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Christopher Stone

Christopher Stone is the author of the international best seller Re-Creating Your Self. With Mary Sheldon, he co-authored three highly successful hardcover books of guided meditations. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West.

Column: The Business of Show
Frequency: Every other Friday
Description: Does advertising, public taste, or overindulged stars determine a movie's box office fate? Christoper Stone explores what's going on behind the box office.
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The Business of Show Columns

Knight of Box-Office Miracles (August 1st, 2008)

How's Summer Doing? (July 18th, 2008)

High as a Flag on the Fourth of July (July 4th, 2008)

Twinkle, Twinkle Box Office Star (June 20th, 2008)

June's Box-Office Is Busting Out All Over! (June 6th, 2008)

Double Features & Other Box Office Delights (May 23rd, 2008)

Your Fresh Match-Flick Summer Starts Right Now (May 9th, 2008)

Is It A Fave, Or A True B.O. Classic? (April 25th, 2008)

Bigotry & The Box Office (April 11th, 2008)

Are We Just April Fools? (March 28th, 2008)

It Might As Well Be Spring (March 14th, 2008)

Will Oscar Send Match-Flickers to the B.O.? (February 29th, 2008)

Romancing the Box Office (February 15th, 2008)

How & Why The B.0. Dictates What Flicks We See (February 1st, 2008)

OSCAR BUZZ (January 18th, 2008)

Interesting Box Office Facts (January 4th, 2008)

3 Current Box Office Trends (December 21st, 2007)

HOW THE WGA STRIKE AFFECTS THE BOX OFFICE (December 7th, 2007)

What I Want to See at the Holiday B.O. - And Why (November 23rd, 2007)

Box Office Turkeys - Gobble, Gobble! (November 9th, 2007)

The 2007 Match Flick Boo Office (October 26th, 2007)

Box Office Lessons the Deciders Should Learn (October 12th, 2007)

The Box Office Is Healthy as Ever (September 28th, 2007)

Match Flickers: American Originals....NOT! (September 14th, 2007)

MatchFlick's 2007 $100 Million Box Office Club (August 31st, 2007)

The Fall Flicks (August 17th, 2007)

So Long, Summer (August 3rd, 2007)

2007: The First Half of the Box Office Year (July 20th, 2007)

The High Cost of Match-Flicking (July 6th, 2007)

My Grown-Up Box Office Wish List (June 22nd, 2007)

Summer So Far (June 8th, 2007)

Stranded at the Guerilla Drive-In (May 25th, 2007)

THE SPIDERMAN 3 JUGGERNAUT (May 11th, 2007)

Here Comes Summer (April 27th, 2007)

The State of the 2007 Box Office (April 13th, 2007)

The Trouble is Also in Our Stars (March 30th, 2007)

Spring is the New Box Office Summer (March 16th, 2007)

Oscar Ennui (March 2nd, 2007)

My Box Office Valentine (February 16th, 2007)

Oscar Starts His Engine (February 2nd, 2007)

Movie Dating (Match-Flicking)Through The Ages (January 19th, 2007)

What I'm Looking Forward To In 2007 (January 5th, 2007)

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? (December 22nd, 2006)

Why They're Called Trailers & Fun B.O. Facts (December 8th, 2006)

Kringle Bells (November 24th, 2006)

It's Been A Pretty Good Year (November 10th, 2006)

Musicals Will Try to Seduce the Box Office (October 27th, 2006)

Oscar's Box Office Began Last Month (October 13th, 2006)

MatchFlick Boo Office Column (September 29th, 2006)

Those Were The Bs, My Friends (September 15th, 2006)

Autumn Sonatas (September 1st, 2006)

Adios, Summer '06, Hola, Three-peat Summer '07 (August 18th, 2006)

Tomorrow's Box Office, Today (August 4th, 2006)

You Had Me at The Previews (July 21st, 2006)

Coming Soon to a Drive-In Near You? (July 7th, 2006)

Grossed Out (June 23rd, 2006)

Up to Code (June 9th, 2006)

Box Office Baby Boom (May 26th, 2006)

Box Office Summer Arrives Early (May 12th, 2006)

HD DVD: Godsend or Box Office Threat? (May 1st, 2006)

Sharon Stone & An Alarming B.O. Trend (April 17th, 2006)

ShoWest to Hollywood: "Make Better Movies!" (April 3rd, 2006)

2006 & Spring Bloom at Box Office (March 20th, 2006)

Whatever Happened to The New Hollywood? (March 6th, 2006)

Oscar Predictions (February 20th, 2006)

All About The Oscars (February 6th, 2006)

The Best Is Yet To Come (January 23rd, 2006)

Looking Back & Moving Forward (January 9th, 2006)

Resolutions We Wish They'd Make (December 26th, 2005)

Green Christmas (December 12th, 2005)

The Ghost of Movie-going Magic Past (November 28th, 2005)

No Box Office Turkeys! (November 14th, 2005)

Building a Better Box Office (October 31st, 2005)

How Do You Mend a Broken Box Office? (October 17th, 2005)

Box Office Season of the Witch (October 3rd, 2005)

Falling in Love Again.... (September 19th, 2005)

Lessons of Box Office Summer School 2005 (September 5th, 2005)

I Know What You'll See Next Summer (August 22nd, 2005)

Summer of Stars Behaving Strangely (August 8th, 2005)

Video & Urban Sprawl Killed the Drive-In Theater (July 25th, 2005)

Worlds Is Not Enough (July 11th, 2005)

My Introduction (June 27th, 2005)



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