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This Section at Best Buy Is About to Vanish for Good

Electronics retailer is phasing out DVD, Blu-ray sales by early 2024

(Newser) - Best Buy is saying goodbye to movie-watching with physical discs. The consumer electronics retailer plans to phase out its DVD and Blu-ray sales by early 2024—with physical movies set to be sold in stores and online as they are today through the holidays, Best Buy confirmed to the AP...

Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend
Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend
box office
Oct 8, 2023 2:50 PM CDT

Latest Exorcist Rules Weekend

Barbie slips out of Top 10 for the first time

(Newser) - The Exorcist: Believer spun heads and drove off all foes at the box office. Facing competition from no major new releases, the latest resurrection of the demonic franchise brought in $27.2 million in North America in its opening weekend for Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, according to studio estimates...

Animation, Horror Show Strongest
Animation, Horror
Show Strongest
box office
Oct 1, 2023 1:05 PM CDT

Animation, Horror Show Strongest

'PAW Patrol,' 'Saw' sequels top weekend

(Newser) - After several quiet weeks in movie theaters, four films entered wide release over the weekend. The performances of the four—PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, Saw X, The Creator and Dumb Money—told a familiar story at the box office. What worked? Horror and animated franchises. What didn't? Originality...

Award for First Black Actor to Win Oscar Is Heading 'Home'

Academy gifts replacement for Hattie McDaniel's plaque for 'Gone With the Wind' to Howard U

(Newser) - Hattie McDaniel's best supporting actress Oscar for 1939's Gone With the Wind is one of the most important moments in Academy Award history. McDaniel was the first African American to win an Oscar, and it would be a half-century before another Black woman again won an acting award....

Expendables 4 Can&#39;t Budge Nun 2
Stallone Can't Budge Nun 2
box office
Sep 24, 2023 3:20 PM CDT

Stallone Can't Budge Nun 2

Audiences apparently weren't eager for next Expendables installment

(Newser) - Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham weren't enough to save Expend4bles from a debut box office flop. The Lionsgate and Millennium film, also known as Expendables 4, pulled in a mediocre $8.3 million for the big-budget project. It starred several popular names, including Stallone, Statham, Curtis "50 Cent"...

Nun 2 Edges Branagh&#39;s Haunting
Mystery, Horror Film Nearly Tie
box office
Sep 17, 2023 2:30 PM CDT

Mystery, Horror Film Nearly Tie

Third in Kenneth Branagh's Poirot series starts slowly

(Newser) - The Nun 2 and A Haunting in Venice virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in US and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery, according to studio estimates Sunday. In its second weekend of release, Warner Bros.'...

The Nun II Owns the Weekend
The Nun II Overcomes Reviews
box office
Sep 10, 2023 1:35 PM CDT

The Nun II Overcomes Reviews

Horror sequel trails first installment but still tops the weekend

(Newser) - As with many horrors before it, bad reviews didn't scare off moviegoers from buying tickets for The Nun II. The sequel to the 2018 hit, released in 3,728 theaters by Warner Bros., topped the box office in its first weekend in North American theaters, earning an estimated $32....

Protesters Strip, Disrupt Woody Allen Premiere
Not Everyone Was Happy
at Woody Allen Premiere
the rundown
Sep 5, 2023 9:20 AM CDT

Not Everyone Was Happy at Woody Allen Premiere

Protesters scuffled with cops, slammed organizers for featuring directors accused of sexual abuse

(Newser) - There was chaos on the red carpet at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on Monday as protesters scuffled with police while shouting "Abusers!" and "No rape culture!" The Italian film festival is premiering new films by three directors accused of sexual misconduct: Woody Allen, Roman...

Equalizer Makes Forceful Debut
Equalizer 3 Has Forceful Debut
box office
Sep 3, 2023 1:40 PM CDT

Equalizer 3 Has Forceful Debut

'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' still set records

(Newser) - The third installment in the Denzel Washington-led Equalizer franchise topped the domestic box office this weekend with $34.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. By the end of the Monday holiday, Sony expects that total will rise to $42 million, the AP reports. Labor Day signals the end of...

Taylor Swift Is Now Plugging a Concert Film
'Exorswift' Isn't
Happening, People
UPDATED
Sep 1, 2023 11:45 AM CDT

'Exorswift' Isn't Happening, People

New 'Exorcist' film moves opening date so it won't conflict with Taylor Swift's Oct. 13 concert tour flick

(Newser) - If you were hoping for another "Barbenheimer," you're not getting it. Friday the 13th (of October) was set to be the release date for both The Exorcist: Believer and for Taylor Swift's concert film about her Eras Tour. Now, however, Universal, the distributor for the horror...

Gran Turismo - Barbie Race Is Almost Too Close to Call
Officially, Gran Turismo
Passes Barbie
box office
Aug 27, 2023 1:45 PM CDT

Officially, Gran Turismo Passes Barbie

National Cinema Day throws a wrinkle into race

(Newser) - Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story and Barbie are in a dead heat for the box-office crown, with the video game adaptation just edging Greta Gerwig's pop sensation, according to studio estimates Sunday. Sony Pictures reported that Gran Turismo opened with $17.3 million over the weekend, while...

Blue Beetle Sneaks Up on Barbie
Blue Beetle
Sneaks Up
on Barbie
box office
Aug 20, 2023 1:25 PM CDT

Blue Beetle Sneaks Up on Barbie

'Oppenheimer' sets an odd record

(Newser) - The DC superhero film Blue Beetle led weekend ticket sales with a modest $25.4 million opening, according to studio estimates Sunday, dethroning Barbie from the top spot after a record-setting run that left movie theaters colored pink for a month. The Barbie phenomenon is far from over. Greta Gerwig'...

Bradley Cooper's Prosthetic Nose Doesn't Go Over Well

Critics say prosthesis used in Leonard Bernstein biopic is antisemitic

(Newser) - On Tuesday, Netflix dropped a trailer for Maestro, a biopic about West Side Story conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein that's headed to theaters on Nov. 22 and to the streaming platform the following month. Netflix plugs the film as a "towering and fearless love story" and "a...

Barbie , Oppenheimer Reunite
Barbie, Oppenheimer Reunite
box office
Aug 13, 2023 1:50 PM CDT

Barbie, Oppenheimer Reunite

Summer blockbusters are 1-2 again

(Newser) - Barbie's star has not dimmed. Director Greta Gerwig's film phenomenon is a runaway No. 1 at the box office in its fourth week, bringing in $33.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Margot Robbie-led and produced film from Warner Bros., which is in 4,137 theaters,...

Barbie Becoming $1B Hit
Barbie Becoming $1B Hit
box office
Aug 6, 2023 12:00 PM CDT

Barbie Becoming $1B Hit

'Oppenheimer' is now the biggest World War II film ever

(Newser) - Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. In just three weeks in theaters, Barbie is set to sail past $1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins, who helmed Wonder Woman. Barbie, which Gerwig directed and...

The 'Barbenheimer' Memes Were Fun—Until They Weren't

Warner Bros. apologizes for atomic bomb-themed mashups for 'Barbie,' 'Oppenheimer' movies

(Newser) - The "biggest movie weekend in years" last month was thanks to the phenomenon known as "Barbenheimer"—the opening of both Barbie and Oppenheimer, two completely different films that sparked a slew of memes referencing their unlikely odd bond. Some of those memes, however, have irked the netizens...

Barbenheimer Parties On
Barbenheimer Stays on Top
box office
Jul 30, 2023 2:30 PM CDT

Barbenheimer Stays on Top

Blockbusters remain 1-2 for the weekend

(Newser) - A week later, the "Barbenheimer" boom has not abated. Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer stayed strong this weekend, seven days after they conspired to set box office records, with Barbie taking in a massive $93 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Oppenheimer stayed in second...

Rivalry Hype Profits Barbie , Oppenheimer
Rivalry Hype Profits
Barbie, Oppenheimer
box office
Jul 23, 2023 2:15 PM CDT

Rivalry Hype Profits Barbie, Oppenheimer

Blockbusters hit milestones in opening weekend

(Newser) - "Barbenheimer" didn't just work—it spun box office gold. The social media-fueled fusion of Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer brought moviegoers back to the theaters in record numbers this weekend, vastly outperforming projections and giving a glimmer of hope to the lagging exhibition business...

Latest Mission: Impossible Has Franchise-Best Opening

Latest Tom Cruise film starts strong but short of 'Top Gun: Maverick'

(Newser) - After a globe-trotting publicity blitz by star Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One launched with a franchise-best $80 million over five days, though it came in shy of industry expectations with a $56.2 million haul over the three-day weekend, according to studio estimates. The Paramount Pictures debut...

Horror Film Tops Indiana Jones
Insidious Bounces Indiana Jones
box office
Jul 9, 2023 1:50 PM CDT

Insidious Bounces Indiana Jones

Reviews again don't hurt horror series

(Newser) - Indiana Jones' reign atop the box office was brief. In its second weekend in theaters, the Disney release was usurped by another franchise fifth—Insidious: The Red Door. The horror film starring and directed by Patrick Wilson scared up $32.7 million in ticket sales from 3,188 theaters, according...

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