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Thursday, May 9

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Cineplex CEO Credits ‘Dune: Part Two’ for Keeping Box Office Afloat

Fewer tentpoles from the major studios after the dual Hollywood strikes didn’t stop Canadian exhibition giant Cineplex from bucking an industry trend and posting higher box office revenues in its first financial quarter of 2024. Cineplex…

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Jordan Peele-Produced Horror Movie Reveals New Title, September 2025 Release Date

The Jordan Peele-produced psychological horror film set in the world of football has revealed its official title — Him — and a Sept. 19, 2025 release date in theaters. Universal and Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions announced the news Thursday…

Sunday, May 5

18

Box Office: ‘The Fall Guy’ Lands With $28.5M, ‘Phantom Menace’ Tops ‘Challengers’ for No. 2

It was the ‘80s and ‘90s all over again at the weekend box office. Universal’s The Fall Guy, the Ryan Gosling starrer inspired by the 1980s TV show, kicked off the summer movie season at No. 1 with $28.5 million, while Disney’s rerelease…

Saturday, May 4

17

Box Office: ‘The Fall Guy’ Headed Toward $28M Debut

The Fall Guy is kicking off summer movie season with a No. 1 debut at the box office this weekend, but it’s coming in below initial tracking. After earning $10.4 million on Friday, the feature is now projected to open to $28 million for…

Friday, May 3

18

Box Office: Ryan Gosling’s ‘The Fall Guy’ Lands $3.15M in Previews

The Ryan Gosling fronted action comedy The Fall Guy has landed $3.15 million over Thursday previews at the domestic box office. The Univeral title — inspired by the 1980s TV show of the same name starring Lee Majors — is tracking to open…

Thursday, May 2

15

Cinemark Swings to First-Quarter Profit Despite Lower Revenue

Movie theater owner Cinemark Holdings reported first-quarter revenue of $572.9 million for the three months ended March 31, down 5 percent from $610.8 million in the prior year. That beat a Wall Street analysts estimate for overall revenue…

Wednesday, May 1

19

‘The Fall Guy’ to Kick Off Summer Box Office After a Brutal Late Spring, Eyes $30M-$35M Opening

David Leitch’s action-comedy The Fall Guy isn’t the normal kind of stunt Hollywood usually relies on to herald the start of the summer box office, but these aren’t normal times. Outside of the pandemic era, that job belonged to superhero…

Saturday, Apr 27

18

Box Office: Zendaya’s ‘Challengers’ Hits Target With $15M Opening for No. 1 Finish

Zendaya’s romance-tennis drama Challengers easily won the weekend box office match with a $15 million opening from 3,477 theaters, in line with expectations and marking the second-best start for an original R-rated drama since the pandemic…

Friday, Apr 26

19

Box Office: Zendaya’s ‘Challengers’ Starts Off With $1.9M in Previews

Challengers has finally taken to the court. Directed by Luca Guadagnino, the movie earned $1.9 million in box office previews for MGM and Amazon Studios as it prepares to open everywhere on Friday. The majority came from Thursday night…

Thursday, Apr 25

23

‘Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie’ to Get the Big-Screen Treatment in 2025

Gabby and her cats are coming to the big screen next year. DreamWorks Animation and Universal revealed Thursday that Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie will open nationwide on Sept. 26, 2025. The live-action/CGI series has been a smash hit for…

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John Krasinski’s ‘IF’ Tracking for Promising $40M-Plus Opening

Writer-director John Krasinski’s upcoming summer movie IF already looks like it will have plenty of friends when hitting theaters. The Paramount movie is tracking to open to $40 million-plus, or a range of $38 million to $42 million, an…

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Imax Gets Boost From ‘Dune: Part Two’ But Revenue Tumbles

Imax continued a box office recovery on its global screens during the first quarter as Dune: Part Two has pulled in more than $143 million in global box office to date, or 21 percent of the film’s total gross, the cinema technologies…

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AMC Theatres’ New Distribution Business Hires Fandango Veteran Stephanie Terifay

Fandango veteran Stephanie Terifay has been tapped to help AMC Theatres build out its new movie distribution business following the record-shattering success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour tour and Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé. Terifay’s…

Wednesday, Apr 24

02

Box Office: The Lupita Nyong’o-Voiced ‘Wild Robot’ Makes Small Change to September Release Date

DreamWorks Animation’s September event movie The Wild Robot is tweaking its release pans. The family film will now open in theaters on Sept. 27, 2024, instead of a week earlier on Sept. 20. The move gives Wild Robot some distance from…

Sunday, Apr 21

18

Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Draws Blood to Beat ‘Abigail’ and Stay No. 1 With $11M Second Weekend

Alex Garland’s dystopian political action film Civil War about an America torn apart triumphed over new vampire pic Abigail at the weekend box office. Civil War held in well to stay No. 1 in its second weekend with $11 million for a…

Thursday, Apr 18

19

‘Transformers One’: Paramount Reveals New Release Date as Official Trailer Launches From Space

Paramount and Hasbro’s animated Transformers One is pushing back its release in theaters by one week in order to take advantage of Imax screens and to provide some breathing room from the competition. The film will now open Sept. 20, 2024,…

Tuesday, Apr 16

23

‘Civil War’ Unites Audiences from Red and Blue States

Alex Garland’s dystopian Civil War, about America torn asunder by a president run amok and brutal acts of war committed on ordinary citizens, sparked plenty of speculation — and assumptions — heading into its debut in theaters over the…

Monday, Apr 15

07

China Box Office: ‘Boy and the Heron’ Sails to $94M, ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Hits $110M

Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning anime The Boy and the Heron floated to an easy second-weekend win at China’s theatrical box office, earning $12.8 million from Friday to Sunday, according to data from Artisan Gateway. The Studio Ghibli…

Sunday, Apr 14

17

Box Office: Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ Opens No. 1 With History-Making $25.7M for A24

Alex Garland’s dystopian action movie Civil War conquered the domestic box office this weekend with $25.7 million, ahead of expectations and scoring A24’s biggest opening ever. The $50 million movie about a divided America is a big swing…

Friday, Apr 12

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Box Office: ‘Civil War’ Starts Off With Impressive $2.9M in Thursday Previews

Alex Garland’s dystopian action movie Civil War has started off its North American box office run with an impressive $2.9 million, a record for indie studio and distributor A24. The $50 million movie about a divided America is a big swing…

Thursday, Apr 11

04

CinemaCon: Donna Langley Talks Universal’s Big Year Amid Industry Angst

Donna Langley became the first studio mogul to take the stage at CinemaCon this year in a sign of the general angst facing many Hollywood legacy studios. Sony film boss Tom Rothman’s comments on stage usually turns heads, but his studio…

03

‘Wicked’ Casts Peter Dinklage as Dr. Dillamond the Goat

Universal Pictures’ Wicked has found its goat. Peter Dinklage is set to voice the character Dr. Dillamond in the movie adaptation of the iconic Broadway musical. The news was revealed Wednesday afternoon in Las Vegas as Universal closed…

Wednesday, Apr 10

20

CinemaCon: Angel Studios Says Its Biblical Epic ‘David’ Will Become the Top-Grossing Animated Film of All Time

Talk about a prediction of biblical proportions. Angel Studios — home of the 2023 sleeper hit Sound of Freedom — told theater owners gathered at CinemaCon on Wednesday that it intends for its upcoming film David to be the top-grossing…

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Amazon MGM Teases Dwayne Johnson-Chris Evans Holiday Pic ‘Red One,’ Expands Theatrical Slate

Theater owners have been treated to their first glimpse of Amazon MGM Studios’ year-end holiday romp Red One, starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans. While the studio didn’t give an official presentation at CinemaCon this week, it used…

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Adam Aron Brushes Off Box Office Woes: “It’s Inconceivable That AMC Would File for Chapter 11”

Adam Aron, as always, remains unruffled by widespread talk of AMC Theatres’ financial woes. At CinemaCon, the annual gathering of exhibitors and Hollywood studios that’s underway in Las Vegas this week, there’s loads of chatter as to the…

Tuesday, Apr 9

19

CinemaCon: Theater Owners Chief Michael O’Leary Calls for More Capital Investment Amid Tough Times

Michael O’Leary took the stage at CinemaCon for the first time as president-CEO of the National Association of Theater Owners and his message was clear: strained theater circuits need assistance, as they are still dealing with the…

03

MonsterVerse Future Looks Bright After ‘Godzilla x Kong’

Jaws dropped at Legendary and Warner Bros. when Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire opened to $80 million in North America over Easter weekend despite getting shredded by critics. It wasn’t quite double what tracking services had predicted,…

Monday, Apr 8

04

China Box Office: Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and The Heron’ Soars to $73M Over Holiday Weekend

Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki is revered in China as much as he is anywhere. The 83-year-old filmmaker’s Oscar-winning swan song The Boy and the Heron opened last Wednesday in China to take advantage of the country’s Qingming public…

Sunday, Apr 7

19

2024 Global Box Office Forecast Up Slightly, Still Below Last Year

Things are looking slightly better than expected. Timed to this year’s CinemaCon, analytics firm Gower Street released an updated forecast for the global box office that predicts revenues will be stronger than originally expected for 2024.…

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Box Office: ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Squashes ‘Monkey Man’ and ‘First Omen’ With $31.7M

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire were the monsters with the mostest at the box office this weekend, as Dev Patel‘s much buzzed-about feature directorial debut Monkey Man and supernatural franchise installment The First Omen both opened…