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Inside Out 2 Collects $100M
Inside Out 2 Sets Record
box office
Jun 23, 2024 12:50 PM CDT

Inside Out 2 Sets Record

Animated film's weekend take is $100M

(Newser) - Weekend No. 2 was just as joyous for Inside Out 2. The Pixar sequel collected $100 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, setting a new record for an animated movie in its follow-up frame in theaters. The previous best second weekend for an...

Actor Donald Sutherland Is Dead at 88
Actor Donald Sutherland
Is Dead at 88
Jun 20, 2024 12:44 PM CDT

Actor Donald Sutherland Is Dead at 88

Son Kiefer announces the Hollywood icon's death

(Newser) - Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from M.A.S.H. to the Hunger Games, has died at age 88, per the AP . Kiefer Sutherland, the actor's son, confirmed his father's death Thursday on social media . No further details were immediately available....

Inside Out 2 Opens Huge
Inside Out 2
Opens Huge
box office
Jun 16, 2024 12:15 PM CDT

Inside Out 2 Opens Huge

Animated sequel posts biggest debut since Barbie

(Newser) - Hollywood's summer movie anxieties gave way to industry joy this weekend with the massive debut of Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2. The animated sequel totaled $155 million in ticket sales from 4,440 theaters in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not only is...

Bad Boys: Ride or Die Gives Will Smith a Hit
Will Smith Rebounds With
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
box office
Jun 9, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Will Smith Rebounds With Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Film is the actor's best showing since Oscars slap

(Newser) - Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action comedy series, opened with an estimated $56 million in theaters over the weekend, handing Hollywood a summer hit and Smith his biggest success since he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. Expectations were all over...

Janis Paige Starred in Films, on Broadway
Star Thought
She Was
'Washed
Up at 25'
obituary
Jun 3, 2024 6:55 PM CDT

Star Thought She Was 'Washed Up at 25'

Janis Paige, 101, starred in films and on Broadway

(Newser) - Janis Paige, a popular actor in Hollywood and in Broadway musicals and comedies who danced with Fred Astaire, toured with Bob Hope, and continued to perform into her 80s, has died. She was 101. Paige died Sunday of natural causes at her Los Angeles home, the AP reports. Paige starred...

Most Hollywood Flicks Fail a 'Climate Reality Check'

New research shows that majority of films don't accurately reflect current climate crisis

(Newser) - Aquaman may not mind if the oceans rise, but moviegoers might. That's one of the takeaways from a new study conducted by researchers who set out to determine if today's Hollywood blockbusters are reflective of the current climate crisis. The vast majority of movies failed the "climate...

Garfield , Furiosa Switch Places
Garfield, Furiosa Switch Places
box office
Jun 2, 2024 11:50 AM CDT

Garfield, Furiosa Switch Places

New releases don't make much of a mark

(Newser) - It was a quiet weekend at North American movie theaters, dominated once again by Sony's The Garfield Movie, Warner Bros.' Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and a slew of holdovers. The Garfield Movie collected a chart-topping $14 million in ticket sales while Furiosa settled into third place in...

US Actor Accused of Stabbing Ex Arrested at Mexico Border

Nick Pasqual charged with attempted murder after arrest at border checkpoint

(Newser) - A Hollywood actor accused of brutally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in Los Angeles has been arrested at a border checkpoint in Texas. Nick Pasqual, whose credits include a 2011 episode of How I Met Your Mother, is to be extradited to California to face charges including attempted murder and residential burglary,...

Furiosa , Garfield Top Weak Weekend
Furiosa Tops Weak Weekend
box office
May 26, 2024 2:00 PM CDT

Furiosa Tops Weak Weekend

Industry now counts on June, July releases

(Newser) - Movie theaters are looking more and more like a wasteland this summer. Neither Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga nor The Garfield Movie could save Memorial Day weekend, which is cruising toward a two-decade low. Furiosa, the Mad Max prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, claimed first place for the...

Audiences Like IF More Than Critics Do
IF Captures
Imaginations
box office
May 19, 2024 1:55 PM CDT

IF Captures Imaginations

John Krasinski's project is the first family-friendly film to open in weeks

(Newser) - John Krasinski's imaginary friends movie IF claimed the top spot at the box office this weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Its $35 million North American debut was a bit lower than some projections. That could be an ominous sign of the box office times—or not, the AP...

Latest Apes Installment Has Series' Second-Biggest Opening
New Planet of the Apes Film
Outdraws Rest of Top 10
box office
May 12, 2024 2:45 PM CDT

New Planet of the Apes Film Outdraws Rest of Top 10

Latest installment rides positive reviews

(Newser) - Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes reigned over the weekend box office with a $56.5 million North American opening, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a surge to an uncertain season in theaters. The film from 20th Century Studios and Disney that built on the rebooted Apes trilogy...

B-Movie Icon Roger Corman Is Dead at 98
He Was a B-Movie Giant,
Launched A-Level Stars
obituary
May 12, 2024 6:10 AM CDT

He Was a B-Movie Giant, Launched A-Level Stars

Roger Corman is dead at 98

(Newser) - Roger Corman, the "King of the Bs" who helped turn out such low-budget classics as Little Shop of Horrors and Attack of the Crab Monsters and gave many of Hollywood's most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died at age 98. Corman died Thursday at his home...

Art Directors Guild Has Bleak Message for Up-and-Comers

'We cannot in good conscience encourage you to pursue our profession'

(Newser) - It's a double whammy for those looking to break into the field of TV and movie production: Not only is the Art Directors Guild suspending an annual job-placement program for newbies, it delivered the news to would-be applicants with a seriously depressing message about their career choice:
  • "We
...

The Fall Guy Starts Hollywood's Summer Slowly
Ryan Gosling's
Fall Guy Starts Slowly
box office
May 5, 2024 1:50 PM CDT

Ryan Gosling's Fall Guy Starts Slowly

Debut comes up short of forecasts despite positive reviews

(Newser) - The Fall Guy, the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer season that's very much to be determined for Hollywood. The Universal Pictures release opened on a weekend that Marvel...

Americans Don't Want to Sit Through 2-Hour Movies

A new poll says 92 minutes is the magic number for movie length, but not everyone agrees

(Newser) - Are Americans tired of sitting through endless movies? A new poll surveying 2,000 Americans from Talker Research suggests so. It found that:
  • Most respondents chose 92 minutes as the ideal movie length
  • 15% of respondents wanted to watch movies longer than 120 minutes
  • Only 2% liked movies over 150
...

Sex on the Big Screen Is Falling Out of Fashion

It may be hotter, more risque in some films, but sexual content fell 40% from 2000, per one analyst

(Newser) - You wouldn't know it if you've recently seen Saltburn , Poor Things , or Challengers , but sex scenes in Hollywood movies are actually experiencing a downturn. That's according to data analyst Stephen Follows , who was commissioned by the Economist to look into the status of erotic content on the...

Challengers Opens No. 1
Zendaya Fans
Rush to Challengers
box office
Apr 28, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Zendaya Fans Rush to Challengers

Exit poll shows 55% of audience was drawn by the star

(Newser) - The sexy tennis drama Challengers won the box office this weekend with $15 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Zendaya and castmates Mike Faist and Josh O'Connor have been on a globetrotting press tour promoting Italian director Luca Guadagnino's original film, which opened in 3,477...

Blair Witch Project Actors: Studios Have Cheated Us

Trio asks for retroactive payment over the 1999 blockbuster

(Newser) - The three actors in the unexpected 1999 blockbuster The Blair Witch Project say it's long past time they were fairly compensated for their work. In an open letter to Lionsgate, Rei Hance (then known as Heather Donahue), Joshua Leonard, and Michael Williams ask for retroactive money as well as...

Civil War Holds Off Horror Flick
Civil War
Holds Off
Horror Flick
box office
Apr 21, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Civil War Holds Off Horror Flick

'Abigail' comes in second on a slow weekend

(Newser) - Civil War, Alex Garland's ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday. The A24 election-year gamble, the indie studio's biggest budgeted film yet, took in $11.1 million in ticket sales at 3,929 theaters over...

Tram Crash Injures 15 a Universal Studios
Theme Park Tram
Crashes, Injuring 15
Apr 21, 2024 10:05 AM CDT

Theme Park Tram Crashes, Injuring 15

A problem with the brakes is suspected

(Newser) - A tram taking passengers on a tour of Universal Studios Hollywood crashed on Saturday night, injuring more than a dozen people. Authorities said the last of the tram's four cars hit a rail while moving down a parking structure's incline, the Los Angeles Times reports. "There was...

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