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All was fairly quiet on the specialty box office front the weekend before Thanksgiving. Todd Haynes’ legal thriller Dark Waters has played well with critics as it sits at a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it has the potential to reach the masses. This weekend, the awards season contender starring Mark Ruffalo and Anne Hathaway

7 hours ago We are now less than a month away from the release of J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – which, as many have pointed out, is the final chapter of an incredible cinematic legacy. The Skywalker Saga launched all the way back in 1977, and soon we will be witnessing

Yet another new image from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been released, this time offering us a look at the sequel trilogy heroes reunited and ready for battle. The final film in the Skywalker Saga releases in less than a month’s time, and each day seems to bring with it some new piece of Star

Count Lionsgate/MRC’s Knives Out among the strong wave of paid previews of late at the box office. The Rian Johnson-directed ensemble pic grossed $2M from 936 major and regional theaters over Friday and Saturday 7PM shows. These early paid previews indicate, seriously, early interest in a movie more than when a studio screens a pic for free

6 minutes ago Dolittle opens January 17, 2020 over the holiday weekend leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. How much money will it make in its opening weekend? There are a lot of factors to consider, but one site has thrown down the gauntlet with a prediction. Box Office Pro estimates Dolittle will

Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan will not be joining the rest of the royal family in Sandringham this year for Christmas and the Queen is disappointed by this news. This year marks Archie’s first Christmas, making it a significant one for the young couple. Despite addressing rumors of the state of his relationship with his brother

Refresh for latest…: Disney’s Frozen 2 is off to a hot start overseas with $18.6M from 26 markets at the international box office through Thursday. All debuts were No. 1, while Anna and Elsa now own the biggest animated opening day of all time in Korea ($4.2M) and several other hubs including Indonesia, Turkey, the

49 minutes ago The Marvel Cinematic Universe may be an ever-expanding world, but following the events of Avengers: Endgame, the team of superheroes are down a few members. We’re still processing the deaths of Iron Man and Black Widow over here, as well as the now-elderly Captain America being done with the superhero life. Did

Bruce Lee’s yellow jumpsuit from Game Of Death became iconic in its own right, so here are some other movies that paid homage to it. Before his untimely death at the age of 32, Bruce Lee had already become a cinematic icon. Lee was a famed martial artist and teacher and had high-profile students such

Refresh for updates: Disney’s Frozen 2 fired up previews last night at 6PM raking in $8.5M. That’s an amazing start for an animated pic in November, up there with such previews for summer family pics like Aladdin ($7M),  Finding Dory ($9M) and Toy Story 4  ($12M). Last night’s cash is also ahead or around the previews 

12 minutes ago CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. We’re about to get into some spoilers for Disney’s long-awaited animated movie Frozen II. To explain the end-credits scene, I first need to explain a moment from the movie. So,

Al Pacino leads a diverse group of Nazi hunters in the first trailer for the Jordan Peele-produced Amazon series Hunters. He rose to fame as one half of the sketch comedy duo Key and Peele, but Peele has now left his comedy life far behind to embark on a career as a writer, director and producer

The China release of Lulu Wang’s indie breakout The Farewell has been delayed. The Sundance hit was due in theaters on Friday, November 22, but was abruptly pulled from the schedule this week. There’s been no official word as to the reasons behind the change, although it is believed the family dramedy will get a

11 minutes ago CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Can you believe it has been six years since the original Frozen hit theaters? Sure we remember all the words to “Let it Go” like we heard it yesterday… and

An official follow-up to Joker and a number of other DC villain origin movies may or may not be happening – with conflicting reports emerging for and against. Directed by Todd Phillips, Joker was announced to a wave of skepticism. Fans were soon won over, however, with marketing centered on a tour-de-force performance from Joaquin

Paramount Pictures today announced Chris Aronson as President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution for the film studio. Aronson will report to Marc Weinstock, President of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution and Mary Daily, Co-President of Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. In his role, Aronson will oversee all aspects of domestic theatrical distribution, including theatrical sales, in-theatre marketing, operations,

56 minutes ago With the stars of Jumanji: The Next Level preparing to do press interviews this week, the first screenings of the movie were held tonight, and one member in the exclusive audience was CinemaBlend’s own Sean O’Connell. Without giving a broad sense of his opinion on the matter, he noted that the sequel

In its final season, Supernatural delivers Sam and Dean’s own unique take on Cabin In The Woods. Released in 2011, Cabin In The Woods stars Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly and Franz Kranz alongside notable supporting turns from Sigourney Weaver and Amy Acker, and is renowned for its playful spin on the horror genre. A group of college pals head into the

Broadway box office took a step back last week, with most shows reporting receipt drops from the prior week (which included Veterans Day Weekend, perhaps boosting tourist money). In all, the 36 Broadway productions grossed $32,819,621 for the week ending Nov. 17, about 7% down from the previous week. Attendance, though, held steady at 289,802.

25 minutes ago After 16 years away, the Charlie’s Angels property finally returned to the big screen this past weekend, and things did not go well for it at the box office… like, at all. The new movie starring Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska only pulled in $8.3 million during its first days

Caution: Spoilers ahead for The Walking Dead season 10 The Walking Dead‘s Whisperers are even scarier and more effective on TV than they are in the comic books. In Robert Kirkman’s original The Walking Dead story, the Whisperers arrive in the wake of the landmark All Out War arc against Negan and the Saviors. Alpha’s gang represent

Refresh for latest…: Fox/Chernin Entertainment’s Ford V Ferrari raced its way to a $21.4M start at the international box office this weekend. The Disney release went out in 41 material markets and came in slightly above pre-frame projections. This is a solid start that combines with domestic’s high-octane debut to make for a $52.4M global

1 minute ago Two years. It has been two years today since Justice League came out and disappointed almost everyone. On the 2nd anniversary of that mess, fans got #ReleaseTheSnyderCut trending as part of an organized push to get Warner Bros. to release director Zack Snyder’s original vision for the DC movie. But fans were’t

Gal Gadot has joined in on the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement to get Zack Snyder’s version of Justice League released. There’s been a lot of excitement recently over the possibility of finally getting to see what Snyder originally intended. Snyder left Justice League in early 2017 following the death of his daughter, which then allowed Warner Bros. and Joss

James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari from 20th Century Fox/Chernin Entertainment put $2.1 million in the tank from Thursday box office previews that began at 6 PM. Projections expect the pic being released by Disney to exceed $20M this weekend, maybe even as high as $30M. Great exits for the Christian Bale-Matt Damon movie last night: 4 1/2

15 minutes ago MAJOR SPOILERS ahead on the Alicia Vikander movie Earthquake Bird, which premiered November 15 on Netflix. Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough star in Earthquake Bird, which just premiered on Netflix. The twisty Netflix film, directed by Wash Westmoreland and executive produced by Ridley Scott, is based on the novel by Susanna Jones,

Impeachment: American Crime Story has found its Bill Clinton, with Clive Owen portraying the former US president. Owen joins Beanie Feldstein, who will be portraying Monica Lewinsky. The cast for season 3 of the anthology series, which has so far focused on the biggest scandals of the 90’s, includes Sarah Paulson and Annaleigh Ashford in

In the wake of Terminator: Dark Fate’s failure at the B.O., and Paramount’s recent decision to make Beverly Cops 4 for Netflix, we have the further breakdown of cinema IP in Sony’s Charlie’s Angels reboot which is tanking with a God-awful $8.2M opening, 3 Stars on Screen Engine-Comscore’s PostTrak and a B+ Cinemascore. The Elizabeth Banks-directed-written and

5 minutes ago The leadership over at Marvel Studios may try to keep plot details for the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies secret for a long time, but one thing they do want you to know about as soon as possible is when movies are going to drop in theaters. To that end, it’s been revealed

With a little under two months until the next season of The Bachelor, ABC’s promotional materials featuring Peter Weber are starting to make their rounds on the internet, including a brand new poster of the beloved lead. Alongside a recently released teaser trailer, the poster milks Weber’s status as a pilot for all it’s worth. Weber first