Tag: F9
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‘Spiral’ Holds The Top Spot At Home With Just Under $4.6 Million In Second Week, While ‘F9’ Burns Rubber Overseas With $162 Million Bow
Despite the scorn of critics and its modest, penny-pinching budgets, the Saw franchise has always been one of Hollywood’s stealthiest and most surprising success stories. And now, thanks to Spiral’s roughly $4.6 million sophomore frame, which was good enough to hold the top spot in North America, the series just surpassed the $1 billion mark…
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Box Office: ‘F9’ Drives to Mighty $162 Million Debut Overseas
“F9” has the international box office sizzling.The latest installment in Universal’s testosterone-fueled franchise kicked off with a massive $162.4 million in eight markets, including China, Korea and Hong Kong. Those ticket sales easily mark the best start for a Hollywood blockbuster since Covid-19 hit.It’s an encouraging start to summer movie season, particularly because revenues weren’t…
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‘F9’ Box Office Is the Best News in Over a Year as U.S. Theaters Prepare for Better Times
The end is near.No, not of theaters. The end of minuscule grosses and reports laying out numbers in which the total for all films is less (by far) of what the number-one film alone normally would gross in late May.It was, with no new studio wide openings (with a unique asterisk), the lowest turnout at…
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‘F9’ Speeds to Explosive $160 Million-Plus Opening Overseas
After Covid-19, “Fast & Furious” is just as popular as ever in China. After two days in theaters, Universal’s “F9” has racked up $105 million from the Chinese box office — including $59 million on Friday — and is estimated for a $160 million-plus opening from its release in eight markets.The pandemic has forced Universal…
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The Morning Watch: ‘Shadow and Bone’ Bloopers, ‘F9’ Takes Over The Burj Khalifa & More
The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, see the cast of Shadow an Bone flub…
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‘F9’ Roars Toward an Estimated $52 Million Opening Day in China Despite Security ‘Threat’
“F9,” the latest installment in the “Fast & Furious” franchise, is already revving up for a box office takeover — though a notably less spectacular one than other franchise films in years past.Its release appears not to have been marred by what Universal Pictures called a security “threat” earlier this week that forced the studio…
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Every Major Studio Got Together to Declare ‘The Big Screen Is Back,’ But It Was a Lot We’d Seen Before
After nearly 15 long and bleak months for the movie theater industry, a consortium of the major and independent studios gathered inside an AMC theater in Century City on Wednesday to celebrate — and cheerlead — the return of theatrical exhibition. Part of the industry-wide campaign called “The Big Screen Is Back,” the event showcased…
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‘F9’ poised to reignite box office with potential $150m-plus international bow
Tentpole looking to score biggest Hollywood launch outside North America since pandemic began.F9, the latest instalment in the $5bn Fast & Furious global franchise, could deliver more than $150m in its opening weekend as it heads into a handful of markets led by China on Friday (May 21), according to sources.‘F9’: ReviewThe action tentpole is…
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Box Office: ‘F9’ Eyes Massive $150 Million-Plus Debut Overseas
“F9” could send the box office into overdrive when it debuts overseas this weekend.The latest entry in Universal’s high-octane franchise, which opens in Korea, Hong Kong, the Middle East, Russia and China in the coming days, is expected to bring in at least $150 million to $180 million at the international box office. Industry analysts…
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Box Office: With Jason Statham’s ‘Wrath of Man,’ Summer Movie Season Gets Slow Start
“Wrath of Man,” a heist thriller starring Jason Statham, is leading box office charts with its $8.1 million debut.It’s hardly the start to summer movie season, which typically kicks off the first weekend in May, that many theater owners were hoping would ignite with Marvel’s “Black Widow.” (Disney recently moved the release of its superhero…