Synopsis – After her mother goes missing, a young woman tries to find her from home, using tools available to her online. My Take – With crime stories skyrocketing in popularity in recent times, it is unsurprising that we get to see another installment of the so-called screen-life thrillers, pioneered by Timur Bekmambetov, who also acts as an executive producer here. While this concept, first … Continue reading Missing (2023) Review!!
What did this weekend prove at the box office? It’s not just about tentpoles. The overall champs of the weekend were lower-budgeted releases, with Universal’s Cocaine Bear trampling its teen projections with $23.09M, and Lionsgate’s Jesus Revolution turning water into cash with $15.5M after being initially forecast in the $6M-$7M range. However, both movies had something that propelled audiences: They had sticky titles. It doesn’t … Continue reading ‘Quantumania’ Sees Worst Drop for MCU Title as ‘Cocaine Bear’ and ‘Jesus Revolution’ Overperform at the BO!!
Disney/Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania notched a $33.8M Saturday, -27% from Friday+previews $46M, which will get the Peyton Reed– directed threequel to a $104M 3-day, $118M 4-day, per Disney this AM. Per box office analytics corp EntTelligence, Ant-Man 3 pulled in 7M admissions this past weekend, more than doubling Uncharted‘s admissions a year ago. Saturday’s ease is better, percent- wise, than the Friday-to-Saturday … Continue reading ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Opens Big with $118 Million at the BO!!
For a slow time at the box office — before the marketplace gets rich with Marvel Studios/Disney’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania next weekend ($120M 4-day) — it sure is intriguing, particularly with smaller movies. Last weekend, we had Paramount’s 80 for Brady and the whole discount ticketing stunt, as well as Universal’s Knock at the Cabin lukewarm opening, with the director M. Night Shyamalan … Continue reading ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Marks $8.2 Million Debut at the BO!!
Universal’s M. Night Shyamalan movie Knock at the Cabin held up over Paramount’s 80 for Brady, $14.2M to $12.5M, even though the latter had discount matinee ticketing in most theaters coast-to-coast. While the experimental ticket price drop didn’t exactly mushroom more bucks than Knock at the Cabin, 80 for Brady pulled in more people than Knock at the Cabin, estimated 1.3 million to 1.1 million, … Continue reading ‘Knock at the Cabin’ Opens with $14.2 Million while ’80 For Brady’ is Popular at the BO!!
Coming out of this weekend, by mid-week, Disney/20th Century Studios/Lightstorm’s Avatar: The Way of Water will easily surpass The Avengers as the No. 10 highest-grossing movie ever in U.S./Canada with $623.3M. The James Cameron-directed pic has made $15.7M in its seventh straight No. 1 weekend streak. Avatar 2‘s seven-weekend run at No. 1 ties with the original Avatar and the Henry Fonda-Katherine Hepburn multi-Oscar-winning movie, … Continue reading ‘Avatar 2’ Continues to Climb Charts of Top-Grossing Pics of All-Time; while SRK Starrer ‘Pathaan’ Opens Strong at the BO!!
Thank to the legs on Christmas holdovers Avatar: The Way of Water and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, and M3GAN running to $73.2M, the 2023 box office is surging to an estimated $514.7M for the Jan. 1-Jan. 22 period, +39% over last year, which was at $370M per box office sources. Avatar 2 landed a sixth weekend of $19.7M, which could get it to … Continue reading ‘Avatar 2’, ‘Puss in Boots 2’ and ‘M3GAN’ Continue Hold at the BO!!
The first poster for the upcoming mystery thriller film Missing starring Storm Reid (HBO’s The Last of Us series) has been revealed. The film about a daughter searching for her mother is set to release exclusively in theaters at the start of next year on January 20, 2023. The new poster showcases the film’s central premise, as well as its focus on technology through the … Continue reading ‘Missing’: Upcoming ‘Searching’ Sequel Gets a Poster!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – From the minds behind Searching comes Missing, a thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well you know those closest to you. When her mother (Nia Long) disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s (Storm Reid) search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest … Continue reading ‘Missing’ Trailer Sees Storm Reid Searching for Her Mom!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A couple search for their 3-year-old daughter, who has gone missing. Directed – Mukul Abhyankar Starring – Tabu, Manoj Bajpayee, Annu Kapoor Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Missing’ Trailer: Manoj Bajpayee and Tabu Lead This Psychological Thriller!!! Check It Out!!
