There are a majority of adult-skewing movies opening this weekend that were poised to perform poorly, and that would still be the case if they were in a pre-pandemic marketplace. However, there are two bright spots to be thankful for: Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy is holding up significantly better than expected, bound for an estimated
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The Delta Variant, streaming wars and surging piracy loom large as CinemaCon launches Sunday at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the first in-person gathering of theaters owners and Hollywood studios since the pandemic struck 18-months ago. The virus has slashed registered attendees to circa 2,000 from 3,500 pre-pandemic, with a sizeable European contingent entirely shut
Ben Affleck and J Lo took yet another step forward Friday night, as they took their brood to learn about the Constitution and the Founding Fathers … AKA “Hamilton.” Ben and Jen were out in Hollywood, along with Affleck’s daughters, Violet and Seraphina, and J Lo’s kids, Max and Emme. Ben’s 9-year-old son, Samuel, didn’t
Taking part in an Indiana Jones film would be any fan’s dream. And Justin Kell got to witness so many things while working on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Of course, motorcycles are a huge part of the Indy legacy. So, it only made sense for Kell to be part of
Disney’s 20th Century Studios’ Ryan Reynolds movie Free Guy is getting a China release date of Aug. 27. The most recent major Hollywood titles to hit the PRC are Disney/Pixar’s Luca today which made $1.18M on its opening day, behind the 22nd day of local title Raging Fire ($2.84M) and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway in mid-June. To
Remember that blood bath that was suppose to occur between two major studio animated family films during the first weekend of October? Well, as reporter earlier this week Sony decided to go into talks with Amazon to sell off their Hotel Transylvania 4, and now MGM/United Artists Releasing is taking their sequel Addams Family 2
United Artists Releasing opens Flag Day, directed and starring Sean Penn, in a uneven specialty market where the Delta Variant spike has theaters in key cities requiring proof of vaccination, theaters are hard to book, and hits have been rare since the industry reopened. Eventually “We’ll crack the code, because good movie and good stories
Sad and infuriating news out of SeaWorld where a 6-year-old female orca is dead, and the embattled San Diego marine park says it has no clue why. SeaWorld says the orca, named Amaya, died unexpectedly Thursday with her animal care specialists by her side. The park says she’d shown signs of illness on Wednesday, but
There have been multiple characters introduced in recent projects like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and WandaVision that could imply the formation of a Young Avengers team. Given the characters that are interacting with Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), there also could be an iteration of a Dark Avengers team.
Eminem‘s a living legend with deep roots in Detroit … and that’s what makes him the perfect person to portray “White Boy Rick” … according to the real-life guy himself. Richard Wershe Jr., aka “White Boy Rick,” tells TMZ … it’s an absolute honor the rapper will portray him in 50 Cent‘s Starz series “BMF.”
While $3 million is definitely a lot more than any of us would even see in a lifetime in one lump sum, it is kind of odd that Robert Pattinson, who has certainly brought in box office cash for the Twilight films, isn’t getting paid on par with his colleagues. The Batman is reportedly costing
Marvel, Fast & Furious and Ryan Reynolds movies aren’t the only titles that had to sit out and wait for their theatrical release during the pandemic, but also highly anticipated indie pics like David Bruckner’s The Night House. Before Covid, a slice of the world got a glimpse of the Rebecca Hall haunted lake real estate title
Those distributors with new movies this weekend will find they can easily blame any soured performance at the box office on the delta variant and vaxx cards being required at NYC, San Francisco, and New Orleans cinemas. But, let’s not forget one huge thing: It’s late August, and that means it’s the season for lower
EXCLUSIVE: Landmark Theatres has entered into a long-term lease for the Scottsdale Quarter luxury multiplex in Scottsdale Arizona which was previously occupied by dine-in-cinema iPic Theatre. This is Landmark’s first theatre in the market. The eight-screen plex will reopen this fall after being shuttered since the end of the January 2020. “We are very excited
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez reunited after spending his birthday weekend apart, and it clearly felt so good … they couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Ben and Jen shared a long, passionate kiss goodbye at his home in Brentwood Tuesday after spending the day together … and it looked like she attempted a
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. I think it’s fair to say The Suicide Squad pretty much has it all. Incredible action, massive gore, steamy romance, and genuine emotion. All of this is played out by an all-star cast,
The New York Comedy Festival has set a lineup of 200 performers set to take the stage across the city’s five boroughs when the festival returns in-person in November. Among those performing are Vir Das, Tim Dillon, Colin Quinn, Michelle Wolf, Norm Macdonald, Megan Stalter, Ronny Chieng, Nick Kroll, ALOK, Marc Maron, Brian Regan, Bill
Universal has set a release date of April 7, 2023 for Fast and Furious 10, Deadline can confirm. That returns the Fast & Furious franchise to its holy Easter weekend stomping ground where F7, the highest grossing title in the series was launched in 2015 to $147.1M domestic, and finaled at $353M domestic, $1.5 billion global. Universal followed with Fate
EXCLUSIVE: NEON and Topic Studios have set a Nov. 5 release date for Pablo Larrain’s Spencer which stars Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana. The pic takes place during the Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, when Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles. Steven Knight penned the
Jennifer Lopez is at the center of a pretty cheesy war between her current BF and her ex-fiance Alex Rodriguez, who got trolled with a symbolic chicken pizza order … TMZ has learned. So, here’s the deal … a certain someone named Ben hit up the Florida-based online pizza joint Bulls Bears & Squares, and
Jockey, which won the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Special Jury award for star Clifton Collins Jr.’s acting, will hit New York and LA theaters on Dec. 29. Sony Pictures Classics acquired the film out of the Park City, Utah festival. The movie will expand across the country following its exclusive debut. Directed by Clint Bentley
West Side Story (1961) (Amazon Rental) I can’t have a forbidden love list without mentioning West Side Story. In 1950s New York, several Italians (the Jets) and Puerto Ricans (the Sharks) are in opposing gangs who are fighting for territory in the city. However, when Tony, an Italian, and Maria, a Puerto Rican, fall in
As we first told you, Sony’s fourthquel Hotel Transylvania: Transformania was heading to a streamer. Turns out, that’s bound to be Amazon in what we hear are early talks. While Disney has been doing rather well with the theatrical component of its day-and-date family movie Jungle Cruise with subsequent weekend holds of -55% and -43% for the pic’s
Halle Berry is getting dragged into the legal ring by a former UFC fighter … Cat Zingano is suing, claiming Halle offered her a movie role but was ultimately snubbed. According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Cat claims she met with Halle back in July, 2019 to talk about a movie HB was directing,
Shawn Levy had a fantastic weekend at the box office. Not only did his long-awaited 20th Century Studios Ryan Reynolds film Free Guy overperform in the face of a daunting pandemic with a $28.3M domestic start, the videogame-inspired romantic comedy repped a huge win for original tentpole material on the big screen. “This is the first
Since fans discovered her resemblance to Scarlett Johansson, TikToker mimisskate has not hesitated to post videos of herself cosplaying as Natasha Romanoff and as Johansson herself. Well, one of her recent videos, which brings in Margot Robbie doppelgänger russianharleyofficial, may be her best one yet. You can check out the mind-blowing TikTok video down below:
Sony Pictures Classics’ The Lost Leonardo had a notable debut on three screens on a quiet weekend for specialty openings. The film about da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi painting opened to $13,209 with a per screen average of $4,403 ahead of a national release. The distributor has been a steadying presence a tough arthouse climate. Its
UPDATE, writethru: Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy led the game at global turnstiles this session with a $51M worldwide debut. That includes domestic’s over-performance of $28.4M, and a $22.5M start in 41 material markets at the international box office — the latter in line with pre-weekend expectations. The offshore debut on the Shawn Levy-directed pic
It’s fascinating to watch local governments—New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans—rush to enact Covid vaccine requirements for entry to the publicly accessible spaces of private business, including, yes, movie theaters. I’m not equipped to judge the ultimate propriety or efficacy of such mandates. Frankly, the complexities posed by breakthrough, uncertain vaccine longevity, variants,
Play video content Courtesy of MLB The MLB’s Field Of Dreams replica officially has Ray Kinsella’s stamp of approval … ’cause Kevin Costner visited it this week and GUSHED over the ballpark, calling it “perfect.” Costner — who played Kinsella in the 1989 classic baseball movie — got a tour of the Dyersville, Iowa field