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Wicked , Gladiator II Can't Match Barbenheimer
Wicked, Gladiator II
Can't Match Barbenheimer
box office
Nov 24, 2024 1:15 PM CST

Wicked, Gladiator II Can't Match Barbenheimer

Debuts nevertheless are a boost for theaters

(Newser) - With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, Wicked and Gladiator II breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year. Jon M. Chu's lavish big-budget musical Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, debuted...

Ahead of Wicked Debut, a Request From AMC

Theater chain reminds moviegoers in ad to watch the Ariana Grande movie silently, not sing along

(Newser) - The Ariana Grande film Wicked premieres on Friday, and one theater chain is already sending out a warning to potential moviegoers: Please don't sing along during the flick. The Independent reports that the AMC theater chain is issuing its red flag during a brief PSA before each showing of...

Red One Tops Weekend Before Wicked, Gladiator II
Audiences, Studios Seem
to Await Wicked, Gladiator II
box office
Nov 17, 2024 12:15 PM CST

Audiences, Studios Seem to Await Wicked, Gladiator II

Red One tops weekend without being a major draw

(Newser) - Moviegoers were not yet feeling the holiday spirit this weekend, or at least not the cheer Red One was offering. The big budget, star-driven action comedy with Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans sold $34.1 million in tickets in its first weekend in theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It...

Venom Holds Off Horror, Holiday Challenges
With Few Challenges,
Venom Repeats
box office
Nov 10, 2024 12:40 PM CST

With Few Challenges, Venom Repeats

(Newser) - Venom: The Last Dance has been no blockbuster in North American theaters. But in a lethargic fall moviegoing season, even a so-so performing superhero sequel can rule the box office for three straight weeks. For the third weekend in a row, the film has been the No. 1 movie at...

Venom 3 Stays Strong as Here Goes Nowhere
Venom 3 Stays Strong
as Here Goes Nowhere
box office
Nov 3, 2024 12:30 PM CST

Venom 3 Stays Strong as Here Goes Nowhere

Reviews don't help Tom Hanks, Robin Wright reunion

(Newser) - Venom: The Last Dance enjoyed another weekend at the top of the box office. The Sony release starring Tom Hardy added $26.1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was a relatively quiet weekend for North American movie theaters leading up to the US election. Charts...

Anna Kendrick Felt 'Gross' Getting Paid for New Film

Actor says she donated money she made from Woman of the Hour to anti-violence charities

(Newser) - Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, began streaming this month on Netflix, and it's garnering decent reviews . But while the 39-year-old Pitch Perfect actor is accepting praise for the film—which the AP describes as a "chilling, based-on-a-true-story drama about when a 1970s serial killer...

Venom Installment Wins but Not Convincingly
Venom Has a Low-Grade Victory
box office
Oct 27, 2024 1:40 PM CDT

Venom Has a Low-Grade Victory

Performance reflects a down year for superhero films

(Newser) - Venom: The Last Dance showed less bite than expected at the box office, collecting $51 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, significantly down from the alien symbiote franchise's previous entries. Projections for the third Venom film from Sony Pictures had been closer to $65 million....

Second Smile Tops Weekend
Second Smile Wins Weekend
box office
Oct 20, 2024 12:15 PM CDT

Second Smile Wins Weekend

Joker 's collapse paves way for another horror victory

(Newser) - Horror movies topped the domestic box office charts, and an Oscar contender got off to a sparkling start this weekend. Smile 2, in its first weekend, and Terrifier 3, in its second, proved to be the big draws for general movie audiences in North America, while the Palme d'Or...

Trump Blasts Biopic The Apprentice
Trump Blasts
Biopic The Apprentice
Oct 14, 2024 11:20 AM CDT

Trump Blasts Biopic The Apprentice

'It's a cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job,' he says of the film

(Newser) - Donald Trump couldn't stop the US release of the controversial biopic The Apprentice over the weekend, but he's weighing in as movie critic on Monday:
  • "It's a cheap, defamatory, and politically disgusting hatchet job," he wrote on Truth Social . The former president called out screenwriter
...

Terrifier 3 Slays Joker , Apprentice
Terrifier 3 Surprises Competition
box office
Oct 13, 2024 2:00 PM CDT

Terrifier 3 Surprises Competition

Meanwhile , Joker sequel plunges 81% in second weekend of release

(Newser) - The choices on the movie marquee this weekend included Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, a film about Donald Trump, a Saturday Night Live origin story, and Pharrell Williams as a Lego. In the end, all were trounced by an ax-wielding clown. Terrifier 3, a gory, low-budget slasher from the small...

Joker 2 Audience Isn't Amused
Joker 2 Audience Isn't Amused
box office
Oct 6, 2024 4:10 PM CDT

Joker 2 Audience Isn't Amused

Anticipated sequel tops weekend but receives low scores from viewers

(Newser) - Joker: Folie à Deux is the No. 1 movie at the box office, but it might not be destined for a happy ending. In a turn of events that only Arthur Fleck would find funny, the follow-up to Todd Phillips' 2019 origin story about the Batman villain opened in theaters...

Guess Who's Not Retired Anymore?
Guess Who's
Not Retired
Anymore?
Oct 2, 2024 9:40 AM CDT

Guess Who's Not Retired Anymore?

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is back after 7-year hiatus to appear in Anemone , directed by son Ronan

(Newser) - If an actor claims they're retiring, do they actually really mean it? That's a nay for Daniel Day-Lewis, the Academy Award-winning thespian who announced seven years ago , at age 60, that he was leaving the biz. He's now apparently retracting that decision, with a new movie in...

Wild Robot Beats Coppola Flop
Wild Robot Beats Coppola Flop
box office
Sep 29, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Wild Robot Beats Coppola Flop

Filmmaker's longstanding Megalopolis project debuts to $4M

(Newser) - Francis Ford Coppola's decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic Megalopolis flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film Wild Robot soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office. Wild Robot, Chris Sanders' adaptation of Peter Brown's bestseller, outperformed expectations to launch with $35 million in ticket sales in...

Beetlejuice , Transformers Top a Slow Weekend
Beetlejuice, Transformers
Top a Slow Weekend
box office
Sep 22, 2024 2:15 PM CDT

Beetlejuice, Transformers Top a Slow Weekend

Joker: Folie à Deux could give theaters a draw soon

(Newser) - It's a three-peat for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The Tim Burton legacy sequel to his 1988 horror comedy topped the North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with $26 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. It edged out the animated new release Transformers One, which...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Has Topped Charts Twice
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Is Twice a Winner
box office
Sep 15, 2024 12:05 PM CDT

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Is Twice a Winner

Little new competition pushes the Tim Burton sequel

(Newser) - Moviegoers said yes to more Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this weekend. After its monster opening, the Tim Burton sequel easily topped the domestic box office charts again with $51.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Down only 54% from a week earlier, the North American gross for the...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Opens Bigger Than Original
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Opens Bigger Than Original
box office
Sep 8, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Opens Bigger Than Original

Sequel has third-best opening weekend of 2024

(Newser) - After 36 years of waiting, the juice is finally loose again in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, this time racking up $110 million in its premiere weekend. The long-awaited Tim Burton sequel is the third-best opening weekend of the year, behind only box office triumphs Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. Michael...

Holdovers, Reagan Can't Topple Incumbent
Holdovers, Reagan
Can't Topple Incumbent
box office
Sep 1, 2024 2:30 PM CDT

Holdovers, Reagan Can't Topple Incumbent

Deadpool & Wolverine nears another milestone

(Newser) - Onscreen and at the ticket window, Deadpool apparently can't be killed. Deadpool & Wolverine, one of the defining movies of the summer, ruled a weekend with quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close. For the second weekend in a row,...

New Releases Can't Catch Holdover Hits
New Releases
Can't Catch
Holdover Hits
box office
Aug 25, 2024 1:50 PM CDT

New Releases Can't Catch Holdover Hits

Deadpool & Wolverine , Alien: Romulus again top weekend charts

(Newser) - In a sleepy summer weekend at the box office, holdovers reigned supreme as newcomers landed without a splash. Deadpool & Wolverine reclaimed first place at the North American box office in its fifth weekend with $18.3 million. Its cumulative international earnings now sit at over $1.2 billion. The...

Alien: Romulus , in Debut, Bumps Deadpool & Wolverine
Alien: Romulus,
in Debut, Bumps
Deadpool & Wolverine
box office
Aug 18, 2024 4:00 PM CDT

Alien: Romulus, in Debut, Bumps Deadpool & Wolverine

Hits put summer weekend ahead of last year

(Newser) - Alien: Romulus, the latest installment in its 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.5 million in its first weekend, playing in 3,885 locations in the US and Canada. Including $66.7 million from international...

Lively's Opening Pushes Reynolds' Hit
Lively's Opening
Pushes Reynolds' Hit
box office
Aug 11, 2024 1:20 PM CDT

Lively's Opening Pushes Reynolds' Hit

It Ends With Us nearly knocks Deadpool & Wolverine out of top spot

(Newser) - In the Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively box office showdown, both husband and wife came out winners. Reynolds' Marvel Studios smash Deadpool & Wolverine remained the top movie in North American theaters for the third straight week with $54.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it's...

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