EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros‘ highly anticipated Paul King-directed feature musical Wonka has hit early tracking six weeks before its release on Dec. 15 with box office analytics corp The Quorum predicting a $20M-$23M opening. Note it’s still early in the campaign, so there’s potential for upside. Unlike other tracking services which project three weeks before a
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Hollywood said goodbye to The Hunger Games movies eight years ago when Mockingjay Part 2 brought Katniss Everdeen’s story to a close for good. Following the trilogy, the books’ author Suzanne Collins became inspired by Panem once again, and she wrote her 2020 prequel novel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Now, this Hunger Games
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A24’s Priscilla by Sofia Coppola catapults from four screens to 1,300, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers from Focus Features expands to 60 from six and two new indies have wide debuts — What Happens Later from Bleecker Street, directed by and starring Meg Ryan, opens at 1,400 locations and Daisy Ridley-starring The Marsh King’s Daughter from Roadside
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News Minneapolis Venue First Avenue Officially Recognizes Hospitality Workers Union The union, which was proposed to management on Thursday, will represent around 200 hospitality workers across First Avenue Productions’ Twin Cities venues By Hattie Lindert November 4, 2023 Facebook X The exterior of First Avenue in Minneapolis, photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Facebook X Minneapolis music
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The ramifications of the actors strike at the weekend box office continues to be felt, as ticket sales this weekend plummeted to $58.3M, which is currently the third-lowest of 2023. Remember, Legendary/Warner Bros’ Zendaya-Timothee Chalamet-Austin Butler-Florence Pugh sequel Dune: Part Two was originally set to play this weekend, and with its departure, there’s at least
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News Romero Guitarist Adam Johnstone Dies at 32 The Australian musician had been living with cancer since 2019 By Madison Bloom November 4, 2023 Facebook X Adam Johnstone, photo by Georgina Savage Facebook X Adam Johnstone, lead guitarist for Australian power pop group Romero, died on October 17. He was 32. Johnstone’s brother and bandmate
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Today, Universal/Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy‘s is clocking past the $100M domestic mark, a box office milestone for the studio when it comes to its experimental theatrical day-and-date releases on its Peacock streaming service. That’s not only the highest that Uni has seen from a pic that’s been distributed via such means at the box
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Image Credit: Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock Possible romance? Jason Sudeikis, 48, was photographed in attendance at the Guns N’ Roses concert in Los Angeles alongside actress Lake Bell, 44, on November 1 (see PHOTOS HERE). During the fun night on the town, the Ted Lasso star sported a casual, yet trendy, ensemble. Jason was spotted with a bubblegum pink hoodie and
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For over 100 days now, tons of actors have been out of work and on the picket line during SAG-AFTRA’s actors strike as the organization goes back and forth with Hollywood studios on updated negotiations for actors in the age of streaming and AI. Part of the strike has meant actors are not promoting their
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Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble said Apple and Amazon, two behemoths of the tech world but newcomers to the wide-release movie business, are so far “very pleased” with their results. During a conference call with Wall Street analysts to discuss third-quarter results, the major exhibitor boss said Cinemark’s conversations with the two tech firms indicate they
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After Brendan Fraser joined the list of 2023 Oscar winners for his acclaimed performance in The Whale, he continued The Brenaissance by appearing in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon as the lawyer of Robert De Niro’s character. However, despite the historical drama’s incredible reviews, some are criticizing The Mummy star’s performance in the
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