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Nov 5, 2023 12:50 PM CST

Without Dune, Freddy's Repeats

Sequel was postponed till March

(Newser) - The North American box office had one of its slowest weekends of the year, due in large part to Dune: Part Two's absence from the lineup, though moviegoers had many other options to choose from. The video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy's repeated its first-place ranking, followed...

Critics Can't
Slow Rush
to Freddy's

box office

Oct 29, 2023 11:55 AM CDT

Critics Can't Slow Rush to Freddy's

Horror film debuts in theaters, streaming simultaneously

(Newser) - It hardly mattered that Five Nights at Freddy's was released simultaneously in theaters and on streaming this weekend. Fans flocked to movie theaters across the country to see the scary video game adaptation on the big screen, which made $78 million to top the North American box office, according...

Gen Z Wants Hollywood to Be a Little More Wholesome

For Gen Z, a New
Hollywood Term: 'Nomance'

Oct 29, 2023 6:57 AM CDT

For Gen Z, a New Hollywood Term: 'Nomance'

Survey finds younger audiences want fewer sex scenes and more platonic relationships on screen

(Newser) - Gen Z would like Hollywood to stop forcing them to awkwardly sit through sex scenes. At least that's what a new study out of UCLA suggests. Per Variety , data from the Center for Scholars and Storytellers' latest Teens and Screens report says over half of the 1,500 respondents...

Mission: Impossible No. 8 Gets a One-Year Delay

Actors Strike Hits
a Big Franchise

Oct 24, 2023 10:30 AM CDT

Actors Strike Hits a Big Franchise

The 8th installment of 'Mission: Impossible' will be delayed by a year

(Newser) - The eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise has been postponed a year, reports the AP , signaling a new wave of release schedule juggling for Hollywood studios as the actors strike surpasses three months of work stoppage. Paramount Pictures on Monday shifted the release date of the next Mission: Impossible...

Scorsese Places Strong Second

box office

Oct 22, 2023 1:10 PM CDT

Scorsese Places Strong Second

Taylor Swift's concert film tops debuting 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

(Newser) - In a movie matchup almost as unlikely as Barbie and Oppenheimer, Martin Scorsese took on Taylor Swift in cinemas over the weekend. And while the box office belonged for a second time to Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon got off to a strong...

What Critics Are Saying About Martin Scorsese's Latest

DiCaprio Is the Star,
but She Is a 'Revelation'

movie review

Oct 20, 2023 1:00 PM CDT

DiCaprio Is the Star, but She Is a 'Revelation'

Martin Scorsese's latest is getting strong reviews, as is Lily Gladstone

(Newser) - One of the most highly anticipated movies in a while is out, and Killers of the Flower Moon was apparently worth the wait. Director Martin Scorsese reunites with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro to tell the story of the 1920s murders of members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma....

Taylor Swift's Film Is a Smash

box office

Oct 15, 2023 12:36 PM CDT

Taylor Swift's Film Is a Smash

'The Eras Tour' opening is bigger than Justin Bieber's ' Never Say Never'

(Newser) - Movie theaters turned into concert venues this weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the country. The unparalleled enthusiasm helped propel Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour to a dominating, first-place debut between $95 million and $97 million in North America, AMC Theatres said Sunday....

Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend

box office

Oct 8, 2023 2:50 PM CDT

Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend

Barbie slips out of Top 10 for the first time

(Newser) - The Exorcist: Believer spun heads and drove off all foes at the box office. Facing competition from no major new releases, the latest resurrection of the demonic franchise brought in $27.2 million in North America in its opening weekend for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, according to studio estimates...

Animation, Horror
Show Strongest

box office

Oct 1, 2023 1:05 PM CDT

Animation, Horror Show Strongest

'PAW Patrol,' 'Saw' sequels top weekend

(Newser) - After several quiet weeks in movie theaters, four films entered wide release over the weekend. The performances of the four—PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Saw X, The Creator and Dumb Money—told a familiar story at the box office. What worked? Horror and animated franchises. What didn't? Originality...

Award for First Black Actor to
Win Oscar Is Heading 'Home'

Sep 27, 2023 1:58 PM CDT

Award for First Black Actor to Win Oscar Is Heading 'Home'

Academy gifts replacement for Hattie McDaniel's plaque for 'Gone With the Wind' to Howard U

(Newser) - Hattie McDaniel's best supporting actress Oscar for 1939's Gone With the Wind is one of the most important moments in Academy Award history. McDaniel was the first African American to win an Oscar, and it would be a half-century before another Black woman again won an acting award....

Scorsese Saw
Hollywood's Ills
at Screening
for Departed

interview

Sep 26, 2023 8:31 AM CDT

Scorsese Saw Hollywood's Ills at Screening for Departed

'Studio guys' were upset because it clearly would not be a franchise

(Newser) - Martin Scorsese turns 81 in November, and he's making the rounds to plug his new film Killers of the Flower Moon with Leonardo DiCaprio. In a wide-ranging interview with GQ , Scorsese talks about feeling out of step with modern Hollywood. For instance, he rarely goes to Los Angeles anymore...

Stallone Can't Budge Nun 2

box office

Sep 24, 2023 3:20 PM CDT

Stallone Can't Budge Nun 2

Audiences apparently weren't eager for next Expendables installment

(Newser) - Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren't enough to save Expend4bles from a debut box office flop. The Lionsgate and Millennium film, also known as Expendables 4, pulled in a mediocre $8.3 million for the big-budget project. It starred several popular names, including Stallone, Statham, Curtis "50 Cent"...

Mystery, Horror Film Nearly Tie

box office

Sep 17, 2023 2:30 PM CDT

Mystery, Horror Film Nearly Tie

Third in Kenneth Branagh's Poirot series starts slowly

(Newser) - The Nun 2 and A Haunting in Venice virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in US and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery, according to studio estimates Sunday. In its second weekend of release, Warner Bros.'...

The Nun II Overcomes Reviews

box office

Sep 10, 2023 1:35 PM CDT

The Nun II Overcomes Reviews

Horror sequel trails first installment but still tops the weekend

(Newser) - As with many horrors before it, bad reviews didn't scare off moviegoers from buying tickets for The Nun II. The sequel to the 2018 hit, released in 3,728 theaters by Warner Bros., topped the box office in its first weekend in North American theaters, earning an estimated $32....

Equalizer 3 Has Forceful Debut

box office

Sep 3, 2023 1:40 PM CDT

Equalizer 3 Has Forceful Debut

'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' still set records

(Newser) - The third installment in the Denzel Washington-led Equalizer franchise topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. By the end of the Monday holiday, Sony expects that total will rise to $42 million, the AP reports. Labor Day signals the end of...

Breaking Bad Actors, Writers
Team Up 'in Solidarity'

Aug 30, 2023 9:30 AM CDT

Breaking Bad Actors, Writers Team Up 'in Solidarity'

'Better Call Saul' team members also join picket line as Hollywood strikes continue

(Newser) - A familiar group of faces popped up on the picket line Tuesday outside of Sony Pictures Studios: cast members from the AMC hits Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, per the Hollywood Reporter . Bryan "Walter White" Cranston was there, as were Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman), Jesse Plemons (Todd Alquist),...

Officially, Gran Turismo
Passes Barbie

box office

Aug 27, 2023 1:45 PM CDT

Officially, Gran Turismo Passes Barbie

National Cinema Day throws a wrinkle into race

(Newser) - Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story and Barbie are in a dead heat for the box-office crown, with the video game adaptation just edging Greta Gerwig's pop sensation, according to studio estimates Sunday. Sony Pictures reported that Gran Turismo opened with $17.3 million over the weekend, while...

Blue Beetle
Sneaks Up
on Barbie

box office

Aug 20, 2023 1:25 PM CDT

Blue Beetle Sneaks Up on Barbie

'Oppenheimer' sets an odd record

(Newser) - The DC superhero film Blue Beetle led weekend ticket sales with a modest $25.4 million opening, according to studio estimates Sunday, dethroning Barbie from the top spot after a record-setting run that left movie theaters colored pink for a month. The Barbie phenomenon is far from over. Greta Gerwig'...

Bradley Cooper's Prosthetic
Nose Doesn't Go Over Well

Aug 16, 2023 11:38 AM CDT

Bradley Cooper's Prosthetic Nose Doesn't Go Over Well

Critics say prosthesis used in Leonard Bernstein biopic is antisemitic

(Newser) - On Tuesday, Netflix dropped a trailer for Maestro, a biopic about West Side Story conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein that's headed to theaters on Nov. 22 and to the streaming platform the following month. Netflix plugs the film as a "towering and fearless love story" and "a...

Barbie, Oppenheimer Reunite

box office

Aug 13, 2023 1:50 PM CDT

Barbie, Oppenheimer Reunite

Summer blockbusters are 1-2 again

(Newser) - Barbie's star has not dimmed. Director Greta Gerwig's film phenomenon is a runaway No. 1 at the box office in its fourth week, bringing in $33.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Margot Robbie-led and produced film from Warner Bros., which is in 4,137 theaters,...