Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch did what a glum arthouse market was waiting for, revved it up with a smashing three-day average. “If Wes builds it, they will come,” said an elated Searchlight Pictures after a two year wait to get the film into theaters. It opened in 14 markets and in a total of
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If there’s one thing Fast & Furious fans know, it’s that when it comes to the iconic series, it’s all about family. That’s true on screen, but it’s also become a fact of life for the cast and crew over the course of making nine films. That was never more apparent than over the last
Refresh for latest…: There were milestones aplenty this weekend at the global and international box office with three Hollywood heavy-hitters reaching important new benchmarks. Among them, MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die crossed both $400M overseas and $500M worldwide while Sony’ Venom: Let There Be Carnage topped $350M globally. The weekend leader, however, was Warner Bros/Legendary’s
Dune is cruising to a successful opening weekend at the domestic box office, and the sci-fi epic is staking its claim as the next big franchise to rival the greats. Director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s influential book is a jaw-dropping spectacle that’s seemingly amazed not only audiences but the film’s stars as well.
After much waiting, the highly anticipated sci-fi adventure Dune has finally arrived in theaters, and on HBO Max. Denis Villenueve’s epic had a great opening night and is positioned to do well at the box office. Though the movie is off to a nice start, its positive buzz was far from a sure thing, especially
MAJOR SPOILERS for Halloween Kills are ahead, turn back if you have yet to see the horror sequel before reading on. Michael Myers wasted zero time going back on a murderous rampage in the latest among the Halloween movies. In the second installment of David Gordon Green’s trilogy, Halloween Kills, the masked killer pierced right
After a long Covid delay, The French Dispatch opens this weekend with distributor Searchlight Pictures and the industry hoping the whimsical Wes Anderson’s film brings a touch of Grand Budapest Hotel-ish coin to the specialty box office. Hoping, but not counting on it, as the box office take beyond studio tentpoles has been largely dour
It seems to be pretty normal for co-stars to bond while they’re waiting around on a movie set. But it’s probably a little harder for that bonding to happen when one actor is a teenager and the other is a Hollywood icon with several decades of acting experience under her belt. Despite those odds, though,
Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune hit China today with an estimated RMB 42 million ($6.5 million) on 28,274 screens and a 34.3% share of the market. While we do not yet have a social score, Friday’s estimate would portend a weekend in the $20M+ neighborhood as we noted coming into the session. Handled in China
Guilty Party‘s Kate Beckinsale has proven herself to be a versatile actress over the years, but her bread and butter has been starring in multiple action films over two decades, including her time as Underworld heroine Selene. After doing so many action films, you would think the actress would be quite limber with all her
Legendary and Warner Bros. sci-fi epic Dune excavated $5.1M from 6PM showtimes at 3,200 theaters. The Denis Villeneuve directed adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel was made available on HBO Max streaming service as early as 3PM PST/6PM EST. In China, Legendary East is reporting $6.5M opening day for Dune at 10,500 cinemas/28,274 screens. The pic is ranking as
Hollywood is a strange, bizarre place. In a lot of ways it feels like it’s some alternate reality that the rest of us don’t really live in. Although, to be fair, it often seems like it feels that way even for the people who are a part of it, as even Matt Damon admits he
Sony will now open the Denzel Washington directed drama A Journal for Jordan on Christmas Day instead of an initial launch on Dec. 10 in NYC and LA with a wider break on Dec. 22. In the John Burnham Schwartz and Virgil Williams screenplay adapted from the Dana Canedy article, 1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King (Michael B.
The Hollywood community was stunned Thursday evening when reports surfaced from the set of a film titled Rust that cinematographer Halyna Hutchins had been killed in a tragic accident involving a prop gun. Rust is a Western filming in New Mexico, and one of the movie’s stars, Alec Baldwin, fired what he believed to be
People have had many questions about the rekindled romance of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck since the duo reconnected back at the end of April, just a few days after Lopez and ex-fiancé, Alex Rodriguez, officially announced their split. One of those questions, of course, is why the relationship would work out this time, when
Last week, it was announced that Supernatural star Jensen Ackles would be teaming with 30 Rock alum Alec Baldwin on a Western titled Rust. That movie has since begun filming in New Mexico, but sadly, it’s already been tainted by tragedy. A crew member from the Rust production has died due to a prop gun
Spoilers ahead for the opening sequence of Halloween Kills. The horror genre has been in a renaissance for years now, resulting in the return of beloved franchises. Case in point: Halloween Kills, which marks the second installment in David Gordon Green’s slasher trilogy. The opening sequence featured the jaw-dropping return of a classic character, and
It’s quite clear that the availability of Warner Bros. theatrical slate on HBO Max day-and-date this year has impacted the studio’s U.S. box office results. This has either led to a film seeing a big drop in weekend 2 at the B.O. after a solid first weekend or in the case of New Line’s Sopranos prequel
Now that Tenet has come and gone, Christopher Nolan is deep into putting together his next movie, a biopic about theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in developing the atomic bomb during World War II as leader of the Manhattan Project. Earlier this month, it was confirmed that Cillian Murphy will play Oppenheimer
Since being screened to great fanfare before the press since late August, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s $165M sci-fi epic Dune finally lands in U.S. theaters as well as 40 overseas markets, including China with an eye on a global weekend in the $70M+ range. Already, the Denis Villeneuve directed epic, which carries a Rotten Tomatoes of 87%
Being a single mom trying to date would be hard for anyone. Clueless’ Alicia Silverstone knows that plight from first-hand experience. Despite her celebrity status, Silverstone took a chance and put herself out there on the dating scene. Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned for the Hollywood star. The Clueless alum recently revealed how she
MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time To Die is crossing $368M at the international box office and $474M worldwide with today’s business included — and that confirms something we’ve been expecting from Mr Bond. To wit: the 25th 007 movie is now the No. 2 Hollywood movie globally and overseas of 2021; both benchmarks, in studio terms, coming
For years, Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes were Hollywood’s favorite undercover couple. Many fans were hoping the couple would go the distance despite never confirming their relationship. Unfortunately, those dreams were dashed as the couple reportedly called it quit in 2019 after years of breakup rumors. Now, Foxx seems to be enjoying his bachelorhood. Those
Over the past few months, there’s been a web of occurrences pointing to Spider-Man’s Tom Holland and Zendaya being a real-life item. The Marvel co-stars have been getting along on the set of their multiple films as Peter Parker and MJ – it’s very much possible it may have bloomed into a romance. As Zendaya’s
It looks like another thunderstorm just stopped by in Forks, Washington because Alice and Emmett Cullen are back in their uniforms and ready to hit some home runs. Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz, who played Alice and Emmett Cullen in the Twilight saga from 2008 to 2012 across the five films of the vampire saga,
EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streamer and distributor Mubi is launching a U.S. in-theater offering this month letting members see one film a week that it selects at participating cinemas starting in New York City. It said Mubi Go will roll out nationwide in selected markets with LA next in early 2022. Mubi Go (available in the U.K.
Megan Fox has been very public in her new relationship with Machine Gun Kelly. Like, really public. And yet, it turns out that all the while she was still dealing with the legal wrangling of divorce. That is all behind her now as Fox and ex Brian Austin Green have now reached a final settlement.
Hans Gruber wouldn’t break onto a list of all-time great movie villains. Not when the likes of Darth Vader, Hannibal Lecter and Lord Voldemort exist. But you DAMN well better select Gruber when you are singling out Alan Rickman’s greatest villainous role, and not the damn Sheriff of Nottingham, as this Twitter user dared to
Do you like scary movies? Unlike Scream’s lead final girl Sidney Prescott, Jason Blum loves them and has built a life and successful career out of them. As the founder of Blumhouse Productions, Blum has produced a large number of successful and recognizable horror films over the last 15 years. As his most recently released
As Disney/Marvel’s Eternals is being aggressively buzzed to possibly open at $100M, and their co-production with Sony, Spider-Man: No Way Home even more, the Burbank, CA has just shifted their entire Marvel movie theatrical schedule for 2022 and beyond. We’re still making sense of this. DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS (Disney) previously dated on 3/25/22 moves to 5/6/22