office disappointment opening in wide release in April 2016, landing in tenth place (with roughly 1/16 of the gross of F8 of the Furious's second weekend take). It ended at $19 million worldwide against a $30 million budget. #LostCityOfZ #HATM
Muriel's Wedding was the big winner at 1994 Australian Film Institute Awards, winning four awards (including Best Picture and Best Actress) across ten nominations. #MurielsWedding #HATM
Muriel's Wedding was a big hit in Australia, and modest hit stateside, landing at $15 million against a $9 million budget - it had the third highest opening in Australia to that point, though was not as big as contemporaries Four Weddings and Priscilla Queen of the Desert were. #MurielsWedding #HATM
I did attend a wedding in the French countryside, at a proper castle (the wedding party stayed there). The trip was something of a disaster, but the wedding was a delight. #FourWeddingsAndAFuneral #HATM
Four Weddings and a Funeral was an awards contender, winning four (of eleven) BAFTAs, including Best Picture, and received some Oscars attention, with nominations for Original Screenplay (lost to Pulp Fiction) and Picture (lost to Forrest Gump). #FourWeddingsAndAFuneral #HATM
Four Weddings and a Funeral was a massive hit in the spring of 1994: it was initially seen as a niche release in the United States, only reaching 1000 screens in its 8th week. Globally, it was even bigger, earning $245 million against a $4 million budget. #FourWeddingsAndAFuneral #HATM