It looks like Netflix is ready for some superhero action, as several titles from the DC Extended Universe are set to be added to the streaming platform’s catalog on December 1. Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Wonder Woman are some of the adventures that will be available for watching as part of the new collection coming to Netflix. While the … Continue reading DCEU Movies Heading to Netflix in December!!
Warner Bros. Discovery keeps searching for a producer to handle its promised ten-year plan for the DC Extended Universe as Dan Lin is no longer in talks to claim the position. According to THR, Lin could not take over as the DCEU supervisor due to his previous commitments with Rideback, his production company. While the Warner Bros. Discovery merge is affecting multiple TV and film … Continue reading Dan Lin Is No Longer in Talks to Be the Next Head of DC!!
Warner Brothers Discovery and DC have seen some major changes over the last month as new CEO David Zaslav has started to establish his vision for the company. There have been major film cancellations like Batgirl, delays for films like Shazam 2, and WBD has started teasing fans about their new 10-year-plan for DC. Now it looks like DC and Zaslav finally have found their … Continue reading Dan Lin in Talks to Be the Next Head of DC!!
In addition to its solid debut at the domestic box office this weekend, Dune registered HBO Max viewership numbers higher than fellow Warner Bros. titles Zack Snyder’s Justice League and In the Heights. The data comes via third party analytics firm Samba TV, because HBO Max, as per industry norm, doesn’t typically reveal viewership figures. Dune, directed by Denis Villeneuve, was given a day-and-date streaming … Continue reading ‘Dune’ Opening HBO Max Viewership Tops ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’!!
Warner Bros. has struck a deal with AMC Theatres that will see the studio respect an exclusive, 45-day theatrical window in 2022 following its temporary day-and-date experiment in 2021. Starting with Wonder Woman 1984 last Christmas, WarnerMedia decided to release all of its 2021 films on HBO Max the very same day they hit theaters — a pandemic-influenced decision that made waves around the industry, … Continue reading Warner Bros. Strikes Deal with AMC for 45-Day Theatrical Window in 2022!!
This year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards are officially behind us, and the list of winners was full of delightful predictability but also a few welcome surprises. Something you can usually rely on is the fact that those nominees who end up taking home a SAG Award are typically the favorites to win the Academy Award as well, so if you’ve got an Oscars pool going this … Continue reading ‘2021 SAG Awards’: Check Out the Full List of Winners!!
Universal’s action genre-defying feature Nobody starring Bob Odenkirk took the top box office spot with $6.7M in a theatrical marketplace which is in the throes of trying to come back. The good news is that Los Angeles is maintaining its stamina as the No. 1 box office market, with currently $1.1M in its second weekend back, +5% from the same Friday and Saturday period last … Continue reading ‘Nobody’ Opens Strong at #1 Position with $6.7M at the BO!!
Before Wonder Woman 1984 hits shelves later this month, fans can get the first taste of the bonus features thanks to an all-new gag reel courtesy of Warner Bros‘ YouTube channel. The blockbuster sequel from Patty Jenkins, starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine, introduced villains Cheetah and Maxwell Lord played by Kristen Wiig and Pedro Pascal, respectively. It should come as no surprise that the … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Reveals a Hilarious Gag Reel!! Check It Out!!
Sunday AM Writethru: Following Saturday post, refresh for chart and updated analysis. There’s lots of good news ahead at the box office, but we’re not quite there yet. The No. 1 box office market, Los Angeles (over $900M in 2019), won’t begin to really wake up until next weekend. Then the industry’s only headache is waiting for capacity restrictions to increase well beyond the current … Continue reading ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Holds #1 Spot at a Slowly Recovering BO!!
What was the worst film from the worst year ever? The 41st annual Razzie Awards will hope to answer that grim question after releasing its nominations that cover the annus horribilis that was 2020. Topping the ignoble list is Universal‘s universal bomb Dolittle, which scored six nominations, including worst film, worst remake, worst actor for Robert Downey Jr., worst director for Stephen Gaghan, worst screenplay and … Continue reading ‘Razzie Awards 2021’: ‘365 Days,’ ‘Dolittle’ Top Nominations!! Check Out the Full List!!
Sunday AM Write thru: Updated with NYC B.O. data While Disney’s animated release of Raya and the Last Dragon led the weekend box office with $8.6M at 2,045 theaters, the movie’s less than stellar result has left agitate in the bellies of many exhibition and studio executives. Read on. Raya‘s start is 41% below last weekend’s $14.1M opening for Warner Bros.’ Tom & Jerry, and that … Continue reading ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Opens Soft with $8.6M at the BO!!
Updated Sunday AM after Saturday 7:51 AM post: Warner Bros.’ day and date release of Tom & Jerry in theaters and on HBO Max has scored the second-best opening during the pandemic since theaters reopened in August, with $13.7M at 2,475 theaters. Warner Bros. also holds the domestic box office opening record during the pandemic with its Christmas release of Wonder Woman 1984, which did $16.4M. Worldwide, … Continue reading ‘Tom and Jerry’ Scores $13.7M, Second-Best Pandemic Opening at the BO!!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s Croods: A New Age led the box office for its fifth weekend out of 13 running, and crossed $50M, inching closer to becoming the top-grossing movie of the pandemic, and potentially upsetting Warner Bros.’ Tenet ($57.9M total domestic). However, in a business where the transparency of numbers has always been public, for better or for worse, Disney’s Searchlight Pictures isn’t reporting … Continue reading ‘Croods 2’ Stays on #1 as it Crosses $50M at the Domestic BO!!
A year after Covid-19 raged in China, the country’s box office is all sewn up and back together, with Detective Chinatown 3 besting Avengers: Endgame‘s US/Canada all-time opening with a $394M weekend. But here in the states, we’re still trying to get the pandemic under control, and winter storms which impacted 100 million Americans, according to the National Weather Service, didn’t help over a four-day Valentine’s … Continue reading ‘Croods 2’ Beats ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ for #1 Position at the BO!!
On one of the most difficult box office dates on the calendar, Super Bowl weekend, and also during a pandemic, Warner Bros.’ second weekend of its Denzel Washington-Rami Malek-Jared Leto thriller The Little Things made $2.1M at 2,206 theaters, -55% from its first weekend. That puts the pic’s running domestic total through ten days at $7.8M. As would be typical during any Super Bowl Sunday, don’t … Continue reading ‘The Little Things’ Retains #1 Spot at the Super Bowl Weekend BO!!
If you’re looking for any exciting financial action to come out of the movie business, it’s not at the box office, but rather the stock exchange, especially in last week’s boom for No. 1 exhibitor AMC. The continued closure of movie theaters during Covid-19, with only 45% of all 5.8K US and Canada movie theaters opened, yielded Warner Bros. Denzel Washington–Rami Malek thriller The Little … Continue reading Denzel Washington Thriller ‘The Little Things’ Takes #1 Spot with $4.8M Debut at the BO!!
It didn’t take long for history to repeat itself. We’re not just talking about the second-weekend No. 1 hold for a Liam Neeson Open Road release during the pandemic — specifically The Marksman, which earned $2.03M, -35% for a running total of $6.09M. But also how the major studios ran for the hills again, just like they did after the release of Tenet, pushing their … Continue reading As Major Studios Shift Releases ‘The Marksman’ Stays #1 at the Pandemic BO!!
In a continuing pandemic marketplace such as this, with 57% of all movie theaters still closed, whether you’re a distributor or an exhibitor, you have to be thankful for any amount of money you can get your hands on. Open Road has released the second Liam Neeson movie during the pandemic, The Marksman, over the MLK 4-day holiday, and it’s opening to $3.7M. It’s the third … Continue reading Liam Neeson Pic ‘The Marksman’ Takes Top Spot with $3.7M at the BO!!
Even if there wasn’t a pandemic, odds are this would still be a hard weekend at the domestic box office, what with all the distraction that came out of our nation’s Capitol this past week. Television news seems to be filled with enough suspense and cliffhangers with the Capitol Insurrection, versus the big screen, as we all cling to our TV screens at home to … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Struggles Continues with $3M at the BO!!
Zack Snyder’s long-awaited director’s cut of 2017’s Justice League, appropriately titled Zack Snyder’s Justice League, is coming to HBO Max in March after three years of fervent fan speculation and rumors. However, Snyder recently made it clear that the release of the near-mythical Snyder Cut doesn’t necessarily mean he’s returning to the DC cinematic universe. In an interview with Comic Book Debate, the director stated … Continue reading Zack Snyder Has No Plans to Return to the DCEU!!
The first weekend of the year, which at its apex in 2016 grossed $219.5M off the heat of Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, registered an estimated $13M for the entire weekend. That’s in a continued decimated exhibition marketplace that’s praying to reopen in 2021. Warner Bros.’ theatrical release of Wonder Woman 1984, which is also available on HBO Max for the next 21 days, grossed $5.5M, -67%, … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Slips in Second Weekend, With $120M at the Worldwide BO!!
Director Patty Jenkins says she has at least two more superhero stories to tell after 2017’s Wonder Woman and the just-released Wonder Woman 1984. Before Warner Bros. announced on Sunday that Jenkins would reteam with Gal Gadot on Wonder Woman 3 — which returns Diana Prince to the present-day DC Extended Universe — Jenkins cast doubts on her return to the franchise over WarnerMedia‘s unilateral … Continue reading Director Patty Jenkins has Two More ‘Wonder Woman’ Stories to tell!!
It’s been an odd few weeks for Wonder Woman 1984. The sequel received widespread acclaim in those early social media reactions, while the first wave of reviews were similarly positive (you can find our verdict by clicking here). Since then, however, the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes score has plummeted, and the vibe surrounding it online is undeniably negative. We’re not entirely sure where it all went wrong for … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Passes $100 Million at the Worldwide BO!!
It’s funny how superhero movies are now so established that multiverses are about to become a big thing for both Marvel and DC. While the concept of a multiverse is nothing new to comic book readers, it’s a far cry from where we were a couple decades ago with films like X-Men and Spider-Man striving just to get people on board with a new generation … Continue reading DC Films to Expand into Their Own Multiverse!!
It’s official: Wonder Woman 3 is a go. Warner Bros. has fast-tracked development on the third Wonder Woman movie just two days after Wonder Woman 1984 debuted in select theaters across the U.S. and on HBO Max. The sequel, directed and co-written by Patty Jenkins, stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince, a.k.a. Wonder Woman, as well as Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, and Pedro Pascal. Wonder Woman 1984 was one of the biggest Christmas Day 2020 releases, opening alongside Pixar‘s Soul and Promising … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 3’ Is Officially Happening!!
We’ll have to wait and see what success WarnerMedia drums up in regards to Wonder Woman 1984‘s impact on HBO Max subscribers. But from a box office perspective over Christmas, with 60% of the 5,8K theater domestic market closed by COVID-19, the DC sequel posted a record result for the pandemic since theaters reopened in late August, with $16.7M at 2,151 locations. The first Wonder Woman opened … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Opens to Pandemic-Best $16.7M at the BO!!
Gal Gadot isn’t sure if she’ll return as Gisele in a future Fast & Furious movie. Although Gadot is now most known for playing Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe, her first movie role came in the fourth installment of the Fast & Furious franchise. She then returned to play Gisele in Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6. It was in the latter that Gisele died during the climactic … Continue reading ‘Fast and Furious’: Gal Gadot Unsure About Return to Franchise!!
More theaters closed heading into this weekend, including the Boston market and parts of Portland, OR, so there wasn’t much money to make at the box office even with a shiny, new major studio movie, Sony/Screen Gems’ Monster Hunter which is fully respecting the theatrical window. Per industry sources, only 2,300 movie theaters are open in U.S./Canada. Talk about hitting the skids. Couple that with … Continue reading ‘Monster Hunter’ Tops Pre-Christmas Weekend with a Poor $2.2M at the BO!!
Synopsis – Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds her facing two all-new foes: Max Lord and The Cheetah. My Take – With Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Suicide Squad (2016) opening to less than favorable reviews, from both the audience and the critics alike, at the time, it seemed like the … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) Review!!
There’s a bunch of stuff coming to HBO Max! Beyond Warner Bros.’ announcement that their entire 2021 film slate will simultaneously debut on the streaming service, highly-anticipated new content like The Nevers and Zack Snyder’s Justice League, new seasons of Insecure and Succession, and the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon give us plenty of reasons to stay hooked on that purple-hued platform — not to mention the fact that we can watch … Continue reading New HBO Max Trailer Offers First Look From the ‘Gossip Girl’ Reboot!! Check It Out!!
Even in a normal, healthy economy, the major studios are typically skittish about opening big movies before Christmas with many still busy with holiday activities. So, it comes as no surprise during a pandemic where just north of 40% of all 5,500 domestic movie theaters are open that there wouldn’t be any new wide openings this weekend. This has put Universal’s DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: … Continue reading Sans Wide Releases ‘Croods 2’ Continues Top Position at the BO!!
Wonder Woman 1984 gets a slew of colorful new character posters ahead of its debut in just a few weeks. After months and months of waiting, audiences will finally get the opportunity to see Wonder Woman 1984. Though the movie was in danger of yet another coronavirus-related delay, Warner Bros. found a release strategy that would allow Wonder Woman 1984 to avoid this fate. On December 25 … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Gets New Colorful Character Posters!! Check It Out!!
We’re a little more than two weeks away from the release of Wonder Woman 1984, the highly anticipated sequel to the blockbuster 2017 film about the iconic DC superhero. To get us all even more hyped for the movie’s Christmas Day debut, IMAX has released a brief featurette showing off some of the gargantuan action set pieces, including one wherein the titular hero flips a … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ IMAX Featurette Teases the Film’s Massive Action Sequences!! Check It Out!!
In case you haven’t heard, Warner Bros. has changed everything. The mega-studio announced that their entire theatrical film slate, starting with Wonder Woman 1984 on Christmas Day 2020 and moving throughout their 2021 schedule, will debut simultaneously streaming on HBO Max. This decision, which blindsided the entire industry, has provoked strong reactions from folks like the head of AMC Theaters, Steven Soderbergh, and our own Matt Goldberg. But … Continue reading Christopher Nolan is Against the HBO Max Hybrid 2021 Release Plan!!
Synopsis – A sequel to the 2017 superhero film ‘Wonder Woman.’ Directed – Patty Jenkins Starring – Pedro Pascal, Gal Gadot, Connie Nielsen Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Gets a New Trailer!! Check It Out!!
This Christmas, HBO Max is doing whatever it takes to make sure your at-home Wonder Woman 1984 viewing experience is movie theater-quality. HBO Max has announced Wonder Woman 1984 will be shown in 4K Ultra HD, HDR 10, Dolby Vision, and Dolby Atmos. The DCEU sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman will be the first movie shown on HBO Max with these features in place, thus ensuring it will be an unmissable … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’: HBO Max to Launch DCEU Film in 4K Ultra HD, Dolby Atmos!!
Just a short time ago, WarnerBros. dropped a bombshell: All their 2021 movies will be released for a limited one-month engagement on HBO Max, in addition to a concurrent theatrical release where theaters are open. In addition, the studio released logos for all 17 films being released in 2021 including The Matrix 4, Mortal Kombat, and Godzilla vs Kong.Jason Kilar, WarnerMedia CEO, on the decision … Continue reading WB Teases Logos of ‘The Matrix 4’, ‘Mortal Kombat’, ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ and Other 2021 Releases!! Check It Out!!
Huge news out of Warner Bros. today. Following the announcement that the highly anticipated Wonder Woman 1984 will be released on HBO Max on Christmas Day for a limited one-month engagement on the streaming service (in addition to a concurrent theatrical release where theaters are open), the studio announced today that all of its 2021 films will follow this same release model.Yes indeed, movies like … Continue reading ‘Dune’, ‘Matrix 4’, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ and More to Hit HBO Max and Theaters Simultaneously!!
Gal Gadot has added another (potential) franchise to her resumé with the international spy thriller Heart of Stone. As reported by Deadline, the actress scored what’s reportedly an eight-figure deal with SkydanceMedia to star in the film, placing her in the upper echelon of highest-paid actresses.An original idea described as a female 007 / Mission: Impossible, Heart of Stone was scripted by renowned comic-book writer … Continue reading ‘Heart of Stone’: Gal Gadot to Star in Original Spy Thriller!!
Although Wonder Wonder 1984 doesn’t arrive until Christmas, the film’s director and co-writer Patty Jenkins recently shared some information regarding how the planned Amazons spinoff will help set up Wonder Woman 3. While speaking to Geek Magazine, Jenkins said the spinoff would pick up after Diana left Themyscira to help fight in World War I during 2017’s Wonder Woman and would also have elements that tie into Wonder Woman … Continue reading ‘Amazons’ Spinoff to Set up ‘Wonder Woman 3’!!
Warner Bros. has unveiled international release dates for Wonder Woman 1984 after announcing last week that the superhero sequel would arrive in the U.S. on Christmas Day in select theaters as well as on HBO Max. However, HBO Max isn’t yet available overseas, so Wonder Woman 1984 will begin rolling out in theaters on Dec. 16 in major markets such as France and the U.K. That’s … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’: Warner Bros. Unveil International Release Dates!!
The weekend before Thanksgiving is one of the most lucrative ones on the calendar, last year bringing in $204.9M off the opening of Disney’s Frozen II, which posted November’s fifth-best domestic opening of all-time at $130.3M. Who would ever think that the domestic box office would sink to such an atrocious level as this weekend? If last weekend brought in $10M for all titles with California … Continue reading ‘Freaky’ and Jackie Chan’s ‘Vanguard’ Float at Depressing Times at the BO!!
Most U.S. moviegoers will be forced to settle for watching Wonder Woman 1984 at home next month, after Warner Bros. announced earlier this week that it will be releasing the tentpole on HBO Max because of cinema closures caused by the pandemic. Over in China, however, superhero movie fans will have access to the sequel both sooner and on big screens nationwide. Warner Bros. announced Friday … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’: DCEU Sequel Set for Full Theatrical Release in China!!
Synopsis – A sequel to the 2017 superhero film ‘Wonder Woman.’ Directed – Patty Jenkins Starring – Pedro Pascal, Gal Gadot, Connie Nielsen Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’: New Trailer Confirms HBO Max Release!! Check It Out!!
It looks like we won’t need to wait much longer to see Wonder Woman 1984. The highly anticipated sequel is coming to HBO Max December 25, the same day it is scheduled to release in theaters. The film will be available for a month on HBO Max in the U.S. included at no additional cost to subscribers. The news first broke via an unlisted trailer … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Releasing in Cinemas and HBO Max on Dec 25!!
Wonder Woman 1984 was supposed to be one of Warner Bros. major 2020 tentpoles, but COVID-19 had other plans. The film, which was scheduled for release back in June, was then pushed to August, then to October, and now it sits on December 25th, a date that’s unlikely to be successful for the film given the rising spike in COVID cases and theaters shut down … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Could Land on HBO Max in January!!
Disney has delivered another blow to the winter 2020 theatrical schedule, removing two of its December films, the Ryan Reynolds-led action comedy Free Guy and Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile, from its release calendar. Both films have been postponed with no new release dates set. The House of Mouse announced another shake-up to the Disney release calendar, undating both Free Guy, initially dated on December 11, … Continue reading ‘Free Guy’ and ‘Death on the Nile’ See Indefinite Release Date Shifts!!
Currently, Warner Bros. is still committed to keeping Wonder Woman 1984‘s release on Christmas Day of this year. Scheduling movies has been something of a nightmare this year, as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered theaters for a large portion of the year and forced studios to delay their biggest projects. While some theaters have finally begun reopening around the globe and in the United States, box office … Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’: WB Still Committed to Christmas Release!!
Wonder Woman team Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins have signed on to the historical drama Cleopatra. This is not the first Cleopatra-centric movie that’s floated around Hollywood in the years since Claudette Colbert and Elizabeth Taylor played her in 1934 and 1963, respectively. High-profile directors including David Fincher, Ang Lee, and Denis Villeneuve have been attached to direct different biopics about the famed Egyptian queen, with … Continue reading ‘Cleopatra’: Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins Re-team for Historical Drama!!
In the latest “no shit, Sherlock” release date news, Disney is expected to delay the release of Marvel’s Black Widow starring Scarlett Johansson. Black Widow is slated to open on Nov. 6, but studios have been fleeing the fall in the wake of Tenet’s muted box office performance. Though theaters remain closed in major markets such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the … Continue reading ‘Black Widow’ November Release Date Expected to Delay!!
