Listen Now | This week's episode discusses, obviously, the optimistically strong opening for 'The Wild Robot' and the expectedly miserable debut for 'Megalopolis'.
Listen now | While hope is frail — for non-sequel theatrical animation not based on globally massive IP like 'Super Mario Bros' or 'The Grinch' — it's hard to kill.
The Tollywood epic earned 71% of its entire opening weekend gross on Friday alone, while Sony's 'Saturday Night' debuted with $265,000 in five theaters.
The Tollywood epic earned 71% of its entire opening weekend gross on Friday alone, while Sony's 'Saturday Night' debuted with $265,000 in five theaters.
The acclaimed and buzzy DWA flick opened with a rousing $35 million, the biggest "original" or "new-to-you" animated launch since 'Onward' in pre-COVID 2020.
The acclaimed and buzzy DWA flick opened with a rousing $35 million, the biggest "original" or "new-to-you" animated launch since 'Onward' in pre-COVID 2020.
If it legs out like a normal (well-reviewed, well-received) DWA toon, the Lupita Nyong'o-starring sci-fi melodrama may top $35 million for the weekend.
If it legs out like a normal (well-reviewed, well-received) DWA toon, the Lupita Nyong'o-starring sci-fi melodrama may top $35 million for the weekend.
The point (and triumph) of #Megalopolis is that it exists, but anyone expecting the long-gestating passion project (with mixed reviews, no less) to be a box office smash must have been drinking too much from Francis Ford Coppola's winery.
'Transformers One' dropped 76% on Friday while 'Saturday Night' earned $107,000, but Lionsgate did not grab the domestic distribution rights for Francis Ford Coppola's self-funded passion project expe...
Reviews for 'Megalopolis' and 'Saturday Night' (which Lorne Michaels might want to rewatch, natch), plus optimistic Thursday box office for 'The Wild Robot' and challenges of centering/honoring Christopher Reeve while concurrently selling a *new* cinematic incarnation of 'Superman'.
'Wild Robot' starts strong for a 2020s non-sequel toon, 'Megalopolis' is a must-see "miss," while Lorne Michaels might want to rewatch 'Saturday Night.'
Why Paramount and Hasbro’s well-reviewed Transformers One earned less than the third weekend of Beetlejuice 2. Plus, Never Let Go is the latest Lionsgate theatrical whiff, a (friendly) critical debate about The Substance and a chat about our most anticipated films for the remainder of the year.
How and why Paramount and Hasbro’s well-reviewed Transformers One earned less than the third weekend of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Plus, Never Let Go as Lionsgate's latest theatrical whiff, a critical debate about The Substance and a chat about our most anticipated films for the rest of 2024.
- 'Thunderbolts' is another Marvel movie whose primary hook is that it's a Marvel movie. - 'Gladiator II' is leaning heavily on nostalgia, which might work better in North America than overseas. - 'Red One' might show that Amazon can play the tentpole distribution game as practice for James Bond 26.
Come for previews, and stay for the articles about the marketing challenges faced by Marvel's latest non-event, Paramount's pricy legacy sequel, and Amazon MGM Studio's attempt to play in the (non-seq...