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Box Office

‘The Woman King’ Takes Top Spot with $19 Million at the BO!!

TriStar/eOne’s The Woman King is coming in higher than expected, with a $19M opening boosted by lively word of mouth off an A+ CinemaScore and a massive 95% positive on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak. Friday, including $1.7M previews, came in at $6.8M while Saturday pulled in $7.15M. A+ CinemaScores are hard to come by, and The Woman King is right up there with previous awards contenders like Harriet and Hidden Figures.  … Continue reading ‘The Woman King’ Takes Top Spot with $19 Million at the BO!!

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Horror, Movie Review, Thriller

The Invitation (2022) Review!!

Synopsis – A young woman is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot. My Take – Considering how overexposed they have become in the last decade, at the current moment I think vampires can be almost anything except be fearsome anymore, ironic considering how the undead creatures have been a dominant figure in the horror genre for years. In … Continue reading The Invitation (2022) Review!!

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‘Barbarian’ and ‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’ Dominate Slow Weekend at the BO!!

The late summer/early fall box office woes continue. Though the new releases opened well on their own terms in this post Labor Day weekend (which was once set to have Salem’s Lot come out, alas it was delayed), they weren’t enough to keep this from becoming the year’s second worst grossing weekend. With an overall box office of $40.3 million, it comes in only ahead … Continue reading ‘Barbarian’ and ‘Brahmastra Part One: Shiva’ Dominate Slow Weekend at the BO!!

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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Re-Release and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Fighting to Take Top Spot at the BO!!

$3 tickets on National Cinema Day helped drive even more audiences to the highest-grossing movie of the year to date, Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick, putting the highest-grossing Tom Cruise movie over the $700M mark in its 15th weekend. However, Saturday’s discount day has many distribution box office analysts confused on what exactly is the No. 1 film for the weekend. They say it’s Top Gun: … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Re-Release and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Fighting to Take Top Spot at the BO!!

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Features

‘The Invitation’: Home Release to Include an R-Rated Version!!

Director Jessica M. Thompson revealed that her PG-13 gothic vampire movie The Invitation has an R-rated cut that’ll be released when the movie becomes available at home. Speaking with Bloody Disgusting, Thompson also underlined the R-rated version of The Invitation is bloodier, hornier, and funnier than the cut that hit theaters. In a re-imagining of the Dracula mythos, The Invitation follows a young woman, Evie … Continue reading ‘The Invitation’: Home Release to Include an R-Rated Version!!

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Box Office

‘The Invitation’ Leads Worst Weekend of this Summer with $7M at the BO!!!

The bowels of the summer box office have been reached, with Sony’s new C CinemaScore horror movie The Invitation leading with $7M at 3,114 theaters. Like the late Andy Rooney, I get a lot of mail from sources. But in this instance, it’s about why it’s important to be gentle when covering the box office: We’re still in the pandemic, we’re not back yet, it’s not … Continue reading ‘The Invitation’ Leads Worst Weekend of this Summer with $7M at the BO!!!

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Horror, Thriller, Trailers

‘The Invitation’ Trailer Invites Viewers to a Nightmare Generations in the Making!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – A young woman is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot. Directed – Jessica M. Thompson Starring – Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Hugh Skinner Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Invitation’ Trailer Invites Viewers to a Nightmare Generations in the Making!! Check It Out!!

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Features

Drafthouse Films Has Been Acquired by Giant Pictures!!

Giant Pictures is the new owner of Drafthouse Films. The company has announced the acquisition of the film label, along with Drafthouse Film‘s acquisition of two films. Drafthouse Films began in 2010 and was originally the distribution arm of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas before being spun-off. The film label focuses on releasing what it describes as “provocative, visionary, and artfully unusual” films from around the world. … Continue reading Drafthouse Films Has Been Acquired by Giant Pictures!!

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‘Dracula’: Blumhouse Working On New Movie With Karyn Kusama!!

Blumhouse is following up its recent smash hit The Invisible Man with another classic Universal Monster. A new adaptation of Dracula is in the works, with Karyn Kusama (Destroyer, The Invitation) set to direct from a script written by her frequent collaborators Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. As reported by THR, the movie isn’t officially at Universal yet, but Jason Blum’s hit-making production company has … Continue reading ‘Dracula’: Blumhouse Working On New Movie With Karyn Kusama!!

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‘The Invitation’ Director Karyn Kusama Set to Helm Horror-Thriller ‘Breed’ for 20th Century Fox!!

One of the surprise hit horror movies of 2015 was The Invitation, about a man who shows up to a dinner party thrown by his ex wife and her new husband — and everything goes horribly wrong. We have three people to thank for that: director Karyn Kusama and screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. If you want to see more from them, your wish has been granted as all three … Continue reading ‘The Invitation’ Director Karyn Kusama Set to Helm Horror-Thriller ‘Breed’ for 20th Century Fox!!

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Box Office

‘The Boss’ Edges out ‘Batman v Superman’ while ‘Hardcore Henry’ flops at the Box Office!!

Yesterday, we reported there was a chance that the new Melissa McCarthy film, The Boss, might make enough to dethrone Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice at the domestic box office, and now it looks like the broad comedy has done just that. It wasn’t by a huge margin—in fact, when the final numbers come in, it could easily switch. Right now, Deadline has The … Continue reading ‘The Boss’ Edges out ‘Batman v Superman’ while ‘Hardcore Henry’ flops at the Box Office!!

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