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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...

'Offending Image' Keeps Barbie Out of Vietnam

Nation takes issue with map seen in film that shows China's claims to South China Sea territory

(Newser) - Greta Gerwig's Barbie may be one of the most-anticipated movies of the summer, but some Southeast Asia residents awaiting its debut will now have to travel over the border to see it. Reuters reports that the film starring Margot Robbie in the title role and Ryan Gosling as sidekick...

Indiana Jones Doesn&#39;t Capture Audiences
Indiana Jones Doesn't
Capture Audiences
box office
Jul 2, 2023 2:08 PM CDT

Indiana Jones Doesn't Capture Audiences

'Dial of Destiny' nevertheless takes weekend's top spot

(Newser) - Indiana Jones, and executives at the Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm, made a somewhat dispiriting discovery this weekend. Moviegoers didn't rush to the theater in significant numbers to see Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and say goodbye to Harrison Ford as the iconic archaeologist, the AP reports....

Don&#39;t Let Turner Classic Movies Slip Away
Don't Let Turner
Classic Movies Slip Away
OPINION
Jun 27, 2023 8:00 AM CDT

Don't Let Turner Classic Movies Slip Away

Maureen Dowd puts in her plea to save the cable network and its films, a 'great expander of horizons'

(Newser) - The Turner Classic Movies channel is currently in "turmoil" and what will happen next remains unclear after a house cleaning under David Zaslav, the CEO of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery. Writing for the New York Times , Maureen Dowd makes a plea to "save Turner Classic Movies,"...

Spider-Man Rides High Again
Spider-Man
Returns to Top
box office
Jun 25, 2023 3:10 PM CDT

Spider-Man Returns to Top

'The Flash' plunges in its second week

(Newser) - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse slung its webs back atop the box office ranks while The Flash saw a drop faster than the film's speedy character. The Spidey animated sequel—starring Shameik Moore as the teenage webslinger Miles Morales—reclaimed the No. 1 spot in its fourth week in North...

The Flash Proves a So-So Champ
The Flash Proves
a So-So Champion
box office
Jun 18, 2023 1:30 PM CDT

The Flash Proves a So-So Champion

'Elemental,' 'The Blackening' trail in debuts

(Newser) - DC and Warner Bros.' long-in-the-works superhero movie The Flash opened to $55 million in its first three days in North American theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Though a fair amount of money by normal standards, a sizable jump from DC's last release, the Shazam! sequel, and...

Crew Hurt as Gladiator II Set Is 'Plunged Into Chaos'

6 receive treatment for non-life-threatening injuries on sequel set in Morocco

(Newser) - Paramount Pictures says that multiple crew members were injured Wednesday in Morocco on the set of the Gladiator sequel, after a stunt went awry. "While filming a planned stunt sequence ... an accident occurred during which several crew members experienced non-life-threatening injuries," a spokesperson for the studio says in...

Reworked Transformers Rises to Top
Reworked
Transformers
Rises to Top
box office
Jun 11, 2023 3:45 PM CDT

Reworked Transformers Rises to Top

Latest installment outperforms reviews

(Newser) - It was Miles Morales and the Spider-Verse versus the Transformers at the box office, and the bots came out on top. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the seventh entry in the series, was No. 1 in its first weekend in North American theaters with $60.5 million, according to studio...

Actors 'Lock Elbows' in Big Move Against Studios

SAG-AFTRA union members overwhelmingly vote for strike if deal isn't reached by June 30

(Newser) - As writers in Hollywood remain on strike , it now looks like another group may soon join them. Members of the SAG-AFTRA union, which represents 160,000-plus movie and TV actors and other performers, voted Monday evening to authorize a strike if an acceptable new contract isn't reached with studios...

Animated Spider-Man Soars in Debut
Animated Spider-Man
Soars in Debut
box office
Jun 4, 2023 1:45 PM CDT

Animated Spider-Man Soars in Debut

Latest installment far exceeds forecast and first film

(Newser) - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opened in US and Canadian theaters to a massive $120.5 million, more than tripling the debut of the 2018 animated original and showing the kind of movie-to-movie box office growth that would be the envy of even the mightiest of Hollywood franchises. Sony Pictures' multiverse-spinning...

Little Mermaid Emerges a Winner

Little Mermaid
Emerges
a Winner
box office
May 28, 2023 2:35 PM CDT

Little Mermaid Emerges a Winner

Live-action remake dethrones 'Fast X'

(Newser) - The Little Mermaid made moviegoers want to be under the sea on Memorial Day weekend. Disney's live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic easily outswam the competition, bringing in $95.5 million on 4,320 screens in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. And Disney estimates the film...

Ray Stevenson Said He Had to Be an Actor
Ray Stevenson
Said He Had
to Be an Actor
obituary
May 22, 2023 7:05 PM CDT

Ray Stevenson Said He Had to Be an Actor

His films included 'RRR,' the 'Thor' series

(Newser) - Ray Stevenson, a prolific actor whose films included RRR and the Thor series, has died. He was 58 and died in Italy, Variety reports, where he was working. Born in Northern Ireland, Stevenson attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He began working on TV shows in the 1990s before winning...

Fast X Passes Guardians 3
Fast X Passes Guardians 3
box office
May 21, 2023 12:50 PM CDT

Fast X Passes Guardians 3

Previous leader falls into distant second place

(Newser) - The 10th installment of the Fast and Furious franchise was off to the races this weekend, knocking Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 out of first place and easily claiming the No. 1 spot at the box office. Fast X earned $67.5 million in ticket sales from 4,046...

New Releases Can&#39;t Reach Guardians Vol. 3
New Releases Don't Touch
Guardians, Mario Bros.
box office
May 14, 2023 1:15 PM CDT

New Releases Don't Touch Guardians, Mario Bros.

'Book Club' tops weekend debuts

(Newser) - Several new movies infiltrated theaters this weekend, including a lighthearted trip to Italy with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton, and Mary Steenburgen and a Ben Affleck-fronted detective thriller. The two top spots were once again claimed by Marvel and Mario, however. In its second weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy ...

Guardians of the Galaxy Dethrones Mario Bros.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Has Powerful Opening
box office
May 7, 2023 12:55 PM CDT

Guardians of the Galaxy Has Powerful Opening

Film, which turns the Marvel page, dethrones 'Super Mario Bros.'

(Newser) - There is nothing like the promise of a chapter closing to draw people to the movie theater, especially when tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This weekend, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which says goodbye to this iteration of the space misfits and its driving creative voice, director James...

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