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As my colleague Anthony D’Alessandro has noted, the domestic movie box office, starved of product by overlapping strikes, will likely be trimmed by a billion dollars in 2024. So here’s question worth pondering: Would the film industry be healthier if most of that pruning occurred at the very top? There’s a case to be made.

There are long-running movie franchises, and then there’s Star Wars. George Lucas changed the film world forever with A New Hope, and entire generations of moviegoers have been brought up on the galaxy far, far away. Said fans are eager to see what upcoming Star Wars movies are coming now that the Skywalker Saga is

Global box office is estimated to have reached $33.9B for 2023, a 30.5% gain on 2022, according to Gower Street Analytics. While this represents continuing worldwide recovery, the figure remains 15% behind the average of the last three pre-pandemic years (2017-2019). Gower Street also recently estimated that, due in part to this year’s strike-impacted release

Taylor Swift perhaps has the most iconic girl gang one could have, between her storied friendships with other celebrities like Selena Gomez, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and La La Land Oscar winner Emma Stone. And of course, when you’re a bestie of Swift’s, you’re going to get privileges to see her on tour – and

A double-holiday week on Broadway – the final week of 2023 – saw a surge in box office, with many shows posting record numbers. Winner of the week? Disney’s The Lion King, which grossed a massive $4,316,629, not only setting a house record at the Minskoff but a Broadway record for the highest single-week gross

This article gets into some minor spoilers if you haven’t seen Anyone But You, but nothing outside of the realm of the “sexy” shower scene. There’s been a lot of changes made to filming sex scenes on the sets of films and TV shows over the years. Sets are often more closed than they used

B. Riley analyst Eric Wold, who has stayed generally bullish on the movie theater business despite its recent trials, is now warning investors that the arrival of a “down box office year” has made him “increasingly cautious.” In a note to clients about his 2024 outlook, Wold wrote that he expects the stock performance of

2023 was a particularly big year for Jack Black, as he voiced Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Movie. In addition to the Illumination feature becoming one of the most successful movies on the 2023 release calendar and playing a key role in last year being one of the best years for video game movies

Releasing three tentpole movies into December, Warner Bros is walking away with bragging rights to giving the holiday season an important boost – particularly given the absence of an Avatar or a Spider-Man as in recent years. In total, WB’s three titles on release have grossed $700 million since Wonka first began offshore rollout on

We’ve all had that feeling: when things are going really well in your life, you’re able to step outside your own body and assess the awesomeness of the whole situation in its totality. Having this kind of positive revelation is wonderful… though it can also lead to the unexpected blurting out of sentiment. This is

MONDAY AM writethru: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he’s delivering the motion picture industry a $9 billion-plus year at the domestic box office, a feat many thought was unimaginable with the lack of a mega-tentpole over the holiday, coupled by a Q4 impacted by the double strikes. The numbers were compiled from

Mob movies bring a lot of destruction, and a lot death. Some of the most memorable death scenes stay with us long past walking out of the theater or turning off the TV. It’s not always the most violent ones that spook us, though sometimes they do. Here is our haunting list of mob deaths

The indie box office busted out this year, hitting is stride post-Covid with an eclectic string of releases that made a splash artistically and financially. Independents and mini-majors saw $1.47 billion in box office receipts as of Dec. 27, up from $811.7 million in 2022, according to Comscore. Focus Features had the biggest limited opening

A trio of new releases hit theaters on Christmas Day, and while box office numbers overall marked a satisfying end to the year, the new offerings weren’t able to crack the Top 3 to pull ahead of the previous week’s winners. Wonka reclaimed the top spot in its third weekend, earning another $23.95 million, while

There will be blood at the box office in 2024. And not the type that comes with two studio tentpoles going at each other. Nah, as Barbenheimer showed this past year, that’s actually great for business. We’re talking the red-ink kind, and it will be felt on both sides, studios and cinemas, with the latter

One of the best comedies known to this species, or any existing amidst the cosmos, Airplane! was the movie that made brothers Jerry and David Zucker, along with co-writer/co-director Jim Abrahams, into comedy legends. An off-kilter remake of Zero Hour, the picture would turn its creators into overnight sensations, leading studio management at Paramount Pictures

SATURDAY AM: Refresh for updates Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus and he’s delivering the motion picture industry a $9 billion-plus year at the domestic box office; a feat many thought was unimaginable with the lack of a mega-tentpole over the holiday with a Q4 impacted by the double strikes. But it was a

Ryan Gosling’s been a little busy lately, what with all of the Ken-ergy he’s been unleashing as the master of the Mojo Dojo Casa House in the Barbie movie. He previously starred in Netflix’s The Gray Man as a very un-Ken kind of character, but is his schedule too packed for The Gray Man 2? 

Christmas week rang in an estimated $281.4M, +14% from the Dec. 23-29 period a year ago ($246.4M), indicating that moviegoing remains healthy post-pandemic for a family-heavy, yet diversified lineup of movies — this despite the lack of one big five-quad tentpole on marquees. Warner Bros./DC’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom won the week with $58.3M,

You know what all of the best sports movies have in common? Well, besides featuring stories centered around football, baseball, and even roller derby? They all include tremendous performances by actors that are believable and help the audience suspend disbelief, if only for a couple of hours. However, there are also movies where the actors,

Back in 2013, Julianne Moore was eyed for a crucial role in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2. This role was President Coin who was the leader of District 13 looking to be the new President of Panem once she and the other rebels decided to take down the villainous President Snow. It’s

From stories of womanhood and growing up, to historic biopics to slapstick comedy involving theater and a fight club, the films on the 2023 movie schedule blew me away this year! For the first time in my life, I watched over 100 films that came out in a given year, and now I’m here to

They make up one of Hollywood’s most enduring friendships and professional partnerships, so it’s not a shock that Chris Messina fanboyed at the thought of working with both Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.  The Mindy Project star had frequently collaborated with Ben Affleck in the past, appearing as a CIA operative in Affleck’s Best Picture-winning

While opinions are probably still divided on whether Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny was a 2023 movie release schedule triumph or an absolute flop, there are some things we can all agree on. One of those very subjects would probably be how we all wish Ke Huy Quan’s Short Round had returned to

Nearly a decade after the world bid farewell to the comedic genius Robin Williams, millions of fans, friends, and family still feel the void left by his absence. In a moving tribute during the 46th annual Kennedy Center Honors, Whoopi Goldberg emotionally honored her longtime friend and fellow comedian/actor, Billy Crystal. The poignant moment saw

We already know the Kardashians go all-out where Christmas is concerned, and that includes festive fashion. And it looks like youngest sister Kylie Jenner kept up the over-the-top family traditions with her Christmas fit this year, with fans even theorizing that her yuletide look was a reference to her famous beau and Wonka star Timothée

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been known to delight his social media followers with some truly fun posts, and that’s definitely been the case during this holiday season. Just this week, he had some users swooning after he donned his iconic ‘90s fanny pack look. He also recently posted about going to In-N-Out Burger, saying

Mild spoilers for Anyone But You lie ahead. Most probably know by now that Glen Powell pivoted back to rom-coms by way of his latest film, Anyone But You, which pairs him with Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney. But did you know that the 2023 movie release features cameos from Powell’s parents? The Texas native spoke about

Val Kilmer‘s portrayal of Doc Holliday in one of the most iconic ’90s films, Tombstone, left an indelible mark on pop culture. His performance as one of the era’s standout supporting characters is so beloved that it’s nearly inconceivable to envision anyone else in the role. For a fascinating glimpse into what might have been,

Two Indian films Salaar Part 1 – Ceasefire and Dunki buoyed the North American box office on a relatively quiet holiday weekend as Searchlight Pictures’ All Of Us Strangers had a solid per-screen openings and Poor Things a nice expansion. From Tollywood to Bollywood, this was a one-two-punch illustrating the key role of India films