Waitress, the Broadway hit that, along with Hadestown, brought music back to the New York stage last night after many dark months, grossed $197,878 in tickets sales today, breaking the single-performance house record at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The previous record – $184,476 – was set by the 2013 production of Betrayal starring Daniel Craig
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Play video content TMZ.com “Really Love” star Kofi Siriboe says his new Netflix show breaks the mold … a romantic drama with Black leads where the story is not rooted in trauma or crime. Kofi — best known for his role in Ava Duvernay and Oprah Winfrey‘s TV series “Queen Sugar” — says he grew
A glum arthouse market may be entering a gateway weekend into happier days after months of distributors — with rare exceptions — pulling out their hair at dismal per-screens averages. That’s because festival buzz is mounting for film after film – from Card Counter, Dune and Spencer (debuted in Venice, opening respectively Sept 10, Oct.
With or without Martian Manhunter, Andy Muschietti’s Flash movie clearly has a lot going for it. The movie will see Ezra Miller’s title character mess with the multiverse, and will feature both Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck’s version of Batman. With such a stacked cast, the story simply might not need Harry Lennix’s hero. Still,
Kobe Bryant‘s daughter, Natalia, is gunning to follow in her dad’s footsteps … revealing the NBA legend inspired her to pursue a career in film — and she’s hoping to win an Oscar!! The Black Mamba’s 18-year-old daughter — an aspiring filmmaker — opened up about her favorite memories with her dad in a rare
Mirren is clearly thrilled to be dancing with Vin Diesel, and based on the look on his face, Diesel is having an equally good time. As well he should be, he’s dancing with Dame Helen Mirren after all. He’s dancing with Hollywood royalty It’s now completely understandable why these two had such remarkable chemistry on
The Labor Day weekend box office, the last frame of summer, which studios typically shy from, is poised for a revolution as Disney debuts the first Asian American Marvel superhero feature Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings. Studios have held the long belief that no one goes to the movies over Labor Day weekend,
It’s not Venom: Let There Be Carnage going on Nov. 19, rather Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife which received high praise from exhibition out of CinemaCon. Word was that the Marvel sequel would move from Oct. 15 after Paramount flew Top Gun: Maverick from its Nov. 19 date, however, it’s the Jason Reitman-directed, Ivan Reitman produced sequel to the Columbia Pictures comedy franchise.
Play video content TMZ.com Louis Gossett Jr. isn’t hanging up his acting career anytime soon — so says the Oscar winner himself, and his reasons are interesting. We got the acclaimed actor at LAX where we asked about his prolific and prolonged career … even at this point in his life. Our photog pointed out
EXCLUSIVE: After a successful launch of clips and footage at CinemaCon, Paramount is pushing its big Tom Cruise tentpoles, Top Gun: Maverick to May 27, Memorial Day weekend 2022, and Mission: Impossible 7 to Sept. 30, 2022. Again, these are big potential billion dollar grossing franchises co-produced with Skydance which require the world to be in an
Even though Hollywood may seem like a huge town, it is a bit smaller than viewers think. The actors recruited into the MCU are perfect examples of this truth. When it comes to Marvel, Michael B. Jordan seems to be connected to almost everyone in the MCU. That was proved when Jordan’s Creed II co-star
John Schneider‘s production studio lot in Louisiana has been ravaged by Hurricane Ida, and while his life was spared, the actor needs some help. The ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ star’s movie/TV magic sanctuary in Holden, LA got torn up this week as Ida continues to rip through the area. Among the casualties on his property was
Being James Bond, from MGM, will stream exclusively on the Apple TV app as a free rental ahead of the theatrical release of No Time To Die, the 25th installment of the storied franchise. The 45-minute retrospective features Daniel Craig reflecting on his 15 years playing Bond, with never-before-seen archival footage from his oeuvre and conversations with 07
To celebrate the home entertainment release of The Boss Baby: Family Business, we’re giving away five digital copies! Boss Baby 2 is now available on Digital and you can get it on Blu-ray and DVD on September 14. Five people will win a digital code redeemable through Movies Anywhere, a free app that lets you
Matthew Mindler, the child actor known for his role in “Our Idiot Brother,” died by suicide … according to officials. The Lancaster County Coroner’s Office tells TMZ … Mindler’s manner of death has been ruled suicide, but the cause of death is still pending toxicology results. We broke the story … Matthew’s college, Millersville University
If The Book of Boba Fett allows for Alita: Fallen Angel (or whatever the sequel may be called) to go into development, theatrical may be the sole option for initial release. Considering Alita: Battle Angel was released under the old 20th Century Fox system, which had an agreement that required its films to go to
Never underestimate the power of the big screen, even as a marketing tool. This past weekend, the film and music industries crossed roads as Imax delivered a unique global stunt for 2x Grammy nominee and multi-platinum selling pop performing artist Halsey timed to her fourth studio album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power.
Pantelion’s animated film Un Rescate De Huevitos (An Egg Rescue) is a rarity in the specialty box office as a Spanish language animated film. And its opening weekend success will certainly come as no surprise in Mexico where the franchise is its highest-grossing film series to date. The Spanish-language animation performed tremendously at its 320
With the $20.4M opening of Universal/MGM/Monkeypaw’s Candyman, director Nia DaCosta becomes the first Black female director to debut a movie in the No. 1 weekend spot at the domestic box office. At the same time, Candyman marks the second-highest grossing 3-day domestic weekend B.O. opening for a Black female director; that record owned by Ava DuVernay and
Ed Asner — one the most prolific actors to ever have done it — has died. His reps confirm to TMZ that EA passed away Sunday surrounded by family. No other details about the circumstances of his death have emerged. The family issued a statement saying, “We are sorry to say that our beloved patriarch
Refresh for latest…: One of the only Hollywood titles to recently be granted a China release date, Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy flew into the market with a $23.9M start. This is a solid launch in the Middle Kingdom, particularly in the current climate, and helped push the Ryan Reynolds-starrer past $100M at the international
Fortunately, Hollywood is more than big enough for all three former wrestlers to carve out their own spaces and do their own things, just as it has been for Andre The Giant, Hulk Hogan and others who came before. No doubt wrestling fans would love to see all of them in the same project at
Paramount may have delayed the release of their eOne family feature Clifford the Big Red Dog, but they wanted to show exhibitors they truly have the goods here with the live-action feature adaptation of the classic Scholastic kids book with a surprise screening this AM on the last day of CinemaCon. The movie was recently pushed off
Matthew Mindler, the child actor who went missing earlier this week, has died … law enforcement tells TMZ. The college he attended confirmed his death with an announcement to the student body … “It is with a grieving heart that I let you know of the death of 19-year-old Matthew Mindler from Hellertown, Pennsylvania, a
Tom Cruise has bungee jumped into corporate silos, climbed cliffs in Australia with his bare hands and clung to planes as they’re taking off in previous Mission: Impossible movies. But his next big stunt in Mission: Impossible 7 is motorcycle jumping off a cliff in Norway. “This is far and away the most dangerous thing I’ve attempted;
The franchise admittedly won’t be the same without Chadwick Boseman, and even Lupita Nyong’o has been candid about how “hard” it is to move forward without the late star. However, she’s still spoken highly of the upcoming sequel and seems excited about what’s to come. She’s also expressed her belief that it serves as a
Tom Cruise didn’t appear in person at CinemaCon; rather he flashed up on the big screen at Caesars’ Colosseum Theatre with Hayley Atwell from the set of Mission: Impossible 8. After showing off BTS footage of Cruise’s next big stunt from Mission Impossible 7, Paramount rolled the first 13 minutes of their Skydance co-production Top Gun: Maverick due out
Together, the lockdown drama from Bleeker Street, opens on 250 screens this weekend in a specialty market treading water and with little visibility on box office amid daily Covid headlines. The trend continues of specialty films going wider faster and narrowing the window from theatrical to VOD in a nod to the chunk of its
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s some data we haven’t seen yet: The 17-day U.S. household viewership for Warner Bros. movies released this year on HBO Max, with James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad registering 4.7M households through its first three weekends of release on the service. All of this comes from Samba TV which measures streaming viewership in 3M U.S.
Matthew Mindler, the former child actor famous for starring opposite Paul Rudd in “Our Idiot Brother,” has gone missing from his college in Pennsylvania … according to police. A freshman at Millersville University in Millersville, PA, Matthew has not been seen since Tuesday night and was reported missing late Wednesday after not returning to his