At a time when the box office looked to be making progress, especially with No. 2 chain Regal reopening more theaters, it was a downer of a weekend. Lionsgate’s R-rated Spiral: From The Book of Saw, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson, came in with $8.7M, under the $10M-$15M many were hoping for. This despite the fact that it’s the 6th No. 1 opening … Continue reading ‘Spiral’ Leads Slow Weekend at the BO!!
By the calendar’s measure of recent box office years, it is the first weekend of summer. But because movie theaters are still closed in most of Europe and Brazil because of the pandemic, Disney decided to move Marvel’s Black Widow to July 9. The good news is that we will finally have a semblance of a summer box office season, unlike last year, and UnitedArtistsReleasing is … Continue reading Guy Ritchie’s ‘Wrath Of Man’ Leads Weekend With $8M at the BO!!
Tim Hill‘s family friendly comedy The War With Grandpa topped the U.S. box office with $3.6 million, enough to topple Christopher Nolan‘s Tenet from the top spot. Tenet, now in its sixth weekend of play in the U.S. grossed $2.1 million for a problematic domestic total of $48.3 million. Overseas, it zoomed to $275 million for a global total of $323.3 million, according to Warner … Continue reading ‘War With Grandpa’ Tops ‘Tenet’ with $3.6M at the BO!!
It’s been an uphill battle here in the U.S. for Tenet as it struggles to hit the box office milestones it’s racking up with relative ease overseas. As its fifth theatrical weekend comes to a close, Tenet‘s domestic total currently sits at $45.1 million. This weekend, the movie added just $2.7 million to that current domestic total, representing another 21% drop in its week-to-week earnings. Tenet also … Continue reading ‘Tenet’ Passes $300M Globally, Yet Struggles to Pass $50M Domestically at the BO!!
Here we are, at the end of yet another weekend trying to find the silver lining on an ever-darkening box office cloud. Sure, Warner Bros. Tenet is still at the top of the box office chart, with 20th Century Studios’ The New Mutants and Solstice Studios’ Unhinged rounding out the top three. But those rankings lose some shine when we get down into the nitty-gritty (more on … Continue reading ‘Tenet’ Continues Weak Hold on #1 with $41.2M at the BO!!
Warner Bros. Tenet continues to trend downward at the domestic box office as it closes out another week in theaters. It was revealed last weekend (thanks to some quick numbers-crunching) that director Christopher Nolan‘s latest had earned a mere $9.5 million in its three-day Labor Day opening weekend and dropped down to $6.7 million by its second weekend. With crucial U.S. markets closed, including 80% … Continue reading ‘Tenet’ Continues Lags in the U.S. But Crosses $250M at the Worldwide BO!!
Synopsis – After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage. My Take – If you have gone through the promotional material, one thing I can assure you is that director Derrick Borte‘s latest film is exactly how it looks – an unabashed B film heavily inspired by director Steven Spielberg’s 1971 film, Duel, and a … Continue reading Unhinged (2020) Review!!
Christopher Nolan‘s Tenet is struggling in North America — where moviegoing remains off limits in Los Angeles and New York City — but continues to impress overseas for an estimated global gross of $207 million through Sunday. Over the weekend, the pic earned an estimated $6.7 million domestically from 2,901 cinemas for a cume of $29.5 million. The studio said it’s a promising sign that … Continue reading ‘Tenet’ Struggles in the U.S. However Reaches $200 Million Globally at the BO!!
The good fortunes of Warner Bros. and director/writer Christopher Nolan increaseth at Tenet opens in U.S. theaters to some very surprising box office results. In another time, we might be considering these Tenet opening weekend receipts with a little less shock and perhaps more worry (It’s the lowest opening for a Nolan movie since 2006’s The Prestige.). But, alas, we live in a time where the world is dealing … Continue reading ‘Tenet’ Scores $20 Million Opening at the U.S. BO!!
It has been a little over five months since we last reported on box office news as the U.S. has grappled with the global pandemic. The months-long shutdown has sent the theatrical exhibition side of our industry into a downward spiral, with financial woes consistently visiting theater chains including AMC and Regal Cinemas. Now, the final week of August is serving as a grand reopening of … Continue reading ‘The New Mutants’ Opens with $7 Million at a Slowly Reviving BO!!
The North American box office is resuming after an unprecedented five-month shutdown due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic. The major circuits in Canada reopened in earnest over the weekend to welcome Paramount’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run and the Russell Crowe road-rage thriller Unhinged, from Solstice Studios. They are the first new Hollywood releases to open wide since the pandemic forced cinemas … Continue reading ‘Unhinged’ and ‘SpongeBob Movie’ Releases Mark Revival of the North American BO!!
Synopsis – Unhinged is a psychological thriller that takes something we’ve all experienced – road rage – to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Directed – Derrick Borte Starring – Russell Crowe, Jimmi Simpson, Gabriel Bateman Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Unhinged’: The Russell Crowe Psychological Thriller Gets a New UK Trailer!! Check It Out!!
With Mulan and Tenet moving into August, Solstice Studios is pushing back the release of Unhinged from July 10 to July 31. The road-rage thriller, starring Russell Crowe, is the first film from Solstice, an indie studio launched by veteran executive Mark Gill in 2018. Solstice made headlines in early May when moving up the film’s release from September to July 1, making Unhinged the … Continue reading ‘Unhinged’: Russell Crowe’s Thriller Sees Release Date Delay!!
IFC’s horror movie “The Wretched” passed the $1 million mark after a month of drive-in movie theater buzz. The indie film took in $162,000 at 95 sites over the weekend. After premiering at the 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival, it launched on May 1 at just 11 drive-ins, including the Mission Tiki in Montclair, Calif., where it had an informal premiere. Written and directed by … Continue reading Due to Strong Drive-In Theater Buzz ‘The Wretched’ Passes $1 Million Mark at the BO!!
Universal has pulled The Forever Purge off its summer calendar altogether. The fifth installment in Universal-Blumhouse Purge series, The Forever Purge was originally dated for July 10 but now has no set date. It’s unclear if the film will go direct to PVOD or if Universal will delay it for a later theatrical release date. Deadline reports that Universal-Blumhouse’s The Forever Purge has been pulled from its July 10 release date, … Continue reading ‘The Forever Purge’ Pulled From Summer Release!!
Damn. When Russell Crowe gets Unhinged, he gets unhinged. Merely one day after we reported on Crowe’s psychological thriller Unhinged earning the notorious reputation as the first film to be distributed in theaters since the coronavirus quarantine, Variety reports he has signed on to star in American Son, a remake of gritty French crime classic A Prophet. Crowe will play an infamous, ruthless mobster who mentors a young man sent to … Continue reading ‘American Son’: Russell Crowe to Star in Remake of French Film ‘A Prophet’!!
Synopsis – Unhinged is a psychological thriller that takes something we’ve all experienced – road rage – to an unpredictable and terrifying conclusion. Directed – Derrick Borte Starring – Russell Crowe, Jimmi Simpson, Gabriel Bateman Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Unhinged’ Trailer Has Russell Crowe Being a Part of a Deadly Road Rage!! Check It Out!!
Big-budget Robert Rodriguez action thriller Hypnotic is moving forward a deal between Solstice Studios and Studio 8. The news comes as the companies unveiled a strategic partnership with Hypnotic as the first project. Studio 8 and Solstice Studios will produce the film, with Solstice spearheading U.S. distribution and international sales, and Studio 8 retaining the option to co-finance. The touted script, originally set up by … Continue reading ‘Hypnotic’: Big-Budget Robert Rodriguez Thriller Set As First Film In Studios Deal!!
