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Box Office: ‘Transformers One’ Loses to ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ in Surprise Upset
In a surprise twist, the bots got squeezed out by Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at the weekend box office. Paramount and Hasbro Entertainment’s Transformers One was expected to open to at least $30 million to $35 million in North America, more than enough to top the chart. Instead, it came in at an an estimated $25 million […]
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How ‘Am I Racist?’ Scored the Top Political Doc Opening in 20 Years by Duping DEI Gurus
[This story contains spoilers for Am I Racist?] “Decolonize yourself. Do your own white supremacy dismantling, and then you can start to bring in other people,” declares Regina Jackson at a Race2Dinner in Atlanta, part of an ongoing series she co-founded with Saira Rao designed to help white women confront their own racism, white supremacy […]
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Movie Theater Chains Put $2.2B Bet on Box Office Rebound With New Upgrades
North American movie exhibitors are set to invest $2.2 billion in new theater upgrades to take advantage of Hollywood’s overall box office rebound this year. On Thursday, the National Association of Theatre Owners said its members were plowing fresh money into the theatrical experience over the next three years to continue drawing cinema-goers out of […]
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Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding Horror Rom-Com ‘Heart Eyes’ Lands February Release
Sony is hoping to scare up some pre-Valentine’s Day moviegoing with Heart Eyes, which the studio has picked up for a Feb. 7, 2025 release date. Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding star in the Spyglass feature, in which the couple-killing Heart Eyes Killer stalks Seattle. When the killer mistakes a pair of co-workers working overtime […]
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Box Office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Stays No. 1 as ‘Speak No Evil’ Impresses and ‘Killer’s Game’ Bombs
Tim Burton and Warner Bros.’ Beetlejuice Beetlejuice lost none of its ghostly mojo in its second weekend and easily stayed atop the box office chart with an estimated $51.6 million as it hurtles toward the $200 million mark domestically. The pic, playing in 4,575 theaters domestically, fell just 54 percent for a 10-day domestic total […]
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Box Office: Revenge of the Franchises
Franchises are both the lifeblood and bane of Hollywood’s existence. When everything clicks, a series can keep consumers intrigued for years if not decades — James Bond, Batman, Star Wars, Mission: Impossible, Superman. But sooner or later, fatigue sets in and the complaints begin (i.e., what happened to originality?) The 2024 summer box office was […]
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Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror #2’ Lands Limited November Release Date After Closing AFI Fest
Prolific filmmaker Clint Eastwood’s thriller Juror #2 will open in select theaters on Nov. 1, days after making its world premiere as the closing-night film of the 38th AFI Fest. The 94-year-old director’s new film stars Nicholas Hoult as a family man who, while serving as a juror on a high-profile murder trial, finds himself […]
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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Tracking for $70M-Plus Opening, Well Behind First Film’s $96M Debut
Warner Bros. has its work cut out for it before Todd Phillips’ divisive sequel Joker: Folie à Deux opens in North American theaters three weeks from now. The movie starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is tracking for a domestic opening of $70 million-plus, at least $10 million behind tracking for the first Joker, which […]
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Box Office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Scares Up Near-Record $111M Domestic Opening
Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is off to a rip-roaring start at the domestic box office as if no time had passed between now and when the first film graced the big screen 36 years ago. From Warner Bros., the first event pic of the fall season opened to a monstrous $111 million, coming […]
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Jason Reitman’s ‘Saturday Night’ Movie to Make Awards Push Early in Theaters
Sony is ramping up its award campaign plans for filmmaker Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night Live movie, a dramatic recreation of the 90 minutes leading up to the iconic NBC show’s first episode in the mid-1970s. The studio announced late Thursday that it will release Saturday Night in select theaters on Sept. 27 in New York, […]
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Studios to Avoid Releasing Movies Around Election Day: “It’s Going to Be a S***show”
Studios have voted — and the decision is unanimous. For the first time anyone can remember, the box office marquee notably will be devoid of new all-audience releases the weekend following the 2024 presidential election. The first and second weekends of November have become fertile ground in terms of launching a movie before the year-end […]
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Box Office: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Delivers Pulpy $13M in Previews
The Juice is on the loose. Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice grossed a promising $13 million in Thursday and Wednesday previews at the North American box office. The Warner Bros. event pic is on course to deliver one of the biggest September openings of all time with anywhere from $90 million to $110 million […]
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