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Box-Office Weekend: Jumanji Goes to the Next Level
Unlike last weekend, where only one new film managed to crack the weekend box-office top ten, three new films took spots amongst this weekend’s top films. Finishing in the top spot, by a very wide margin, was the sequel Jumanji: The Next Level, which enjoyed an opening box-office weekend that brought in $60.1 million. Despite being knocked to second place and making over $40 million less than Juma...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Maintains Icy Grip on Box Office
Only one film entered anew the top ten this past box-office weekend as Dark Waters cracked the list finishing in the sixth spot. Still standing tall above all challengers was last week’s top finisher, Frozen II, which added $34.7 million over the weekend, giving the film a three-week tally of $337.7 million. Meanwhile, Knives Out held firm in the second spot of the three-day top ten with $14.2 mil...[Read More]
Detroit Film Critics Society Names Parasite Best Picture
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2019 winners in twelve categories. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of 19 film critics from Michigan who write or broadcast in the metro-Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor; Grand Rapids; and Toledo, Ohio. Each critic submitted their top five (5) picks i...[Read More]
Detroit Film Critics Society Announces 2019 Nominations
The Detroit Film Critics Society is pleased to announce the Best of 2019 nominees in twelve categories. The winners will be announced on Monday, December 9, 2019. The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in the Spring of 2007 and consists of a group of 19 film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Holds Top Spot
This weekend saw two new films enter the box-office weekend fray, but neither could unseat last week’s top film, Frozen II, from the number one spot. The Disney film delivered a second-weekend tally of $85.3 million, giving it a staggering two-week total of $287.6 million. The first new film in the top ten this week was Knives Out, which finished in second place with $27 million. Although it was w...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Frozen II Stops Competition Cold
Three films debuted in the top ten this weekend but only one finished firmly atop the box-office weekend. Disney’s Frozen II, delivered an absolutely astounding opening, bringing in $127 million over the weekend, easily besting the next highest grossing film by $111 million. The film also set the mark for the largest non-summer opening for an animated film as well as the fifth largest November ope...[Read More]
New Trailer and Poster Released for CATS!
Oscar®-winning director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech, Les Misérables, The Danish Girl) transforms Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-shattering stage musical, CATS, into a breakthrough cinematic event. Check out the film’s new trailer up above! Cats stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson and introduces Royal Ballet princ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Ford v Ferrari In Driver’s Seat
Christian Bale and Matt Damon owned the box-office weekend as their new film Ford v Ferrari easily took the weekend’s top spot. The film brought in $31.0 million domestically in its opening weekend, a full $22 million ahead of its closest competition. Meanwhile, last week’s top finisher, Midway, made $8.8 million, giving it second-place and a two-week tally of $35.1 million. That kind of sharp dro...[Read More]
Taika Waititi’s NEXT GOAL WINS Starts Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures recently announced that it has acquired Worldwide rights to Next Goal Wins, the new feature from director Taika Waititi (JoJo Rabbit and Thor: Ragnarok). The film began production last week in Honolulu, Hawaii and is written by Waititi and Iain Morris, and stars Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss. Waititi is producing the film alongside Jonathan Cavendish and Garrett Ba...[Read More]
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN Gets a New Trailer and Poster!
Gary’s been snailnapped! So, SpongeBob and Patrick embark on a hilarious adventure to save him! This sets the table for the latest adventure of Spongebob SquarePants in the new trailer (check it out above) for THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN! This Memorial Day weekend, SpongeBob SquarePants, his best friend Patrick Star and the rest of the gang from Bikini Bottom hit the big screen in...[Read More]