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FRIDAY PM: Neon‘s The Monkey is headed to the Oscar winning indie distributor’s second highest opening of all-time between $12M-$14M after what’s shaping up to be a Friday that’s north of $5M at 3,200 theaters. That’s good enough for second place. Of course these R-rated horror movies find their business in the latter hours of

Sony and Marvel Studios’ new untitled Spider-Man with Tom Holland and from Destin Daniel Cretton is going a week later on July 31 instead of July 24 in 2026. What’s so special about July 31 over July 24? It’s the last Friday in July, which essentially where Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine played to an

The 1984 Oscar-winning Prince movie Purple Rain is getting a re-release in Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres locations in the U.S. and Odeon locations in the UK for one night only March 5. “Purple Rain reimagined in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for Dolby Cinema is a celebration of Prince’s genius and enduring legacy,’ said

Continuing its wild run, Chinese blockbuster Ne Zha 2 has become the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide, surpassing previous record holder Inside Out 2. It also now sits as the No. 8 movie overall on the global chart. Ne Zha 2 topped Inside Out 2‘s $1.699B global on Wednesday with $1.7B from just

Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World will reign supreme in its second weekend with roughly a $30M+ take as it holds on to Imax and premium screens, but watch out for Neon‘s second Oz Perkins movie The Monkey. Currently, the pic based on the Stephen King tome and starring Theo James and Tatiana Maslany

Imax CEO cautioned Wall Street that he does not expect a stream of deals to follow on the heels of a high profile agreement with Netflix for a global two-week Imax exclusive run of Greta Gerwig‘s Narnia starting on Thanksgiving of 2026. “I’ve talked to Netflix about this and I think in general they are

Steven Spielberg‘s next event movie with Universal will no longer go on May 15, 2026, rather open on Friday, June 12 next year, taking over a dating slot previously occupied by the Oscar-winning Daniels’ next untitled picture. We hear that development of the Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert directed/written movie is coming along, it just

Even with its name in unlit lights, Operation Mincemeat, the hit London musical that’s just arrived on Broadway, sold out its first preview Saturday at the John Golden Theatre, taking in $111,459 in ticket sales for the single performance. The production made news last week when producers disclosed that the show’s title on the marquee

Ne Zha 2, the fantasy epic that’s been setting records in China, opened to $7.2 million on 660 screens, according to Comscore, for the no. 5 spot at a domestic box office being trounced by Captain America: Brave New World. The animated film from CMC Pictures, see Deadline review, takes up where the 2019 original

Refresh for latest…: Super busy weekend at the international box office with Marvel/Disney’s Captain America: Brave New World and Universal/Working Title’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy both making their debuts while Chinese blockbuster Ne Zha 2 keeps zooming along — and also hit North America this session. Captain America came in pretty much bang

EXCLUSIVE: How does it feel, Searchlight? Absolutely great ahead of the Oscars, as James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is quite known around the world coursing past $100M at the global box office. The eight-time Oscar nominated movie is now Searchlight Pictures’ No. 6 highest grossing title of all-time at the domestic box

Focus Features‘ second highest-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office, Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu, will finally land on Peacock on February 21. That’s a 58-day theatrical window to Focus’ sister streamer, one of the longer windows for a 2024 release from the Univeral specialty division. Focus Features titles with the longest theatrical-to-SVOD windows were Drive-Away

Disney just shifted this summer’s Pixar movie Elio by one week, from June 13 to June 20. Typically, the June Pixar movies go out during Father’s Day weekend, but Disney is going a week later with this one. Elio moves away from being head-to-head with Universal/DreamWorks’ live-action take of How to Train Your Dragon on

Universal Language, the original and quietly funny Oscar-shortlisted Cannes and TIFF premiering feature by Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin debuts on one screen each in New York and LA. Chinese animated juggernaut Ne Zha 2 opens Stateside and Oscar Nominated Shorts are back for a 20th season. Sony Picture Classics’ Becoming Led Zeppelin expands to 1,039

Amazon MGM Studios and Imagine Entertainment’s Luca Guadagnino thriller After the Hunt, is going into limited release October 10, with a nationwide break October 17. The film follows a college professor (Julia Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her

Regal Cineworld Group has appointed Adam Rymer to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer – US. Rymer has 20-plus years working in the technology, media, and entertainment sectors. He’ll lead the strategy and execution of food and beverage, box office, pricing, sales, loyalty and marketing for Regal to drive revenue growth, enhance customer acquisition

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Hellerstein, a co-founding executive of the distributor Sideshow is opening the doors to 1-2 Special, a new North American film distribution company focused on acquiring and releasing features from domestic and international festivals. 1-2 Special will begin acquiring films at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival and will release up to ten films

IFC Films‘ Memoir of a Snail, nominated in what’s shaped up to be among the most competitive categories of this Academy Awards, is back in more than 500 theaters nationwide Tuesday night. The one night of screenings of the Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee will include a prerecorded Q&A with the filmmaker Adam Elliot and

With the busy spring season just around the corner, Broadway was in a bit of the winter doldrums last week, with all but four productions – Cabaret, Redwood, Romeo + Juliet, Wicked – reporting drops in ticket sales from the previous week. In all, the 27 productions took in $28,135,565 for the week ending February

In the wake of news that On Swift Horses is closing SXSW, Sony Pictures Classics has set an April 25 theatrical release for the Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones drama. Based on the novel by Shannon Pufahl, the film is directed by Daniel Minahan (Deadwood: The Movie) and follows Muriel and her husband Lee as