Box Office: ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Serves Up $3.4M in Thursday Previews
DC and New Line Cinema’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods has started off its domestic box office run with $3.4 million in Thursday evening previews. Prerelease tracking suggests the superhero sequel will open to $35 million this weekend, one of the lower starts for a Hollywood superhero pic. Others believe it has a shot at […]
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How Doc Filmmaker Liz Garbus Became So Sought-After (Even Harry and Meghan Came Calling)
Twenty-five years ago, Liz Garbus pulled out her Cover Girl compact at the Oscars just before the winner of best documentary was announced. The Manhattan-raised filmmaker didn’t think her 1998 doc, The Farm: Angola, USA, which she co-directed with Jonathan Stack, would win, but wanted to be prepared. The caked powder spilled all over her […]
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Imax Entertainment Chief Megan Colligan Stepping Down
In a surprise shake-up, Megan Colligan is stepping down next month as president of Imax Entertainment. The veteran Hollywood executive has been with the leading large-format exhibitor since 2018, when she was tapped by Imax CEO Richard Gelfond to serve as the company’s liaison with Hollywood studios and filmmakers, among other duties. A search is […]
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Box Office Preview: ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Hopes to Leap Past Tepid Tracking
DC and New Line Cinema’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods is hoping for some heavenly help when opening this weekend in thousands of theaters across the U.S. and world. According to prerelease tracking, the superhero pic is expected to start off with $35 million-plus in North America, compared to the $53.5 million domestic debut of […]
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‘Wicked’ Movie Moves Up Release Date From Christmas to Thanksgiving 2024
Universal Pictures’ Wicked: Part 1 is on the move. Director Jon M. Chu’s big screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical will now open in theaters on Nov. 27, 2024 — the eve of Thanksgiving — instead of Dec. 25, 2024. The star-studded cast includes Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande alongside Michelle Yeoh, who made history […]
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Box Office: ‘Scream VI’ Scares Off ‘Creed III,’ ‘65’ With Series-Best $44.5M Opening
Scream VI scared up a franchise-best $44.5 million opening from 3,675 theaters at the domestic box office, easily enough to win Oscar weekend. The Paramount and Spyglass film — earning strong exits and receiving a B+ CinemaScore — was fueled by moviegoers between the ages of 18 and 34 (71 percent), particularly by those between […]
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Box Office: ‘Scream VI’ Draws Blood With $5.7M in Previews
Scream VI is already drawing blood at the box office, where it earned $5.7 million in Thursday previews from 3,125 theaters, including a special fan event. That compares to $3.5 million in previews for last year’s Scream and the $5.5 million in previews for last weekend’s Creed III. Scream VI — which earned strong exits […]
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U.S. Lost 2,000-Plus Movie Theater Screens Amid Pandemic
The average movie ticket price hit a record $10.53 in 2022, according to the Cinema Foundation’s inaugural state of the industry report released Thursday. The foundation is a non-profit arm of the National Association of Theatre Owners. NATO, which traditionally tracks movie ticket prices on a quarterly and yearly basis, hadn’t done so since the […]
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‘Scream VI’ to Scare Off ’65’ at Weekend Box Office
The masked killer Ghostface is back and he’s looking as terrifying as ever. Paramount and Spyglass’ Scream VI opens over Oscar weekend at the domestic box office, where it has a shot at a series-best $35 million-plus opening. The previous Scream film, released in 2022, opened to $30 million domestically in a strong showing for […]
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‘Tár’ Writer-Director-Producer Todd Field Looks Back at the Filming of His Best Picture-Nominated Film: “Nothing Was Easy”
Todd Field may be a man of few films, but he doesn’t lack for accolades. All three of the features he’s directed — In the Bedroom (2001), Little Children (2006) and Tár (2022) — have been bestowed multiple Oscar nominations, including best picture. Tár, which was also written by Field, stars Cate Blanchett as a […]
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‘Creed III’: Amazon, MGM Deliver First Knockout Punch in the Theatrical Ring
MGM’s movie studio has delivered its first knockout punch at the box office since being absorbed by Amazon Studios, creating a unique situation whereby a streamer is now flexing its muscle in the same theatrical ring that streamers have been accused of trying to harm. Over the March 3-5 weekend, Michael B. Jordan’s Creed III […]
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‘The Fabelmans’ Producer Says Steven Spielberg Was “More Vulnerable and Raw” Than Ever Before While Making Autobiographical Film
Having spent the past quarter century working for Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger has often visited The Milky Way, the Los Angeles restaurant once run by the director’s mother, Leah Adler (who died in 2017), and her second husband, Bernie Adler. Krieger also knew Spielberg’s late father, Arnold, and knew that Bernie and Arnold had […]
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