Animated feature directors of “Elemental,” “Nimona,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” and “Trolls Band Together” will attend the second annual “Sketch to Screen: Top Animated Contenders” panel at Scad Savannah Film Festival.Hosted by Clayton Davis, senior awards editor for Variety, the panel will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 24. On […]
Continue readingSony’s “The Equalizer 3” has finally toppled the six-week reign of “Barbie” atop the U.K. and Ireland box office.Antoine Fuqua’s action thriller, headlined by Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning, debuted with £2.7 million ($3.4 million), per numbers from Comscore.In its seventh weekend, Warner Bros.’ “Barbie” slid down to second place with £1.6 million for a […]
Continue readingFour (an unusually high number) recent studio theatrical releases added PVOD home availability over the last week. No question which among them scored best — “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Disney) took the #1 slot on all charts.Consumer options vary among the titles. “Indiana Jones” can immediately be digitally downloaded for $19.99. “Teenage […]
Continue readingDenzel Washington sequel achieves franchise-best opening, whilst China delivered an estimated $30.3m for ’Oppenheimer’.World box office September 1-3 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world)Cume (world)3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l) Territories 1. The Equalizer 3 (Sony) $60.6m $60.6m $26.1m $26.1m 50 2. Oppenheimer (Universal) $55.2m $55.2m $851.2m $49/7m 84 3. Barbie (Paramount) $23.8m $1.3bn $13.2m $771.5m 76 4. No […]
Continue readingBiggest titles were ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’.The UK’s National Cinema Day generated approximately £5m at the box office from nearly 1.56 million admissions on Saturday, September 2 – a 6% increase on last year’s edition.Tickets were heavily discounted to at least £3 at over 630 cinemas across the country, with the most popular films on the […]
Continue readingBiggest titles were ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’.The UK’s National Cinema Day generated nearly £4.65m at the box office from almost 1.56 million admissions on Saturday, September 2 – a 6% increase on last year’s edition.Tickets were heavily discounted to at least £3 at over 630 cinemas across the country. The most popular films on the day […]
Continue readingAudiences have spoken, and they are continuing to speak in favor of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.” The latest adaptation of the comic book heroes created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird has been slowly but surely piling up cash at the box office since its release at the beginning of this month. Now, […]
Continue readingAs recounted in this week’s Tales from the Box Office column, “Blade” screenwriter David S. Goyer was told by New Line studio head Mike Luca that the budget he got for the movie would depend on which lead actor he could attach to it: “I’ll make it for $40 million if you can get Denzel […]
Continue readingThe Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have become a bonafide phenomenon over the years. Starting from the original Mirage Comics series by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the heroes in a half-shell have gone on to populate a number of animated series, video games, and movies including this month’s Paramount Pictures release, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: […]
Continue readingWhile the overall quality of newer seasons of “Saturday Night Live” is debatable, most people will agree that the digital segments, primarily those from the comedy troupe, Please Don’t Destroy, are still pretty great. So, it’s exciting to see the Please Don’t Destroy guys get a chance to actually spin off into their own feature […]
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