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FRIDAY PM: As of this minute, Todd Phillips’ audacious Joker: Folie à Deux is looking at an OK Friday of $20M, including last night’s $7M, and hoping to stay above $50M but could sink to $45M at 4,102 theaters. Numbers-wise, even though it was a PG-13 movie, this looks far too similar to The Marvels,

For most present-day comedy fans, do you even have to say more than “Nick Offerman”, or “Kumail Nanjiani” in the same sentence to pique interest? The answer is no (for most of us, anyway). The two recently shared a great moment on one of Nanjiani’s most recent posts involving the well-reviewed 2013 movie The Kings

Romeo + Juliet, Sam Gold’s new Broadway adaptation of the Shakespeare classic starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, sold out its first three preview performances last week, filling Circle in the Square beyond its seating capacity with a strong average ticket price at $178.94. (NOTE: A previous version of this article stated Romeo + Juliet

In the past few years, Sydney Sweeney has become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood after starring in Euphoria and The White Lotus. Even though the actress just starred in a ton of 2024 movies and has a host of brand deals (with one recent one having her sell products from a bathtub), she

A restored 4k version of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre hits theaters today from MPI Media Group/Dark Sky Films on the 50th anniversary of the iconic indie scarefest by the late Tobe Hooper. It’s booked in 900 theaters with Regal, Cinemark, Cineplex, Marcus, Harkins and all Alamo Drafthouse locations. Other venues include the Music Box

Three years after the debut of Avatar: The Way of Water, the schedule of upcoming 2025 movies includes our next trip to James Cameron’s Pandora. As what we know about Avatar: Fire and Ash signals a change in the sort of scenery we’re used to in the record setting franchise, there’s a pretty wild theory

EXCLUSIVE: After a successful world premiere at Telluride and opening night at the New York Film Festival, and with Rotten Tomatoes critical reviews at 80% fresh, Amazon MGM Studios is taking Orion/Plan B’s Nickel Boys to screens later in December. Originally the RaMell Ross-directed and co-written feature based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was

The world remembers seeing Daniel Radcliffe and Dame Maggie Smith sharing the big screen in the Harry Potter movies. Their chemistry as a young boy wizard and his stern yet endearing professor were off the charts during their scenes at Hogwarts. After the passing of the film legend at the age of 89, Radcliffe tells

ABC and CBS aren’t running spots for Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump early-days biopic The Apprentice during the campaign debates, Deadline has confirmed. Briarcliff Entertainment boss Tom Ortenberg tells Deadline, “The timidity and cowardice of those in the corridors of power in Hollywood never ceases to amaze. Despite all the obstacles thrown in our way, we

In 2017, one of the greatest actors of his generation decided to proverbially hang ’em up. Daniel Day-Lewis, fresh off reuniting with There Will Be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson on the film Phantom Thread, decided that the fashion-centric film would be his last. It turns out, however, that his retirement was short-lived. Seven years

Columbia Pictures’ Saturday Night from Jason Reitman debuted at $265k, a great $53k per theater that’s the second-best limited opening of the year, and the best since June when Kinds Of Kindness also opened in 5 theaters (to a $75k PTA). It’s been a long a slightly dower wait for something to pop. Saturday Night made $108K on

Julia, Sandra, Reese—the best romantic comedies are dominated by queens, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room for a king. Enter Tom Hanks, who has been making moviegoers chuckle and swoon for decades thanks to his classic romantic comedies, several of which partnered him up with another member of rom-com royalty, Meg Ryan. Sure, his

The highest grossing animated movie of all time, Disney’s Inside Out 2, drew 30.5 million views worldwide on Disney in its first five days, not only becoming the No. 1 film premiere YTD, but even more. The sequel dropped on Disney+ on Sept. 25, repping a 104 theatrical window for the movie between cinemas and

The “grumpy veteran police detective” is a well-worn trope but it’s possible nobody has ever done it better than John Ashton. While Ashton had nearly 100 screen credits to his name, he will likely be best remembered as Detective John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop films opposite Judge Reinhold and Eddie Murphy. Yesterday we

UPDATED: We’re in a bit of a getting going/holdover situation for the studios this weekend at the international box office. There are two animated films continuing to roll out in the marketplace — both of which are highly scored, and performing to differing degrees. To wit: Paramount/Hasbro’s Transformers One added $16.6M in 61 markets this

Taking your kids to the theater is honestly one of the best things about being a parent, especially for those of who are incredibly passionate about all things cinema. While taking my kids to see Inside Out 2 on the big screen was one of my favorite memories from the 2024 movie schedule, I recently

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema marketing agency PaperAirplane Media has hit another milestone with 1 million digital assets downloaded from their proprietary platform The Hangar.  PaperAirplane via The Hanger which launched in October 2020, connects movie theaters, studios and theatrical media ad agencies, creating and fostering in-theater promotions. Essentially exhibitors don’t have to go distributor-by-distributor in obtaining marketing materials

Much to my chagrin, Andrew Garfield didn’t get an Oscar nomination for his legendary turn as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network back in 2011. However, his performance in the film about Facebook is one of the elements that is still taking the internet by storm. For example, his laptop smashing scene went super viral

Much to my chagrin, Andrew Garfield didn’t get an Oscar nomination for his legendary turn as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network back in 2011. However, his performance in the film about Facebook is one of the elements that is still taking the internet by storm. For example, his laptop smashing scene went super viral

Close to 40 AMC, Cinemark and Regal multiplexes are closed throughout Florida as the state braces for Hurricane Helene to hit landfall as a Category 4 with a force of 130 mph. Theaters from as far south as Fort Myers, Florida to as far north as Tallahassee, are shuttered. Their tentative re-opening date is tomorrow,

While a new vision of one of the most “hellish” comic book heroes is upon us, for many fans, the 2004 Hellboy cast will always be the definitive iteration. Two decades ago, Academy Award-winning writer and director Guillermo del Toro created one of the best non-Marvel or DC-based superhero movies out of Mike Mignola’s Dark

Indie distributors are fretting about the current marketplace, specifically a glut of films vying for precious theater space and hard-to-snare audiences who, with exceptions of course, still seems mostly willing to come out for big ticket films. While there are fewer wide studio releases than pre-Covid, theaters are giving them more space, up to 60%-70%

Voice acting is an art that is both lucrative and underappreciated. Many of our favorite animated characters wouldn’t be possible without iconic voice actors like Mark Hamill, Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle, and EG Daily. However, Black voice artists can be marginalized and unrecognized for their contributions to the art. Of course, there are notable voice

DreamWorks Animation/Universal’s The Wild Robot grossed $1.95M yesterday from showtimes that began at 2PM in 3,000 theaters. The Lupita Nyong’o voiced movie is expected to lead the box office with a $20M+ take, and that preview take indicates that given previous DWA comps, read it’s higher than Trolls Band Together ($1.3M) which resulted in a

When it comes to Florence Pugh’s best fashion moments over the years, many instances have included the Dune Part Two actress going for it in a sheer look that has definitely led to chatter about her on the red carpet. Last week, Pugh even got real about how internet comments about her body have affected

EXCLUSIVE: Abramorama and Zeitgeist Media are unspooling David Smick’s documentary America’s Burning with a set of special screenings at Regal Cinemas on Monday, Oct. 7 and Oct. 14. This comes following a special return engagement at the Angelika Film Center in NY, and ahead of the documentary’s debut on AppleTV, Amazon and Google Play on

This summer marked two years since Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial reached a verdict, and the actors are attempting to move forward now. Depp in particular is doing so by being the director behind one of the 2024 movies on their way to theaters (Italian theaters at least, for now). As Depp and

Back in 1989, a ten-year old boy, Joshua Dennis from Kearns, UT, was lost in an abandoned mine. He spent five days beneath the Earth, hungry and cold. However, his cry was heard — and a rescue took place. John Skinner, a historian who had familiarity of the mine, and who had premonitions, traveled hundreds

Dwayne Johnson seems like a pretty fun guy, who would be fun to party with. I myself was able to interview The Rock once, and he told me to go to a strip club for my birthday. He’s just that sort of guy. Johnson, by his own admission, is comfortable at a party with pretty

Todd Phillips’ 2019 Oscar-winning Joker did not release in China, but his sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, has been confirmed for October 16 in the market. Warner Bros’ and DC’s official Weibo accounts confirmed the date. Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival