Exhibitors continue to thank the movie gods for Disney’s Frozen 2 after an awful month at the box office. Yesterday the Jennifer Lee-Chris Buck directed movie made an estimated $13.1M, besting 2013’s Hunger Games: Catching Fire‘s $12.3M for the best Monday ever in November. Running tally for Elsa and Anna’s second-go round is $143.3M. Business,
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42 minutes ago Having already left his mark on the Jurassic Park franchise with 2015’s Jurassic World, Colin Trevorrow was supposed to jump to a galaxy far, far away and direct Star Wars: Episode IX, which we now know as The Rise of Skywalker. Due to creative differences, Trevorrow ended up departing Episode IX, but
Kylie Jenner sold half of her company Kylie Cosmetics to Coty, but instead of going up, the conglomerate’s stock crashed to a new low. Has the “Kylie Effect” officially come to an end? Coty’s stock climbed to $12.22 after the acquisition of Kylie Cosmetics was announced. However as the week progressed, the stock plummeted nearly 5.5 percent,
We’ve been hearing for quite some time from exhibitors and distribution sources that advance ticket sales are strong, but not overly robust for Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, meaning in the way that they were for 2015’s Force Awakens ($247.9M) and 2017’s Last Jedi ($220M). Hence, early AM estimates for the J.J. Abrams movie hitting
16 minutes ago Thanksgiving is upon us – and for a lot of us, this means we’ll get to finally enjoy some time off to feast with family and friends. The holiday is also the perfect time to get caught up on the season’s most exciting releases while they are still in theaters! There are
Warning: SPOILERS for New Mutants #1! Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men relaunch has revealed that Charles Xavier’s daughter, Xandra, is about to take command of an entire alien empire. The X-Men have a long history with the aliens known as the Shi’ar, an Avian race who have involved themselves with human affairs on several occasions. In fact, for a time
In its fifth day of release, Disney’s Frozen 2 scored the best Tuesday ever in November with an estimated $21.1M. This is after landing November’s best Monday with $12.77M reported by Disney yesterday. On both days, Anna and Elsa beat Lionsgate’s Hunger Games: Catching Fire which held previous November highs for Monday ($12.3M) and Tuesday ($15.96M). Among all animated
10 minutes ago There are still some huge movies yet to come in 2019, but as we approach the end of the year, it’s time to start looking ahead to 2020. And next year gets off to a fast start in January with the release of the long-anticipated and long-delayed third film in the Bad
Warning: SPOILERS ahead for The Knight Before Christmas, A Christmas Prince and The Princess Switch. Netflix’s fluffy Christmas rom-coms have become as much of a festive tradition as twinkling lights and Starbucks red cups. Up until recently, the only thing thy were believed to have in common was far-fetched, Hallmark-like plots involving charming princes, heroines who
2ND UPDATE: Sylvester Stallone’s MGM thriller Samaritan is heading to Dec. 11, 2020. I hear that the actual reason for the move was that the Stallone film needs more time to be completed. That’s one week after the first weekend in December which following Black Friday weekend is a no man’s zone for wide entries. Samaritan