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People talk about how The Rock behaves in ways that are larger-than-life pretty often, and I’m not just talking about his physical size. (Though he has slimmed down recently, much to Emily Blunt’s amusement.) We’re also talking about the magnitude of his actions, which have included sending Simone Biles sweet care packages or the viral
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Fans of Avatar were enraged earlier this month when Paramount decided to skip a theatrical release for The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender and have it go straight to streaming on Paramount+. The decision immediately sparked backlash from the public, many of whom had been eagerly waiting to see an adult Aang on the
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UPDATED including Christmas Day business: Yes, Virginia, it was a great Christmas with all titles raking in an estimated $68.4M, the best the post-Covid period has ever seen for the holiday. Christmas Day outstripped that of 2023’s, the previous high, which fell on a Monday and minted $62.3M. That’s when the holiday was led by
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The domestic box office is forecasted again to hit $9 billion in 2026. Wait, we said that last year about this year. What happened? With 2025 expected to file between $8.8 billion-$8.9 billion, essentially, it’s the difference of one tentpole not working, so, take your pick: Paramount‘s Running Man, Disney’s Tron: Ares and/or Elio. That
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SATURDAY AM WRITETHRU after Friday post… Rainstorms in Los Angeles aren’t getting in the way of moviegoing, nor is two-to-five inches of snow in NYC as 20th Century Studios’ James Cameron Avatar: Fire and Ash is leading, of course, the final weekend of 2025 with a second frame around $60M over Friday-Sunday, -33%, pending how
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A big independent mix serving fans of movie musicals, manga, British period comedy, documentary and drama hits theaters this weekend as 2025 heads into its home stretch with big change afoot. The entirely of the entertainment industry, including indie producers, filmmakers, theater owners and distributors, is digesting news that Netflix is set to acquire Warner
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UPDATED: After just two weekends, Disney’s Zootopia 2 has already reached $915.8M worldwide, including $695.3M from the international box office. The $1B threshold will be crossed within the next week. After setting a number of records last weekend, the continued runaway performance for the Jared Bush- and Byron Howard-directed movie has also achieved new milestones
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Vertical’s searing drama Rosemead, Lucy Liu’s first solo starring role, ginned up $50.2k from an exclusive run at NYC’s AMC Lincoln Square, one of the top per-theater openings of the year. The actresss, also a producer on Rosemead, did double duty this weekend at the indie film box office in Lionsgate’s reprise of Quentin Tarantino’s
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Let’s get this out of the way first: I know that the whole point of Planes, Trains and Automobiles is to watch these two characters annoy each other and get through painstakingly inconvenient situations. However, as I watched it for the first time, there was one scene in this movie that’s considered one of the
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