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Paramount/Spyglass Media’s Scream VI is headed to a franchise record opening of $50M+ worldwide from roughly 50 offshore territories including domestic. The last Scream opened to $48M WW, $30M from U.S./Canada. The highest opening for the Kevin Williamson conceived horror series was Scream 3 which opened to $34.7M domestic. Scream VI, which sees the return

Play video content TMZ.com Pete Davidson‘s love for Chase Sui Wonders is universal … as in, he couldn’t stop kissing his new girlfriend on a date to Universal Studios. The “Bodies, Bodies, Bodies” stars hit up Universal Studios Hollywood on Thursday … and TMZ obtained video of the two smooching on an escalator. Pete and

Regal parent Cineworld is rejecting the leases of three dozen more theaters as part of its ongoing bankruptcy proceeding, including some major locations. In filings this week, the theater chain requested, and was granted by a bankruptcy court judge, the right to walk away from nearly 40 unexpired leases including at Union Square in New

Jennifer Lopez is a staple of the entertainment world, thanks to her wildly successful career as both a pop star and actress/producer. She’s made headlines for her real-life marriage to Ben Affleck, but has also made a few wedding-themed movies lately. The most recent of these is Amazon’s action/comedy movie Shotgun Wedding, which is gearing

Julian Sands, a British actor with dozens of movie and TV credits over four decades in Hollywood, is missing … and he was last seen hiking a mountain outside Los Angeles. Law enforcement identified Julian as the missing hiker who vanished after going for a hike in the Mt. Baldy area, which is currently blanketed

Nothing to be alarmed about — as we told you, M3GAN 2.0, was inevitable and Universal just set a Jan. 17, 2025 release for the sequel to the Blumhouse and Atomic Monster hit film. The pic, now in its second week, has racked up $92M around the world off a $12M budget. M3GAN opened to

The horror genre was built on long-running franchises, usually containing an iconic signature killer. Wes Craven’s Scream is no exception, with Ghostface and the denizens of Woodsboro remaining beloved over the years. The property will once again return to theaters with Scream VI, directed by filmmakers Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. And a new image from the

Jeremy Renner is still on the road to recovery after his nasty snowplow accident … but at least that road’s led him back home to continue recuperating. The “Hawkeye” star tweeted Monday night, “Outside my brain fog in recovery, I was very excited to watch episode 201 with my family at home” — referring to

It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like China’s unofficial ban on Marvel is lifting. Disney/Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania have both secured release dates in China, ending a three-and-a-half year period during which movies featuring Marvel characters did not gain entry to the world’s second largest

There’s just something about M3GAN that has audiences, critics, and even the powers behind the film buzzing with excitement about a potential sequel. Universal executives were allegedly talking about another round before the 2023 new movie release was even in theaters, and they weren’t the only ones. That enthusiasm was apparently infectious enough that even

Tyler Perry isn’t just concerned with including more Black people in TV/film, he’s also worried about pollution in Black neighborhoods … and he’s willing to drop several million for a federal building to prove it. The media mogul says he’s considering buying the Forces Command building, a former U.S. military training complex adjacent to Tyler

In an age of streaming and Covid concerns when many older-skewing dramatic films find their way safely into homes, Sony Pictures rolled the dice on the Tom Hanks drama A Man Called Otto. It grossed $15.3 million in its third–weekend wide expansion over the four-day MLK weekend, well surpassing its $8M projection. The result surprised

While most people think of the continuing universe of new Marvel movies when they hear the name Don Cheadle, there’s an even wider universe of roles the iconic actor has banked on his resume. Among the most memorable is that of Basher Tarr, the eccentric munitions expert in the Ocean’s trilogy directed by Steven Soderbergh. 

Janelle Monae won the SeeHer Award at the Critics Choice show this weekend — and it seems she wore something that was pretty on theme … ’cause everyone got an eyeful. The actress/singer hit the red carpet Sunday at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in L.A., where she was one of the clear standouts of

Refresh for latest…: James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water continues to outdo itself having crossed $1.8B globally and reaching nearly $1.9B at the worldwide box office through this weekend. The estimated global cume through Sunday is $1.894B. Avatar 2 still ranks as the No. 7 biggest movie of all time. Ahead of it at

The making of Top Gun: Maverick was no small task, and it involved working extremely closely with the United States Navy to pull off this authentic and extreme movie about fighter pilots. Joseph Kosinski, the director of the legacy sequel, has been extremely open about his “quest for authenticity” on this movie, as he told

Austin Butler‘s Golden Globes speech is suddenly carrying even more weight after Lisa Marie Presley‘s death … because tears were shed as he told her he’d love her “forever.” As you know, Austin took home the gold Tuesday night for his portrayal of Lisa Marie’s father, Elvis Presley … and now that she’s passed, his

Shudder and IFC Midnight are launching microbudget Skinamarink on a not-so-micro 629 screens, giving the viral horror pic a major push after a well-received premiere back at Fantasia-fest that just kept snowballing with strong reviews and social media love. “I was over the moon. For a horror filmmaker in Canada, [Fantasia] is like getting a

It’s been fifteen years since National Treasure 2: The Book of Secrets came out. Is all hope lost on a third movie after all of this time? We already have a National Treasure TV show for Disney+, but it’s not the same without Nicolas Cage and Diane Kruger back to reprise their roles and see

Bella Ramsey is opening up about how she identifies … telling the world she’s gender-fluid. The “Last Of Us Star” talked about identity in an interview with The New York Times, saying … “I guess my gender has always been very fluid. Someone would call me ‘she’ or ‘her’ and I wouldn’t think about it,

On a winter Thursday still ruled by James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water, Sony’s Tom Hanks drama A Man Called Otto and Lionsgate’s Gerard Butler action pic, Plane, sought to get an early start with respectively $635K and $625K each. Here’s the thing, technically, Otto is the richer: If you count the Marc Forster

Correcting the internet can be a job in and of itself, as evidenced by Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’s co-writer/director James Mangold. As he’s been gearing up for the debut of his 2023 new movie release, the helmer behind the fourth sequel with Harrison Ford’s iconic character hasn’t been shy about correcting misinformed

Filmmaker Michael Bay is now charged with killing a pigeon while directing a film in Italy … but he’s firing back, denying it ever happened under his watch. The blockbuster director was hit with charges relating to the murder of the bird, which allegedly happened back in 2018 on the set of the Netflix flick

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water will reign supreme in its fifth weekend over the four-day MLK holiday frame with an estimated take around $35M. The Disney/20th Century Studios/Lightstorm title through yesterday raised its running total to $525.66M after a $4.5M Tuesday. The sequel will feasibly overtake the domestic total of its comp, Rogue

Most fans of Avatar: The Way of Water are seeing the film’s success as an indication that the world of Pandora never left the pop culture scene. As 2023’s new movie releases have started to pose competition, the cinematic experience seems to be getting even stronger. Which is good, because director James Cameron marked such

Dakota Johnson has a new ad campaign with Gucci — where she’s rocking a ton of their gear, including animal skin handbags — and PETA isn’t happy about it … not at all. The actress just came out as an official ambassador for the luxury fashion brand, and appeared in a new commercial where she’s

It’s been a cold, hard place at the box office for not just adult movies but also artsy titles in the awards conversation. After winning the Golden Globe for Animated Film for his Pinocchio on Tuesday, the two-time Oscar winner was asked backstage by a reporter if he had any concerns about the state of

After getting his start in the movie world in 2014 with Men, Women & Children, and followed shortly thereafter by by Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, Timothée Chalamet really started turning heads in 2017 thanks to his appearances in flicks like Call Me by Your Name and Lady Bird. Cut to 2023, Chalamet is now one of

Liam Hemsworth should take over the James Bond franchise from Daniel Craig … so says the guy who took the torch from Sean Connery. George Lazenby, best known as the Bond after Sean, tells TMZ … Liam deserves Hollywood’s famed license to kill for a whole host of reasons. First, George says Liam has the