Tag: Dumb Money
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The Creator’s Box Office Failure Says A Lot About The State Of Sci-Fi Cinema
Director Gareth Edwards returned after a nearly seven-year absence with his original sci-fi film “The Creator” over the weekend. It was his first movie since 2016’s $1 billion hit “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” which was his second hit franchise blockbuster in a row following 2014’s “Godzilla.” Unfortunately, it looks like his attempt to…
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Box Office: ‘Paw Patrol’ Sequel Wins Weekend With $23 Million Debut, ‘Dumb Money’ Flops With $3.5 Million
Paramount’s animated sequel “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” topped the box office in its debut, earning a solid $23 million from 3,989 North American locations over the weekend.Those ticket sales were more than enough to rule over the three other new nationwide releases, which could be categorized as the good (Lionsgate’s gruesome “Saw X”), the…
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Box Office: ‘Paw Patrol’ Claws Control as ‘Saw’ Rolls to Second, ‘The Creator’ Tapers in Third
There was one key question gripping the box office heading into this weekend: would audiences be PAWing, or would they be Sawing? In a crowded September capper with four new wide releases, Paramount’s “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” looks to come out on top.The animated feature is edging out Lionsgate’s horror entry “Saw X” to…
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New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week
It’s not always easy to find out which movies are hitting theaters each week, especially as the Hollywood strikes led to many release date changes. With the WGA strike resolved and awards season heating up, there are more dramas and prestige productions in theaters for the next few months. Meanwhile October will bring a wealth…
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Kenneth Branagh’s ‘A Haunting in Venice’ Stays Atop U.K., Ireland Box Office
Disney’s Agatha Christie adaptation “A Haunting in Venice” stayed atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second successive weekend with £1.4 million ($1.8 million), per numbers from Comscore.The film, directed by Kenneth Branagh, where he plays detective Hercule Poirot, now has a total of £4.9 million after two weekends in release.Lionsgate’s “Expend4bles” debuted…
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Dumb Money Director Witnessed An Intense Experience With The Meme Stock Saga
During the pandemic, a few key events were truly collective experiences as there was little else to do but observe what was happening. One of the biggest examples was the GameStop stock situation, which sent Wall Street into a frenzy and received global news coverage for weeks on end. The whole thing has now been…
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Box Office: ‘Expend4bles’ Flops With $8.3 Million Debut as ‘The Nun II’ Claims No. 1 Again
“The Expendables 4,” an action-thriller starring Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham, misfired in its box office debut, tumbling to a franchise-low $8.3 million.It landed in ever-so-slightly second place behind “The Nun,” which collected $8.4 million in its third weekend. These ticket sales resulted in the lowest-grossing box office weekend of the year as not a…
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Five talking points from 2023 TIFF
’Dumb Money’, ’Woman Of The Hour’, Nickelback, ’Stop Making Sense’ among highlights.The ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike ensured 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was quieter than usual, although there was some awards season buzz, a handful of famous US actors turned up, and you-know-who forked out a lot of money in the only major deal of…
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‘As a kid, I’d cry every day seeing homeless people’: Paul Dano on money, fatherhood and being shaved by Brian Cox
With the release of his new film Dumb Money, the endlessly versatile actor talks about turning his back on blockbusters, struggling to lie – and exploring his dark sideThere is versatility in acting and then there is Paul Dano. No sooner had he been seen last year as the masked, panting, clingfilm-wrapped Riddler, who dispatches…