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Disney finds itself in a formerly familiar place as its latest release Raya and the Last Dragon has topped the weekend box office. Even though the animated fantasy/adventure is also available on Disney+ through Premier Access (meaning subscribers can pay an additional $30 to stream it) the title took in $8.6 million in its first

Saturday AM Update: Even with three new wide releases at this weekend’s box office, and New York City finally reopening, numbers still aren’t at pre-pandemic levels, but there’s a lot of drama going on. Let’s start with Disney’s theatrical day and date Disney+ release of animated pic Raya and the Last Dragon which looks to be

Sebastian Stan compared The Falcon and the Winter Soldier to WandaVision in a new interview. The first Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe series just wrapped up after taking fans on a mysterious journey. All of the mystery surrounding WandaVision left a lot to the imagination, which led to wild fan theories and speculation. Some of these

EXCLUSIVE: The New York DMA exploded last night at the box office with NYC theaters returning after a 50 1/2 week pandemic closure with an estimated gross of $307K, +614% from last Friday according to B.O. sources. I’m also told that the NY DMA was easily the No. 1 market in the country last night, followed

There’s been many a book that his been turned into a feature film. Many comic books and cartoons have been turned into feature length properties as well. However, did you know that there are a slew of 1980s movies that inspired cartoons? Yes, you have read that correctly. Even more interesting are the films that

New York City, the nation’s leading movie market along with still-shuttered Los Angeles, springs back to life Friday after being flattened by Covid-19 for nearly a year. A pulse was detected in advance ticket sales with a handful of shows selling out at AMC Entertainment’s flagship Empire 25 theater in Times Square including a 4:30

After several decades, Steven Spielberg is finally getting to make his Stephen King adaptation of choice a reality. The iconic filmmaker is teaming with Netflix to bring King’s The Talisman to the screen. However, it will be as a series and not as a movie. The project had previously been envisioned as a feature in

AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron earned $20.9 million in total compensation last year, double $9.6 million the year before due to a big bonus and stock awards. According to the company’s SEC filing Friday, Aron’s package in 2002 included a base salary of $1.1 million, a bonus of $5 million and stock award of $14.8

After almost a year of being closed down, Disneyland is finally allowed to reopen along with other California theme parks and attractions starting April 1st. This does include sports stadiums throughout the state. Capacity and attendance will be limited, and the reopening comes with a set of mandatory restrictions. The news was officially announced by

If you turn on your Amazon Prime, you’ll see that the long awaited Eddie Murphy sequel Coming 2 America can already be streamed, a full day before its Friday, March 5 release date. Essentially, what occurred here is that Coming 2 America was a global release on Prime, as it was explained to me by an insider, so that

With just one more episode left to go, WandaVision set out to wrap up a great many storylines with the show’s grand finale. But one mystery had been wrapped up already before it even aired, although it is one that is unlikely to make fans happy. In an interview with Good Morning America, Paul Bettany,

Imax sales slumped last quarter but beat Wall Street estimates and it swung to a loss. The stock popped in late trading as the company highlighted a strong box office in China and Japan, upbeat outlook and continued sales of its big-screen systems despite the pandemic. Revenue of $56 million was down from $124 million

At the end of Avengers: Endgame, Steve Rogers officially retired from his role as Captain America and passed on his iconic shield to Sam Wilson aka The Falcon, played by Anthony Mackie. In an interview with Variety, Mackie weighed in on the momentous occasion of Sam accepting the legacy of Captain America, and what that

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday extended Germany’s current lockdown to March 28, while also unveiling plans to relax certain Covid restrictions. Under a five-step process, cinemas may be able to reopen beginning March 22 at the earliest (this would be part of Stage 4). All will depend on the infection rate, and Stage 4

Disney Animation delivers an action-packed epic that is absolutely thrilling in every regard. Raya and the Last Dragon is chock full of martial arts combat, swashbuckling sword duels, and a mischievous con baby that nearly steals the show. The well-written plot teaches valuable lessons about trust, friendship, and the divisive nature of tribalism. The film

In a positive sign for exhibition, and NYC reopening this Friday, Sony is moving up their release of Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway from June 11 to May 14. Not only is Sony getting a jump on summer, but it’s clear there is an appetite for family movies as the pandemic calms; i.e. last weekend Warner Bros.

It didn’t take long for the WandaVision faithful to become haters of Director Tyler Hayward. The jury was still out in E4 but by E5 we collectively saw Hayward as kind of an ass who was condescending, rude and likely a future antagonist with a suspicious agenda. To date, this theory has come full circle

EXCLUSIVE: The No. 3 U.S. exhibitor Cinemark will not be playing Raya and the Last Dragon this coming weekend as Disney makes the title available both in theaters and as a $30 purchase on Disney+ on March 5. As the major studios experiment widely with theatrical windows during the pandemic, Raya is a clear case that not all

When Eddie Murphy set out to make Coming to America, he hoped to hire an all-black cast of actors for the John Landis directed comedy. Paramount didn’t see eye-to-eye with that idea, and according to both Murphy and his onscreen partner Arsenio Hall, the studio forced them to cast a white actor in the movie.

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is celebrating that Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday was the streamer’s No. 1 most watched movie this past weekend. The news comes in the wake of Andra Day’s surprise Golden Globe Best Actress Motion Picture Drama win for her turn as Billie Holiday; the Grammy nominee becoming the second Black actress