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George Carlin wasn’t just a comedian; if you’ve seen the documentary about his life you know he was a philosopher with a microphone, a master of pointing out life’s quirks and contradictions with a razor-sharp wit. Whether the Bill & Ted Excellent Journey actor was dissecting the insanity of human behavior, poking fun at language,

After six days of release worldwide, Disney’s record-breaking Moana 2 stands at $404.5M, passing this year’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ($397.4M) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die ($404.5M), already the No. 9 movie of the year. Yesterday, Moana 2 led at the domestic box office with $5.7M, -83% from Sunday, taking its

It’s been nearly 10 years since it was announced that Robert Eggers would be remaking one of the best horror flicks of all time in Nosferatu. Thankfully the long wait is about to come to an end, with the film starring Bill Skarsgård as its titular monster making its debut on the 2024 movie calendar

MONDAY AM: Everything is higher: Disney’s Moana 2 is settling its 5-day at $225.2M, while Universal’s Wicked is coming in at $118.2M, and Paramount’s Gladiator II at $44.3M. Disney 3-day for Moana 2 is $139.7M after a $34.7M Sunday, -31% from Saturday. For a project that was originally destined to be on Disney+, and was

Performing for a camera is far different than performing for a live audience. I mean, that seems like a no-brainer. Any kind of entertainment not done live is always polished to perfection, whether it be for a movie, TV show or music video. If anything is shot live, there’s a distinct kind of fear, because

Under general circumstances, one would find it hard to justify a remake of Nosferatu. Not only are there oh-so-many cinematic variations of Dracula already (both classic and modern), but F.W. Murnau’s original movie from 1922 still stands out as a singular interpretation of the story that holds an important place in the history of film

MONDAY UPDATE with Moana 2 actuals: Now that Sunday’s actuals are in, Disney’s Moana 2 has surfed even higher across its launch frame domestically, swelling the global start to $389M. That’s a new milestone as Disney confirmed the phenom has posted the highest ever reported animated opening weekend at the global box office, overtaking the previous

The following contains spoilers for Moana 2. In the modern media landscape where streaming has become a major part of every movie studio’s production, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to tell the difference between what qualifies as a television show and what’s a movie. Streaming platforms provide both in equal measure. Some streaming movies may get

When it came to opening a sequel to a classic animated movie, Disney didn’t rest on their laurels in selling Moana 2. Already, the original 2016 2x Oscar nominated movie has a built-in faithful; the pic being one of the most viewed Disney movies on Disney+. Expanding the brand to a worldwide audience, the Burbank,

First, I want to apologize for taking so long to finally watch Lisa Frankenstein. You know how it goes – tons of movies released on the 2024 movie schedule, and it’s sometimes hard to keep up with every single one of them, but Zelda Williams’ Lisa Frankenstein was on my list, especially since the story

There was much to be thankful for at the box office this weekend. After “Wickediator” proved to be a success on a huge pre-Thanksgiving weekend, the good fortune continued with Moana 2’s release on the 2024 movie calendar. That’s actually an understatement, because while the Auliʻi Cravalho-led Disney animated sequel exceeded expectations and broke several

SUNDAY AM UPDATE after Nov. 30 post 11:21AM: The Thanksgiving stretch is delivering an unprecedented estimated $420M at the domestic box office, that’s according to Comscore since our post yesterday. EntTelligence reports 46M turkeys were eaten over the holiday while 30M people saw the top three movies. Moana 2 pulled in 17.4M admissions, Wicked 8.7M people while Gladiator II counted $3.3M

Let’s be honest, sometimes movies about religion can be a brutal watch. Whether it’s a message that pounds you over the head like a hammer, or just a boring pace that covers topics that many, even believers, can’t get through. There are plenty of exceptions though, like this list of religious movies that aren’t a

During the course of a record Thanksgiving weekend, Universal’s Wicked: Part One has become the highest grossing movie ever at the domestic box office based on a Broadway musical. Through yesterday, the Jon M. Chu-directed, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-starring feature counts $214.3M in the midst of its second weekend, defeating the lifetime gross of

Since the mid-1980s when hip-hop fully entered the popular culture, filmmakers have been including dope beats and great rhymes in the soundtracks of their movies, creating some of the best soundtracks of all time. Just as hip-hop hasn’t faded, nor has the use of it in movies over the last four-plus decades. Here are some

If our hopes hold, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon will have a project on the 2025 movie schedule. At least that’s what we’ve put into the universe when keeping in mind everything we know about RIP, their new team-up for Netflix. While there was a Thanksgiving break in shooting this next picture, this hasn’t stopped

The Thanksgiving stretch is delivering an unprecedented and estimated $422M at the domestic box office. AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron says that this weekend is “a national phenomenon” when it comes to moviegoing. That Wednesday through Sunday tally for all movies breaks the previous Thanksgiving record for all titles from 2018 when Ralph Breaks the

Now that Moana 2 has been released on the 2024 movie schedule, I’m feeling all the nostalgia for the Disney princesses I grew up loving. With that comes thoughts akin to those I had as a child about what it’d be like if my favorite princesses met. Thankfully, Auliʻi Cravalho, the actress who voices Moana,

Black Friday typically is one of the highest-grossing box office days on the calendar, but this year it’s coursing to an all-time record with around $107M+ for all movies, led by Disney’s Moana 2. Friday also has a shot at being the highest-grossing day of 2024 to date, outstripping the $118.3M on Friday, July 26,

I’ve always been a huge fan of scary movies, and I’ve seen most of the best horror movies. However, one area that I feel I’m sorely lacking in is with old, Universal horror movies. I’ve seen Frankenstein and Dracula, but I’m sad to say that I’ve never seen The Mummy, The Invisible Man, or Creature

While Mission: Impossible fans are excited for the eighth film’s debut as part of the lineup of upcoming 2025 movies, there’s also a bit of sorrow ahead. Why? Well, because The Final Reckoning is going to be the first without franchise star Rebecca Ferguson since 2015’s Rogue Nation, and intrepid operative Ilsa Faust is going

Sony is moving StudioCanal’s Paddington in Peru to Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day weekend, Feb. 14. The film was originally set to go over MLK weekend, Jan. 17, 2025. The news comes in the wake of the Dougal Wilson directed threequel notching the best UK opening for a British production since 2021’s No Time to

If you were not entertained by Gladiator II or at least have not been entertained yet by Gladiator II, please pop out of this spoilery article and read one of our other lovely and spoiler-free articles on CinemaBlend. When Gladiator II hit the 2024 movie release schedule, one of my big concerns would be that

Refresh for latest…: Disney’s Moana 2 is off to a splashy start in its early international box office markets, diving in at $8.8M on Wednesday from 10 total with the sequel No. 1 in each. Included in that bunch, France saw the best opening day of 2024 and the 2nd highest animated opening day of all

SPOILERS for Wicked: Part 1 are ahead! Also, I don’t dive into what happens in Act 2 of the musical – so, you are safe from those here. If you haven’t seen the film yet, you can catch it in theaters now. I grew up watching The Wizard of Oz; I played it on repeat

Notting Hill is undoubtedly one of the best romantic comedies ever seen, so the idea of Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant returning to play the characters from the 1999 movie sounds like a great idea in theory. However, as the movie’s writer, Richard Curtis, recently spoke to, when he pitched a sequel idea to Roberts,

Here’s a box office benchmark you don’t see often, if at all: A major Hollywood star has two No. 1 theatrical release openings in the same calendar month, that accomplishment going to Dwayne Johnson. For the month of November, Johnson saw a No. 1 opening in the Amazon MGM Studios Red One on Nov. 15

Everybody makes mistakes but that fact does not make it any less frustrating when a character in a movie makes a blunder. Sometimes, the person we are supposed to be rooting for does something that makes us more furious than anything the bad guy is responsible for. See what we mean by reliving these moments

The worst thing a studio can do on a massive weekend like this is over-project. And if there’s one thing about Thanksgiving forecasts, they always get over-projected. Right now, Disney’s Moana 2 is putting up an estimated $54M first day, inclusive of Tuesday’s Walt Disney Animation preview record of $13.8M. This will coast the Dwayne

After writer/director Damien Chazelle made two of the most critically acclaimed movies of the 2010s, it felt like a big-budget follow-up starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie would be a shoo-in for a box office and critical success. However, that was very much not the case with 2022’s Babylon. The movie earned mixed reviews from