‘A Quiet Place’ Spin-off Release Delayed to Late 2023!!

It’s a bad week for blockbuster fans everywhere. Shortly after announcing that Mission: Impossible 7 & 8 would be delayed one year each, Paramount Pictures has now unveiled a slate of upcoming movies that also had their release dates shifted. One of those movies is the untitled A Quiet Place installment, which was previously slated for a March 31, 2023 release. The shift in release … Continue reading ‘A Quiet Place’ Spin-off Release Delayed to Late 2023!!

Jeff Nichols Exits ‘A Quiet Place’ Spinoff!!

It looks like the A Quiet Place franchise is in the market for a new director. Deadline reports that director Jeff Nichols has parted ways with the franchise and its current unnamed spinoff he was set to helm, amicably parting with the project in favor of working on another untitled science-fiction project from Paramount. No details about Nichols’ split from the spinoff were released, though … Continue reading Jeff Nichols Exits ‘A Quiet Place’ Spinoff!!

‘The Suicide Squad’ Crosses $100 Million at the International BO!!!

Over the weekend, the overseas box office gross earnings for The Suicide Squad finally crossed the $100 million mark. It was already very close at the onset of the weekend; but the extra $4.6 million it earned airing in 6,530 theaters in 73 different international markets was just enough to tip it over the edge. It has now grossed a total of $101.8 million dollars … Continue reading ‘The Suicide Squad’ Crosses $100 Million at the International BO!!!

‘Old’ Takes Top Spot with $16 Million, as ‘Snake Eyes’ Stumbles at the BO!!

Two releases respecting the theatrical window –Universal’s Old and Paramount’s Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins– are opening at the box office to blah results, respectively with $16.5M and $13.35M. But don’t blame the distribution strategy. However, it’s questionable whether we can blame the delta variant. These two movies, which received lackluster CinemaScores of C+ and B-, are opening roughly right in line with their estimates. If both … Continue reading ‘Old’ Takes Top Spot with $16 Million, as ‘Snake Eyes’ Stumbles at the BO!!

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Takes Over Top Spot from ‘Black Widow’ with $31M+ Opening at the BO!!

Even with Space Jam: A New Legacy in homes on HBO Max, Warner Bros. proves again that when they shell out on TV spots, they can open the film in movie theaters to a solid number. In this case, it was the best 3-day we’ve seen for a family film during the pandemic, with $31.65M. That’s also the best for Warner Bros. during the Covid-19 era, beating … Continue reading ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Takes Over Top Spot from ‘Black Widow’ with $31M+ Opening at the BO!!

‘Black Widow’ Opens at Pandemic Best $215M+ Including Disney+ Premier at the WW BO!!

The Walt Disney Company sent out a widespread announcement that Black Widow made $215M-plus WW this weekend: Broken down, that’s $80M at the domestic box office, $78M in international box office, and over $60M in Disney+ Premier Access consumer spend globally. I understand that the latter figure skews more heavily toward US Disney+ Premier spending. This is the first time that Disney has released actual … Continue reading ‘Black Widow’ Opens at Pandemic Best $215M+ Including Disney+ Premier at the WW BO!!

‘F9,’ ‘Boss Baby 2’ and ‘Forever Purge’ Show July 4th Synergy at the BO!!

For the first time since the onset of the pandemic in mid-March 2020, the top 10 films (on a 3-day basis) are set to gross well over $1M+ each. It may not sound like a big deal, but it is, because it finally demonstrates depth and breadth at the box office and a rebuild of the business. While that’s good news, the big screen business … Continue reading ‘F9,’ ‘Boss Baby 2’ and ‘Forever Purge’ Show July 4th Synergy at the BO!!

‘F9’ Zooms to a $70M Pandemic Opening Record at the BO!!

Universal’s F9 grossed in one day what some movies have made in a weekend during the pandemic, earning $30M on Friday, on its way to a revised 3-day of $70M. It’s an amount achieved on a pure theatrical window, which is expected to be around 45 days, and that’s important to note: So far the movies that have opened to big numbers this summer ($50M+) are those … Continue reading ‘F9’ Zooms to a $70M Pandemic Opening Record at the BO!!

‘Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ Leads Weekend with a $17M Debut at a Dull BO!!

The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is coming in higher over five days with $17M and a 3-day of $11.7M at 3,331 locations. It’s an OK result, and better than expected, but it’s not a result that has the town skipping about the return of the summer box office as the pandemic winds down, especially over what is typically a lucrative Father’s Day weekend. Speaking of Father’s … Continue reading ‘Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ Leads Weekend with a $17M Debut at a Dull BO!!

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Continues Domination as ‘In The Heights’ Bows Tepidly at the BO!!

Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II in its third weekend has beaten Warner Bros. highly-publicized Jon M. Chu-directed, Lin-Manuel Miranda musical In the Heights for the top spot at the weekend box office, $11.7M to $11.4M. It is a defeat no one really saw coming. A Quiet Place Part II‘s domestic running B.O. stands at $109M. As one rival marketing exec told me this weekend, “Warner Bros. … Continue reading ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Continues Domination as ‘In The Heights’ Bows Tepidly at the BO!!

A Quiet Place Part II (2021) Review!!

Synopsis – Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path. My Take – Upon release in 2018, actor-writer-director John Krasinski‘s A Quiet Place turned out to be deserving success story, as … Continue reading A Quiet Place Part II (2021) Review!!

‘Conjuring 3’ Scares ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ From Top Position at the BO!!

It use to be that the studios would space their horror movies apart on the schedule. It’s not usual that one would open up immediately after the other for fear of cannibalizing the same audience. That didn’t happen this weekend as New Line’s The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It opened to $24M, while Paramount’s second weekend of A Quiet Place Part II took in $19.5M. … Continue reading ‘Conjuring 3’ Scares ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ From Top Position at the BO!!

Jeff Nichols’s ‘A Quiet Place’ Spinoff Set for 2023 Release!!

Fresh off a pandemic shattering opening debut weekend, A Quiet Place Part II will now be followed by A Quiet Place spinoff film set to be released in 2023. Most interesting is that John Krasinski will not be returning as director and will instead be turning over the reins to acclaimed director Jeff Nichols. Nichols has previously worked on fantastic films like 2011’s haunting Take … Continue reading Jeff Nichols’s ‘A Quiet Place’ Spinoff Set for 2023 Release!!

‘A Quiet Place’: John Krasinski Explains the Origin of the Alien Monsters!!

One of the many brilliant aspects of filmmaker John Krasinski’s smash hit 2018 horror thriller A Quiet Place is its economy of storytelling. There is zero fat on the film. There’s no needless exposition, no prologue explaining what happened to Earth or how the monsters got there. The film begins on Day 89, in the aftermath of when “they” first arrived, and viewers are dropped … Continue reading ‘A Quiet Place’: John Krasinski Explains the Origin of the Alien Monsters!!

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Leads With $58M+ Opening, ‘Cruella’ Shines With $27M Marking Return of the BO!!

Any major studio executive who is out to prove that the theatrical business doesn’t work can rip up that presentation they had planned for next week about projected streaming revenues. Because this weekend, the domestic box office finally came back, and no, it wasn’t with Tenet or a No. 1 movie that’s being released on streaming day-and-date with theatrical. Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II … Continue reading ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Leads With $58M+ Opening, ‘Cruella’ Shines With $27M Marking Return of the BO!!

‘A Quiet Place 3’: John Krasinski Confirms He Already Has Ideas!!

When John Krasinski directed and starred in A Quiet Place, the thrillingly inventive horror film in which survivors of a post-apocalyptic monster invasion must stay silent to stay alive, a potential sequel was not on his mind. But when that became a huge critical and financial smash for Paramount Pictures, he took to crafting A Quiet Place: Part II. And in an exclusive interview with … Continue reading ‘A Quiet Place 3’: John Krasinski Confirms He Already Has Ideas!!

‘Spiral’ Puts ‘Saw’ Franchise Over $1B as ‘F9’ Zooms to a $162.4M Opening at the Overseas BO!!

The domestic box office isn’t going to get interesting until next weekend when Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II and Disney’s Cruella launch the summer season. From that point on, we largely won’t have any weekends where the major studios are taking a break from releasing wide entries, which is the case this weekend as Lionsgate’s Spiral: From the Book of Saw repeats in its second frame with $1.38M on … Continue reading ‘Spiral’ Puts ‘Saw’ Franchise Over $1B as ‘F9’ Zooms to a $162.4M Opening at the Overseas BO!!

‘Spiral’ Leads Slow Weekend at the BO!!

At a time when the box office looked to be making progress, especially with No. 2 chain Regal reopening more theaters, it was a downer of a weekend. Lionsgate’s R-rated Spiral: From The Book of Saw, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, came in with $8.7M, under the $10M-$15M many were hoping for. This despite the fact that it’s the 6th No. 1 opening … Continue reading ‘Spiral’ Leads Slow Weekend at the BO!!

Guy Ritchie’s ‘Wrath Of Man’ Leads Weekend With $8M at the BO!!

By the calendar’s measure of recent box office years, it is the first weekend of summer. But because movie theaters are still closed in most of Europe and Brazil because of the pandemic, Disney decided to move Marvel’s Black Widow to July 9. The good news is that we will finally have a semblance of a summer box office season, unlike last year, and UnitedArtistsReleasing is … Continue reading Guy Ritchie’s ‘Wrath Of Man’ Leads Weekend With $8M at the BO!!

Paramount+ Set to Debut Original Movies Every Week in 2022!!

Paramount+ is taking a page out of Netflix’s book and will be releasing one new original film per week on the new streaming service starting next year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. That’s 52 brand spanking new original movies for the platform, which was just rebranded earlier this year from CBS All Access. The streamer will also begin a new campaign — dubbed “Mountain of … Continue reading Paramount+ Set to Debut Original Movies Every Week in 2022!!

‘M:I 7’, ‘Top Gun 2’, and ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ to Stream on Paramount+ 45 Days After Theatrical Release!!

Call it the HBO Max effect, but Paramount Pictures is now following in the footsteps of Warner Bros. and has announced that new releases will be streaming exclusively on its proprietary streaming service soon after their theatrical debut. The studio announced today that moving forward, major tentpole Paramount Pictures movies will be streaming on Paramount+ 45 days after they hit theaters, while the studio will … Continue reading ‘M:I 7’, ‘Top Gun 2’, and ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ to Stream on Paramount+ 45 Days After Theatrical Release!!

‘A Quiet Place’: Jeff Nichols To Expand Universe with a Spinoff!!

A new movie set in the world of A Quiet Place is on the horizon. It looks like the universe established in A Quiet Place will be expanding thanks to a recently announced spinoff in the works to be helmed by director Jeff Nichols (Mud, Loving) and produced by John Krasinski. Krasinski wrote, directed, and starred in the acclaimed 2018 horror-thriller, which follows a family trying to survive … Continue reading ‘A Quiet Place’: Jeff Nichols To Expand Universe with a Spinoff!!

‘Top Gun 2,’ ‘A Quiet Place 2’ Shift to 2021 as ‘Without Remorse’ Moves to Amazon!!

Tom Cruise‘s high-flying sequel Top Gun: Maverick and Emily Blunt‘s horror film A Quiet Place Part 2 have been delayed once again by Paramount, which has also sold the Michael B. Jordan movie Without Remorse to Amazon. Paramount chose to punt its surefire hits to next year, as A Quiet Place Part 2 moves from Sept. 6, 2020 to April 23, 2021, while Top Gun: … Continue reading ‘Top Gun 2,’ ‘A Quiet Place 2’ Shift to 2021 as ‘Without Remorse’ Moves to Amazon!!