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BOX OFFICE: “Conjuring: Last Rites” Conjures Up Horror Crowd Cash as the Year’s Biggest Boogeyman Blockbuster!
New Line Cinema pops the champagne corks for morning mimosas and Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson look for those direct deposit bonus checks as horror audiences prove, once again, that there’s nothing like familiar frights to draw a crowd. “The … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Weapons” outdraws “Jaws” to Win Labor Day Weekend — “Caught Stealing” opens better than “The Roses”
Every now and then, studios remember that A) audiences come to the movies for the shared experience of living through a film together and B) that they have a back catalog of titles sure to draw a crowd of fellow … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Weapons” brandishes another $22, “Nobody 2” scares nobody after another big “Freakier Friday”
“Nobody 2” is a classic “more of the same” sequel to an unlikely action hit starring unlikely action hero Bob Odenkirk. Others were more generous reviewing this second helping of a 2021 (right after Covid) hit than I was. The … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Weapons” weaponized, “Freakier Friday” brings in the Jamie Lee/Lindsay Lo loyalists
These days, when a horror movie hits, it HITS. “Sinners” and “Final Destination” now have a third over-performing horror blockbuster in their 2025 ranks. “Weapons,” the latest from “Barbarian” actor turned director Zack Cregger, is rolling in good reviews and … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Bad Guys” and “Naked Gun” cops can’t catch “Fantastic Four”
A hyped-to-death comedy reboot, a smart horror picture and an animated sequel were no match for Mighty Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” snore, as that comic book reboot managed another $40 million on its second weekend at the box … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Superman” soars on, “Last Summer,” “Smurfs” underwhelm and “Eddington” bombs
The horror audience has proven a hard sell in the post-COVID movie-going marketplace. New titles that reliably opened in the low to mid $teens made cheap horror productions a staple of most every studio’s release slate. And franchises could reliably … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: Up, up and A-Waaaaay! “Superman” rolls up $122 million opening
Audiences are reminding Hollywood that “In Gunn We Trust,” as James Gunn’s take on DC’s venerable “Superman,” the original superhero, proves to have plenty of gas in the tank. I saw it with a pretty packed crowd for a 2pm … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: ScarJo’s Baby — “Jurassic-Rebirth” devours a $147 million opening (five day) July 4 weekend
People showed up Wednesday, on opening day, to watch “Jurassic World: Rebirth,” the fourth “Jurassic World” sequel to the three “Jurassic Park” films based on the long-passed Michael Crichton novel that Steven Spielberg turned into a dino-blockbuster in the ’90s. … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: Brad Pitt, 62, laps the Competition as “F1” blows up — “M3GAN 2.0” is the update nobody uploads
Brad Pitt’s decades of stardom haven’t seen many missteps. He took that break-out bit part in “Thelma & Louise” all those years agoand made romances (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith”), thrillers (“Se7en”), boundary-pushing fight films (“Fight Club”), sports dramas (“Moneyball”), sci … Continue reading
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BOX OFFICE: “Dragon” Flies High, “Materialists” cash in, “Stitch” clears the $800 million mark
Kids’ entertainment has been king of the box office this summer, as animated franchises turned into CGI assisted “live action” remakes have become the latest “sure thing” in that corner of the marketplace. First it was cell-animated fare of the … Continue reading
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