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The WWI saga 1917 nabbed the No. 1 spot at the box office, earning $36.5 million in its first weekend of wide release, Variety reports. Directed by Sam Mendes, the film surpassed Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, which has dominated the box office since its debut in late December. Since opening in limited release on Christmas Day, 1917 has […]
A new research brief from Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that 10.6 percent of the directors of the top movies of 2019 are women. Our newest study is out today with good news for female directors. There’s still need for improvement but 2019 was a 13-year high for women […]
The Safdie Brothers’ intense Adam Sandler-starring thriller Uncut Gems has set a new record for A24. Variety reports that the movie has brought in $18.8 million domestically since it opened on Wednesday, besting Midsommar from earlier in the year to become the distributor’s biggest five-day launch. Following a limited run, Uncut Gems has now brought in a total of $20 million in North America. […]
Todd Phillips’ Joker has captivated audiences. Warner Bros. and Joaquin Phoenix were able to turn the screenplay written by Phillips and Scott Silver into a critically acclaimed commercial success. Now, the fans can further immerse themselves in this dark world by reading the film’s screenplay. There have been versions of the script floating around the internet for a […]
The force is strong with this film. Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is set to have a $193.7 million opening for its domestic opening weekend, according to Deadline. That number puts the film at the third-highest spot for December, and it earned $90 million on Friday. Fans went out in droves for the […]
James Cameron, the director, writer, and producer of Avatar 2, feels confident that his long-awaited, highly-anticipated sequel to the 2009 film has what it takes to steal back the worldwide box office crown taken from him by Avengers: Endgame. “I think it’s a certainty,” Cameron said in an interview with USA Today. “But let’s give Endgame their moment and let’s […]
According to early projections, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will have no problem neutering the film version of Cats when it comes to U.S. ticket sales, after those numbers become official when the year-end box office wraps up this weekend. Note that this also happens to be the opening weekend for both films. The […]
Uncut Gems shined in its first weekend at the box office. The crime thriller starring Adam Sandler opened in just five theaters in New York and Los Angeles, but still eanred a huge haul. According to Deadline, it grossed $525,498, giving the film a per-screen average of $105,100. In case you were wondering, that’s a24’s biggest per-screen average opening ever. The early success […]
By midnight tonight/tomorrow Disney should hold the distinction of being the first ever studio to make more than $10 billion in a year at the worldwide box office, according to Variety. Up through Sunday the studio had made $3.28 billion off of moviegoers in North America, in addition to more than $6.7 billion from audiences […]
Even as Frozen 2 expectedly dominated the box office in its extended five-day Thanksgiving weekend run, Knives Out was still able to carve out a lane for itself to the tune of $70 million worldwide. The whodunit murder-mystery film was expected to make between $22 and $25 million domestically, and surpassed those projections from Friday to Sunday alone, where the […]
