“Emily in Paris” star Lucas Bravo is thankful to George Clooney and Julia Roberts, who starred with him in hit 2022 romcom “Ticket to Paradise.”The dashing French star, who is also known for “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” was speaking at a press meet for the 16th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong, where he […]
Continue readingFor most of Hollywood history, the romantic comedy was a staple of theatrical moviegoing. From the glory days of Ernst Lubitsch (“Trouble in Paradise”) and George Cukor (“Adam’s Rib”) in the classical studio era to the onslaught of Julia Roberts, Matthew McConaughey, and Reese Witherspoon vehicles in the 1990s and early 2000s, pretty people saying […]
Continue readingDuring the mythical Golden Age of Hollywood, the romantic-comedy genre could be relied upon as a consistently entertaining, star-studded, and profitable performer at the box office, year in and year out. We’ve fallen quite a long way in the years since despite some recent breakthrough hits like “Crazy Rich Asians” or last year’s double-whammy of […]
Continue reading“Ticket to Paradise” nearly swept the VOD charts this week, falling short only at Google Play. The Julia Roberts-George Clooney rom-com success, heading to a domestic theatrical gross of perhaps 75 million, hewed to the studio’s standard plan of home release after three weekends. It’s still thriving in theaters, taking #3 for the weekend, providing […]
Continue reading“Ticket to Paradise” (Universal) debuts on PVOD tomorrow (likely at 19.99), and it can’t come a minute too soon for digital platforms. The absence of major new entries, plus disappointing results for two recent one, has left a void that the George Clooney/Julia Roberts rom-com should happily fill.For the studio, a film that opened under […]
Continue reading“Black Adam” has crossed 250 million in global ticket sales after 10 days on the big screen. That’s a solid result, one that improves upon another recent DC spinoff, 2021’s “The Suicide Squad” (which tapped out with 168 million globally while playing simultaneously on HBO Max in North America), but the comic book adventure still […]
Continue reading“Black Adam” conquered the box office again in its second weekend in theaters.The comic book adventure, starring Dwayne Johnson as a baddie who promises to change the “hierarchy of power” in the DC universe, collected 27.7 million between Friday and Sunday, a standard 59 decline from its opening weekend. So far, the movie has generated […]
Continue readingAfter a long break from the genre, Julia Roberts returned to romantic comedy alongside George Clooney as a divorced couple in Ticket to Paradise. The Academy Award-winning duo has previously co-starred in many successful films like Money Monster, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and the first two Ocean films. Ticket to Paradise is a 2000s-style […]
Continue readingIt was the weekend the movie industry has been looking towards ever since August brought on a surprisingly dry end of summer at the box office. Heck, it had mostly been dry until “Smile” opened surprisingly big earlier this month, followed by a good opening weekend for “Halloween Ends” last week. But this past weekend […]
Continue readingWarner Bros’ latest DC title saw a roughly even split between North America and international territories.World box office October 21-23 Rank Film (distributor)3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l) Territories 1. Black Adam (Warner Bros) 140m 140m 73m 73m 77 2. Ticket To Paradise (Universal) 21.1m 96m 4.7m 80.2m 79 3. Smile (Paramount) 18.3m 166.2m […]
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