Tag: Simon

  • ‘Black Panther’ Tops $600M Domestically While ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Surprises with $17M Debut

    ‘Black Panther’ Tops $600M Domestically While ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Surprises with $17M Debut

    For the fifth weekend in a row, Disney and Marvel’s Black Panther is the weekend’s number one film at the domestic box office, becoming the first film to accomplish that feat since Avatar in 2009. The film is also only the seventh film to ever gross over $600 million at the domestic box office as…

  • Christian Indie ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Set to Over-Perform at Box Office

    Christian Indie ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Set to Over-Perform at Box Office

    The nation’s moviegoers look to be turning out in bigger numbers for a Christian-themed independent film than for the first mainstream teen movie with a gay main character. Roadside Attractions’ “I Can Only Imagine,” based on the story of the biggest-selling Christian song of all time, is looking at an estimated $14 million-plus for the…

  • Box Office: ‘Tomb Raider’ Finds $2.1 Million on Thursday Night

    Box Office: ‘Tomb Raider’ Finds $2.1 Million on Thursday Night

    Alicia Vikander’s “Tomb Raider” ran off with $2.1 million on Thursday night.Fox’s comedy-drama “Love, Simon,” meanwhile, made $850,000 from 2,125 sites during Thursday previews. It’s expanding to 2,402 venues Friday.“Tomb Raider,” Warner Bros. and MGM’s adaptation of the popular video game, has been projected to take in about $25 million from 3,842 locations this weekend.…

  • ‘Moonlight’ Star Ashton Sanders in Talks for ‘Native Son’ Movie

    ‘Moonlight’ Star Ashton Sanders in Talks for ‘Native Son’ Movie

    “Moonlight” star Ashton Sanders in final negotiations to take on the lead role of Bigger Thomas in a movie version of Richard Wright’s novel “Native Son.”Nick Robinson, the lead actor in gay teen romance-drama “Love, Simon,” is also in talks to join the cast along with Margaret Qualley, KiKi Layne and Bill Camp.A24, which released…

  • Can ‘Black Panther’ Fend Off ‘Tomb Raider’ for Fifth Straight Weekend at #1?

    Can ‘Black Panther’ Fend Off ‘Tomb Raider’ for Fifth Straight Weekend at #1?

    This weekend, Disney and Marvel’s Black Panther will become only the seventh film to have ever topped $600 million at the domestic box office. Like last weekend, however, the one question that lingers is whether or not it will be able to retain the #1 spot yet again, becoming the first film since Avatar to…

  • ‘Love, Simon’ Stars Say Gay Teen Romance Will Save Lives

    ‘Love, Simon’ Stars Say Gay Teen Romance Will Save Lives

    “Love, Simon” is a film of important milestones. Namely, it’s the first mainstream studio romantic comedy told from the perspective of a gay teen. But perhaps the most extraordinary thing about the Fox release is that it’s so ordinary. It’s a classic high school tale — one that minted millions for John Hughes — set…

  • Film Review: ‘Love, Simon’

    Film Review: ‘Love, Simon’

    By the time your average American teen experiences his or her first kiss, they’ve probably seen hundreds, if not thousands, of heterosexual smooches on screen. But what about Simon Spier, the handsome, well-liked high-school senior at the center of writer-director Greg Berlanti’s “Love, Simon”? He has “a perfectly normal life” in all ways but one:…