Redbox Movie Awards
| Redbox Movie Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Most rented movies in the United States |
| Country | United States of America |
| Presented by | Redbox Automated Retail LLC |
| First awarded | 2012 |
The Redbox Movie Awards are awards given annually for the most rented movies in the United States.[1] These awards are organized and presented by Redbox, a subsidiary of Outerwall Inc. The first Redbox Movie Awards were given in 2011.[2]
Nomination, votes and “ceremony”
Redbox nominates and determines the most popular rental movies of the year by considering two factors:
- the annual popularity statistics of rental movies
- a special “Redbox Movie Awards poll” that attained, for instance, 30,000 respondents in 2012.[3] The voters were invited with the help of contests organised by Redbox.[4]
Categories
The Redbox Movie Awards are presented for many achievements (top movie, best actress, best actor etc.). In all genre categories presented, the recipients of the awards are the directors.[5]
Most rented action film
| Movie | Director | |
| 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ruby winner | The Green Hornet | Michel Gondry |
| Nominated | I Am Number Four | D. J. Caruso |
| Nominated | Battle of Los Angeles | Mark Atkins |
| Nominated | Red | Robert Schwentke |
| Nominated | True Grit | The Coen Brothers |
| 2012 | ||
| Ruby winner | The Hunger Games[6] | Gary Ross |
| Nominated | Total Recall | Len Wiseman |
| Nominated | The Avengers | Joss Whedon |
| Nominated | Snow White and the Huntsman | Rupert Sanders |
| Nominated | The Amazing Spider-Man | Marc Webb |
| Nominated | Man on a Ledge | Asger Leth |
| Nominated | Looper | Rian Johnson |
| Nominated | The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan |
| Nominated | Safe House | Daniel Espinosa |
| Nominated | Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Brad Bird |
| Nominated | Contraband | Baltasar Kormákur |
Most rented comedy film
| Movie | Director | |
| 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ruby winner | Just Go With It | Dennis Dugan |
| Nominated | No Strings Attached | Ivan Reitman |
| Nominated | The Dilemma | Ron Howard |
| Nominated | Due Date | Todd Phillips |
| Nominated | Dinner for Schmucks | Jay Roach |
| 2012 | ||
| Ruby winner | 21 Jump Street[6] | Phil Lord and Chris Miller |
| Nominated | Magic Mike | Steven Soderbergh |
| Nominated | That's My Boy | Sean Anders |
| Nominated | Men In Black 3 | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Nominated | The Dictator | Larry Charles |
| Nominated | The Campaign | Jay Roach |
| Nominated | Jack and Jill | Dennis Dugan |
| Nominated | What to Expect When You're Expecting | Kirk Jones |
| Nominated | Wanderlust | David Wain |
Most rented drama
| Movie | Director | |
| 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ruby winner | The Tourist | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck |
| Nominated | The Lincoln Lawyer | Brad Furman |
| Nominated | The Fighter | David O. Russell |
| Nominated | Inception | Christopher Nolan |
| Nominated | The Social Network | David Fincher |
| 2012 | ||
| Ruby winner | Moneyball | Bennett Miller |
| Nominated | 50/50 | Jonathan Levine |
| Nominated | The Vow | Michael Sucsy |
| Nominated | Gone | Heitor Dhalia |
| Nominated | Trouble with the Curve | Robert Lorenz |
| Nominated | Footloose | Craig Brewer |
| Nominated | The Help | Tate Taylor |
| Nominated | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher |
| Nominated | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Bill Condon |
Most rented horror film
| Movie | Director | |
| 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ruby winner | Insidious | James Wan |
| Nominated | Case 39 | Christian Alvart |
| Nominated | Paranormal Activity 2 | Tod Williams |
| Nominated | The Rite | Mikael Håfström |
| Nominated | The Devil | John Erick Dowdle |
| 2012 | ||
| Ruby winner | The Woman in Black | James Watkins |
| Nominated | The Apparition | Todd Lincoln |
| Nominated | The Cabin in the Woods | Drew Goddard |
| Nominated | The Devil Inside | William Brent Bell |
| Nominated | Silent House | Chris Kentis and Laura Lau |
| Nominated | Paranormal Activity 3 | Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman |
Most rented family movie
| Movie | Director | |
| 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ruby winner | Rango | Gore Verbinski |
| Nominated | Despicable Me | Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud |
| Nominated | Zookeper | Frank Coraci |
| Nominated | Megamind | Tom McGrath |
| Nominated | Rio | Carlos Saldanha |
| 2012 | ||
| Ruby winner | Puss in Boots | Chris Miller |
| Nominated | Brave | Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman |
| Nominated | Madagascar 3 | Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath |
| Nominated | Dr. Seuss' The Lorax | Chris Renaud |
| Nominated | Hugo | Martin Scorsese |
| Nominated | Pirates! Band of Misfits | Peter Lord |
| Nominated | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | Brad Peyton |
Criticism
Critics have asserted that:
- The Awards honor bad taste.[7][8] For instance, Adam Sandler received a lifetime achievement award in 2012 for being the most rented actor in the history of Redbox.[9]
- Being the “most rented” means “being the most rented among the customer base of Redbox”: Redbox traditionally targets families with children, and many boxes are located right outside of McDonald's restaurants.[10]
- Movies that roll out earlier have a bigger chance of winning the award because they have “more time in kiosks to be rented over and over".[11]
- Movies of those studios that have an agreement with Redbox – and allow their DVDs be rented at the same time as they go on sale – seem to have an advantage compared to the movies of other studios.[11]
See also
- Amazon Video
- blinkbox
- Barnes & Noble NOOK Store
- Blockbuster LLC
- CinemaNow
- Cineplex Entertainment
- Flixster
- Google Play Movies & TV
- Hulu
- iTunes Store
- JB Hi-Fi
- List of Film Awards
- M-GO
- Microsoft Movies & TV
- Netflix
- Sling TV
- UltraViolet (system)
- Verizon FIOS
- Video on demand
- Vudu
Notes and references
- ↑ "It's Movie Awards Season - Redbox Invites Movie Fans to Make Their Predictions". PR Newswire. PR Newswire. Jan 5, 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "Redbox Unveils America's Most Rented, Loved Movies of 2012". Market Watch. Feb 8, 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "And the Ruby Goes to ... Second Annual Redbox(R) Movie Awards Celebrate What America Watched and Loved in 2012, Announce #1 Movie Fan Photo Contest". Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ↑ "Redbox Movie Awards Contest". Walletpie. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "RedBox Movie Awards 2012". suspend.tv. February 7, 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- 1 2 "’21 Jump Street,’ ‘The Hunger Games’ Among the Winners in Redbox’s Movie Awards". Ashley Ratcliff. homemedia magazine. 31 Jan 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ↑ "Most Rented Redbox DVD list seems to prove most Redbox users have poor taste in movies". Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ↑ "The Redbox Movie Awards 2011: The Oscars for movies rented by idiots". Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ↑ "Netflix vs. Redbox: who has better taste in movies". Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ↑ "Netflix vs. Redbox: who has better taste in movies". Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- 1 2 "People renting movies at Redbox kiosks are looking for laughs". Retrieved 2013-07-30.
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