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When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is an ever changing place, especially as the studio plans the next two phases of filmmaking. There are a ton of very exciting projects coming down the pipeline, including Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. This will be Benedict Cumberbatch’s second solo movie, and will see Stephen Strange work with

Arrowverse producer Marc Guggenheim teases the release of deleted scenes from The CW’s recent crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths. Ever since Arrow introduced Grant Gustin as Barry Allen aka The Flash in its second season, the “Arrowverse,” as it is called, has featured numerous crossovers between its assorted shows based on DC Comics. As

China’s Dalian Wanda Group has issued a statement regarding its AMC Entertainment, calling speculation about the chain filing for bankruptcy “pure rumors.” This comes after an S&P Global report last week forecasted AMC’s depletion of cash by mid-summer and its potential inability to re-open by June, and as chatter has swirled about a possible Chapter

As she detailed, Tom Hanks had milder symptoms. Her temperature soared to 109 degrees Fahrenheit and she lost her sense of taste. Hanks’ temperature wasn’t nearly as high and he still had taste. Following their recovery, the pair has decided to donate some of their blood to a study that is trying to make a

Marvel announces Agents of SHIELD season 7 will premiere at the end of May with the first poster. Marvel TV and ABC joined forces after the phenomenon of The Avengers to bring the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and a revived Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), to the small screen. Over the last several years, Agents of SHIELD has seen its quality rise

Drive-ins continued to hang-on stateside as we weathered our fourth weekend of a coast-to-coast (let’s be honest, global), theatrical shutdown. About 25 drive-ins booked DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour, and among the grosses we could get our hands on (as Universal isn’t reporting numbers) the weekend looked to be north of $60K led by such drive-ins

More recently, as in back in October 2019, Disney tapped a new pair of writers to try and move the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise forward, namely Ted Elliot and Craig Mazin. Elliot has a long history with the movies, as he co-wrote the script for the original trilogy, while Mazin is best known now

One of the heroes that will be featured on DC Universe’s Stargirl is Wildcat and the costume designers have now revealed closer looks at her super-suit. The next hero joining the DC TV landscape is Courtney Whitmore aka Stargirl, one of Geoff Johns’ personal creations as she is based on his late sister. While marketing has heavily

Alibaba Pictures, the entertainment arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has issued a profit warning, saying it expects losses for the financial year ended March 31, 2020 to range from RMB 1.1B-1.2B ($156M-$170M). That would be an increase of over 330% as compared to the previous year. The company cited “complicated difficulties in pursuing

Stanley Tucci’s marriage to Felicity Blunt, who works as a literary agent, is actually his second, having met her two years after his previous wife of 14 years, social worker Kate Tucci (whom he had three children with), succumbed to breast cancer in 2009. However, the actor has continued to have a comfortable, endearing existence

Thanos (Josh Brolin) is dead, but he can still return in the MCU‘s Phase 4. Marvel Studios is currently on a transition period now that the Infinity Saga is complete, which means the franchise is setting up a new overarching narrative that will also ultimately have a culmination down the road. Part of this rebuilding period is introducing

With theaters largely closed due to COVID-19 nationwide (except for a handful of drive-ins), there are many things that make sense financially for major studios when it comes to the distribution of their movies right now. It made sense that current theatrical releases such as Bloodshot, The Invisible Man, The Hunt, Onward, etc. would quickly

Dad’s iPhone Inside Out mostly takes place in the San Francisco bay area, which is a great spot for the film as it’s where Pixar is located. Riley’s dad is working for some sort of ambiguous tech startup, prompting the move for the family. Inside Out is one of the few Pixar films that takes

High Road To China saw Tom Selleck take a swing at an old-fashioned, Indiana Jones-style adventure. Tom Selleck is best remembered for Magnum P.I., with the action series debuting on CBS in 1980. It followed P.I. Thomas Magnum who investigates cases in Hawaii and the show ran for eight seasons before coming to an end

Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi, who exhibition chain like the rest of the industry is shut down due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, earned $6.3 million in total compensation for 2019, up from $5.2 million the year before, the company said Friday in its annual proxy statement filed with the SEC. The year-over-year gain stemmed from

Dazed And Confused Dazed and Confused follows different groups of high school students as they roam around aimlessly looking for something to do after the last day of school in 1976. The film’s cast includes Jason London, Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, Joey Lauren Adams, and Mila Jovovich. Stream it here.

Taking the battle royale genre by storm, Call of Duty Warzone provides the most polished take on a realistic first-person battle royale. Utilizing the guns, visual style, multiplayer maps, and operators form Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Warzone creates the most visually appealing battle royale ever created. Providing a breadth of weapons for players to use and master, the

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that

In Avengers: Endgame, once the pair learn one of them must die in order to retrieve the Soul Stone, they fight one another in order to save the other. Black Widow ends up being the one to win that fight and sacrifices herself to save the world. Within the scene, there’s a conversation between the

The Half of It trailer teases an unconventional love story coming to Netflix. The streaming service has seen an abundance of success in the romantic comedy genre. A variety of films ranging from teen rom-coms such as To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, to more adult-centric features, such as Always Be My Maybe and Someone Great, have all found a dedicated and

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that

Most days, Netflix feels like a bottomless pit of movies, television shows and documentaries – sometimes so much so that more scrolling goes on than viewing. Everyone ventures into their section of the streaming platform, but a lot of subscribers are tuning into the new original comedy Coffee & Kareem, even if the general consensus

Emerging as one of the most popular entries to the ever-growing genre, Call of Duty Warzone provides one of the premier battle royale experiences on the market. Combining the classic Call of Duty feel with realistic first-person shooter mechanics, Warzone is a title filled to the brim with tension. Making use of the polished Modern Warfare engine Warzone is a pseudo-realistic shooter that provides players

A group of 51 European film and audiovisual organizations and individual companies has released a call for action by EU and member state decision makers to safeguard the future of the sector in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The statement, see it in full below, says the industry requires “urgent financial support now and

In Coming 2 America, Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem will return to America to find his long-lost son LaVelle, who is reported to be played by Sorry To Bother You’s Jermaine Fowler. Saturday Night Live’s Leslie Jones is expected to be playing LaVelle’s mother, who had a one night stand with Prince Akeem back in the

No Man’s Sky allows players to hatch their own living, breathing spaceships within one of its newest updates. This guide will help players unlock the ability to hatch a living ship. No Man’s Sky is a game that has received constant updates since its release back in 2016. The game originally released with negative reception, as the

As it faces up to the huge coronavirus challenge, exhibition giant Cineworld has suspended payment of its 2019 fourth quarter dividend of 4.25c per share and upcoming 2020 quarterly dividends in a bid to “conserve cash wherever possible”. The Regal-owner also announced today that executive directors will defer payment of their salaries and bonuses. Non-executive

However, did you ever notice that there are few things about Grease that just don’t “go together?” Musicals have been historically dependent on suspension of disbelief, of course, so I can get past fantastically elaborate dance numbers, flying cars, and even Rydell High being filled with 30-year-olds who were held back a few too many