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After emerging from bankruptcy in the U.S. last summer, Regal parent Cineworld is exploring options for its UK business that could include a potential sale or restructuring, Sky News reported over the weekend. According to the report, the world’s second largest cinema operator has enlisted AlixPartners, which helped its lenders navigate bankruptcy, as consultant and

The very first Academy Awards Ceremony was held on May 16, 1929 and, every year for almost a century, the biggest and brightest stars of Hollywood have gathered to honor all those who have made some of our favorite movie moments possible—well, almost all. One major oversight in many people’s minds has been the lack

Cardio is good. Sony Pictures Classics’ 4k rerelease of Run Lola Run had a healthy weekend, opening to an estimated $154k on 275 screens. This is the 25th anniversary of the U.S. debut of Tom Tykwer’s German experimental thriller that sees flame-haired Lola (Franka Potente) on the move in Berlin, pounding the pavement to come up

Major spoiler below for the horror thriller The Watchers, so tread through the forest carefully if you haven’t yet watched. Before drilling down into the questions that have themselves been drilled down into my own brain, I want to make two things quite clear. First, I think The Watchers is a fun, spooky, and interesting

If you’re any sort of film fan, then I’m sure you’ve seen some Oliver Stone movies.  On a basic level, you’ve likely seen one of the best war movies of all time, Platoon. Or, if you’re not into war flicks, then you’ve probably seen his historical drama, JFK. Hell, if you want to get into

In the war on streaming, Will Smith is doing his part to get butts back in theater seats. The Academy Award-winner surprised fans at a recent screening of his new movie, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment in the buddy cop franchise. He snuck out of the theater at Cinemark Baldwin Hills Crenshaw

I identify as Christian, but I’m not the kind of guy who blasts gospel music (I’d much rather blast Slayer. It sounds better). I also like country music, but I’m not the kind of person where that’s all I listen to. (Why would I when MF DOOM’s–rest his soul–music exists?)  So, I’m Christian, and I

When was the last time you revisited 2009’s Splice? In case it’s been a minute, or you’ve never seen it, let me remind you that it is one of the most underrated and best horror movies of the 2000s. Some think it’s a bad movie with a great plot, but frankly, I think it’s one

Field of Dreams came out a little more than a year after I was born, and over the past few decades, I’ve watched the classic Kevin Costner movie more times than I can even begin to count. I love this movie, have read the book on which it was based, consider it one of the

EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber SVP of Theatrical Acquisitions & Distribution Wendy Lidell will depart the company at the end of June following a great eight year run at the indie distributor. The company’s Chief Revenue Officer Lisa Schwartz will oversee theatrical distribution and acquisitions in the interim and will continue to report to President Ed Carroll.

Ahead of his highly anticipated appearance in this year’s upcoming Deadpool and Wolverine, Hugh Jackman has already locked in his next big project. The versatile Australian actor is trading in his adamantium claws for sheep shears in Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie, which is set to be a fun and intriguing venture. Amazon

It’s a big weekend for critically acclaimed indies in limited release as well as a handful of moderate openings, including Richard Gere’s latest film Longing. The provenance of that is unusual as the film from Lionsgate/Grindstone is a Canada-set remake of a 2017 Israeli drama. The original was quite well received, but the film opening

When looking over all the Mel Brooks movies, it’s safe to say that 1987’s Spaceballs, a parody of the original Star Wars movies, is one of the filmmaker’s more well-known cinematic offerings. Among the funniest jokes in the movie is when Brooks as Yogurt informed Bill Pullman’s Lone Starr that they may meet again in

In the months following Jason Kelce’s retirement from the NFL and leading up to him joining ESPN, he’s been living it up online and getting into all sorts of humorous debates. Most recently, the former Philadelphia Eagles center got into it on X about whether or not you should wash your feet. Now, as Martin Lawrence

FRIDAY AFTERNOON: Exhibitors and distribution execs, even non-Sony ones, are breathing a sigh of relief as it looks like the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence fourthquel Bad Boys: Ride or Die is heading to $50M this weekend at 3,885 theaters. This is after a $20M-$21M Friday, which includes Thursday night previews of $5.9M. Last night’s evening shows

Just when you thought The Hunger Games film franchise was over once Katniss’ story concluded, we got the first Hunger Games prequel in 2023 about a young President Snow. Then, the news just kept getting better when we found out a prequel film about Katniss’ mentor Haymitch was in the works! With the Suzanne Collins

It stands to reason that with announcement of another Hunger Games novel by Suzanne Collins, due out on March 18, 2025, Lionsgate would greenlight another movie. The big screen take of the next prequel, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, will hit screens on Nov. 20, 2026 and the franchise filmmaker of the last

It’s an exciting time to be a Lord of the Rings fan! Between The Rings Of Power Season 2 taking us back to Middle-earth this summer and Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis making a LOTR movie from the fantasy world, there’s a lot to look forward to. Considering how classic the original trilogy has become,

Earlier this year, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire arrived on the 2024 movies schedule, arriving three years after the release of Godzilla vs. Kong and just two months after the end of the TV series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which can be streamed with an Apple TV+ subscription. The latest MonsterVerse movie has done

Paramount’s A Quiet Place: Day One hit three-week tracking today with an outlook of $40M+ over three days starting June 28. That’s not that far from the last installment, A Quiet Place Part II, which was the first major Memorial Day weekend release as theaters reopened from Covid in 2021 and posted a $47.5M 3-day.

When it comes to what we know about Celine Song’s Materialists, the most exciting detail revolves around the fact that Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal will be leading the cast of this rom-com. We also know that production is in full swing in New York City as Johnson and Evans have been spotted

Sony‘s Bad Boys: Ride or Die hopefully will hit $75M or more in its global debut this weekend, in a marketplace that has suffered from not only lackluster product but lack thereof. Broken out, that’s $40M+ in U.S. and Canada and $35M abroad in a 92% footprint. Presales for the R-rated fourthquel are behind that

As Will Smith revisits the Bad Boys franchise this weekend with Ride Or Die, the actor has been working on another exciting sequel, this time with Michael B. Jordan. Smith has been confirmed to be making I Am Legend 2 since it was announced in fall 2022. Jordan has now shared the latest on crafting

Who doesn’t love a good reunion, especially when the subject is a well regarded sequel like 1993’s Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit? Out of nowhere, star Whoopi Goldberg assembled just that occasion thanks to a recent episode of the long-running ABC talk show The View. While there’s still no update on the long

Jennifer Lopez continues to steamroll on streaming as the Netflix sci-fi film Atlas has clocked close to 60 million global views (or 119.4M hours viewed) with the title maintaining a No. 1 hold on the streamer’s top 10 film chart for the second week in a row. It also gives the multi-platinum selling, 2x Golden

Glen Powell is just getting started. The rising movie star is having a real moment following the success of 2023’s box office hit rom-com, Anyone But You. He is following up the star-making performance with leading roles in Hit Man and Twisters, two highly anticipated 2024 films that have certified Powell’s status as Hollywood’s new

NEON has dated their fifth Cannes Palme D’Or winner Anora for Oct. 18 per Comscore in what will be a limited release. October is the traditional launch pad for NEON with their Palme D’Or winning fare including 2019’s ultimate Oscar Best Picture winner Parasite (Oct. 11), 2021’s Titane (Oct 1), 2022’s Triangle of Sadness (Oct.

Among the most exciting upcoming 2024 movies on the way is Part 1 of the Wicked movie, starring Ariana Grande as Glinda the Good Witch. The movie will mark the pop star’s biggest acting role ever, and her brother, Frankie Grande, is throwing in some major early support for her performance in the big movie

LGBTQ+ visibility has changed and increased after years of being sidelined on the silver screen. However, seeing Black LGBTQ+ representation on film is still sparse, with notable exceptions. The underrepresented group has taken center stage in beloved movies, including Brother to Brother and Holiday Heart. In recent years, acclaimed projects like The Inspection and Blackbird

Broadway box office held fairly steady as the industry settled into a post-Memorial Day summer, with most productions reporting some slippage from the holiday traffic highs. In all, the 35 productions grossed $33,662,845 for the week ending June 2, down about 5% from the previous week (but up 8% over last year at this time).