Paramount Makes Release Date Changes For ‘A Quiet Place 2’ and ‘Playing With Fire’!!

Paramount is moving up John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place 2 from its first announced May 15, 2020 date to March 20, 2020. The new release date brings the sci-fi horror thriller back to the original’s spring launchpad. A Quiet Place made its world premiere at SXSW last year and opened roughly a month later on April 6, to outstanding $50.2M and ending its domestic run at $188M, $340.9M global … Continue reading Paramount Makes Release Date Changes For ‘A Quiet Place 2’ and ‘Playing With Fire’!!

Instant Family (2018) Review!!

Synopsis – A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children. My Take – As I had mentioned before, due to the year-end period and the holiday season in the U.S, Hollywood studios churn out a lot of family films, which may also include films about adoptions. The thing with foster care and adoption films is that they tend to emotional … Continue reading Instant Family (2018) Review!!

‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ and ‘The Mule’ Opens Strong While ‘Mortal Engines’ Bombs at the BO!!!

For the 13th time this year the top film at the weekend box office was adapted from a Marvel Comics property as Sony‘s animated release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse took the weekend box office crown with the largest opening ever for an animated film in December. Warner Bros.‘s The Mule also enjoyed a solid debut while Universal‘s release of Mortal Engines crashed and burned. … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ and ‘The Mule’ Opens Strong While ‘Mortal Engines’ Bombs at the BO!!!

‘Aquaman’ Opens Big in China as ‘Ralph’ Continues Reign at the BO!!

The domestic weekend was, for the most part, as light as was expected. While it wasn’t the lowest grossing weekend of the year so far, it was the second lowest with the top twelve delivering a combined $77.8 million. This is all in advance of what should be a profitable holiday season to come and we got a hint as to just how profitable it … Continue reading ‘Aquaman’ Opens Big in China as ‘Ralph’ Continues Reign at the BO!!

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Remains #1 with $26 Million at the Post-Thanksgiving BO!!

Outside of only a couple differences, this weekend’s box office top ten almost mirrors last weekend’s rankings exactly with Disney‘s Ralph Breaks the Internet securing the #1 spot for a second weekend in a row. Among the differences, Universal‘s The Grinch switched places with Creed II as the animated feature took the runner-up position while topping $200 million domestically. In the bottom half of the … Continue reading ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Remains #1 with $26 Million at the Post-Thanksgiving BO!!

‘Ralph’ and ‘Creed II’ Deliver Strong Thanksgiving Openings as ‘Robin Hood’ Flops at the BO!!!

It was a massive five days at the box office, the last three days of which resulted in the largest Thanksgiving three-day weekend ever with the top twelve films combining for over $206 million. Leading the way was Disney‘s Ralph Breaks the Internet, which brought in the second largest Thanksgiving five-day gross of all-time followed by MGM‘s Creed II with the largest holiday opening ever … Continue reading ‘Ralph’ and ‘Creed II’ Deliver Strong Thanksgiving Openings as ‘Robin Hood’ Flops at the BO!!!

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel Stomps Competition With A $253 Million Opening at the Worldwide BO!!!

While still a solid weekend, the performances fell below Mojo‘s pre-weekend expectations almost across the board. Warner Bros.‘s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the latest entry in the Fantastic Beasts franchise still topped the weekend as expected, but even it fell a bit below the studio’s expectations, though not by as much as both Paramount‘s Instant Family and Fox‘s Widows, neither of which managed … Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel Stomps Competition With A $253 Million Opening at the Worldwide BO!!!

‘The Grinch’ Opens Strong With $66 Million, While ‘Spider’s Web’ And ‘Overlord’ Struggle at the BO!!

The 2018 box office continues to usher in hits as Universal and Illumination‘s Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch debuted with a chart-topping $66 million this weekend. However, it wasn’t all roses for the weekend’s new wide releases as neither Overlord nor The Girl in the Spider’s Web managed to catch on with audiences. Yet, holdovers such as Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star is Born continued their … Continue reading ‘The Grinch’ Opens Strong With $66 Million, While ‘Spider’s Web’ And ‘Overlord’ Struggle at the BO!!

‘Dora the Explorer’: Isabela Moner Cast To Play the Lead In the Paramount Film!!!

Isabela Moner will soon be saying “Vamos!” for Paramount. The Transformers: The Last Knight actress has been tapped to play Dora the Explorer for the studio’s live-action feature based on the character from the popular Nickelodeon TV series. The Dora the Explorer movie will follow a teenage Dora — accompanied by her best friend, Boots the monkey, and her cousin Diego — on (you guessed it) an … Continue reading ‘Dora the Explorer’: Isabela Moner Cast To Play the Lead In the Paramount Film!!!