Holiday moviegoing is still happening, especially with 76% colleges on break through Friday. With that, the majors are programming toward an older-dude demographic with two new releases: the Lionsgate-STX-Anton co-production Greenland 2: Migration and Paramount/18Hz’s monkey horror movie Primate. 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash will prevail in its fourth frame with $20M+, with
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The cast of Harry Potter really hit the ground running when it came to fame. Many of them were tweens or teens when they started, and they were catapulted to an overwhelming level of stardom very fast. This included Katie Leung, who played Cho Chang. Now, the actress is preparing to star in Season 4
With some notable exceptions (like Jonathan Demme’s The Silence Of The Lambs), horror does not have a great track record when it comes to awards season in Hollywood. Movies about monsters and terrors have a tendency to get overlooked by various guilds, organizations, and voting bodies for major prizes. Given this history, it wasn’t terribly
Imax ended 2025 with a record $1.28 billion grossed worldwide, the best year it’s ever had. The slate grew overall and local language films busted out with two of its top five films for the year — Ne Zha 2 ($167 million) and Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle ($95.9 million) — coming from beyond Hollywood. The
It’s been 50 years since the United States celebrated its bicentennial. Gerald Ford was president, Peter Frampton was coming alive on 8-tracks everywhere, and some of the best movies of the ‘70s, and indeed, all-time, were released. We’re talking about Rocky, Taxi Driver, Network, and so much more. I’ve argued in the past that 1986
EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear‘s new U.S. distribution arm has added Disney and Sony vet Frank Patterson as General Sales Manager to their ranks. Patterson will report to David Spitz, Head of U.S. Theatrical Distribution. Patterson counts 30 decades-plus of distribution experience at top studios and leading independent film companies. He will contribute to the division’s theatrical
Some people cry during movies. It’s just a thing that happens. Some people get emotional during films all the time, others only have that happen in a few cases. Michael B. Jordan is man enough to admit that he has cried during movies before, but I have to say I wasn’t expecting the one that
Jurassic Park is undoubtedly one of Steven Spielberg’s best movies, and has also influenced countless projects that followed after going from stop motion to CGI. The movie was a wild success that kickstarted a franchise that’s still going on with Jurassic World Rebirth (which is streaming with a Peacock subscription). But Laura Dern recently got
Sources are telling us this morning that the Stranger Things finale cleared well north of $25M, possibly even $30M, in concession cash to movie theaters over its New Year’s Eve and New Years Day play. Of that figure, $15M was generated by the No. 1 circuit, AMC Theaters off an attendance of 753,000. By comparison,
Leonardo DiCaprio is the epitome of a Hollywood movie star. He’s always seen up on the big screen in box office hits like Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Killers of the Flower Moon and Titanic. Following the theatrical release of his most recent action thriller, One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson,
Research corporation Maoyan Entertainment reported Monday that the China box office finaled at RMB 51.832 billion, or $7.47 billion, in 2025, up 20% over 2024’s take. The year was largely driven by the highest-grossing animated movie ever, Ne Zha 2, which minted $2.12 billion, but also by Disney’s Zootopia 2 which this morning the No. 1
The entertainment community is still reeling from the tragic deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, last month. Many celebrities have shared their reactions and tributes to the couple in the weeks following their passing, including Jamie Lee Curtis and Cary Elwes. Sinners writer and director Ryan Coogler is the latest to do
Adam Sandler is definitely a man of many talents. He’s, of course, best known for being a comedian, but Sandler’s also a versatile actor. His talents are not only evident in his comedic films like Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison but also his dramatic work, such as Uncut Gems and Jay Kelly. It’s been said
Exhibitors in the U.S. like to cry about the encroachment of streaming on theatrical attendance, but they’ve never been to Italy where moviegoing has more or less been in a funk post Covid sans any multi-national circuits in the country. Which is what makes the latest success of the Checco Zalone starring, and co-written comedy
After missing F1 in all its IMAX glory upon hitting the 2025 movie schedule, I finally got to experience the eye-popping Brad Pitt flick over the holidays. Let me tell you, I loved this movie and I’m not even a big fan of the sport like some of my colleagues. With drama, intense racing sequences,
Avatar: Fire And Ash, Zootopia 2 and The Housemaid led the way but a crop of indies of all sizes pulling up behind injected variety, color and coin to a buoyant 2026 box office debut. The weekend’s overall total three-day domestic box office at an estimated $132 million is the best first weekend of a
The trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping made me emotional, as I was in my feels seeing a young Haymitch selected as tribute for the Quarter Quell ahead of his heartbreaking journey. Aside from that, though, I was also struck by the first look at Glenn Close as the Capitol chaperone who
20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash has become the fourth James Cameron movie to earn more than $1 billion at the global box office after Avatar, Avatar: Way of Water and Titanic. The global cume is $1.08 billion with $306.0M domestic and $777.1M international. Remember, no other director other than Cameron owns three $2
There are oh so many reasons to be stoked about the release of Spaceballs 2. It’s the long-awaited sequel to one of the best parody movies ever, it will see a lot of the original cast return (including Rick Moranis), and it’s co-written by Josh Gad. However, one of the reasons I’m the most excited
In a 2025 that generated $8.87 billion at the domestic box office, 780 million people actually went to the movies. That’s roughly two visits a year for every person living in the United States; the nation’s population factored at an estimate of 347.3 million. However, admissions were down from EntTelligence’s 2024 figure of 820 million,
Given all the Dwayne Johnson movies always on the way (including two on the 2026 movie schedule), it’s almost unbelievable that acting isn’t his first career. He first became famous for his WWE career before he earned his first role in a movie in 2001’s The Mummy Returns. As he celebrates 25 years in the
Both Glen Powell and Miles Teller have exciting things coming on the 2026 movie schedule. However, to celebrate the new year, they threw it back to 2022 and Top Gun: Maverick. That’s right, during New Year’s, Keleigh Teller caught a Maverick cast reunion on camera, and it involved the Rooster and Hangman actors getting into
The global box office in 2025 is estimated to close out at $33.5B, per Gower Street Analytics, repping a nearly 12% increase on 2024, but that’s including a unique phenomenon in China where one local production did over $2B. Strip out China, and the global hike is about 8%, much better than the roughly 11%
When it comes to winter fashion, sometimes you just can’t tell what you’re going to get. We’ve seen Kourtney Kardashian dressed as Santa in Target, Alexandra Daddario sporting swimwear in the snow, and all kinds of method dressing, like Zoe Saldaña’s 3D floral number for the premiere of Avatar: Fire and Ash. Rachel Zegler, meanwhile,
FRIDAY PM: If all goes right for 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash this weekend, in addition to crossing $1 billion worldwide, the James Cameron directed sci-fi movie will cross the $300M threshold stateside. Tonight, we’re hearing the pic’s third weekend is around $35M at 3,835 theaters, -44%, after a $13.4M Friday, which will
Last month, it was absolutely devastating to learn about Rob Reiner’s death, which was ruled a homicide alongside his wife in the same incident on December 14, 2025. Since the actor/filmmaker’s passing, Hollywood has shared a lot of tributes to Reiner, who famously helmed When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride, Spinal Tap and so
A new year is upon us, with lots of exciting things to come over the next 365 days — and I’m not just talking about the 20+ sequels that are set for release on the 2026 movie calendar. We’ve got Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding date reportedly in June, and Zendaya will turn the
Daisy Ridley-starring apocalyptic thriller We Bury The Dead from Vertical is one of the few new openings this weekend after the last of the 2025 Hollywood holiday tentpoles and awards contenders rolled out for Christmas and New Year’s. The Sundance-premiering zombie flick written and directed by Zak Hilditch debuts on 1,172 screens. The Plague from
When the Golden Globe nominations came out in December 2025, Sinners was nominated in seven different categories, putting it near the top of the list of contenders. Though it was great to see star Michael B. Jordan and writer/director Ryan Coogler receive their flowers, there were some major snubs among the cast. There’s a case
UPDATED, New Year’s Day on New Year’s Eve business: 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Avatar: Fire and Ash led what was a typical slow New Year’s Eve, making $8.1 million Wednesday and taking its stateside cume to $250.2M. Currently, the Comscore-reported 2025 domestic box office total is at $8.87 billion, up 1.5% from 2024. The data org