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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Opens Bigger Than Original

box office

Sep 8, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Opens Bigger Than Original

Sequel has third-best opening weekend of 2024

(Newser) - After 36 years of waiting, the juice is finally loose again in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, this time racking up $110 million in its premiere weekend. The long-awaited Tim Burton sequel is the third-best opening weekend of the year, behind only box office triumphs Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. Michael...

Holdovers, Reagan
Can't Topple Incumbent

box office

Sep 1, 2024 2:30 PM CDT

Holdovers, Reagan Can't Topple Incumbent

Deadpool & Wolverine nears another milestone

(Newser) - Onscreen and at the ticket window, Deadpool apparently can't be killed. Deadpool & Wolverine, one of the defining movies of the summer, ruled a weekend with quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close. For the second weekend in a row,...

New Releases
Can't Catch
Holdover Hits

box office

Aug 25, 2024 1:50 PM CDT

New Releases Can't Catch Holdover Hits

Deadpool & Wolverine , Alien: Romulus again top weekend charts

(Newser) - In a sleepy summer weekend at the box office, holdovers reigned supreme as newcomers landed without a splash. Deadpool & Wolverine reclaimed first place at the North American box office in its fifth weekend with $18.3 million. Its cumulative international earnings now sit at over $1.2 billion. The...

Alien: Romulus,
in Debut, Bumps
Deadpool & Wolverine

box office

Aug 18, 2024 4:00 PM CDT

Alien: Romulus, in Debut, Bumps Deadpool & Wolverine

Hits put summer weekend ahead of last year

(Newser) - Alien: Romulus, the latest installment in its 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.5 million in its first weekend, playing in 3,885 locations in the US and Canada. Including $66.7 million from international...

Lively's Opening
Pushes Reynolds' Hit

box office

Aug 11, 2024 1:20 PM CDT

Lively's Opening Pushes Reynolds' Hit

It Ends With Us nearly knocks Deadpool & Wolverine out of top spot

(Newser) - In the Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively box office showdown, both husband and wife came out winners. Reynolds' Marvel Studios smash Deadpool & Wolverine remained the top movie in North American theaters for the third straight week with $54.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it's...

Shyamalan
Was Called 'the
Next Spielberg.'
Then, a Fall

LONGFORM

Aug 10, 2024 8:00 AM CDT

Shyamalan Was Called 'the Next Spielberg.' Then, a Fall

David Sims profiles the horror/thriller filmmaker's struggles, and eventual resurrection, for the Atlantic

(Newser) - By the time M. Night Shyamalan was in his early 30s, he had a huge hit to his name thanks to 1999's The Sixth Sense , his psychological thriller starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment, and two follow-ups—2000's Unbreakable and 2002's Signs —that seemed to...

Challengers Don't Budge
Deadpool & Wolverine

box office

Aug 4, 2024 12:45 PM CDT

Challengers Don't Budge Deadpool & Wolverine

Marvel hit holds R-rated record after less than two weeks

(Newser) - After 10 days in theaters, Deadpool & Wolverine is already the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, not accounting for inflation. The Marvel Studios blockbuster starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman continued to steamroll through movie theaters in its second weekend, collecting $97 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That raised its...

Deadpool & Wolverine
Has Year's Biggest Opening

box office

Jul 28, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Deadpool & Wolverine Has Year's Biggest Opening

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman film restores Marvel's glory after flops

(Newser) - Marvel is back on top with Deadpool & Wolverine. The comic book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first Deadpool of $132 million and notched...

Blame Spielberg for What
Didn't Happen at End of Twisters

Jul 23, 2024 10:50 AM CDT

Blame Spielberg for What Didn't Happen at End of Twisters

Note from famous director apparently led to a nixed final kiss between blockbuster's stars

(Newser) - (Spoilers ahead, so stop reading now if you don't want to know what happens.) Moviegoers who've been flocking to see Twisters, the stand-alone sequel to 1996's Twister, are now likely hoping for Part III—if only to see a consummation of the romantic relationship between the...

Twisters Has
Blockbuster Debut

box office

Jul 21, 2024 12:26 PM CDT

Twisters Has Blockbuster Debut

(Newser) - Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling Twisters to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the 1996 hit rang up $80.5 million in ticket sales from 4,151 theaters in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. That's about $30 million more than analysts expected initially...

Minions Swamp
Fly Me to the Moon

box office

Jul 14, 2024 3:10 PM CDT

Minions Swamp Fly Me to the Moon

Surprise of the weekend is a horror film's success

(Newser) - Gru and the minions celebrated a second week in first place at the North American box office this weekend, while a small horror movie called Longlegs upset the starry $100 million Fly Me to the Moon. The supremacy of Despicable Me 4 was hardly a surprise, as the Universal and...

Actor
John Corbett:
I Picked the
Wrong Career

Actor John Corbett: I Picked the Wrong Career

He regrets not contributing creatively to TV and movie projects

(Newser) - An actor who appears on a podcast might talk about regretting certain roles. John Corbett, on the other hand, says he regrets his entire career choice:

"Look, I'm in the fourth quarter of the football game now, in life and in showbiz," the 63-year-old said on Fly

...

Despicable Me 4 Debuts at No. 1

box office

Jul 7, 2024 4:25 PM CDT

Despicable Me 4 Debuts at No. 1

Latest installment builds on Minions' success

(Newser) - After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office suddenly is booming. Despicable Me 4, the Illumination Animation sequel, led the way over the holiday weekend with $75 million in ticket sales Friday through Sunday and $122.6 million since opening on Wednesday, according to studio estimates...

He Produced
Three of the
Biggest Films
of All Time

obituary

Jul 7, 2024 8:01 AM CDT

He Produced Three of the Biggest Films of All Time

Jon Landau teamed with James Cameron on Titanic and Avatar films

(Newser) - Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on three of the biggest blockbusters of all time—Titanic and two Avatar films—has died at age 63, per the AP . Landau's family announced his death Saturday. No cause of death was given, but Deadline notes...

Costner Film
Can't Approach
Inside Out or
Quiet Place

box office

Jun 30, 2024 12:20 PM CDT

Costner Film Can't Approach Inside Out or Quiet Place

Animated hit stays on top, edging out action-horror and Western challengers

(Newser) - A Quiet Place: Day One is making noise at the box office. The prequel earned an estimated $53 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It's both a franchise best and significantly more than expected. Going into the weekend, prerelease tracking had...

Inside Out 2 Sets Record

box office

Jun 23, 2024 12:50 PM CDT

Inside Out 2 Sets Record

Animated film's weekend take is $100M

(Newser) - Weekend No. 2 was just as joyous for Inside Out 2. The Pixar sequel collected $100 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, setting a new record for an animated movie in its follow-up frame in theaters. The previous best second weekend for an...

Actor Donald Sutherland
Is Dead at 88

Jun 20, 2024 12:44 PM CDT

Actor Donald Sutherland Is Dead at 88

Son Kiefer announces the Hollywood icon's death

(Newser) - Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from M.A.S.H. to the Hunger Games, has died at age 88, per the AP . Kiefer Sutherland, the actor's son, confirmed his father's death Thursday on social media . No further details were immediately available....

Inside Out 2
Opens Huge

box office

Jun 16, 2024 12:15 PM CDT

Inside Out 2 Opens Huge

Animated sequel posts biggest debut since Barbie

(Newser) - Hollywood's summer movie anxieties gave way to industry joy this weekend with the massive debut of Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2. The animated sequel totaled $155 million in ticket sales from 4,440 theaters in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not only is...

Will Smith Rebounds With
Bad Boys: Ride or Die

box office

Jun 9, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Will Smith Rebounds With Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Film is the actor's best showing since Oscars slap

(Newser) - Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action comedy series, opened with an estimated $56 million in theaters over the weekend, handing Hollywood a summer hit and Smith his biggest success since he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. Expectations were all over...

Star Thought
She Was
'Washed
Up at 25'

obituary

Jun 3, 2024 6:55 PM CDT

Star Thought She Was 'Washed Up at 25'

Janis Paige, 101, starred in films and on Broadway

(Newser) - Janis Paige, a popular actor in Hollywood and in Broadway musicals and comedies who danced with Fred Astaire, toured with Bob Hope, and continued to perform into her 80s, has died. She was 101. Paige died Sunday of natural causes at her Los Angeles home, the AP reports. Paige starred...