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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON: Early figures and take the 3-day and 5-day with a grain of salt as projections are always off at this point in a Thanksgiving stretch. Disney/Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is leading today with $9.5M, even with yesterday and a $50M Wednesday through Sunday outlook. However, Strange World, as we thought, it

Tim Allen is famous for a number of roles, from his time as Mike Baxter on Last Man Standing to voicing Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story movies (and even making a kid cry once doing this). But when the holiday season rolls around each year, Allen receives renewed attention for playing Scott Calvin, a.k.a.

James Norton has been set to lead the West End stage adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s bestselling novel A Little Life. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2015, the emotional story follows four college friends in New York City. Ivo van Hove (Network, Hedda Gabler) is directing the 12-week run at the Harold Pinter Theatre which

Sunday night the entertainment world was rocked when it was announced that not only was Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek out of a job, but that his predecessor, Bob Iger, would be returning to the position. Usually, when a major player like that leaves, you tend to see the person leaving being wished well

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes has picked Johnny Flynn (Emma, Beast), Tuppence Middleton (Downton Abbey, Mank) and Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss to portray legendary stars Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and John Gielgud in The Motive and the Cue, a mouth-watering new play by Jack Thorne that explores how acting giants Burton and Gielgud staged Hamlet on Broadway in

The John Wick franchise has grown past the point of solely following Keanu Reeves’ title character. Along with The Continental prequel series that will now stream on Peacock, there’s also the Ana de Armas-led spinoff movie coming called Ballerina. And John Wick fans are in luck, because there will be some familiar faces from the

Luca Guadagnino’s Timothée Chalamet-starring, edgy cannibal road trip romance Bones And All pulled in young demos (79% in the 18-34 rage) and women (54%-46% female) for an opening weekend gross of $120k, or $23.9k per screen average in five theaters. That’s respectable and in line with distributor UAR expectations although below recent debuts including Banshees

Timothée Chalamet and Florence Pugh are two of the busiest young actors in Hollywood. The two Oscar nominees co-starred in Greta Gerwig’s 2019 critical darling, Little Women, and they will again grace the screen together in the officially confirmed, Dune: Part 2. Chalamet will return in the Denis Villeneuve sequel as Paul Atreides. At the

SATURDAY UPDATE: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s second weekend is coming in lower than its projected $70M+ with $66M, -64%. That’s not necessarily something to get worried about, however, as sources keep telling me this pic’s running time is what’s slowing it down a bit. On the bright side, it’s Thanksgiving week, and if people aren’t

2022’s Smile might be one of the best horror movies of recent years. And if it’s not the best, it’s undoubtedly one of the most-talked-about. The Parker Finn-directed psychological horror film became a bit of a spooky season phenomenon and one of the biggest surprises at the box office. The movie centers on a psychiatrist,

“The donkey is cute, but this is not a Disney movie,” said Jonathan Sehring, the former IFC Films head whose young distribution outlet Sideshow, with Janus Films, presents Jerzy Skolimowski’s Cannes Jury Prize winning EO at two NYC theaters this weekend. “We launched Sideshow for great movies that would otherwise get overlooked to give them

It’s been a while since we last saw Tom Cruise playing Ethan Hunt in the Mission: Impossible movies, with 2018’s Fallout not only earning critical acclaim like its immediate two predecessors, but also becoming the highest-grossing entry in the franchise. But for Cruise, director/writer Christopher McQuarrie and many more, they’ve been firmly entrenched in the

Editor’s note: Deadline presents the 40th episode of its video series Take Two, in which Pete Hammond and Todd McCarthy tackle the artistry of films just opening in theaters every weekend. Each has reviewed and written about the craft for decades and built a remarkable breadth of knowledge of films past and present. What we hoped for

In the making of 2022’s Scream, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet stepped into some massive shoes given that Wes Craven, one of the greatest horror directors of all time, had helmed the four previous installments. Things most definitely worked out well in that case, as the film was a hit when it was released

The success of Hocus Pocus 2 as the most watched Disney+ movie of all-time with a first weekend of 2.7 billion views viewed spurred many to question whether the sequel to the near 30 year old movie should have gone theatrical, especially during a dry spell at the fall box office when theaters were desperate

It’s safe to say that one of the most popular action movies of the last decade is John Wick, which saw Keanu Reeves playing an assassin who came out of retirement to exact vengeance on the people who killed his dog. The 2014 movie was penned by Derek Kolstad, and though he return to co-write

EXCLUSIVE: Streaming stat sources tell us that the Olivia Wilde directed movie, Don’t Worry Darling, has pulled in roughly 2.7M households in both Smart TVs and mobile viewing in its first week on HBO Max. The Florence Pugh-Harry Styles-Chris Pine movie hit HBO Max after a robust 53-day theatrical window and a global gross of

Well, catch a falling star and put it in our pockets, because The Princess Diaries is not over yet after all. The modern Disney Princess story that charmed our hearts in the early ‘00s is reportedly set to get a third film that will continue the story that started with a teen Mia Thermopolis all

The fruits of Disney’s industry-reported $100M+ promotional partner campaign on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever have been yielded, not just in a November U.S./Canada box office opening record of $181.3M and 12.7M admissions but in stoking a diverse range of demographics including Black, Latino/Hispanic and older women to cinemas in droves this past weekend. The media

Colin Farrell has made quite the splash this year, as he has graced the screen with no less than four films in 2022. He is known for working with a variety of auteur directors on interesting projects and frequently giving memorable performances. However, as of late, he is also becoming known for some incredible fan

The Fabelmans grossed an estimated $160k this weekend at four theaters in NY and LA. That’s a $40K per screen average, on par with recent strong (for post-Covid) specialty openings like The Banshees Of Inisherin (at $45k PSA) and Tár (also $40k), both on four screens too, reflecting a definite pickup in the specialty space. Spielberg’s written, directed

“Weird Al” Yankovic and Daniel Radcliffe are wildly famous for completely different reasons. The former became a parody icon for reimagining songs like Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” and Madonna’s “Like A Virgin,” and the latter spent his upbringing playing the beloved wizard Harry Potter. And yet, the two collide for the fresh 2022 movie release

Imax CEO Richard Gelfond is opening up about how important the theatrical window is and how he thinks some streaming services are realizing it now. “The debate is over,” Gelfond said in an interview with Yahoo Finance Live. “The argument that you can skip a theatrical window and make up for it on streaming just

Not every fashion statement is kind to its wearer. But if you’ve shopped in the women’s section before, you probably already know this. For Camila Alves McConaughey, a recent style choice led to an actual injury, and she’s got a neck brace and PSA to remind other fashionistas out there to be careful.  The Brazilian

FRIDAY MIDDAY: Right now we hear that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is heading for an $80M+ Friday, for what will be a $170M-$180M opening weekend at 4,396 theaters. There is hope that the Ryan Coogler directed and written sequel could overtake Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness‘ $187.4M opening, however, it’s still too early.

Halle Berry is known for major roles in films like Die Another Day, Catwoman and even Swordfish. Earlier in her career she appeared in an HBO original film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, about the actress and icon who died too soon. When she played the role, she was apparently given a chunk of Ms. Dandridge’s wardrobe,

Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount have set 2025 theatrical release dates for a new SpongeBob Squarepants movie and Aang Avatar title. The fourth SpongeBob big screen feature will debut in cinemas on May 23, 2025 while Aang Avatar will open on Oct. 10, 2025. To date, the three SpongeBob movies, the first which kicked off in

Dave Bautista is one of the suspects in the forthcoming Knives Out sequel, Glass Onion. This will mark the second time the actor has gone up against Daniel Craig, as the two previously faced off in the James Bond film Spectre. While one might assume that this means the two actors know each other quite

Good news exhibition: Sony is moving up Missing from Feb. 24, 2023 to Jan. 20, 2023. That’s the weekend after the long MLK holiday frame and the only other wide release is an untitled Crunchy Roll film. The movie is the next installment in the Searching franchise and stars Storm Reid and Nia Long. Missing moves away from

After Will Smith slapped Chris Rock onstage at the Oscars back in March, the Men in Black actor took a hiatus from social media for several months. But by the end of July, Smith made his return to the social media scene, and since the following month, he’s been posting fairly frequently on platforms like