‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Stomps With Mighty $253 Million Opening at the BO!!

It’s a number befitting of such an epic adventure of multiversal proportions: Spider-Man: No Way Home, the hotly-anticipated latest installment of Tom Holland‘s Spidey adventures, has debuted to an awe-inspiring $253 million, from 4,336 theaters across North America. That figures blows any other domestic open during the pandemic out of the water, the erstwhile greatest hit being Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which scored a … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Stomps With Mighty $253 Million Opening at the BO!!

‘West Side Story’ Opens to an Underwhelming $10 Million at the BO!!

The opening weekend of Disney/20th Century Studios/Amblin’s West Side Story, the first feature musical from Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg, isn’t anything to shout from the rooftops about. It had a $4.1M Friday, including previews, and a weekend that’s an estimated $10.2M. West Side Story is being released with a theatrical window, and its results are under that of another Broadway Hispanic and Latino feature musical released … Continue reading ‘West Side Story’ Opens to an Underwhelming $10 Million at the BO!!

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Crosses $100M as ‘Encanto’ Leads Post-Holiday Weekend BO!!

As is typical, the weekend following the Thanksgiving stretch is a downer. And even duly so over omicron headlines, coupled with a Disney animated movie that isn’t as mass-appealing as its predecessors. Read Encanto, which grossed $12.7M estimated second weekend, -53%. That second weekend is lower than the pre-pandemic second weekend takes of some of Disney’s lowest grossing Thanksgiving titles, i.e. The Good Dinosaur ($15.3M) and Tangled … Continue reading ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Crosses $100M as ‘Encanto’ Leads Post-Holiday Weekend BO!!

‘Encanto’, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Share Families, While ‘House Of Gucci’ Secures Best Drama Opening in Two Years at the BO!!

Without Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick in the marketplace, the Thanksgiving box office was much lighter than previous holidays, grossing an estimated $141.3M over 5-days, off 46% from 2019’s pre-pandemic holiday over the same period of time. Two family movies, Disney’s animated Encanto, which banked 52% of its $40.3M 5-day gross from Latino and Hispanic audiences, and Sony’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife which delivered $35.3M in its second weekend over Wednesday-Sunday, were … Continue reading ‘Encanto’, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Share Families, While ‘House Of Gucci’ Secures Best Drama Opening in Two Years at the BO!!

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) Review!!

Synopsis – Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City. My Take – Though filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil films led by his wife Milla Jovovich have been generally known to be universally detested, especially by infuriated die-hard fans of the games who kept complaining how much each entry distanced itself from the 25-year-old … Continue reading Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) Review!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: New Trailer Looks at the Umbrella Corporation’s Experiments!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City. Directed – Johannes Roberts Starring – Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Kamen Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: New Trailer Looks at the Umbrella Corporation’s Experiments!! Check It Out!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: New Featurette Focuses on Jill Valentine!! Check It Out!!

Hannah John-Kamen’s Jill Valentine is the star of a new Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City featurette. The video is part of a series that already explored Avan Jogia’s Leon S. Kennedy, Kaya Scodelario’s Claire Redfield, Robbie Amell’s Chris Redfield, and Tom Hopper’s Albert Wesker. So, of course, we all know what that means: Lily Gao’s Ada Wong is coming up next! As with previous … Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: New Featurette Focuses on Jill Valentine!! Check It Out!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: New Featurette Focuses on Chris Redfield!! Check It Out!!

Hot off the release of a character featurette about Claire Redfield, Sony Pictures shows fans the other half of the Redfields, with a new behind-the-scenes featurette focused on Claire’s brother Chris in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. While Claire’s featurette talked about some of the changes to her character, Chris’ featurette reinforces that this film is trying to be a fateful adaptation of the … Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: New Featurette Focuses on Chris Redfield!! Check It Out!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: New Featurette Focuses on Leon Kennedy!! Check It Out!!

A new featurette for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City puts Leon S. Kennedy (Avan Jogia) in the spotlight, highlighting which version of the hero writer and director Johannes Roberts wanted to bring to theaters. Leon’s featurette is the third character vignette Sony Pictures Entertainment releases in three days, with the two previous videos focused on Kaya Scodelario’s Claire Redfield and Robbie Amell’s Chris Redfield. … Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: New Featurette Focuses on Leon Kennedy!! Check It Out!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Gets a New Featurette!! Check It Out!!

Sony Pictures Entertainment has released a new featurette for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City focused on Kaya Scodelario’s Claire Redfield. While the movie version of Claire still wears the character’s iconic red jacket, the featurette also shows that writer and director Johannes Roberts is taking some liberties and changing the background of some characters. In the featurette, Roberts says that “Claire Redfield is a … Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Gets a New Featurette!! Check It Out!!

‘Resident City: Welcome to Raccoon City’ International Trailer Shows New Footage!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City. Directed – Johannes Roberts Starring – Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Kamen Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Resident City: Welcome to Raccoon City’ International Trailer Shows New Footage!! Check It Out!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Gets a First Trailer!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City. Directed – Johannes Roberts Starring – Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Hannah John-Kamen Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Gets a First Trailer!! Check It Out!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Teaser Reveals Zombie Dogs; Full Trailer Tomorrow!! Check It Out!!

The first trailer for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is coming out tomorrow, and to hint at what fans can expect from the live-action reboot of the series, a new teaser has been released as an Umbrella Corporation Alert. The teaser only gives quick glimpses at pieces of the trailer, showing a woman closing a rainy window, a zombie dog, and a haunting look … Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Teaser Reveals Zombie Dogs; Full Trailer Tomorrow!! Check It Out!!

Sony Pictures Films India Unveils Upcoming Slate of over 17 Indian and Hollywood Releases!!

Sony Pictures Films India is all set to have around 17 releases over the next one year. Despite the massive upheaval in the entertainment industry over the last two years, the studio was able to use this downtime to create an aggressive, vibrant, and diverse slate for the coming year. Last month, Sony Pictures Films India released writer-director Rensil D’Silva’s ‘Dial 100’ and more recently … Continue reading Sony Pictures Films India Unveils Upcoming Slate of over 17 Indian and Hollywood Releases!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: First Images Reveal First Look at the New Live-Action Film!!

2021 is not a bad year to be a Resident Evil fan. After the release of Resident Evil Village earlier this year, and Netflix’s Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness animated series in July, it’s time to get pumped up again for another release – this time on the big screen. Sony has released the first look images for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, the reboot … Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: First Images Reveal First Look at the New Live-Action Film!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Release Moves to Nov 24!!

Another day, another shuffle. The latest major film to depart its original release date is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, the upcoming reboot of the action-horror franchise based on the video game series, which moves from September 3 to November 24, 2021. It’s not a huge change, but it does move the film firmly out of Spooky Season and into the beginning of winter, … Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ Release Moves to Nov 24!!

‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Movie Has an Official Title!!

The Resident Evil reboot movie has an official title! The news was revealed by director Johannes Roberts in an interview with IGN during an SXSW online event. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will take the zombie franchise back to theaters, with a new origin story inspired by the main video game series. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is not going to follow the franchise directed by … Continue reading ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’: ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot Movie Has an Official Title!!