CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. The 1980s will forever go down as one of the most significant decades in terms of contributions to pop culture. With timeless classics like Back to the Future, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and
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(Interactive chart with estimates below) Three different premieres led the specialty box office this weekend with each film breaking a 100K weekend gross. First, Focus Features’ Final Account splashed in at $150K this opening weekend. Over a decade in the making, the timely documentary offers a portrait of the last living generation of everyday people
A crazy post-crash site has a lot of people reminiscing on early 2000s horror — because it looks eerily similar to a killer moment from the ‘Final Destination’ franchise. A guy named Aaron Cox posted a video showing a giant wood log piercing the windshield of a white van, pulled over behind a transport truck
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Walking wrestling encyclopedia and passionate Dungeons and Dragons fan Joe Manganiello has carved out a remarkable career for himself over the years, appearing in dozens of movies and TV shows. During that time,
Oscar nominee Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, and Owen Teale star in horse racing drama, Dream Horse, from Bleecker Street and Topic Studio. Directed by Euros Lyn, the film tells the true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town Welsh bartender, Jan Vokes (Collette). With very little money and no experience,
Hamilton will return to the Hollywood Pantages Theatre eight weeks earlier than previously announced, with performances now set to begin on Aug. 17. Today’s announcement signals the end of what producer Jeffrey Seller and Broadway in Hollywood called the “17-month intermission” that began on the day the production was originally set to start – March
The domestic box office isn’t going to get interesting until next weekend when Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II and Disney’s Cruella launch the summer season. From that point on, we largely won’t have any weekends where the major studios are taking a break from releasing wide entries, which is the case this weekend as Lionsgate’s Spiral: From the Book
Harry Potter fans can own some serious wizardry memorabilia … but it won’t be sold by Ollivander and it’ll cost way more than seven Galleons. The folks over at Prop Store will hold one of the world’s largest live auctions of film and TV memorabilia in L.A. … and leading the way are the glasses
AMC Entertainment’s onetime owner, China’s Dalian Wanda Group, has pretty much cashed out completely from the theater chain, revealing in an SEC filing Friday that it has pared its stake to a barely there 0.002%. Wanda first acquired AMC’s super-voting Class B stock – with three votes a share – in 2012, making it the
All this isn’t to say that Simu Liu won’t take on another martial arts-related role anytime soon following Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, as he acknowledged that this “wouldn’t be a good move.” However, given the MCU’s solid track record with popularizing more obscure characters, it’s logical to assume that Liu will
In the wake of Monday’s news that Amazon is making a go at MGM, it’s been radio silence. As of today, we hear that both sides remain actively in talks, and want to get the deal done soon but the time frame remains undefined. With Amazon’s recent acquisition of big pics like Paramount’s Coming 2
A piece of movie history is going up for sale … the iconic house from “Training Day” just hit the market. The 3-bedroom home, tucked away on a cul-de-sac near Dodger Stadium, is up for sale at a cool $1,149,000 … and it’s where memorable scenes for the movie starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke
In yet another great sign that the domestic box office is returning to full steam, online ticket retailer Fandango has released some insight today on the advance ticket sales for Paramount’s long-awaited sequel A Quiet Place Part II, which kicks off the summer season on May 28 with Disney’s Cruella. Interesting comparison here in regards to
As previously mentioned, other casting choices are pretty hilarious. Matthew McCounaghey as Olivander the Harry Potter wand make was particularly bonkers, and provided one of the funniest moments of the video. Similarly, I didn’t expect to see Steve Buscemi as Argus Filch, but now I’ll never be the same.
F9, aka Fast & Furious 9, is zooming towards its UK box office opening, with Universal moving the pic forward to June 24 from its previous July 8 date. That aligns with the movie’s U.S. bow, which is dated for June 25. The studio is taking a nimble approach to the film’s release, rolling it
Moviegoing kicked off again in the UK and France this week, with the former reopening cinemas on Monday and the latter on Wednesday. And so far, signs are very positive after roughly seven months of darkened screens in each market. Advance sales are strong and exhibitors in both are encouraged at the early results. In
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, the New Regency–Film4–Warp Films feature adaption of the West End hit musical, will now debut exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 17 in over 240 countries and territories. The pic, which came to Disney via the Fox merger, was originally set for a theatrical release a few times (Oct. 23,
Play video content SplashNews.com Paul Hogan insists he didn’t put up a sign on his house warning homeless people to scram … in fact, he says the house isn’t even his and he has empathy for people living on the streets. The “Crocodile Dundee” star was getting lots of unwanted attention after a sign was
China has added a pair of Sony movies to the release calendar with Columbia Pictures’ Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway set for June 11 — one week before its domestic bow — and Sony Pictures Classics’ Oscar winner The Father due on June 18. The Will Gluck-directed Peter Rabbit sequel opened early in Australia and
John Krasinski made his directorial debut with 2018’s A Quiet Place, which was a critical and box office success. A sequel was quickly ordered, and Part II premiered and was gearing up for release when theaters started closing. Krasinski recently spoke to what it’s been like waiting for a full year, saying:
While the studios stacked up a number of trailers and clips for their upcoming summer slate at today’s conference The Big Screen is Back sponsored by the MPA, NATO and studios, 3x Oscar nominated producer Jason Blum was one of the few notable pieces of industry talent (outside distribution and marketing execs) mentioning how theatrical is king.
The former Governor of California and Terminator franchise star made a big splash today at The Big Screen Is Back conference to exclaim, “The big screen is back, ladies and gentleman!”. Arnold Schwarzenegger then led the whole auditorium at the AMC Century City 15 in a chant “We are back! We are back!“ Schwarzenegger said he got the
Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s son already follows in his dad’s footsteps when it comes to bodybuilding … but now he’s mimicking his pops in Hollywood. Sources close to Joseph Baena tell TMZ … on the heels of landing his first big acting gig earlier this year — in the John Malkovich sci-fi flick, “The Chariot” — he’s
Universal’s F9 put the pedal to the metal in its Korea bow with $3.4M (3.9M won) on day one today. That’s the best opening day ever for the Fast & Furious franchise in the market, as well as the top opening of all films in Korea since the pandemic began — even coming in ahead
CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. The DC Extended Universe is known for keeping audiences on their toes, and the recent release of the Snyder Cut was certainly no exception. There are a ton of questions about the future
On Wednesday morning, studio executives and exhibitors will rally at AMC’s Century City 15 multiplex to cheer the return of movie theaters that had been closed by the pandemic. “The Big Screen Is Back,” they’ll declare. Glad to hear it. That’s great, as far as it goes. But those movers and shakers should probably charter
Universal will be releasing the Baltasar Kormákur directed thriller Beast starring Idris Elba on Aug. 19, 2022. There are no other major studio wide releases currently scheduled for that date. Elba plays widowed husband and father, Dr Nate Samuels, who with his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that
A man who says he bought a “This Smells Like My Vagina” candle from Gwyneth Paltrow‘s Goop company claims it could have killed him when it exploded … and he’s now filed a class-action lawsuit about it. According to the legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the guy suing is a Texas resident named Colby Watson,
Paradise Square, the original musical from a creative team that includes Moisés Kaufman, Bill T. Jones, Craig Lucas and Black 47 singer Larry Kirwan, will begin a limited, month-long pre-Broadway engagement in Chicago on Nov. 2. Casting and details about a Broadway engagement will be announced shortly. The musical, set in the notorious Civil War-era
The Toretto family will be back in action this week as Universal’s F9 speeds into early offshore release beginning in Korea and Hong Kong on Wednesday, followed by Russia and the Middle East on Thursday and China on Friday. In those markets combined, F9 is looking to drive off with an opening weekend in the