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After pulling in $33.5M across five days of previews at the Chinese box office, local war epic The Eight Hundred overwhelmingly stormed theaters today, its first official day of release. Adding roughly $20M across the country on Friday — the biggest single-day box office since cinemas resumed operations — the Middle Kingdom cume is now

Disney has been on a massive buying spree in the last few years, swallowing up major Hollywood entertainment productions and bringing them all under the umbrella of the Mouse Empire on Disney+. But a lot of the content belonging to those productions would be deemed too mature for Disney’s family-friendly brand. According to Bill Hunt

Sony Pictures Classics has scheduled Azazel Jacobs’ drama French Exit for a Feb. 21, 2021 release in time for Oscars. The pic, which stars Oscar nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, is making its world premiere as the Closing Night feature at the 2020 New York Film Festival.    Directed by Jacobs and written by award-winning novelist Patrick deWitt, based

Sony is continuing to press forward with its own Marvel movie universe. The studio has set its sights on director J.C. Chandor for a Kraven the Huntermovie. It was initially revealed back in 2017 that Sony, who still controls the movie rights to Spider-Man and his surrounding cast of characters, was looking to develop a

Paramount has decided that the Dylan O’Brien movie Love and Monsters ne Monster Problems isn’t going to hit the big screen, rather PVOD on Oct. 16. The movie will be available on VOD platforms for a 48-hour rental period at a suggested rental price of $19.99 in the U.S.  The film will also be available for early digital purchase for

We have our first official look at the logo for The Batman, in addition to some new artwork that further reveals Robert Pattinson as our new Dark Knight. The images were shared by writer/director Matt Reeves ahead of this weekend’s massive DC FanDome event. At that time, we will get more about the highly-anticipated superhero

A federal judge Tuesday upheld New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy’s closure of movie theaters in the state, dismissing a motion for an injunction by the National Association of Theatre Owners and five cinema chains that would have allowed them to open their doors. Judge Brian Martinotti ruled that the state is not infringing on the

Sony Pictures has a new project in the works with Olivia Wilde, as the filmmaker has just signed on to direct a female-centric Marvel movie for the studio. Just last year, Wilde made her directorial debut with the comedy drama movie Booksmart, which earned the actress-turned-director great critical acclaim. For her new superhero movie with

China was the big breakout this past weekend, leading the international box office for the fourth frame in a row and powered by the reissue of Warner Bros’ Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone in a 4K 3D restoration that conjured $13.6M on 16,000 screens over the three-day frame. With Monday and Tuesday’s Middle Kingdom

Following on from the recently released teaser trailer, Netflix has now debuted a vibrant new poster for their upcoming movie Enola Holmes. Highlighting again a release date of September 23, the poster gives us a good look at the all-star cast that has been brought together for this literary adaptation. Stranger Things star Millie Bobby

It’s not so much mischief managed as it’s magic managed: Warner Bros’ reissue of Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone has become the second film in the franchise to cross $1B worldwide. The film, originally released in 2001, counts a global cume of $1,001,260,000 after debuting in a remastered 4K 3D version in China this

Disney have found huge success in remaking their animated classics into live action, with the likes of The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast raking in billions at the box office. Fans are perpetually wondering which animated movie will be next in line, with recent rumors continuing to swirl that it will be 2001’s

The Alamo Drafthouse is ready to safely open its doors to select theaters around the country starting August 21, it said Tuesday, with additional theaters opening the following week. The Austin-based dine-in theater experience will also be the first place to see Bill & Ted Face the Music. On August 26, the Drafthouse will exclusively

A haunting new image from the upcoming Candyman may well have revealed something very important about the direction of the highly anticipated horror sequel. The image depicts a shadowy figure, clearly the titular tormentor, but it certainly does not look like returning actor Tony Todd under the guise of Candyman. No, in fact, it undeniably

Deadline has confirmed that New York’s upper west side movie theater, the Landmark at 57 West, is closing after the venue’s circuit couldn’t come to terms with its landlord, the Durst Corporation. The arthouse luxury eight-plex which opened in the fall of 2017, which was located at the cross streets of 11th Avenue and the

Don’t expect to see Morpheus in The Matrix 4, as franchise star Laurence Fishburne says he hasn’t been invited to be a part of the upcoming sequel. Continuing the story established by the original Matrix movie trilogy, the upcoming fourth installment will bring back lead actors Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss to once again play

International box office numbers are starting to pour in once again after months of a near-global shutdown for the theatrical movie business. China, specifically, has seen solid business as older movies have been re-released in the country to help draw in customers. Leading the way this weekend was a re-release of Harry Potter and the