Tag: Beasts
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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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‘Doctor Strange 2’ tops global box office with 450m, delivers biggest opening of 2022
After just one weekend of play, ’Multiverse Of Madness’ is a long way towards matching the total global gross of 2016’s ’Doctor Strange’.Worldwide box office May 6-8RankFilm(distributor)3-day(world)Cume(world)3-day(int’l)Cume(int’l)Territories1.Doctor Strange 2(Disney)450m 450m 265m 265m 50 2.The BadGuys(Universal)17m 148.1m 7.2m 90.6m 65 3.FantasticBeasts 3(Warner Bros)14.8m 363.7m 10.8m 277.7m 75 4.Sonic TheHedgehog 2(Paramount)14.4m 349.4m 8.2m 179.5m 62 5.The Lost…
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David Yates Had His Doubts About Directing The Fantastic Beasts Franchise
It had been many years since the conclusion to the “Harry Potter” film franchise had been released when Warner Bros. began looking for a way to bring viewers back to its magical world. After “Harry Potter” producers David Heyman and Lionel Wigram met with J.K. Rowling to pitch their idea for a faux-documentary style film…
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No Time To Die Director Cary Fukunaga Describes The Last-Minute Scramble Of Replacing Danny Boyle
In addition to directing “No Time to Die,” Cary Fukunaga is serving as one of four credited co-writers on it, along with “Fleabag” luminary Phoebe Waller-Bridge and James Bond series veterans Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. The film has already been released in the U.K. and it’s coming to U.S. theaters on October 8, 2021, but…
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Can Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore work some magic on the wizarding world?
Part three of the Harry Potter prequel series had better have some good tricks up its sleeve or the future of this tarnished franchise will be in doubtThe news this week that the latest instalment in the Fantastic Beasts saga will be titled The Secrets of Dumbledore has been met with a chorus of meh…
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UniFrance’s Rendez-Vous to Host Virtual Showcase of New French Films
UniFrance, the organization in charge of promoting French cinema worldwide, is set to showcase nearly 70 completed movies, including 30 market premieres, at the virtual 23rd edition of its Rendez-Vous With French Cinema (Jan. 13-15), a key market for the export of French movies.The Rendez-Vous will kick off with Eric Besnard’s 18th-century-set drama “Delicieux” (pictured)…