THURSDAY UPDATE, Refresh for latest…: With numbers now in for the 44 overseas markets that opened on Wednesday, Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie had a more than peachy debut with $34.7M through yesterday at the international box office. Combined with Wednesday’s domestic bow, the global one-day total is $66.4M. Several milestones/records were set in
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Warner Bros decided to wake up a sleepy day with some release-date changes. The first, James Wan’s Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom, is going five days earlier on Wednesday, December 20 this year instead of Christmas Day. The DC pic will open against Sony’s Ghostbusters sequel on Wednesday and will face off against Illumination/Universal’s Migration
Blumhouse’s feature take of videogame Five Nights at Freddy’s is going theatrical day and date with Peacock on Oct. 27 this year. The pic will go wide. This is the fourth Blumhouse movie to day and date with Universal’s streaming service after Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends and Firestarter. While arguments can be made that these
Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Bros Movie doesn’t need a mushroom to get bigger, it just organically is. Out of the gate today Wednesday, sans any Tuesday previews, the feature take of the classic game is looking at $26M, for what’s translating into a $86.2M 3-day, $127.5M Wednesday through Sunday haul. Interesting, even though its opening day
The man whom prosecutors claim caused Michael K. Williams‘ death by giving him dirty drugs has pled guilty in a plea deal … and could see serious prison time. 39-year-old Irvin Cartagena pleaded guilty Wednesday in NYC to one count of conspiring to distribute drugs in connection to the late actor’s fatal overdose from 2021.
There’s a new Snapchat filter in town and it’s become a viral sensation … so much so, it’s been used over 1 billion times, making it one of the most popular ever on the app. The “disgust” lens depicts users looking — as the name suggests — totally disgusted at someone or something, and apparently
With two weeks left in its 35-year Broadway run, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera posted a huge box office gross last week of $3,247,106, nearly 10% of Broadway’s total take for the seven-day period ending April 2. The beloved musical – which, Lloyd Webber has suggested, might well find its way back
Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback have been set to receive the Rising Stars of the Year Award at CinemaCon 2023. The Transformers: Rise of the Beasts duo will receive the recognition from NATO’s official convention at its Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony, which takes place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas the
Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theaters closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studio’s respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that pandemical brink, the motion picture studios have largely returned to their theatrical release models
Eli Roth’s Thanksgiving horror movie, inspired by his fictitious trailer in 2007’s Grindhouse, will be hitting theaters on Nov. 17 via TriStar Pictures and Spyglass Media Group. Roth directed and co-wrote with Jeff Rendell. The pic is produced by Roger Birnbaum, Roth and Rendell. EPs are Gary Barber, Peter Oillataguerre and Kate Harrison. Thanksgiving stars Patrick
Judy Farrell, best known for playing Nurse Able in the hit TV show, “M*A*S*H,” has died, TMZ has learned. Judy’s son, Michael, tells us she passed away in a hospital on Sunday after suffering a stroke nine days earlier. We’re told while she was in the hospital, Judy was consciously alert and able to squeeze
Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theatres closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studio’s respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that pandemical brink, the motion picture studies have largely returned to their theatrical release models
Who says people don’t go to the movies? That stale cynicism coming out of the pandemic is about to get squashed this weekend as Illumination/Universal’s The Super Mario Bros Movie is about to run up a serious box office score. With a Wednesday opening before Easter around the world, inclusive of 70 offshore markets, the
Play video content TMZ.com Pras Michel has his game face on as his federal conspiracy case kicks into high gear in Washington D.C., with some huge names — including Leonardo DiCaprio — set to take the stand. We caught The Fugees rapper just as he arrived at the courthouse with his defense lawyer … ahead
AMC Entertainment has taken a big step forward on a few key fronts, announcing a settlement in a shareholder lawsuit that would allow it to issue stock, raise capital, convert its APE units and go ahead with a ten-for-one reverse stock split – basically a lifeline if it needs one. Shareholders had approved the much-needed
Regal owner Cineworld has entered into a restructuring support agreement and a backstop commitment agreement with lenders that will, if approved, see it emerge from bankruptcy. The exhibition giant also noted today that it has received non-binding proposals for some or all of the group’s assets but determined that absent an all-cash bid significantly in
Lady Gaga is busting out her pipes for her role as Harley Quinn in the new ‘Joker’ sequel — and since they’re shooting out in the open … the whole world’s getting a sneak peak. The singer was on location in NYC this weekend shooting ‘Joker 2,’ and yes … she and the team revisited
Refresh for latest…: Coming in higher than expected, Paramount/eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves took a $71.5M global bow this weekend; that includes $33M from 60 offshore markets which is nicely above the $25M+ projected ahead of the frame. Standout markets included the UK (where eOne distributes) at No. 1 with $4.3M; Mexico and
Play video content TMZSports.com Bianca Belair could be the next John Cena, Rock or Dave Bautista — at least, that’s what wrestling legend X-Pac thinks … ’cause he tells TMZ Sports he sees the current WWE RAW Women’s champ moving from the squared circle to the silver screen!! We spoke with the 50-year-old great out
John Vanco, longtime SVP and GM of arthouse IFC Center in NYC has joined Netflix as film programmer for the streamer’s cinemas. “I’m thrilled to share the news that after 18 years of presenting the world’s best films at IFC Center, I will be moving to Netflix on April 10 to help lead their efforts
The Wayans family patriarch, Howell Wayans, has died … and his children are paying tribute. Marlon Wayans confirmed the sad news Saturday with a touching post. He threw up a pic of him and Howell together, with the latter kissing his son on the head. MW writes, “Legend. When i was a child I asked
Saturday AM: Refresh for more updates and chart Though Friday was $15.3M, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is still looking at a $40M opening. This is the high end of tracking, and that is to be commended for the Paramount/eOne $150M production which the former studio was careful to lay off risk on. Though
In the latest episode of Crew Call, we talk to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directors, scribes and EPs John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein about the vision they sold to Paramount to make the dark and dingy world of the role playing game, not just fun, but funnier. And even more so, a
Paramount and eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has made $5.6M in previews. That’s not all from Thursday showtimes (which began at 3PM), but includes advance Amazon sneaks among other pre-screenings. Before Thursday, we’re told Dungeons & Dragons made $1.5M. While the feature take of the popular role-playing game has been hot in word
Play video content TMZ.com “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” star Sophia Lillis says it was a dream come true to be a part of the tabletop game-based movie … because she’s been rollin’ d20s for quite a few years now. We got the actress Thursday at LAX — hours before her new movie with
National CineMedia said today it’s negotiated a second extension of the grace period on interest payments originally due Feb. 15. A one-month grace period for a payment said to be about $6.6 million ended March 15, when the company announced lenders had agreed to another 17 days. Big ratings agencies Moody’s and S&P Global declared
As the new crop of 2023 festival favorites roll out, Focus Features presents A Thousand And One in over 900 carefully curated theaters, testing the appetite for specialty fare at a challenging moment. Short film and video director A.V. Rockwell’s feature-length debut stars Teyana Taylor as free-spirited Inez, who kidnaps her six-year-old son Terry from
Arianna Bocco, IFC Films President, is out at the distributor, Deadline has confirmed. Bocco is a 17 year vet at the indie label. She was named President in December 2020 after being the only distributor to give those few theaters bravely scrapping by during Covid, product including Dave Franco’s directorial, The Rental. Bocco will be
Dean Cain, who famously played Superman in the ’90s, is selling his super snazzy Malibu pad … TMZ has learned. The 3,302-sq-ft. home has been listed with a $7.25 million price tag … and by L.A. standards it’s well worth the price. The single-level 4-bedroom, 5-bathroom pad sits along the Malibu coastline and has an
Play video content BACKGRID Jonah Hill was in no chatty mood Tuesday night — beelining it to his car after dinner … and ignoring questions about Kanye West. The actor was in the middle of a brisk walk as he left dinner at Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica, exiting by himself … and getting ready
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