Universal is usually strong on VOD charts, but this week it dominates by holding 13 out of 30 possible slots with the just-released “
Continue readingWriter/Director Jordan Peele is back with Nope, the UFO-centered horror film starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, and Peele once again proves that he is one of Hollywood’s few directors whose name can consistently lure audiences into cinemas. The 44 million launch fell quite a bit short of Peele’s previous film Us, which opened […]
Continue readingIt’s fitting that The Black Phone, an adaptation of Joe Hill’s short story, was shot in Wilmington, North Carolina. Forty years ago, it was the fertile imagination of Hill’s father—Stephen King—that birthed the city’s film industry. Needing a sprawling estate for an adaptation of King’s novel Firestarter, Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis settled on an […]
Continue reading‘Minions’ film delivers strongest weekend take for a US studio animation in the pandemic eraWorld Box Office July 1-3 Rank Film(distributor) 3-day(world) Cume(world) 3-day(int’l) Cume(int’l) Territories1.Minions: The Rise of Gru(Universal)195.7m 202.2m 87.2m 93.7m 732.Top Gun:Maverick(Paramount)62.5m 1,108.5m 37m 544.5m 66 3.Lighting Up The Stars(Various)44m 118.2m 44m 118.2m 1 4.Jurassic WorldDominion(Universal)42.5m 824.5m 26.8m 492.7m 73 5.Elvis(Warner Bros)34.7m […]
Continue reading‘Minions’ film delivers strongest weekend take for a US studio animation in the pandemic eraWorld Box Office July 1-3 Rank Film(distributor) 3-day(world) Cume(world) 3-day(int’l) Cume(int’l) Territories1.Minions: The Rise of Gru(Universal)195.7m 202.2m 87.2m 93.7m 732.Top Gun:Maverick(Paramount)62.5m 1,108.5m 37m 544.5m 66 3.Lighting Up The Stars(Various)44m 118.2m 44m 118.2m 1 4.Jurassic WorldDominion(Universal)42.5m 824.5m 26.8m 492.7m 73 5.Elvis(Warner Bros)34.7m […]
Continue readingTom Cruise film becomes top title of 2022 at worldwide box office.World Box Office 24-26 June RankFilm(distributor)3-day(world)Cume(world)3-day(int’l)Cume(int’l) Territories1.Top Gun:Maverick(Paramount)75.0m 1,006m 44.5m 484.7m 662.Jurassic WorldDominion(Universal)69.4m 746.7m 43.0 443.9m 73 3.Elvis(Warner Bros)50.5 50.5 20.0m 20.0m 52 4.Lightyear(Disney)40.0 152.4m 19.3m 63.6m 45 5.The Black Phone(Universal)35.8m 35.8m 12.5m 12.5m 46 6.Lighting Up The Stars(Various)31.6m 36.8m 31.6m 36.8m 1 7.Witch […]
Continue readingLooking at this weekend’s box-office returns you may very well be wondering what year it is as Tom Cruise slugged it out with Tom Hanks for bragging rights over who has the top-grossing movie in North America. As Sunday’s receipts were still being tallied, it appeared as if the the two A-list veterans were locked […]
Continue reading“The Black Phone,” from director Scott Derrickson and his writing partner C. Robert Cargill, is based on a short story by Joe Hill (the son of horror master Stephen King). It tells the story of a young boy named Finney (Mason Thames) who is snatched by a serial killer dubbed the Grabber (Ethan Hawke). Finney’s […]
Continue reading“Top Gun: Maverick” isn’t getting grounded anytime soon: the celebrated Tom Cruise sequel, now in its fifth weekend, is still tied for top of the box office. Its main competition? Baz Luhrmann’s glitzy drama “Elvis,” which is projected to reach a 30 million opening according to The Wrap. That outlet puts the weekend’s earnings for […]
Continue readingNote: This article contains spoilers for “The Black Phone.”The fascination with the evilest parts of humanity has always existed, in one way or another. If there is any subgenre of entertainment that has seen a significant increase in popularity over the past few years, it’s true crime. When you search “true crime” on Google, you’ll […]
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