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
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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. neillfrazer@hotmail.com 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
The Cinemark Movie Club has surpassed 1 million active members with more than 3,000 members per theater across its U.S. circuit. The nation’s third largest cinema chain, based in Plano, Texas, said Movie Club, launched in December of 2017, was the first North American exhibitor-developed paid monthly membership program and is the first to hit
Johnny Depp has a new lease on life after being awarded more than $10 million in his defamation case against Amber Heard … telling the world he’s “truly humbled” by the jury’s decision. In a lengthy statement following his win Wednesday, Depp says, “Six years ago, my life, the life of my children, the lives
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have been in court for the past six weeks for the Pirates of the Caribbean actor’s $50 million against his ex-wife following the publishing of her 2018 op-ed in the Washington Post about sexual violence. Depp claimed that her world was not only false, but damaged his reputation. A verdict
AMC Theatres announced its first newly-built theater of 2022 – the AMC Dine-In Topanga 12 in Canoga Park — will open June 2 as the pandemic-rattled exhibition business reshuffles. The launch will follow by a day the close of operations at nearby AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills as the exhibitors continue to fine tune
Jennifer Lopez is finding all sorts of ways to show off her love for her soon-to-be husband Ben Affleck … just ask her manicurist. J Lo just got a set of fresh nails … which included the initials “J” and “B” on her ring finger and a heart on her middle finger … courtesy of
Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey have established themselves as one of the hottest couples in all of Hollywood. Since going public with their relationship in early 2021, the adorable pair have delighted their fans with sweet photos and anecdotes about their experiences. Their social media interactions have been particularly delightful, as they have no
The bomber jacket of Top Gun‘s Maverick is looking a bit more familiar in international trailers these days, according to a report in Fortune. Two flag patches on the back of the jacket – representing Taiwan and Japan – appear to have been returned to their original spots. The flags were missing, or obscured, in
Johnny Depp is not sitting at home anxiously waiting for the jury to decide his fate … he’s rocking out in England, and one of the songs has a title at the heart of the trial. Johnny hit the stage with Jeff Beck in Sheffield England Sunday. Beck’s touring the U.K. and Johnny made a
This past weekend, Tom Cruise did something that he’s never done before in his career: open a film with a domestic total over $100 million. Audiences across the country have been feeling the need for speed since this past Thursday when Joseph Kosinski’s Top Gun: Maverick launched in theaters, and it is clearly going to