“When single father Max discovers he has a terminal disease, he decides to try and cram all the years of love and support he will miss with his teenage daughter Wally into the time he has left with her,” reads the synopsis. “With the promise of long-awaited driving lessons, he convinces Wally to accompany him
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Universal/Amblin’s Jurassic World Dominion earned $18M in previews, but that’s not just from 4PM showtimes yesterday, but also other stunt previews earlier this week. The Colin Trevorrow directed movie played at 4,150 theaters. Again, the bulk of that preview figure was earned last night. Jurassic World Dominion is suffering the worst reviews of the Jurassic franchise at 34%.
Play video content If there’s any question as to whether or not brands will work with Johnny Depp again following his trial … look no further than a resurrected Dior campaign airing in prime time this week. Depp’s face and musical talent are on display in a spot for Dior’s Sauvage men’s scent, and we
Michael J. Fox, one of the most iconic actors of the ’80s, is notable for a number of the roles he’s played in his lifetime, from Alex Keaton on Family Ties and Scott Howard in Teen Wolf, to later projects like The American President, Stuart Little, Spin City and The Good Wife (where he enjoyed
Netflix has given audiences the first look for its coming-of-age fantasy film, ‘The School for Good & Evil’, based on Soman Chainani’s novel of the same name. It will be arriving on Netflix sometime in September. Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington headline the new film. “The film adaptation centers around best friends Sophie and Agatha, who are about to
The producers of the Tony-winning Come From Away said Wednesday that the long-running Broadway musical will play its final show in October at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. It will end a run that will have lasted 1,670 performances and 25 previews after it first opened in February 2017. The news makes Come From Away the
American actress Lori Petty was just 29 years old when she was cast as Rae Lindley — the young and smart biologist on the journey to receiving her PhD in marine biology — in the 1993 family/drama film “Free Willy.” Lindley shared the big screen with Jason James Richter as the orphan who finds companionship
If you’re in any way of fan of action-related movies, you know how integral stunt doubles are to bring these silver screen stories to life. While some actors are able and willing to perform certain stunts themselves, inevitably there are things too dangerous for them to do, which is when you bring in the professionals.
Broadway took a pre-Tony Awards early-summer dip at the box office last week, slipping 11% from the previous week to gross a total $29,555,352 for 31 productions. Attendance was off about 10% to 230,894. While most of the shows reported drops, the overall figure also reflects four fewer productions than the previous week’s roster, with Birthday
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon transformed into Phil Knight and Sonny Vaccaro for the first time on Monday … and the moment was apparently so big, Jennifer Lopez had to pop by to show her support. The A-list actors officially kicked off the first day of filming for their new Vaccaro biopic this week in
Top Gun: Maverick is an even bigger movie than most people thought it would be. The film is an absolute smash due to its incredible practical action sequences with fighter jets, and also due to its surprisingly emotional story, but I feel like there’s one thing about Top Gun: Maverick that not enough people are
Refresh for latest…: Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick, as projected yesterday, has flown past $500M worldwide, with $548.6M through its first two frames. The offshore weekend is estimated at $81.7M, an incredible hold of -20%, to lift the international box office cume to $257M in 64 markets. This does not include big Tom Cruise hub Korea
Chris Evans has a can’t miss fundraiser going — he’s giving all of his fans a shot at being his date for his next big Hollywood event, and it’s all for a good cause. Chris has teamed up with Omaze to put together the incredible prize package — those who donate to the charity will
After six weeks worth of courtroom proceedings, the defamation case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard (which centered on the latter’s 2018 op-ed) concluded last week after three days of deliberation. The announced verdict found Heard guilly of three counts of defamation and, as a result, Depp was rewarded $10 million in compensation and $5
Chloe Okuno’s feature debut Watcher recorded the biggest opening weekend grosses ever for IFC Films and its IFC Midnight/Shudder label on 764 U.S. screens — also one of the distributor’s widest ever releases. The genre thriller that world premiered at Sundance then SXSW reported an estimated weekend gross of $815,000 and a PSA of $1,067.
Jared Leto leaning into the ‘Morbius’ jokes didn’t work out so well — apparently, nobody was actually all that eager to see it again in theaters … so say the box office numbers. Sony re-released the comic book flick on the big screen anew this weekend — this after a horrid domestic run in the
Things certainly are moving forward for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez on their second go-round at romance. The Way Back actor got down on one knee while his love was mid-bubble bath and put a ring on it just one year after the couple reunited (and 20 years after he proposed the first time). A
Netflix has released the trailer for its newest action-comedy ‘The Man From Toronto’, starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson. It will make it’s debut on Netflix June 24. The film stars Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Kaley Cuoco, Ellen Barkin, Lela Loren, and Kate Drummond. [email protected] Socials: @neillfrazer
Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick has grossed $185M at the international box office through Thursday. This puts it on course to cross $200M today in offshore play. Couple that with domestic’s equally supersonic performance and Maverick will reach $400M+ global in less than two full frames of play. On Thursday, Tom Cruise’s return to the cockpit
Kathy Griffin is taking low-blow shots at Johnny Depp — beyond believing Amber Heard … she thinks he’s far from the dream boat he once was, focusing on his looks. The comedian went on the offensive this week — shortly after the pro-Depp verdict came down in Virginia — during an appearance on “Just Ask
Just two weeks ago, Chris Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger welcomed their second child together, Eloise Christina. Considering the happy couple had their new daughter just ahead of Jurassic World: Dominion finally hitting theaters, Pratt understandably couldn’t juggle being both a movie star and dad in the past few weeks. Even so, the actor found
Saban Films has dropped the official trailer for the horror/comedy ‘American Carnage’, starring current horror fan favourite actress Jenna Ortega. It’s set to make it’s way to theaters July 15th. The film has been rated “R” for “some disturbing violence and gore,” a bit of which is on display in this first trailer. “After a
Moviegoers aren’t losing that loving feeling for Top Gun: Maverick this weekend as the movie is destined to become Tom Cruise’s top-grossing movie ever at the domestic box office with $273.6M. The 3x Oscar nominee’s previous high earning title was Steven Spielberg’s 2005 sci-fi title War of the Worlds at $234M. Top Gun 2 is expected to beat War of
Play video content BACKGRID Young Thug and Gunna will be locked up at least until January 2023, but attorney Drew Findling is calling BS on the entire Georgia RICO case that put them behind bars in the first place. Findling, known as the “Billion Dollar Lawyer” for his work with several industry heavyweights, was in
2022 kicked off with a nostalgic (yet fresh) bloodbath in the form of a new Scream film. Following its commercial success, its creatives are already prepping Scream 6, by lining up the cast and the movie has found its first new cast member. Dermot Mulroney, who most memorably played leading man opposite Julia Roberts in
Hulu and 20th Century Studios have released the trailer for the upcoming action fantasy ‘The Princess’, which will be available to stream July 1st. It stars Joey King as a badass royal, who tries to save her family and kingdom from an evil suitor. “When a beautiful, strong-willed princess refuses to wed the cruel sociopath
Universal/Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion stormed into Mexico on Wednesday with $3M worth of previews. That’s the best opening preview performance in the rebooted franchise, overtaking 2018’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom by 53% and 2015’s Jurassic World by 81%. Both of the earlier films had sneaks on a holiday. As we noted yesterday, the Colin Trevorrow-directed Dominion is putting
Johnny Depp is the most popular man in England … is what you’d have to assume once you see the insane scene outside his latest rock star gig. An absolute wall of fans pressed up against barricades in Newcastle, England Thursday night, desperately trying to get a piece of Depp after his latest appearance with
Are you afraid of spiders? Do you ever have moments where it feels like there’s something crawling on your leg and you’re afraid to find out what it is? I’m sure audiences in the ‘90s had that fear after they saw the horror-comedy flick Arachnobobia starring Jeff Daniels. Well, prepared to be scared again of
Searchlight Pictures has released the official teaser trailer for its forthcoming dark comedy thriller titled ‘The Menu’, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, and Nicholas Hoult. In the film a couple (Taylor-Joy and Hoult) travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef (Fiennes) has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking