Film

Close to 20 years after Pepsi dropped their “Roman Empire” TV spot featuring Britney Spears, Beyonce and Pink, they’ve got a new one, again featuring Queen’s “We Will Rock You” this time with Megan Thee Stallion and tied to the new Ridley Scott-directed Paramount sequel Gladiator II. The campaign entitled “Make Your Gameday Epic” will

Broadway turned out to see favorites Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow for the first weekend of The Roommate, the new Jen Silverman play at the Booth. In its first weekend of previews, The Roommate played to over 100% of the Booth’s capacity, grossing $315,873 for four previews. Previews began August 29 ahead of a September

Here’s something September hasn’t seen in seven years: a movie opening to north of $100M over a Friday-Sunday span. Whatever Warner Bros. lost over the summer in largely a string of flops — its May-to-Labor Day season didn’t even break $170M — the David Zaslav-run entertainment conglom will make up for this fall beginning with

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Nothing seismic going on in a traditional weak Labor Day weekend in regards to box office fluctuations, but we’ll leave you with this: Disney, together with its 20th Century Studios label, led summer 2024 (May 3-Labor Day) with $1.53 billion thanks to a comeback in brands Pixar with Inside Out 2 and

Refresh for latest…: While the calendar has clicked over to September, summer vibes are still being felt at the global and international box office. In yet another ascent, and on its 12th weekend of release, Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has now grossed $1.666B+ globally, overtaking 2019’s The Lion King to become the 9th biggest movie

Edgar Wright’s cult classic horror-comedy Shaun Of The Dead grossed an estimated $600k for the 3-day weekend and $720k for the four days in Focus Features re-release for the comic zombie-fest’s 20th anniversary. That’s a bloody nice showing as fans turned out for the cult film starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost playing exclusively in Dolby

In what is arguably tradition, the Labor Day weekend is going to be slow this year, moving this summer to a projected $3.6 billion total per Comscore, and that’s because the studios decided to play it that way. Summer’s take is roughly half billion lighter than summer 2023’s $4.09 billion, and that more or less

A pair of moderate releases with a handful of docs and titles in limited release topline an end-of-summer specialty market. Labor Day weekend can be slow and indie openings are up against few new wide releases (Afraid, Reagan) and holdovers from Deadpool & Wolverine to Inside Out 2. Meanwhile, the Venice film festival, with Telluride

Similar to how people went on vacation with revenge as Covid simmered down, so did they return to cinemas this summer. Even though this season’s domestic box office take of $3.6 billion, per Comscore, is roughly a half-billion lighter than last summer’s $4.09 billion, chalk that up largely to a Marvel movie missing from the

Universal has dated the Pharrell Williams-Michel Gondry musical feature Atlantis for May 9, 2025. The pic is based on Williams’ childhood at the Virginia Beach Atlantis Apartments during the summer of 1977. Piece by Piece, the Focus Features biopic about Williams told through Lego animation and directed by Morgan Neville, is making its world premiere

Broadway continued its downward trend during these dog days of summer leading up to the fall season, with last week’s total grosses of $25,343,599 down about 10% from the previous week. The drop no doubt reflects at least some impact from the summer edition of Kids’ Night on Broadway in which 19 of the roster’s

After 16 years of fits and starts, a $50M reboot of 1994 goth thriller The Crow finally flew into theaters and dropped out of the sky with a disastrous $4.6M opening. Forget about critics plucking the feathers from The Crow at 19%, those moviegoers who attended Thursday night, predominantly fans, slammed the movie on Comscore/Screen

Refresh for latest…: Another busy weekend at the international box office, with strong holds across the board, and a major new milestone for Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2. Already the highest grossing animated film of all time, globally and overseas, the sequel has become the first animated movie ever to cross the $1B international box office

Serial killer thriller Strange Darling and poignant comedy Between The Temples had nice debuts as Coraline’s re-release continued to kick this weekend along with a handful of holdovers from Didi to Sing Sing. Magenta Light Studios’ Strange Darling — where nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s

Two wide entries held previews yesterday with the Zoe Kravitz directed thriller Blink Twice and Lionsgate/Edward R. Pressman presentation’s The Crow respectively filing $820K and $650K in previews. Neither is expected to move the needle this weekend with single digit openings. What’s a bit more shocking is that the Amazon MGM Studios’ $20M Blink Twice

UPDATED, 12:08 p.m.: New Line’s new take on Salem’s Lot, the 1975 vampire novel from Stephen King, will premiere on Max in October, the streamer confirmed on Friday. Filmmaker Gary Dauberman was first to make the reveal in a Vanity Fair profile published several days ago. A specific release date has still not been disclosed.

Two very different indies circling a cantor and slasher debut in moderate to wide release along with a handful of limited openings from Close Your Eyes to Paradise Is Burning on this late summer weekend with the fall festival season about to kick off. Sony Pictures Classics launches Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane-starring Between The

Sony/Wayfarer Studios’ It Ends with Us continues to blossom as it crosses the $200M global box office mark. With Wednesday’s numbers included, the Blake Lively-starring and -produced adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s popular novel counts $204.4M worldwide, of which $106.7M is from domestic and $97.7M from the international box office.  There are box office flowers yet

Disney is expected to own No. 1 for the ninth time this summer, the likelihood that its 20th Century Studios’ Alien: Romulus will have the upper tail above Deadpool & Wolverine‘s fifth weekend, $18M to $17M. Through Tuesday, the Fede Alvarez-directed Alien: Romulus counts a running box office of $50.6M. It Ends with Us, from

September 5 will be a beautiful day for U2 fans. V-U2: An Immersive Concert Film at Sphere Las Vegas will open that night at the state-of-the-art venue where it was shot. Watch a trailer above. Directed by Morleigh Steinberg and the band’s founding guitarist The Edge, V-U2 chronicles the Irish megaband’s U2:UV Achtung Baby Live