Category: Movie News
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‘Doctor Strange 2’ tops global box office, reaches 688m after two weekends; ‘Firestarter’ fizzles with 5.9m debut
Doctor Strange took a big tumble in its second session, dropping 67.5 at the North America box office.Worldwide Box Office May 13-15RankFilm(distributor)3-day(world)Cume(world)3-day(int’l)Cume(int’l)Territories1.Doctor Strange 2(Disney)144.5m 688.1m 83.5m 396.2m 50 2.The Bad Guys(Universal)13.6m 165.6m 6.7m 99.3m 67 3;Sonic TheHedgehog 2(Paramount)9.9m 362.9m 5.3m 187.2m 62 4;FantasticBeasts 3(Warner Bros)6.3m 376m 3.9m 286m 75 5.Firestarter(Universal)5.9m 5.9m 2.1m 2.1m 41 6.The…
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Japan’s Gaga buys Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Broker’ ahead of Cannes debut (exclusive)
Marks first Korean-language film from the Japanese Palme d’Or winning director of ‘Shoplifters’.Tokyo-based Gaga Corporation has acquired distribution rights in Japan to Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker ahead of its premiere in Competition at Cannes.It marks the first Korean-language film from the Japanese director, who previously won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2018 with Shoplifters and…
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Where Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe Going? Only Kevin Feige Knows For Sure
Spoiler Alert: This story discusses the endings of several titles released by Marvel Studios in 2021 and 2022, from “WandaVision” through “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.”At the very end of 2021’s “WandaVision” — the inauguration of Marvel Studios’ post-“Avengers: Endgame” slate of titles, collectively known as Phase Four — we see Wanda Maximoff…
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One Of The Scariest Scenes In The Original Stepford Wives Reminds Us That Our Bodies Aren’t Our Own
(Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Matt Donato and Ariel Fisher. In this edition, Ariel gets horrified in Stepford, Connecticut, while Matt hides behind a white picket fence.)I’ve never seen “The Stepford Wives” before this. I’ve been meaning to watch…
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If Kirby Dies In Her Scream Return, We Riot
Warning: spoilers ahead for all the “Scream” movies, including “Scream” (2022).When you decide to make legacy sequels in a slasher film franchise, you run into a little bit of a problem: The vast majority of fan favorite characters ended up getting killed. That’s just how the genre works. You build up a collection of fun…
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The Euro 75: Viking Film (Netherlands)
Collaboration with directors Sacha Polak and animator Mascha Halberstad were crucial to Viking’s growth.Need to know: Amsterdam-based Viking Film was set up by Marleen Slot in 2011 after she had worked as a producer at Lemming Film for many years. The company name refers to Slot’s background as the daughter of a fisherman from a…
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The Euro 75: Vendôme Group (France)
They were producers on Sian Heder’s Oscar best-picture winner ‘Coda’Need to know: Co-CEOs Philippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi are currently flying high as the producers of Sian Heder’s Oscar best-picture winner Coda. They were the first European producers to achieve this feat since Thomas Langmann with The Artist in 2011. Paris-born Rousselet, who has had…
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Michelle Yeoh Bragged to Jackie Chan About ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Role: ‘Your Loss, My Bro’
Michelle Yeoh is one of the biggest female action stars of all time, with everything from martial arts classics to James Bond films under her belt. But in recent years, she began to feel like she was no longer being considered for the roles she deserved.“You get to that stage in your life and your…
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Box Office: ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Rules Again as ‘Firestarter’ Flames Out
“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” is again the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office.In its second weekend of release, the latest installment in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe has collected 61 million from 4,534 North American theaters. Ticket sales were down 67 from its opening weekend, marking a steeper drop off compared…
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Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Ending Explained: Come Take A Trip In My Time Ship
“Star Trek: Picard” season 2’s messy web of time-travelling plot threads has been woven together to create quite the crescendo of a finale.Season 1 took a sharp left turn out of “Star Trek” to focus on a more action-orientated sci-fi thriller of a story — so it was great to see season 2 return to the…