Online ticket retailer Fandango polled more than 6,000 ticket-buyers this month and asked which theatrical tentpoles they’re the most excited about in 2022. Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever topped the list followed by Sony/Marvel’s animated feature Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One). Even though Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is on a production hiatus as star Letitia Wright
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After a couple years out of the Hollywood spotlight, Halle Berry is back in the game and seemingly stronger than ever. Her directorial debut Bruised has killed it on Netflix, and she has even more acting projects in the works. Be that as it may, she’s definitely not in Disney’s upcoming live-action The Little Mermaid
Wednesday AM Update: Tuesday box office figures To all the cynics out there who believe that the pandemic and streaming have annihilated theatrical moviegoing, well, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home just beat the final $515.2M domestic total of 2019’s Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker with $516.4M. Worldwide with $1.16 billion, Spider-Man: No Way Home is officially Sony’s
The subject of revisiting one’s own work is a somewhat popular discussion to have with entertainers as iconic as Denzel Washington. When The Tragedy of Macbeth actor was asked that very question himself, the answer was a bit surprising, as Washington admitted that he “never” re-watches his older movies. Explaining his reasoning in a recent
Spider-Man: No Way Home on Tuesday officially became Sony Pictures’ highest-grossing film of all time at the worldwide box office with $1.16B. This surpasses the global total of its predecessor, 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, which finaled at $1.13B. The split on the Tom Holland/Zendaya/Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer through Tuesday is $516.4M domestic and $644.9M at the
Spoilers ahead for The Matrix Resurrections. Christmas is always a big time for new movies, and this season certainly didn’t disappoint. One of the latest releases is Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections, which arrived in both theaters and streaming on HBO Max. While fans were thrilled to see a number of returning faces including Keanu
Memoria took in $6,797 on one screen Sunday, the first day of the first week exclusive engagement for the Neon film starring Tilda Swinton. It will play the IFC Center in NYC through Sat. Jan 1. That’s the start of a cross country tour in an unusual release strategy the distributor and the film’s director
While some romantic relationships in Hollywood manage to stand the test of time, more often than not we hear about the ones that didn’t work out. For example, actors Tiffany Haddish and Common broke up in November following almost a year and a half of dating. Earlier this month, Common gave his take on the
Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, the gift that keeps on giving, raked in an estimated $25.4M on Monday at 4,336 theaters, off 23% from Sunday’s $33.2M, which puts the MCU title at $495.8M in U.S. and Canada. For sure, Spider-Man: No Way Home will click past the half billion mark stateside today; our sources believing a $750M final
It’s that time of year again, when Queen Elizabeth II bestows her New Year’s Honours to a slate of notable persons she deems worthy. Surprisingly enough, after No Time To Die, Daniel Craig is getting an honor worthy of 007. But what’s even more impressive is another beloved entertainment figure in the UK is also
Cinemas in New Delhi have been ordered shut from today after Covid cases surged to a four-month high on Monday. These measures fall under the Indian capital’s Graded Response Action Plan which triggered the so-called “yellow alert” level that came into effect today as positivity rates were over 0.5% for two consecutive days. The Multiplex
Movie theaters may have reopened their doors for a good chunk of 2021, but like any other place of business nowadays, they still have to contend with COVID-19. For instance, with the Omicron variant now in the mix, French movie theaters have decided to temporarily ban concessions. Could something like this happened in the United
Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s theatrical-day-and-date release of The Matrix Resurrections didn’t wow in its 5-day opening at the domestic box office with $22.5M, while in its HBO Max debut in homes fared OK, watched by 2.8 million smart TV U.S. households over the Wednesday-Sunday period. This is according to fresh stats from Samba TV which measures streaming
Arnold Schwarzenegger has a bunch of kids, and they all seem to be thriving in their own careers. Schwarzenegger’s youngest child, Joseph Baena, has followed in his father’s footsteps in more than one way. Like his dad, Baena became a bodybuilder and is now pursuing an acting career, even recreating one of Schwarzenegger’s iconic Terminator
Given how global exhibition has been impacted by Covid with reduced capacities and on-and-off closures in certain territories, we haven’t harped on the profit and loss of theatrical movies. Until now. Of course, as the first $1 billion grossing global title of the pandemic, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is already bound for a $242M net profit
Christmas has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean talk about Christmas movies has to wrap up. Maybe you’re not ready for the yuletide season to end just yet and have been watching Christmas movies to keep things going just a little longer. Well, to the folks who have Die Hard as part of this
Stopping short of a lockdown or the addition of curfews as some other European countries have imposed recently, France is introducing new measures to combat the spread of the Omicron variant. Chief among them affecting the entertainment industry is that consuming food and drink in cinemas will be banned beginning Monday, January 3, for a
The “new normal” continues to shift and evolve in Hollywood. Because of major shifts implemented in 2020, the way that audiences interact with movies has drastically changed – and might not ever go back to the way things were. Streaming options and theatrical exclusives now compete for the same audiences, so while there are always
The Matrix has long been a divisive franchise. While the original released in 1999 is almost universally hailed as a modern cinematic masterpiece, the two sequels released in 2003 – The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions – didn’t get anywhere near the same kind of response, and the last 18 years have seen movie-goers
Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers opened to an estimated $41,076 this weekend on three screens for a PSA of $13,692 over three days. Distributor Sony Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker calls that cume conservative, anticipating $42-$43K for the Penelope Cruz-starrer that he said has been attracting a diverse new audience to Almodóvar, including younger moviegoers. “We’re thrilled
Following nearly thirty years in the business, Matthew McConaughey has built a more than ‘alright, alright, alright’ reputation among audiences and within the industry. He’s a respected dramatic actor (and Oscar winner), former rom-com leading man, 2005’s sexiest man alive, the star of a number of viral commercials and more recently the author of his
Refresh for latest…: Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is having a joyous holiday as it is now officially the first movie of the pandemic era to pass the $1B mark at the global box office. The worldwide gross through Sunday is $1.05B which makes this installment Sony’s No. 2 film of all time, behind only
Twelve years later, we might all still be waiting for the long-promised sequel to Avatar, but that doesn’t mean the film’s crew hasn’t been working hard or making a difference. Production is currently working on multiple movies at once in New Zealand, and the team recently decided to show their appreciation for the country by
When Saudi Arabia announced it was opening movie theaters for the first time in 35 years back in late 2017, there was excitement from international exhibitors and Hollywood studios who saw a fertile new market of opportunity. Importantly, 70% of the Kingdom’s 34M population is under 30 and has money to spend. And spend they have, with
Emma Watson is still a well-known name in varying circles and she’s kept quite busy through the long months of the pandemic. Many of these have been passion projects, including weighing in on ethical and sustainable fashion by joining the sustainability committee at Kering (owner of brands like Gucci) in 2020. She’s also a UN
The Los Angeles tour production of Hamilton now playing at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood had to shut down its performances Friday and through the Christmas weekend because of breakthrough Covid-19 cases among the cast, a blow to those who might have gotten tickets in their stockings this morning. The news impacted Friday’s Christmas Eve
The new musical sequel Sing 2 has been out in theaters for just a few days now, but apparently star Reese Witherspoon got to experience it in a theater full of children prior to the movie’s release. Speaking to Drew Barrymore on the 2021 movie’s release date, December 22, Reese Witherspoon recalled the experience and
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune was an astonishing adaption of the beloved sci-fi book by Frank Herbert and featured Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Zendaya as Chani. The film is enormous, with great performances and moments. Yet, clearly, the director wanted to save certain things for the sequel, specifically Zendaya’s character, who had limited screen time
Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home grossed $31.4 million on Tuesday, off 15% from Monday’s $37.1M at 4,336 locations. All in, Spider-Man: No Way Home counts $328.7 million at the domestic box office through five days, the second-best five-day gross of all time after Avengers: Endgame ($427M) and the highest December five-day gross of all time beating
When you think of words that would describe Jason Statham, dry humor, action skills and a tough guy attitude are the types of things that are likely to come up. However, at home, Jason Statham is a different guy than we see on the big screen. In fact, Rosie Huntington-Whitely previously spoke out about how