Synopsis – The Minions go on a journey to find frightening creatures to appear in their monster movie. Directed – Pierre Coffin Starring (voices of) – Jesse Eisenberg, Jeff Bridges, Zoey Deutch Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Minions & Monsters’: New Teaser Announces Cast of the the New ‘Minions’ Movie!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – The Minions go on a journey to find frightening creatures to appear in their monster movie. Directed – Pierre Coffin Starring (voices of) – Pierre Coffin Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Minions & Monsters’ Trailer Sees Our Yellow Heroes Summon a Goblin!! Check It Out!!
The first official shots have been fired in Hollywood’s war with generative AI, with Disney and NBCUniversal at the forefront. On Tuesday, the two entertainment giants filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against the AI start-up Midjourney after the companies alleged Midjourney‘s website “displays hundreds, if not thousands, of images generated by its Image Service at the request of its subscribers that infringe Plaintiffs’ Copyrighted … Continue reading Disney and NBCUniversal Sueing AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement!!
Universal is shaking up its slate of upcoming animated family films, and while it’s bad news for Shrek fans, it’s all coming up roses for the Minions. Illumination‘s next entry in the Despicable Me spinoff series, Minions 3, has been moved up almost a full year from June 30, 2027, to July 1, 2026, taking the place originally occupied by Shrek 5, which will now … Continue reading ‘Minions 3’ Release Preponed to July 1, 2026!!
Mattel has reportedly been in contact with Illumination over a potential animated Barbie movie, with the hopes to create a major animated franchise. According to a recent report from the Puck newsletter, Mattel has met with Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri about a movie. The report doesn’t mention how far the talks are, but does note that Mattel hopes that Illumination could turn the world of … Continue reading ‘Barbie’: Mattel, Illumination in Talks to Produce an Animated Movie!!
With Disney raiding their back catalog for live-action remakes, one might wonder if the Despicable Me movies could follow suit. However, if the specter of live-action Minions haunts you, we have good news. When asked about the subject in a new interview with Film Hounds, Minions maven Chris Renaud‘s answer was succinct: “God, I hope not.” Renaud elaborated, noting that the strength of the franchise … Continue reading ‘Minions’: Chris Renaud Confirms No Live-Action Adaptation Plans!!
It’s a Minion world, and we’re all just living in it. Illumination has announced that a third Minions movie will premiere in theaters on June 30, 2027. The news drops right after Despicable Me 4 saw a massive debut at the global box office over the weekend. With audiences still clearly invested in the Despicable Me franchise, the studio has no reason to stop exploring … Continue reading ‘Minions 3’ is Sets June 30, 2027 as Release Date!!
In the war to rebound back at the movie theaters since the pandemic hit, Universal becomes the first studio to pass $3 billion dollars at the global box office this year — and its the first studio to do so at all since 2019. Deadline reported the news and it is shocking given the success of films like Top Gun: Maverick (which is a Paramount … Continue reading Universal’s 2022 Films Crosses $3 Billion at the Worldwide BO!!
Sony’s Bullet Train will have a softer second weekend ease than expected at -55% with $13.4M at No 1 in a low wattage August frame that is around $66.8M for all movies. That’s the lowest grossing weekend to date this summer, the previous low being the May 20-22 frame when Downton Abbey opened to $16M and saw all movies $75.6M. Bullet Train‘s second weekend hold is a bit better … Continue reading ‘Bullet Train’ Leads Lowest Grossing Weekend of Summer with $13.1 Million at the BO!!
Illumination‘s Minions: The Rise of Gru continues its monstrous success at the box office. Despite a crowded and competitive market this week with the likes of the continued success of Top Gun: Maverick and the debuting Nope, the popular animated film has come in at 4th place in its fifth week in theaters, with its 3-day North American weekend estimate of $10.880 million. This puts … Continue reading ‘Minions: Rise of Gru’ Climbs to $710 Million at the Worldwide BO!!
Disney/Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder held steady on Saturday, despite those lower than normal CinemaScore and PostTrak exits for a Marvel Cinematic Universe title. The Taika Waititi-directed sequel grossed $42.1M yesterday which is 4% above Friday’s true take of $40.5M (That’s $69.5M less $29M Thursday previews). This will get Thor: Love and Thunder to a $143M opening, per Disney. Worldwide is $302M, just like Nancy and I … Continue reading ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Opens Strong with $143M at the BO!!
As Illumination/Universal’s Minions: The Rise of Gru clinches an Independence Day 4-day opening record of $127.9M, the movie’s success this weekend should come as a reminder to many executives, both motion picture and streaming, as well as Wall Street, about the power of the big screen. While it may go without saying, realize that Rise of Gru‘s success here, in addition to being built on the back … Continue reading ‘Minions: Rise Of Gru’ Heading for a Record $128M Independence Day Opening at the BO!!
Dinosaurs are still ruling the Earth as audiences are flocking to movie theaters this Fourth of July weekend, Universal‘s Jurassic World Dominion has achieved an estimated $15.650 million three-day and a $19.180 million four-day total at the domestic box office so far. This adds to a $335.345 million domestic performance of the film alongside $824.5 million worldwide. The film also made $4.660 million total on … Continue reading ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Adds Another $19.1 Million to Take Total to $824.5 Million at the Worldwide BO!!
Synopsis – The untold story of one 12-year-old’s dream to become the world’s greatest supervillain. My Take – Considering how successful their first film, Despicable Me, was it is of no wonder why Illumination studios keeps going back to the world they created back in 2010. A film which not only got two equally successful sequels, in 2013 and 2017, but also launched the small, … Continue reading Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) Review!!
It’s the crossover none of us even knew we needed until right now. In celebration of Minions: Rise of Gru hitting theaters next month, Illumination and the streaming service Peacock teamed up to combine two of Steve Carell’s biggest hits. In a brand-new spot, The Minions have invaded The Office. Illumination has delighted fans of both the Despicable Me series and The Office by recreating … Continue reading ‘Minions: Rise of Gru’: New Promo Sees the Minions at Dunder Mifflin!! Check It Out!!
The rascally Minions just took over Fandango’s Twitter and posted a brand-new clip to their upcoming film Minions: The Rise of Gru! In the clip we see that the ancient mischievous ones (Pierre Coffin) are suited up in tracksuits and listening raptly to the sage teachings of Master Chow, the acupuncturist who has mastered the art of Kung Fu. Master Chow, voiced by Everything Everywhere … Continue reading ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’: New Clip Sees the Minions Learning Kung Fu!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – The untold story of one 12-year-old’s dream to become the world’s greatest supervillain. Directed – Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val Starring (voices of)- Steve Carell, Lucy Lawless, Michelle Yeoh Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Trailer Teases the Villain’s Origin Story!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – The untold story of one 12-year-old’s dream to become the world’s greatest supervillain. Directed – Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val Starring (voices of)- Steve Carell, Lucy Lawless, Michelle Yeoh Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Gets a New Teaser!! Check It Out!!
Peacock just got a big boost in content from a new deal that will see Universal Pictures films heading to that streaming service after theaters. As it stands right now, Universal actually licenses its movies to HBO during what’s called a “pay-one window.” You know how pay cable channels like HBO and Epix will “premiere” movies that were in theaters like a year ago? That’s … Continue reading New Universal Movies to Stream on Peacock Four Months After Theatrical Release!!
No matter how fast you are, no one outruns their past, but Universal Pictures is aiming to outrun the pandemic by delaying its tentpoles F9 and Minions: The Rise of Gru once again, though not all delays are created equal. F9 will move back just one month, from May 28 to June 25, 2021, but unfortunately, Illumination‘s Minions sequel has been pushed back an entire year, … Continue reading ‘F9’ Release Delayed Again While ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Moves to 2022!!
AMC Theatres, the biggest movie theater chain in the U.S., just fired quite the retaliation shot at Universal Pictures. After NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell commented on the success of Trolls World Tour on the straight-to-digital market to the Wall Street Journal, AMC Theatres CEO and President Adam Aron has released an open letter saying that AMC will no longer screen Universal Pictures films in any of this theaters. … Continue reading Universal Pictures Movies Will No Longer Screen at AMC Theaters!!!
You might think that animated projects on the big and small screens would be better able to weather the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting quarantines, but that’s not exactly the case. Co-creator of Big City Greens Shane Houghton recently Tweeted out a behind-the-scenes look at how they’re trying to keep production on the Disney series going while all of their artists and … Continue reading ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Release Date Delayed!!
Synopsis – The untold story of one 12-year-old’s dream to become the world’s greatest supervillain. Directed – Kyle Balda, Brad Ableson, Jonathan del Val Starring (voices of)- Steve Carell, Lucy Lawless, Michelle Yeoh Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Full-Length Trailer Reveals the Sequel/Prequel!! Check It Out!!
Apparently, even the Super Bowl isn’t safe from Illumination’s little yellow mischief makers, with the big game playing host to the debut of the first look for this summer’s Minions: The Rise of Gru on Sunday. With a complicated continuity akin to the Fast and Furious movies, the second Minions takes place before the three installments to date in the Despicable Me series, but after … Continue reading ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Super Bowl Trailer Reveals the Unnecessary Sequel!! Check It Out!!
For the better part of a decade, Shrek enjoyed a successful run of sequels and spin-off series without ever a serious whisper of a reboot. Now, 17 years after Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson‘s animated adaptation of William Steig‘s book made ogres, onions, and talking donkeys famous, Universal Pictures has decided it’s time to revisit the highly lucrative family-friendly property. And the talent who’s been … Continue reading ‘Shrek’ Reboot on the Way from ‘Minions’ Chris Meledandri!!!
In a massive purchase of one of the last remaining independent and publicly traded studios, Comcast’s NBCUniversal has made a deal to acquire DreamWorks Animation, a deal that values the animation studio at $3.8 billion. DWA CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg had long been looking for a buyer for the studio, courting such suitors as Japan’s SoftBank and even Hasbro, but nothing materialized. Until now. Katzenberg will … Continue reading NBCUniversal Buys DreamWorks Animation for Nearly $4 Billion!!
While, I haven’t seen (yet) some critically well received films like Steve Jobs, Trumbo, The Revenant, Joy, Carol & Brooklyn (which I am sure would have affected my list), I have tried my best to bring down some of the best & worst to come out in 2015. Below is my list of 10 worst Hollywood films of 2015: 1. Taken 3 (2015) 2. … Continue reading Top 10 Worst Hollywood Films of 2015 (a MovizArk take)!!!
It was a near record-setting summer for Hollywood. “Jurassic World,” “Inside Out” and “Avengers: Age of Ultron” led this summer’s box office to one of its highest grossing in history, according to Variety. Domestic ticket sales from May 1 to Labor Day weekend hit $4.48 billion, as reported by Rentrak. That represents a little more than a 10 percent increase over last year’s dismal numbers … Continue reading Check out some of the biggest Hits & Flops of the Summer 2015!!
The summer box office will go down as the second-biggest in history, but the wealth wasn’t evenly distributed. Instead, the results revealed a profound case of corporate income inequality. Two studios, Universal and Disney, gobbled up most of the profits after fielding massive hits like “Jurassic World” and “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Together, their films made up seven of the 10 top-grossing domestic releases this … Continue reading Check out the Hits & Misses of Summer 2015!!
No disrespect to Straight Outta Compton, but this is more like an August box office. Sure, the last two years have given us more than a few big hits in summer’s final month – Straight Outta Compton, for one. But this is how you know that summer is winding down: when a clutch of mediocre new releases hits theatres only to be shown up by … Continue reading ‘Compton’ stomps ‘Sinister 2’, ‘American Ultra’ & ‘Hitman: Agent 47’ at the BO!!
Universal is estimating that Straight Outta Compton made $56M in 2,757 theaters, a remarkable $20,345 per screen average. Compton easily bested the other wide release, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which is under-performing with an estimated $13.5M. The Top 12, at $133.6M, is up 4% from last year when The Expendables 3 shocked many by opening in 4th place with $15.9M, beaten not only by holdovers … Continue reading Universal scores another smash hit with ‘Crompton’, while Man from U.N.C.L.E underperforms!!
Fox‘s Fantastic Four got a Thing-like pummeling at the box office with a $26.2M first outing, allowing Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation to take #1 for the second weekend in a row with $29.4M. Fantastic‘s $6,558 take per screen underwhelmed across the board and it doesn’t look like the Josh Trank-directed film has any hopes of turning things around. The film earned a dismal “C-” … Continue reading Fantastic Four reboot gets clobbered at the Box Office!!
Powered by the Energizer bunny energy of the seemingly inexhaustible Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation pulled in $56M for the weekend, taking #1 at the box office. It’s a good start for the $150M, fifth installment in the now-rejuvenated M:I series that seems to be have been carried, uphill, on Cruise‘s back. The success of the film also adds a counter-example to the … Continue reading ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation’ opens big at the BO while ‘Vacation is a damp squib!!
According to studio estimates, Pixels earned $24 million from 3,723 locations this weekend. That was not enough to knock Ant-Man out of first place, denying Sony their last chance to salvage something positive from Pixels’ debut. Not long ago, Pixels was expected to open in the $50 million range. As the film’s word of mouth became more and more toxic, however, Sony was quick to … Continue reading ‘Pixels’ stumbles as ‘Ant-Man’ holds on to Number One!!
Ant-Man opened to $58M at the domestic box office, slightly under its projected $60-$65M opening, becoming the 12th film in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe to open at #1. On 3,856 screens the film’s per screen take was $15,051. It’s a good thing that the Paul Rudd superhero film has an “A” CinemaScore as that’s the lowest per-screen average of any of the 12 films. Coming in … Continue reading Ant-Man opens slightly lower than expected while Trainwreck does well!!
Synopsis – Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world. My Take – In my opinion, films focusing on sidekicks/ spin off from original films seldom seem to work! Films such as Evan Almighty, Elecktra, The Scorpion King, U.S. Marshals, Get him to the Greek etc are … Continue reading Minions (2015) Review!!
For the second frame in a row, an animated title is number one at the box office. But unlike last weekend, when Monday actuals put Inside Out on top in place of Jurassic World, everyone saw today’s win for Minions coming. Since the little, yellow beings first appeared in 2010’s Despicable Me, their commercial appeal has been hard to deny. Now, as expected, the first … Continue reading Minions makes 2nd biggest animated debut ever!! Indian film ‘Baahubali’ cracks into the U.S Top 10!!
Synopsis – Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world. Directors – Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin Starring (voices of) – Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock Check out the trailer: Continue reading Check out the new trailer of the hilarious ‘Minions’!!
