A24 presents Red Rocket in six theaters this weekend ahead of a limited expansion in New York and LA, adding Chicago, Austin and San Francisco next weekend with a wider rollout over the holidays to several hundred screens. The dark comedy by Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine) premiered at Cannes to a five-minute standing ovation
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For decades, Will Smith has remained one of Hollywood’s top box-office draws. His dominance led to the phrase “Big Willie Weekend” being coined for the Fourth of July weekends in the 1990s. Within the last decade or so, there has been a notable shift in his film choices as a new crop of blockbuster stars
The Alamo Drafthouse movie chain is opening its first theater in Washington, D.C. Friday. The Alamo Drafthouse D.C. Bryant Street will be the newest outpost of the cinema-eatery, which also debuted its first Manhattan location this fall. The nine-screen, 873-seat theater at 630 Rhode Island Ave NE spanning 45,000+ square feet is the Austin-based company’s
Movie trailers are so last year … Netflix partnered with New Balance to create a one-of-a-kind pair of sneakers using pieces of a 4.5 BILLION-year-old meteorite — all to promote a new film. The unique white NB 550’s contain 34 fragments of the Seymchan meteorite, cut using a water jet, with the New Balance logo
Disney said Thursday that Deep Water, the 20th Century Studios erotic thriller starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas and directed by Adrian Lyne, has been pulled from the release schedule. It had been slated to hit theaters on January 14, 2022. The studio did not give a reason for the move on the pic,
Paul Thomas Anderson is easily one of the most renowned and beloved filmmakers of the past few decades. His latest, Licorice Pizza, a coming-of-age romantic comedy set in 70s L.A., is one of his most charming and sentimental efforts yet. Critics and film lovers have so far been devouring it, and with 8 Oscar nominations
The UK Cinema Association (UKCA) has told us that new rules mandating masks in English cinemas will be seen by the public and cinema operators as “a reasonable measure given the current circumstances.” The UK government yesterday announced plans for new Covid restrictions in England due to rising numbers of the Omicron variant. The measures
Broadway box office settled back to its pre-Thanksgiving levels last week, with grosses for the 29 shows totaling $26,214,735, a 19% drop from the previous week’s holiday take. Attendance for the week ending Dec. 5 showed a commensurate decline, falling about 12% to 210,795. About 83% of available seats were filled, with an average ticket
Armie Hammer‘s alleged rape investigation has wrapped up and law enforcement is sending its findings to the D.A. … but we’re told the actor isn’t likely to face any charges. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the LAPD is forwarding the case to the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office now that it’s completed its
After a year’s delay due to the pandemic, Steven Spielberg’s remake of the Broadway classic and 10x Oscar-winning 1961 movie, West Side Story, finally tunes up this weekend as the sole wide major studio theatrical release in 2,800 U.S./Canada theaters and offshore debuts in France, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and UK. All in, the global outlook is
Pants-free has seemingly been the way to be since at least 2020. While the pantless route seemed like a great idea when actors like Tom Holland conducted interviews from the waist up, going out in public in just a top is seemingly a whole lot more daring. Enter Megan Fox, who daringly walked the red
Play video content BBC Australian actress Rebel Wilson hit a personal goal, dropping over 77 pounds … but she admits her own team wasn’t happy about it. The “Pitch Perfect” star told “BBC Breakfast” she decided to lose weight for her health, but she got pushback from her own management … They questioned, “‘Why would
EXCLUSIVE: Theatrical titles on PVOD, as opposed to pure streaming/theatrical day-and-date movies, continued to top the most shared movies among online pirates over the last week; Venom: Let There Be Carnage remaining the top title for the second week in a row, while 20th Century Studios/Disney’s The Last Duel from Ridley Scott ranking second and capturing over
The horror genre has been in a thrilling renaissance for the last few years, with both new and beloved franchises hitting theaters. Case in point: David Gordon Green’s current Halloween trilogy, which released a new sequel this past October. Now Halloween Ends has confirmed the return of a key Halloween Kills star, and I’m psyched.
EXCLUSIVE: Disney/20th Century Studios’ West Side Story is due to begin international box office rollout on Wednesday this week, but it will not be heading to movie theaters in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar or the UAE, Deadline has learned. While an official reason has not been made public, the situation is believed to
Oscar winner Jane Campion’s first feature film as director in 12 years, The Power of the Dog, had plenty to wag its tail about in its weekend debut on Netflix. Samba TV said Monday that the feature take of Thomas Savage’s 1967 Western novel drew in 1.2 million U.S. households. That’s a great start for what
George Clooney says he’s so flush with cash that even a $35 million offer to do “one day’s work” just wasn’t worth it. Clooney recently spoke with The Guardian and said at this point in his life, he’s got all the money he needs and therefore has become more selective in the projects he chooses
Universal will be opening Amblin’s The Fabelmans on Wednesday, Nov. 23, the day before Thanksgiving. The Steven Spielberg directed movie, loosely based on his childhood, will receive a wide theatrical release. The Fabelmans stars Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano and Gabriel LaBelle. Steven Spielberg co-wrote the screenplay alongside Tony Kushner. Spielberg, Kushner and Kristie Macosko Krieger
Guillermo del Toro has made a name for himself by creating wonderfully weird tales of horror, monsters, and fantastical creatures. Movies like The Shape of Water, Hellboy, and Pan’s Labyrinth have cemented his status as a master of the macabre. So who would be better than the Oscar winner to adapt a Stephen King novel?
Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: No Way Home is activating mega presales in international box office markets. Due to begin offshore rollout on December 15, just ahead of domestic’s December 17 debut, the Jon Watts-directed installment has set all-time records in multiple markets for the first 24 hours, and has caused some ticketing websites to crash. We’ve heard tell
Neon and Participant opened animated documentary Flee to a $25,033 debut in four locations. That makes for a strong per-theater average of $6,258 ahead of a rollout early next year for the much-decorated Danish film ahead of Academy Award nominations Feb. 8. It’s one of a few rather particular offerings, including Drive My Car, that
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez did a little blending Saturday … as the love train chugged through Westwood. Ben and Jen hit up the Regency Theater with his daughter, Seraphina, and her twins, Emme and Sam. They took in a showing of “Licorice Pizza” and looked like a fam out for a day of fun.
Refresh for latest..: We’re in a sort of holding pattern at the international box office, as big year-end titles are still in the wings. This weekend was all about holdover business — and some further market launches on major pics already in release elsewhere. Last frame’s debut, Disney’s Encanto, leads the session again for the
As far as romcoms go, The Proposal seems to check all of the boxes. Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, and Betty White help make up a hilarious all-star cast that does the enemy-to-lovers trope some serious justice. Apparently, Bullock is giving Reynolds a different kind of justice these days, because she has now opened up about
After having been cleared by authorities in late November for an eventual China release, the market has now given Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s highly-anticipated The Matrix Resurrections an official date — on January 14, 2022. The Keanu Reeves-starrer begins early offshore rollout December 16 with domestic and the majority of international markets starting December 22 and
Jordan Belfort is the proud new owner of a piece of art history, because he bought it from the youngest person ever to have a booth at “Art Miami.” The “Wolf of Wall Street” dropped a fat stack on some artwork from rising artist Andres Valencia — the 10-year-old responsible for a 29″ x 11″
As is typical, the weekend following the Thanksgiving stretch is a downer, and even duly so over Omicron headlines, coupled with a Disney animated movie that isn’t as mass-appealing as its predecessors, read Encanto which is looking at a $13M estimated second weekend, -52%. That second weekend estimate is lower than the pre-pandemic second weekend takes
With 2021 just weeks away from ending, one of the biggest movies left to arrive this year is Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story. The musical was previously adapted into a movie starring Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer back in 1961 that won 10 Academy Awards and is considered a classic. But going off
Play video content ABC Alec Baldwin‘s claim he’s not responsible for Halyna Hutchins‘ death is not echoed by the woman leading the “Rust” shooting investigation — instead, she says Baldwin, and several others, could still be charged for their roles in the tragedy. During his sit-down with George Stephanopoulos, Baldwin said he didn’t feel guilt
The arthouse is awash with well reviewed new offerings from Danish animated doc Flee to Paulo Sorrentino’s Hand of God to IFC’s Benedetta heading into awards season and amid a paucity of new wide releases. The first weekend of December following the five-day Thanksgiving frame is notoriously slow at the box office, but also a
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