When Tom Cruise decides to stop making movies, it will be one of the saddest days in Hollywood history. For more than 40 years now, Cruise has put his body on the line to deliver some of the most entertaining movies of all time, and while he still doesn’t have an Oscar to show for his work, that may all change later this year with … Continue reading ‘Top Gun’ Movies Officially Return to Theaters Next Month!!
After COVID-19, the world of cinema hung in the balance. For months, fans of the theatrical experience were unable to congregate and watch movies on the big screen alongside other cinema lovers. When theaters opened back up, the return was a slow-moving one, with ticket buyers still uncertain. But, that all changed when filmmaker Joseph Kosinski paired with the legendary Tom Cruise to give theatergoers … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Sequel Is Officially Happening!!
F1: The Movie raced into theaters this weekend, but director Joseph Kosinski is already looking beyond the finish line to his next project. The director, who began his career with Tron: Legacy and Oblivion, is returning to the science fiction realm for a new movie about UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, formerly known as Unidentified Flying Objects or UFOs). He discussed the film with Collider‘s Perri … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ & ‘F1’ Director Teases Details on His Next: An Alien Sci-Fi Thriller!!
Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs are coming back — the new Miami Vice project just took a major step forward. Collider can confirm that Universal Pictures has tapped Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) to direct a new Miami Vice feature film, with Dan Gilroy (Andor, Nightcrawler) writing the script. Casting for the project has not yet begun, but Kosinski will produce along with Dylan Clark. … Continue reading ‘Miami Vice’: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Director to Helm New Film!!
F1 director Joseph Kosinski is reuniting with producer Jerry Bruckheimer for a new UFO conspiracy thriller. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the hot package has garnered interest from studios, including Amazon, Apple, Lionsgate, Paramount, and Warner Bros. The Kosinski and Bruckheimer project has led to a bidding war described as moving “quickly and aggressively.” What is the Joseph Kosinski & Jerry Bruckheimer movie about? The Kosinski … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Director Joseph Kosinski to Reunite with Producer Jerry Bruckheimer for New UFO Conspiracy Feature!!
Three years after Top Gun: Maverick smashed all expectations critically and financially, we’re still waiting for some concrete news on Top Gun 3. According to Jay Ellis, who played Lt. Reuben ‘Payback’ Fitch in Maverick, the sequel is very much in the works, but the team isn’t rushing things. In a recent conversation with Us Weekly, Ellis offered an update on the film’s progress, confirming … Continue reading ‘Top Gun 3’ is in the Works Confirms Star Jay Ellis!!
Nobody is dancing with Darwin at the domestic box office this weekend, as the summer’s woes continue with both Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and The Garfield Movie underperforming in their respective debuts. Furiosa failed to crack the $30 million mark in its first three days of release. The big-budget prequel to 2015’s landmark Mad Max: Fury Road grossed $25 million in its opening weekend, … Continue reading ‘Furiosa’ and ‘Garfield’ Fall Short of Expectations With Muted Debuts at the BO!!
Inspired by producer and star Tom Cruise, Paramount‘s Top Gun: Maverick powered up its jet engines and made a rapid climb up the ladder of success in what was a thrilling sequel to the beloved original 1986 film, Top Gun. Described by some as the film that “saved Hollywood,” after the effects of the pandemic on the entertainment industry, the action sequel grossed an astonishingly … Continue reading ‘Top Gun 3’: Jerry Bruckheimer Confirms Tom Cruise Will Still Lead!!
Tom Cruise is still feeling the need for speed. According to Puck, Paramount is moving forward with Top Gun 3. Writer Ehren Kruger has been tapped to write a script for a sequel to Top Gun: Maverick, which will star Cruise, Glen Powell, and Miles Teller. The news comes just a few days after Cruise announced he had signed a deal to develop, produce, and … Continue reading ‘Top Gun 3’ Is in the Works!!
Today, it’s been confirmed that Barbie has become the biggest film of 2023 at the domestic box office, capping off the most unexpected performance seen since the film it toppled, The Super Mario Bros. Movie. With Wednesday’s takings, Greta Gerwig‘s film has overtaken the $574.2 million earned domestically by the Nintendo movie, which was distributed by Universal and Illumination, and starred Chris Pratt, to become … Continue reading ‘Barbie’ Has Become the Highest-Grossing Domestic Film of 2023!!
Paramount+ has finally become the streaming home for all the Showtime content as the company rolled out the merged streaming service. The new plan blends Showtime’s edgy content into the Paramount+ library at competitive prices. The merger plans were first announced back in January and both platforms were gearing up for a seamless transition of both linear and streaming services. Rebranded as Paramount+ with Showtime, … Continue reading Paramount+ Officially Becomes the Streaming Home of Showtime!!
It would be fair to say that accurately reflecting the demands and the thrill of high-speed is something very important to Joseph Kosinski. The acclaimed director of Top Gun: Maverick is staying a little closer to the ground with his upcoming Formula One movie, which will star Brad Pitt as a retired racer who is brought back to the track for one last go-around. The … Continue reading Brad Pitt to Drive an Actual Real Formula 1 Car for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Director’s F1 Movie!!
A celebration of entertainment, action, drama, horror, and romance is just around the corner thanks to the upcoming 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The full list of nominees via Deadline has Top Gun: Maverick leading the film category with six nominations, while The Last of Us and Stranger Things lead the way with six nominations in scripted television categories. For the second year running, the MTV Movie & TV Awards … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Stranger Things’ Dominate 2023 MTV Movie and TV Award Nominees!! Check Out the Full List!!
With the 95th Academy Awards today, the fabled award season is finally coming to a close. A little over a month ago, the Oscar nominees were announced, delighting audiences and critics alike with a broad array of nominees. This year’s nominees did include a few clear frontrunners, who have remained frontrunners throughout the award season; racking up nominations and wins at critic’s groups, guild awards, … Continue reading ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Wins Best Picture!! Check Out the Full List of Winners!!
It’s time to gear up for Oscar Season, and the newest trailer for the 95th annual Academy Awards shows this year’s host Jimmy Kimmel being whipped into shape Top Gun style by the film’s stars Jon Hamm and Charles Parnell. Can Kimmel possibly live up to the expectations of such a task? And what does nine-time host Billy Crystal have to say on the matter? … Continue reading First Oscars Trailer Sees Jimmy Kimmel Spoof ‘Top Gun: Maverick’!! Check It Out!!
Rotten Tomatoes has named Top Gun: Maverick the Best Film Of 2022, Deadline reports. The Tom Cruise-led feature holds a special place in fans’ hearts for so many reasons. It brought back their favorite character thirty years after the first movie came out, it hits the right emotional note with its emotional core and chemistry between Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Goose’s son Rooster (played by … Continue reading Rotten Tomatoes Names ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ as the Best Film of 2022!!
The momentum for Avatar: The Way of Water doesn’t appear to be slowing down—the epic science fiction sequel recently surpassed $2.054 billion at the global box office, topping Avengers: Infinity War and becoming the fifth highest-grossing film of all time. The achievement comes shortly after recent reports announcing the long-awaited sequel crossed the $2 billion mark, making it the sixth film in history to do … Continue reading ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Has Become the 5th Highest Grossing Movie of All Time!!
This morning, the ever-wonderful Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams announced this year’s Academy Award nominees. In 2022, audiences flocked to movie theaters again, eager to see some of the best, and most talked about titles on the marquee. As the award season has gotten underway, it has been clear that there were a handful of titles that would undoubtedly dominate the conversation after picking up … Continue reading ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Leads Oscar Nominations 2023!! Check Out the Full List!!
The 28th annual Critics Choice Awards were handed out Sunday night. Everything Everywhere All at Once was named best picture; best director and best original screenplay for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert; and best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan. Heading into the ceremony, the film led with 14 noms. On the TV side, nominee-leading Abbott Elementary (with six noms) was named best comedy series. Better … Continue reading ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Wins Best Picture at the 28th Critics Choice Awards!! Check Out the Full List of Winners!!
It’s undeniable that the stakes were sky-high for Avatar: The Way of Water given the cultural and box office heights attained by its predecessor. After a lengthy 13-year wait, the James Cameron epic finally hit theaters just a week before Christmas and it has already made a splash of its own. The sci-fi motion picture depicted a stunning shift of scenery into Pandora’s underwater universe … Continue reading ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Crosses Past ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to Become Highest-Grossing Film of 2022!!
Walt Disney wins 2022, at least in terms of box office grosses. It should come as no surprise that Disney had yet another strong year and finished No. 1 among studios at the box office both domestically and globally. Disney ended the year with a grand total of $4.9 billion grossed worldwide and $2 billion domestic across the 16 theatrical releases of last year. This … Continue reading With $4.9 Billion Disney Tops 2022 at the Worldwide BO!!
Oh what a year this has been! An arguably return to glory for movies. After two years of pandemic restrictions that hit the film industry incredibly hard, as well as the ever present growing threat from streaming, things were comparatively quite better this year. Especially, thanks to critical and commercial successes of films like Top Gun: Maverick, Nope, The Batman and of course, the long … Continue reading Top 10 Best Hollywood Films of 2022 – A MovizArk Take!!!
Following its impressive theatrical run, Top Gun: Maverick continues to soar to new heights as the year’s biggest blockbuster has now become the most-watched film globally on Paramount+. Debuting on the streaming service earlier this month on December 22, the film broke Paramount‘s previous record held by Sonic the Hedgehog 2 by 60%. In addition to the film’s record-breaking success on Paramount‘s streaming service, the … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Has Become the Most Watched Movie Globally on Paramount+!!
After an excellent second weekend at the box office, where it ended up exceeding projections by quite a bit, director James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has shot past the $950 million mark at the global box office to become the third-biggest film of the year. With $293 million domestically and another $661 million from overseas markets, the long-awaited science-fiction sequel has now made … Continue reading ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Crosses $955 Million at the Global BO!!
We’re starting to enter awards season and the Academy has released its shortlists in a few key categories ahead of the 95th Academy Awards on March 12. The lists show off the most-likely nominees in ten categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, International Feature, Live Action Short, Animated Short, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music Score, Original Song, Sound, and Visual Effects. All nominees will be unveiled on … Continue reading 2023 Oscars Shortlists Unveiled in 10 Categories!! Check It Out!!
A common refrain in most reviews of Avatar: The Way of Water is this: you never, ever bet against James Cameron. Over the years, the director has delivered all-timers that have fundamentally changed the industry. Two of his films — Avatar and Titanic — are among the top three most financially successful movies ever made. And it’s looking like the naysayers are going to bite … Continue reading ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ to Deliver Year’s Biggest Opening at the Global BO!!
The Banshees of Inisherin leads the list of nominations for the 2023 Golden Globes, which were announced Monday. The film earned eight nominations, including best picture (musical/comedy) and writing and directing noms for Martin McDonagh. Everything Everywhere All at Once followed with six noms, while Babylon and The Fabelmans each earned five. Overall, Searchlight Pictures leads the film distributors with 12 noms, followed by A24 with 10 … Continue reading ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Leads Nominations, ‘RRR’ Nominated for Two Golden Globe Awards!! Check Out the Full List!!
The American Film Institute today unveiled their annual list of the best films and television for the calendar year, and in what might – or might not – be a precursor for the major awards season, this year’s film list was dominated by mainstream studio movies which have connected, or are expected to connect, with audiences upon their release. Major films to be included the … Continue reading AFI’s Top Films of 2022 List Unveiled!! Check It Out!!
The National Board of Review, a non-profit organization consisting of a select group of New York City film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, academics and students, announced their 2022 award honorees. Among them was Top Gun: Maverick winning Best Film of the Year. These NYC film enthusiasts of the National Board of Review watched 269 films and voted on categories such as Best Picture, Best Film, Best … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Named as Best Film of the Year by National Board of Review!!
On one of the dullest weekends of the year, it’s good to see some movies overperforming. And we have the fourth weekend of Disney/Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever coming in at $17.59M, and Universal/87 North’s horror action comedy Violent Night over-indexing with $13.3M, slightly above its $10M-$12M projection. As previously mentioned, that opening is just under Universal’s 2015 horror comedy, Krampus, which played the … Continue reading ‘Violent Night’ Opens Strongly with $13.3M as ‘Wakanda Forever’ Overperforms at the BO!!
Prepare your final flight checks, because Top Gun: Maverick is returning to theaters this December. That’s right, the film that has already grossed over a billion dollars at the box office is returning to standard and IMAX theaters for the holiday season, for a limited two week engagement that will give viewers another opportunity to experience director Joseph Kosinski’s legacy sequel all over again — … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ to Return to Theaters From December 2nd!!
There’s about $10M missing from the current theatrical marketplace this weekend. Projections for Universal/Blumhouse/Miramax/Trancas’ Halloween Ends were expected to come in around $55M and the 13th sequel in the franchise originally created by John Carpenter is settling at $41.2M after a $13M Saturday, off 36% from $20.4M Friday and previews. Clearly tracking didn’t account for the theatrical-day-and-date factor. Uni says the movie is the most … Continue reading ‘Halloween Ends’ Opens with Lower than Expected $41.2M at the BO!!
Unlike other genre films during this lackluster time at the box office, Paramount’s Smile isn’t even beginning to frown this weekend. Paramount officially reports this morning, after we heard last night that the Parker Finn directed/written horror pic had a very strong Saturday of $8.6 million. That’s now +4% from Friday and previews’ $8.2M, which will soar Smile to a $22M opening. Worldwide, Smile is exuberant at $36.5M. The pic only cost a … Continue reading ‘Smile’ Tops Weekend with $22 Million at the BO!!
Well, there was always a chance that New Line’s Don’t Worry Darling could dip below $20M, and it looks to be at $19.2M after a less-than-expected Saturday of $5.85M, repping a -39% drop from Friday+previews updated $9.55M. As we said in the previous update, this is the nature of young female skewing films where they come out in packs on Thursday and Friday — but then … Continue reading ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Takes Over Weekend with $19.2 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!!
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!!
$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!!
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!!!
It’s no secret that Top Gun: Maverick was one of the biggest hits to fly into theaters over the summer. The decades-in-the-making sequel drew in audiences all around the globe, snatching up and destroying previously set box office records since it dropped in theaters back in May. Three months later, the film is still picking up speed as it heads to small screen viewing on … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’: New Featurette Sees Tom Cruise Coordinate the Aerial Stunts!! Check It Out!!
While Crunchyroll’s Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is coming in at the lower end of what we foresaw yesterday with $20.1M (still significantly more than what we were spotting Friday AM), Universal’s Beast grew some teeth last night, improving its 3-day from $10.1M to now $11.57M. That’s after a $4.27M Saturday that’s -1% from Friday + previews’ $4.3M. Some rival distributors believe Super Hero made more at $21M. … Continue reading ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ Overpowers ‘Beast’ with $20M+ Opening at the BO!!
Apologies to the Avengers, but the Tom Cruise-led Top Gun: Maverick has officially snapped Avengers: Infinity War out of their sixth place spot at the all-time box office chart as its 13th weekend in theaters kicks off. With the film’s latest daily gross on Friday, August 19, Maverick has now grossed $679 million domestically, which is good enough to surpass 2018’s Infinity War ($678 million). … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Crosses ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ at the Domestic BO!!
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!!
As Top Gun: Maverick soars to success, passing a billion dollars at the global box office (it’s up to $1.35 billion now), the masterminds behind the movie, actor Tom Cruise and writer Christopher McQuarrie are hatching new plans to keep the audience entertained. Per Deadline, the duo is in the early stages of setting up three very different film projects. First is an original song … Continue reading Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie Set Three New Projects, Including a Musical!!
Sony is calling Bullet Train at a $30.1M opening. Some rival studios saw it lower. However, knowing the Culver City studio, they like to underestimate, not overestimate, in their box office gross reporting. Worldwide was $62.5M. Bullet Train made $12.6M on Friday, but that includes $4.6M Thursday previews. That means Friday grossed $8M. Saturday made $9.6M, +20% ahead of Friday, which is a very good sign for … Continue reading ‘Bullet Train’ Speeds to $30.1 Million Opening Weekend at the BO!!
Top Gun: Maverick has just officially become the seventh highest-grossing film of all time domestically, surpassing James Cameron‘s Titanic. The Tom Cruise-starring sequel just experienced its eleventh weekend of theatrical release, and earned $1.9 million on Friday. The film is expected to pull in a total of $6.7 million for the weekend. Top Gun: Maverick has now earned $662 million domestically overall, after being released … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Has Become 7th Highest Grossing Movie Of All Time at the Domestic BO!!
With $1.75 million in its seventh weekend at the domestic box office, Jurassic World Dominion took its tally to $369.5 million. The third installment in the Jurassic World trilogy has made $573 million from overseas territories, taking its worldwide total to $942 million. Dominion is the third-biggest film of the year, behind Top Gun: Maverick ($1.3 billion) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness … Continue reading ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Nears $950 Million at the Worldwide BO!!
The expected summer slowdown is taking its expected course with Warner Bros. animated film DC League of Super-Pets grossing a $9.3M Friday, for a $23M+ opening at 4,314, which is a solid result for a piece of original animation in the marketplace right now, not that far from Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s The Bad Guys which did $23.95M and is at $96.6M off an A CinemaScore. Abroad, … Continue reading ‘DC League Of Super-Pets’ Tops with $23M Opening 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!!
With the hit film now at its 10th weekend, Top Gun: Maverick still continues to soar to new heights at the box office as it has gained an additional $13.8 million internationally to a cumulative total of $671 million at international markets. Domestically, the film added $8.2 million this weekend as it remains strong at the box office and totals $650.1 million, one of the … Continue reading ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Crosses $1.3 Billion at the Worldwide BO!!
