The new ‘Spider-Man’ movie went gangbusters at the box office this weekend — hauling in a bundle … and proving that having 2 studio parents for this IP might actually be best. Of course, we’re talking about “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” … which took the top spot by a mile over the past three days
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Celine Song’s Past Lives from A24 is very much here and now, grossing $232k on four screens for over $58k per location, a nice number for Song’s debut film as the second-biggest limited opening of the year so far. A24 also had the highest in April with Beau Is Afraid at $80k per theater at
Jonathan Majors and Meagan Good are going strong overseas … popping up in Morocco, where they’re shopping for pottery. TMZ obtained these photos of Jonathan and Meagan perusing a pottery shop in Fez, Morocco. Folks who were there tell us the couple stopped by a shop called Art Naji, where they appeared to take an
Play video content TMZ.com David Blaine got an assist from Pete Davidson for a magic trick Friday night at his Las Vegas show, and TMZ has obtained video of the most shocking moment. Check it out for yourself … David kicked things off at his Resorts World performance by escorting Pete and his friend from
Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Universe is casting its web in international box office markets with $13.5M through Thursday. That’s 2.5x the original in like-for-likes. Notable in early reporting, India broke the local all-time opening day record for an animated movie with $610K while releasing on a non-traditional Thursday. The launch day gross is higher than
A24 follows You Hurt My Feelings last weekend with dual-language romance Past Lives, starting a platform release on four screens in New York and LA including Q&As led by talent who have been champions of the film, including Steve Buscemi, Jodie Turner-Smith and Lulu Wang. Expanding this month. The Sundance premiering pic by Celine Song,
EXCLUSIVE: We hear that the George Clooney directed MGM title, The Boys in the Boat, is set to hit theaters on Monday, Dec. 25, as a wide release. The studio, I understand, were ecstatic over the test scores and landed on the pic’s release date in an effort to grab families. Pic is based on
Adele is completely gutting the home she purchased from Sylvester Stallone … and while she’s starting over at the lavish Beverly Hills estate, one famous feature remains. As you can see, the pricy renovations are in full swing, and the main house is getting a total transformation — she’s sheared off the whole 2nd story
EXCLUSIVE, late Thursday PM: Sources are telling us that Disney’s Rob Marshall directed The Little Mermaid is singing some high notes tonight of $10M+ in previews. Should that figure exceed $10.8M it will rep the 6th highest preview performance among PG and G rated titles in motion picture history. Tracking pegged the Halle Bailey movie
EXCLUSIVE: The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation has created the Erik Lomis Leadership Award, which will be bestowed at the charity’s 30th Annual Film Row Charity Golf Classic. Modeled after the Payne Stewart Award given annually by the PGA Tour, which is given to a player whose values align with the character, charity, and
Talk about legs — or, more appropriately, wings: Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick is still playing in Japanese cinemas a full year on from its debut. Continuing on from a stratospheric and super-leggy run, the sequel, on its 365th day of release, became Tom Cruise’s biggest film ever in the market. In doing so, it overtook
Broadway box office overall held steady last week, even as the recent Tony Award nominations already seemed to lose some of their power to boost ticket sales. Some shows with nominations saw declines at the box office, from Good Night, Oscar and Some Like It Hot to Leopoldstadt and New York, New York. For the
Several times in recent years, Sony has used the Cannes Film Festival to promote a key upcoming title, despite the movies not officially being involved in the event — see Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation in 2018, 2017’s The Emoji Movie and 2016’s The Angry Birds Movie. This year, the marketing team pulled out the
In a rare situation for a Disney tentpole, particularly a live-action title based on a treasured classic animated musical, The Little Mermaid looks to bank more at the domestic box office ultimately than overseas, with $300M-$350M U.S./Canada to $260M abroad. At that level, per finance sources, off a reported $250M production cost and $140M global
Last night at the world premiere of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse there was a huge sigh of relief from the mass of animators inside Westwood’s Regency Village Theater: the $100M budgeted sequel to the Oscar winning animated movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, was done; having completed post-production literally just ten days ago after a five-year
Tyne Daly and Liev Schreiber will star in a new Broadway production next February of John Patrick Shanley’s Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt: A Parable, with direction by Scott Ellis. The Roundabout Theatre Company production will begin performances in February 2024 at the American Airlines Theatre. Exact dates, remaining cast members, and design
Julie Benko, who has built a devoted following as the Funny Girl understudy and alternate Fanny Brice, will originate her first Broadway role this fall in the new musical Harmony by by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman. Benko will play the role of Ruth, producers Ken Davenport, Sandi Moran and Garry Kief announced today. The
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is doing some serious business tonight according to box office sources, accumulating $16M off previews that began at 3PM at 3,562 theaters. That’s the second best preview night ever for an animated movie after Disney/Pixar’s Incredibles 2 ($18.5M) from June 2018. Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 4, with $12M, is
Play video content TMZ.com The world is down one more musician, philanthropist, and humanitarian with the death of Harry Belafonte, and Chuck D perfectly outlined the tremendous loss. TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the Public Enemy front man Tuesday at LAX, and he refused to accept the notion today’s youth don’t know Harry’s contributions
AMC Entertainment chief executive Adam Aron said a booming box office and sharp pivot to theatrical by studios and streamers makes him “as relaxed and confident about AMC future as I possibly can be.” Speaking with Deadline at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aron indicated the icing on the cake would be a judge’s
Warner Bros. has no worries in The Flash. The studio knew they had the goods on the DC multiverse movie which brings together Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton’s Batman, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman, Michael Shannon’s General Zod and a new Supergirl in Sasha Calle, and boldly premiered the movie here at CinemaCon Las Vegas to
Kevin Wilson has officially been named the Head of Theatrical Distribution for Amazon Studios and MGM as the parent company combines both labels into one theatrical distribution group. The news comes in the wake of the passing of Amazon-MGM previous theatrical distribution boss, Erik Lomis, who was given a heartfelt remembrance today at CinemaCon by
Sydney Sweeney is still with her fiancé Jonathan Davino and is NOT dating Glen Powell, multiple sources with knowledge tell TMZ … this coming on the heels of a swarm of rumors pinning them together. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Sydney is still living with Jonathan and all is well between them —
Producer Jason Reitman appeared via video sans footage with the Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel cast of McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd and Carrie Coon in what was the first look of the movie. Reitman confirmed that the new sequel, due out on December 20, returns the franchise back to New York City where the first
Sony Motion Pictures Chairman and CEO Tom Rothman introduced a sequence from Ridley Scott’s Apple TV+ movie, Napoleon at CinemaCon tonight. Apple’s continued foray into theatrical was a big get for Sony, which is distributing the movie. “It will be released at Thanksgiving with a robust theatrical window and robust marketing campaign before moving to
“I thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Denzel Washington told a Colosseum-full of exhibition executives at CinemaCon. The star of The Equalizer 3 — first trailer dropping tomorrow — received a Lifetime Achievement Award presented by director Antoine Fuqua during Sony’s presentation, which kicked off the annual four day-event in Las Vegas. “We
Play video content TMZ.com Pete Davidson‘s New York Knicks took home a big win, but one fan might wanna take a lesson in personal space … cuz he got wayyy too far into Pete’s zone. Check out the video, Pete was posing for pics and high-fiving a bunch of his fellow Knick fans as he
Digital and social media marketing chiefs of major studios said today they’re really hoping the threat of a U.S. government ban on Tiktok never materializes, so crucial has the platform become to launching films. They’d also like Elon Musk-owned Twitter to get itself together, since that’s also a key platform for Hollywood. “I don’t personally
An oft-heard lament on the part of international distribution is that Italy is impossible to program in the summer. In 2019, there was an effort on the part of the studios and the local industry to steer the season in a different direction resulting in record results, but the pandemic halted momentum. At the end
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has promoted its Chief Experience Officer Michael Kustermann to the newly created post of president, taking on a larger role in supporting and accelerating the growing chain’s organization and strategic vision. The exec’s key initiatives have included Alamo Season Pass, Rolling RoadShow, Fantastic Fest, a new Silent Service ordering platform and work
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