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NOV<br />
<strong>2012</strong><br />
VOL. 148 NO. 11<br />
PG 66 BIG PICTURE<br />
RISE OF THE<br />
GUARDIANS<br />
DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?<br />
BOXOFFICE MEDIA<br />
CEO/PUBLISHER<br />
Peter Cane<br />
CREATIVE DIRECTOR<br />
Kenneth James Bacon<br />
PG 32<br />
SHOWEAST<br />
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NEW PRODUCTS<br />
A dozen vendors<br />
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4 WE REMEMBER<br />
Disney’s Bob Lambert passes<br />
away at 55<br />
6 INDUSTRY BRIEFS<br />
The latest news from the<br />
exhibition industry<br />
10 EXECUTIVE SUITE<br />
THE CHAOS IN KARACHI Free<br />
speech, fundementalist ideology<br />
and the burning of Pakistani<br />
cinemas<br />
14 GUEST COLUMN<br />
UNITING TO FIGHT CONTENT<br />
THEFT Creative America—<br />
coming to a community near you<br />
18 SHOW BUSINESS<br />
WHAT’S SO EXCITING ABOUT<br />
LOOPER’S SUCCESS? Exciting<br />
films always help turn around a<br />
slump<br />
20 FIRST PERSON<br />
GET COMPETITIVE How<br />
independent theaters can stay<br />
afloat even when a flashy new<br />
multiplex comes to town<br />
Rise of the Guardians wants to<br />
get kids dreaming<br />
HO HO—HOLD ON! Think you<br />
know Santa Claus? Think again,<br />
says director Peter Ramsey<br />
TAKE A BITE OUT OF THIS! Isla<br />
Fisher plays a truly tough tooth<br />
fairy<br />
24 SECRET WEAPON<br />
THE PREDICTOR Meet Tim Dilts,<br />
NCG Cinemas’ defender against<br />
bad movie experiences<br />
26 MARQUEE AWARD<br />
HOW TO WIN THE DIGITAL<br />
CHALLENGE Cinemas of<br />
Whitewater shares its struggle—<br />
and its advice<br />
42 MOVIE MARKETING BEYOND<br />
BREAKING DAWN Twilight<br />
producer Wyck Godfrey on the<br />
mechanics and marketing of his<br />
massive five-film franchise<br />
52 BY THE NUMBERS <strong>2012</strong> HOLIDAY<br />
PREDICTIONS What to expect<br />
this winter<br />
74 ON THE HORIZON<br />
A LATE QUARTET / FLIGHT /<br />
THE MAN WITH THE IRON<br />
FISTS / ANNA KARENINA /<br />
NATURE CALLS / LIFE OF PI /<br />
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK/<br />
HITCHCOCK / KILLING THEM<br />
SOFTLY / IDENTITY THEFT<br />
80 BOOKING GUIDE<br />
88 CLASSIFIEDS<br />
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Reviews<br />
Will Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg deliver a wide-appeal<br />
Lincoln, and will Day-Lewis win his third little golden man?<br />
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BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE<br />
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Amy Nicholson<br />
INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTORS<br />
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Ray Greene<br />
Pete Hammond<br />
Inkoo Kang<br />
Mark Keizer<br />
Ross A. Lincoln<br />
Mark Olsen<br />
Vadim Rizov<br />
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Nick Schager<br />
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EDITORIAL INTERNS<br />
Britta Hanson<br />
Max Weinstein<br />
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