WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker included the first same-sex kiss in the Star Wars series and J.J. Abrams defends the subtlety of the scene, as he wanted to include it without it being heavy-handed or too big of a deal. At the end of The Rise of Skywalker, all
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Broadway’s West Side Story and A Christmas Carol broke house records at their respective theaters last week as holiday business kept overall box office very sturdy. From the previous week, the 34 Broadway productions climbed 5% to a $40,645,773 box office total. The figure pushes Broadway’s season-to-date total past $1 billion. Total attendance of 302,372
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While many know Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks for his work on movies like Big, Forrest Gump, and the Toy Story franchise, he first got his start in the 1980 slasher flick He Knows You’re Alone. Hanks has since played a number of iconic roles. From starring as the eponymous lead in thriller-drama Captain Phillips to
Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker powered up its light sabers in 46 material offshore markets through Thursday, grossing $59.1M at the international box office. That includes China where the force is, unsurprisingly, not strong with this final installment. Elsewhere, Episode IX has seen launches above Star Wars: The Last Jedi in most majors.
6 minutes ago Man, what a weird week for The Eternals star Kumail Nanjiani. “Weird” is the word he used for it, anyway. It started when he showed off his newly ripped/jacked/shredded body for the upcoming Marvel movie. That led to a strip club offering him $15,000 for his “services” — !!! — and now
The fan theory that Tarzan is the brother to Anna and Elsa is officially disproved in Frozen 2. As Disney’s animated library has grown, filmmakers and animators have routinely worked in Easter eggs to other properties. Moments like Rapunzel walking through Arendelle in Frozen is a great example of this, but some fans also concocted the belief that
EXCLUSIVE: The dark force from critics isn’t keeping Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker down with the Lucasfilm finale to the George Lucas-created saga seeing between $44M-$48M per Deadline sources tonight. At that level, Rise of Skywalker will wind up being either the third or fourth best preview night ever with the current top three being last
5 minutes ago CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. It’s been said a lot lately (including by myself), but it bears repeating: it’s the end of an era. With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker now playing in theaters,
Warning: Minor SPOILERS related to The Witcher‘s content ahead. Netflix’s The Witcher might be a fantasy series, but it’s not family-friendly. With plenty of violence, gore, strong language, sexual content and mature themes, the show is suitable only for adults and older teens. The Witcher stars Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, a monster-slayer who
EXCLUSIVE: We understand that MarketCast has tapped Steve Buck as its SVP Theatrical. In his new role, Buck will drive commercial sales and new business efforts for MarketCast’s theatrical products and services, which counts every major Hollywood studio and many independent producers as clients. Buck will partner with MarketCast’s creative testing and analytics team to
26 minutes ago It was only four years ago that the world saw the theatrical debut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but that time has been incredibly significant for the classic sci-fi franchise. Prior to the 2015 blockbuster, the universe had been dormant on the big screen for about a decade, and in the
In the latest entry of our ongoing series, Screen Rant’s Ryan George reveals what (probably) happened in the pitch meeting for 2017 sequel Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Updating the beloved 1995 film for the 21st century, Welcome to the Jungle is about a mismatched group of teens who get put in detention together, and
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker advance ticket sales are pacing with 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the same point in time in their Fandango sales cycle. We heard from other exhibition sources that a $200M+ opening is within reach. Also working greatly in the favor of business this weekend are 15% K-12 schools out on
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Birds of Prey (And The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) may have the DCEU’s lowest box office opening yet, according to the current projections. It’s been a strong year for DC films overall, between the well-received Shazam! and Joker becoming a billion-dollar Oscar contender. Warner Bros. and DC are hoping to keep that momentum going into
Refresh for latest…: As global turnstiles start greasing up for next week’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, audiences are continuing to warm up to the two current titles in wide release: Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level and Disney’s Frozen 2. Expanding to another 34 offshore hubs after an early rollout last weekend, The Next
16 minutes ago CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. When will Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker be available on Disney+? Not in 2019, as you might imagine, although I suppose some fans may have hoped that the new
The 6 Underground timeline is non-linear, presumably to keep viewers guessing about the mysterious lead character, One, portrayed by Ryan Reynolds. Michael Bay’s Netflix blockbuster jumps back and forth between different periods of time, and while the unconventional plot structure may be confusing at times, all of the film’s events occur in a four-year span. In 6 Underground, a
2nd Update, Friday Midday: Jumanji: The Next Level per industry estimates is on its way to $17.5M-$18M for a 3-day of $46M-$50M, well ahead of the previous installment’s 3-day of $36.1M which was actually a 6-day opener through the then Christmas holiday of $71.9M. Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle was boosted by early Amazon sneaks of $2M; the
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When it comes to literary foes, few have a dynamic as unique as the Joker and Batman. To label their relationship a mere hero-versus-villain rivalry is to completely ignore the complex history the two characters share. The Clown Prince of Crime and the Dark Knight have been matching wits since the 1940s, and in that time
Fox Searchlight is ready to put another stake in the ground for this year’s awards season race with the theatrical release of the Terrence Malick drama A Hidden Life starring August Diehl and Valerie Pachner. The release marks a reunion between the Fox Searchlight and Malick since 2011’s Tree Of Life starring Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain. “We are
36 minutes ago This shouldn’t have to be said, but this feature will be loaded with spoilers for the new movie Jumanji: The Next Level. We literally will be discussing the movie’s ending, so stop reading now if you do not want to be spoiled. All of the Jumanji movies, up to this point, have
The recently released Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launched without a way for players to see their death count in multiplayer matches, but the developers recently added that feature as part of a DLC pack with a $20 price tag. The ability for players to see their score during matches is a standard feature in
Warner Bros has set a slew of release dates for its movies next year and beyond, including dating the fourth installment of The Matrix for May 21, 2021, and its DC superhero stand-alone The Flash for July 1, 2022. Among the 12 titles in the mix as the studio lines up its slate for 2020
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The Justice League Snyder Cut is full of parallels to The Lord of the Rings. The original, 214-minute DC story was going to take inspiration from the iconic story by J.R.R. Tolkien in more ways the one, but that didn’t end up happening due to the film’s extensive reshoots. Despite some misconceptions, Zack Snyder’s original framework for the DC
Producers of Broadway’s Tony-nominated Beetlejuice said Monday that the comedic musical based on Tim Burton’s 1988 cult movie will play its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on June 6. A national tour is being mounted to kick off in fall 2021. Beetlejuice the musical opened April 25, 2019 and was nominated for eight
26 seconds ago If you’re someone who suffers from epilepsy, you’ll want to be careful seeing Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in theaters. The final chapter of both the Sequel Trilogy and the entire Skywalker Saga is a little under two weeks away from release, and media empire Disney is making sure that photosensitive