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The phenomenon that is Universal/Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s is currently looking at a global opening of $130M. Fazbear and crew are playing in 64 international box office markets where they are expected to reach $52M through Sunday. The worldwide number reps the biggest horror opening of the year and the biggest global debut ever
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Taylor Swift’s inner circle is a rather star-studded bunch that includes Selena Gomez, Sophie Turner and Blake Lively, among others. Recently, as Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship has heated up, the beloved singer was seen with Deadpool 3’s core creatives too when she hung out with Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy at
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In the wake of Warner Bros’ pushing the Robert De Niro gangster pic Alto Knights to later in 2024, release date changes are aplenty for Disney due to the actors strike, but also Jonathan Majors’ ongoing legal woes. To no surprise, Searchlight won’t be opening the actor’s Sundance critically acclaimed drama Magazine Dreams on Dec.
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Iconic actor Richard Dreyfuss is arguably best known by many for his role as marine biologist Matt Hooper in one of the best horror movies ever. The Jaws actor recently let loose about his less-than-favorable feelings toward the Broadway play The Shark is Broken, which chronicles the behind-the-scenes dynamics between the stars of Jaws –
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When Robert Pattinson was cast as Edward Cullen in Twilight, he won a highly coveted role that tons of Hollywood actors surely fought for. We’ve heard before that Henry Cavill was sought after to play the vampire, and Shadow & Bone’s Ben Barnes, Evil Dead’s Shiloh Fernandez and the franchise’s own Jackson Rathbone were finalists
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Independents are out in force with high-profile fall festival fare from Pricilla to The Holdovers, a big Viva Pictures push with Inspector Sun (voiced by Ronny Chieng), Cannes documentary winner Four Daughters and Waikiki, the debut feature by Hawaiian filmmaker Christopher Kahunahana. the first homegrown feature to be shown there. Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla from A24
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There’s absolutely nothing like the experience of seeing your favorite artist live alongside a sea of fans who know all the lyrics just like you do. But many Taylor Swift fans just came close to that experience in their local movie theaters with The Eras Tour movie. The concert film had the highest-grossing opening weekend
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As Vanessa Hudgens and MLB baseball player Cole Tucker get ready to soon say “I do,” the High School Musical star just went untraditional with a pre-wedding tradition in the most on-brand way. Over the years, Hudgens has made it known how much she loves the Halloween holiday, so now that she’s revealed how she
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Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé, the theatrical release chronicling Beyoncé’s global world tour, will premiere in Los Angeles Nov. 25 and London Nov. 30 before hitting movie theaters around the world December 1. Tickets will be available Nov. 9 in most international markets including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America and the Caribbean, Parkwood Entertainment and
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Imax CEO Rich Gelfond predicts the long SAG-AFTRA strike will settle relatively soon. If, instead, it drags on, theater chains will face a rocky second half of 2024 but he sees the large-format exhibitor standing apart. “An exhibitor who programs a multiplex needs lots of movies,” he told Wall Streeters after Imax reported a record
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Love, Actually is a Christmas rom-com that shows an ensemble of characters experiencing romantic entanglements five weeks before the jolly holiday. It was so memorable that 14 years later, a television short film sequel Red Nose Day Actually brought the original cast together again. As it’s been 20 years since the beloved ensemble film came
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Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino have both been at the filmmaking game for a long time, with the former making his cinematic debut in 1967 with Who’s That Knocking at My Door, and the latter delivering his first feature-length offering, Reservoir Dogs, in 1992. However, not only is the latter’s filmography nowhere near as big
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Broadway box office held steady last week with total grosses for 28 shows tallying up to $28,106,860, with 224,832 ticket buyers paying an average $125.01 per seat. A healthy chunk of those total numbers were contributed by such recent arrivals as Merrily We Roll Along (grossing, for its sold-out week ending Oct. 22, $1,820,753, another
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When it comes to trailblazers in the world of movies, Richard Roundtree ranks pretty high on the list. His time as private detective John Shaft earned him the designation of being the “first Black action hero,” and he built an impressive resume of film and TV work outside of that role. Unfortunately, it’s been announced
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No one knew how big this was going to be, or is going to be but Universal/Blumhouse’s feature take on beloved horror videogame, Five Nights at Freddy‘s is eyeing a $50M+ start possibly even more. At that level, it’s the second-best opening of this autumn’s B.O. behind Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour ($92.8M). Note the
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Following Disney’s delay of Marvel Studios’ Deadpool 3 due to the actors strike, Paramount has made changes to next year’s schedule and beyond. Similar to Deadpool 3, Mission Impossible 8 ne Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part Two needs to restart production, and that is looking unlikely with each day that passes in the SAG-AFTRA
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EXCLUSIVE: EVO Entertainment Group will begin operating as Elevate Entertainment Group (EEG). Simultaneously, the company has acquired Austin-based arthouse chain Violet Crown Cinemas. Elevate Entertainment Group currently operates 15 cinema entertainment centers across the U.S. with an additional four in the pipeline. Violet Crown Cinemas is known for their plush big screen, bar and cafe
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