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A ticket to a 3D movie can cost $15. Tickets to a Friday night showing cost $10.50 at one theater and $12 at the cineplex down the block. A seat for a matinee costs $5. That's quite the variation! But if tickets do not cost the same from time to time and from theater to theater, why measure movie success in terms of money? Let's take a look at how box office gross is reported, some alternative metrics of movie success, and the growing importance of the international movie market.

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This is one of our all-time favorite Tintin scenes — Professor Calculus nearly getting run over by Captain Haddock's Lunar tank. And this tribute to Herge's original art was created by none other than Weta's Greg Broadmore, creator of the amazing Dr. Grordbort. Consider us over the Moon. More »
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We enjoyed Steven Spielberg's 3D Tintin movie, but plenty of people were vehemently opposed to any Tintin work that abandons Hergé's ligne claire style. So what would a 2D Tintin movie look like with Spielberg's cast? More »
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We really liked The Adventures of Tintin, but we've heard lots of people saying it's not Steven Spielberg's best movie. And this started us wondering: What was Spielberg's last truly great genre film? Was it Tintin? Minority Report? God forbid, was it Indiana Jones 4? Now's your chance to vote! More »
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Science fiction and fantasy devoured our hearts and minds in 2011. The year's hit movies, bestselling books and buzzed-about television shows were dominated by genre fare — and a handful of people played a key part in making it happen. More »
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Despite boasting internationally lauded source material, the most famous populist auteur in film history, and lavish special effects, The Adventure of Tintin is a tough sell stateside. The film's androgyne hero remains an unknown quantity over here, and the previews' hyper-caricatured CGI may scare away those expecting a 107-minute safari through the uncanny valley. More »
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io9 recently caught up with actor Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), who plays the pratfall-prone Inspector Thomson in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin. Frost filled us on the motion-capture process, potential upcoming projects with longtime collaborator Simon Pegg, and what it's like to play a Thompson twin (and no, we're not referring to the ones who sang "Hold Me Now"). More »
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We've seen many a bizarre Tintin homage in our day, but this comic strip by the illustrator Yop! over at French comics site Mooloozone is especially neat. It's in French, but the plot should be pretty familiar to any X-fan. The only major difference is Wolverine mentions Loch Lomond. I always assumed he was a Canadian Club man. More »
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Why do the Tintin stories have such enduring appeal? Tintinologist Michael Farr recently sat down with The Browser's Alec Ash to talk about what makes them special, how their creator, Hergé, came to write them, and why he was accused of being a Nazi collaborator. More »
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Hergé's classic Tintin comics have many a zany visual, so how did Steven Spielberg and his team render the hero's 2D adventures in 3D for The Adventures of Tintin? To learn about this process, io9 spoke with the film's animation supervisor — Weta Digital's Jamie Beard — about bringing the boy adventurer to life. More »
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Or at least that's the implication of Dan Hipp's latest fake Tintin graphic novel. Haddock's seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of San Theodoros. He's watched Loch Lomond hallucinations glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like a phone call to Cutts the Butcher. Rutger Hauer would make a fine Professor Calculus. You can check out several more Hergé-inflected mash-ups here. More »
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If we're going to place Benjamin Rivers' illustration of Hergé's boy adventurer in canon, then the Himalayas must be chock full of bipedal creatures whose olfactory formidableness is perpetually underestimated. Additionally, you can find a print celebrating the lost Japanese robot classic Bucket Robot and Golden Man over at Rivers' site. Click on the above image to expand. See also: Tintin's many screwed-up fan fiction adventures. More »
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What's in your neighborhood comic shop tomorrow? Haunted cowboys, The Walking Dead, a whole lot of Bone, the adventures of Tintin's creator, fantastic 1800s flying machines from Warren Ellis, and enough Technicolor madness to make your corneas implode. More »
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Another key Dark Knight Rises cast member is spotted in New York. George R.R. Martin's other famous series gets a movie adaptation. Joshua Jackson promises the epic return of an old Fringe villain will be the best episode ever! More »
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The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn is one of the most ambitious movie adaptations ever created — director Steven Spielberg and producer Peter Jackson have gone to insane lengths to craft a CG, motion-capture recreation of Herge's ambitious art vistas. More »
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Up until now, it was always a bit difficult to avoid falling into the uncanny valley while watching trailers for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's giant Tintin movie. But we're happy to report that this brand new collection of clips has whisked us all away into a REAL world and not a mo-cap nightmare. It's actually quite beautiful, take a look for yourself. More »
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The latest trailer for Adventures of Tintin is out — check out the bazooka mishaps, motorcycle accidents, and pirate weirdness that awaits the boy hero. More »
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This has been a big year for Steven Spielberg — he's launched two TV shows, including last night's Terra Nova, and produced countless movies. The Spielberg tribute Super-8 was a surprise hit, and it's become fashionable for other film-makers to claim they're paying tribute to early Spielberg. Still ahead this year: the huge motion-capture reinvention of Tintin, the Belgian adventure comic. More »
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Remember Murray Groat's Cthulhu versus Tintin book covers? Groat's expanded this series and introduced the boy reporter to the Yithians, the Mi-Go, and Crawford Tillinghast. Something tells me this would have happened if Peter Jackson tapped Guillermo del Toro to help out on Secret of the Unicorn. More »
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As one of io9's Hergéophiles, I've been absolutely digging Dan Hipp's apocryphal adventures of Tintin. Now he's teamed up the boy reporter with a familiar playboy industrialist. Will Tony Stark put Captain Haddock on the path to sobriety? Tintin's armor really should have a built-in tungsten cowlick, though. More »
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The first footage to come out of today's Tintin panel was actually not from the movie itself, but the first test footage Spielberg requested from Peter Jackson's special effects production company, Weta. Spielberg had asked Jackon's workshop to show him an animated Snowy next to a live person. On the screen, against the backdrop of a docked ship, none other than Peter Jackson himself appeared dressed as Tintin's Captain Haddock — and holding a handle of dark rum. "I know that we're just supposed to be doing a test," Jackson says. "But I wanted to take this opportunity to put myself on screen in the role of Captain Haddock." More »
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Now it's official: Marvel Studios won't be promoting The Avengers, or any other forthcoming movies, at Comic-Con. With this news, Marvel joins parent company Disney, plus Warner Bros. and the Weinstein Co., in sitting out SDCC 2011. More »
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The first teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn is out. Even though we don't see the characters' mouths jabbering, Snowy ("Milou" to all you Francophones) and the Unicorn pirate ship look rather nifty. More »
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We've previously featured parodies of globe-trotting Tintin covers, and here are 12 more of his never-was escapades. Watch as Hergé's boy adventurer, his faithful dog Snowy, and Captain Haddock battle the Teen Titans and enter the Grid.

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Dan Hipp of The Amazing Joy Buzzards has drafted this awesome fake cover to one of Tintin's never-was adventures. It looks like he's in for a rough time, but hey, he's been to R'lyeh and Innsmouth. He'll come up aces. More »
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Wake up with spoilers! The Avengers' villain isn't the actor you might be expecting, and a surprising candidate is in talks to direct The Wolverine. A Thor clip and featurette reveal more about the Thunder God's Earthly soujourn. More »
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The webcomic Tozo: The Public Servant takes Hergé's visual style and transports it to a retrofuturistic universe where a murdered bureaucrat draws an earnest public servant-and his robot companion-into a web of political and religious conspiracies. More »
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The Dark Knight Rises doesn't start filming in earnest until the Spring, but they might actually be shooting some key location shots this week. A bizarre press release might have revealed a new Avengers character. Plus Roberto Orci talks bringing Ender's Game to the screen, Jamie Bell explains the voice of Tintin, we have some updates on werewolf love from True Blood, and more! More »
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Could this be the biggest year ever for fantastical movies? It certainly looks like it. The calendar is bursting with films about aliens, weird creatures, superheroes and magical worlds. Here's our complete guide to 2011's science fiction and fantasy films. More »
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Natalie Portman discusses the rumors that she's joining The Dark Knight Rises and the Superman reboot. A super-detailed, super-spoilery Thor plot summary hits the net. Plus a second of Captain America footage, a Spider-Man reboot set report, and much more! More »
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Tintin is known for visiting exotic locales, and artist Murray Groat has plopped the boy adventurer in such fantastical destinations as Innsmouth and R'lyeh. Watch Hergé's hero run afoul of the Reanimator and Cthulhu. Seventy-seven shuffling shambling shifty-eyed shoggoths! More »
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Earlier this week, images from Steven Spielberg's Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn hit the web. Here are some more shots from the film, including our first look at Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's hapless detective duo, Thomson and Thompson. More »
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The first screenshots from The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn have hit the web. Check out Jamie Bell and Andy Serkis as the motion capture incarnations of boy reporter Tintin and boozy sea dog Captain Haddock, respectively. More »
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Comic books can be a difficult to get into, what with their years of serial storytelling and convoluted continuity. Luckily, there are plenty of one-and-done graphic novels out there. Here are some of the best four-color gateway drugs. More »
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This heartbreaking rendering of Herge's homesick hero comes from Francesco Francavilla — one of the comic artists of that Comic Twart collective we told you about. And this week, they're giving their love to Tintin. More »
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The pulp science fiction renaissance has begun. Edgar Rice Burroughs and E.E. "Doc" Smith both have Hollywood blockbusters in the pipeline. The Burroughs-inspired Avatar broke DVD sales records. But can today's creators update pulp storylines without including the cultural baggage? More »
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