Trade Round-Up: "Glory Road" Takes The Weekend
· Yahoo! might be planning to revive the long-shelved ABC/Live Planet (Affleck and Damon) project The Runner as a Web-centered event. Original concept was a reality TV show with a "runner" trying to avoid capture by viewers in the real world, but now may reward any person spotting Ben Affleck coming from any meaningful meeting at a Hollywood studio with a cash prize. [Variety]
· Narnia finish first at the international box office for a fourth consecutive weekend, pushing its foreign take to $319 million, and its overall haul inches towards the $600 million mark. Disney is rumored to be considering plans for 58 Narnia-based sequels. [THR]
· Inspiring basketball drama Glory Road wins the MLK holiday weekend box office with $13.5 million, edging out inspiring Queen-Latifah-has-a-terminal-disease comedy Last Holiday. [Variety]
· Brokeback Mountain puts on its chaps and rides into some smaller cities, taking in $5.8 million in 683 theaters. It can't be long now before kids in small towns start showing off their Brokeback lunchbox/thermos sets at recess. [Variety]