Despite two major studio movies hitting theatres last weekend, this session was a mixed bag of results for Hollywood holdovers. The Flash, which had initially underperformed with respect to projections, added $26.6 million in 78 offshore markets this weekend, dropping by 59%. The Warner Bros/DC deep universe title now has an international running cume of
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Sony Pictures Entertainment is hoping for a box office hit with its new R-rated comedy film, No Hard Feelings, starring Jennifer Lawrence. The film premiered on Thursday and grossed $2.15 million from showtimes that began at 4 p.m. at 2,745 locations. The studio hopes the film will bring in around $12 million over the weekend,
Asteroid City, the latest film by Wes Anderson and presented by Focus Features, made a big impact on the specialty box office over the weekend. The film smashed records with an estimated $790k three-day gross and $890k estimated for the four-day weekend, despite only being shown in six theaters. This resulted in a per-theater average
Last week, some Broadway productions had to reduce their playing schedules due to the Tony Awards and poor air quality conditions in New York City. As a result, the total box office and attendance were down a bit, with 33 shows earning a total of $30,961,479 for the week ending June 11. Among the productions,
According to reliable box office sources, Warner Bros./DC’s latest movie, The Flash, has earned around $9M from Thursday night previews which started at 3 PM. The film is being hailed as a deeper universe superhero movie, and its critical score on Rotten Tomatoes has fallen slightly from 71% to 67% fresh, but audiences are enjoying
Cineworld’s parent company, Regal, has confirmed that executives, including CEO Mooky Greidinger, have agreed to a payout in the range of $30 million if they were to leave the company as it prepares to exit Chapter 11. Earlier this year, documents were filed during ongoing bankruptcy proceedings in the Southern District of Texas, which indicated
Disney has made several changes to its release dates, with many of them being postponed due to the impact of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike and production delays. The delay has affected the production of Thunderbolts and Blade, which are waiting for the strike to end before rolling the cameras. One of the
Reports from local media reveal that police in Korea conducted a raid on three major multiplex chains and the offices of three film distributors over allegations of box office manipulation. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Anti-Corruption and Public Crimes Investigation Division conducted operations at one cinema from each of the CGV, Megabox, and Lotte Cinema
Lin-Manuel Miranda plans to continue directing movies, but he won’t be tackling any large-scale productions. During an appearance at the Tribeca Festival, Miranda spoke about his responsibility as a filmmaker and how he wants to make unique musicals that no one else can make. He enjoyed directing his 2021 debut film, “tick…tick…BOOM!”, and loves working
The $200M Justice League standalone superhero movie The Flash is finally hitting theaters, after a year-plus of tabloid headlines about its star Ezra Miller, but the overseas opening is expected to be better than domestic. Despite a very good response out of CinemaCon and DC co-boss James Gunn exclaiming that the pic is “probably one