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Scarlett Johansson Is Highest-Grossing Actor of All Time
Scarlett Johansson
Is Highest-Grossing
Actor of All Time
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Jul 12, 2025 2:35 PM CDT

Scarlett Johansson Is Highest-Grossing Actor of All Time

She surpasses Marvel co-stars after Jurassic World Rebirth success

(Newser) - Scarlett Johansson has officially become Hollywood's highest-grossing lead actor of all time, surpassing Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Downey Jr., thanks to her starring role in Jurassic World Rebirth. The new film pulled in $318 million worldwide six days after its release, pushing Johansson's total career box...

IMAX Is Having an Exceedingly Good Year

Company's stock price is up 60% in the past 12 months

(Newser) - IMAX is a 55-year-old business—and it's on track for its most lucrative year ever. CEO Rich Gelfond is projecting this year's global box office for IMAX to top $1.2 billion, up 33% from 2024, with Wall Street expecting even bigger things in 2026. CNBC digs...

New Films Stay Out of Jurassic World' s Way
New Films Stay Out
of Jurassic World's Way
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Jul 6, 2025 1:05 PM CDT

New Films Stay Out of Jurassic World's Way

New installment easily outpaces F1: The Movie

(Newser) - Dinosaur fatigue may be a theme in Jurassic World Rebirth, but moviegoing audiences don't seem to have that issue. The newest installment in the Jurassic World franchise ruled the Fourth of July holiday box office with a global, five-day launch of $318.3 million, according to studio estimates Sunday....

F1: The Movie Gives Apple Its First Theatrical Hit
F1: The Movie Laps Competition
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Jun 29, 2025 12:35 PM CDT

F1: The Movie Laps Competition

Brad Pitt film becomes Apple's first theatrical smash

(Newser) - Apple has its first box office hit. F1: The Movie debuted with $55.6 million in North American theaters and $144 million globally over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing the tech company easily its biggest opening yet. Starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, and Kerry Condon, F1 was...

NYT Ranks Best Movies of the 21st Century
A Ranking of the Best
Movies of the Century
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Jun 29, 2025 11:04 AM CDT

A Ranking of the Best Movies of the Century

Parasite clocks in at No. 1 on the list from the New York Times

(Newser) - Let the debate among cinephiles begin. The New York Times is out with an ambitious list, one that seeks to rank the best movies so far of the 21st century. Instead of relying solely on their own critics, the newspaper enlisted votes from more than 500 big Hollywood names, including...

Sam Rockwell: I Still Get Paid for 1989 Film I Was Never In

Actor talks about role with one line early in his career in Lean On Me , which he got 'let go' from

(Newser) - Easy work, if you can get it. Sam Rockwell, who garnered quite a bit of attention for his role as a sex addict in the last season of White Lotus, once had a much smaller role in a rather big movie—and he still gets paid for it, even though...

Depp Is Back, and His Fury at Some in Hollywood Is Clear

Depp discusses trials, career fallout, and his nostalgia for days when his kids were young

(Newser) - Once Hollywood's ultimate outsider, Johnny Depp insists he never left the spotlight—despite headlines about a "comeback." But as Jonathan Dean writes in a lengthy piece for the Times of London , Depp is about to "head out into the world again." He made his...

Dragon Holds Off Newcomers
Dragon
Holds Off
Newcomers
box office
Jun 22, 2025 2:15 PM CDT

Dragon Holds Off Newcomers

Elio provides Pixar with its lowest opening ever

(Newser) - Neither Pixar nor zombies were enough to topple How to Train Your Dragon from the No. 1 slot at North American box offices over the weekend. The Universal Pictures live-action remake remained the top film, bringing in $37 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, despite the sizeable new...

John Waters: 'The Movie Business ... Is Over'
John Waters: 'The Movie
Business ... Is Over'
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Jun 21, 2025 1:05 PM CDT

John Waters: 'The Movie Business ... Is Over'

Revered director not optimistic about cinema

(Newser) - Legendary director John Waters doesn't have the most optimistic take on the state of American cinema:
  • "The movie business, as I know it, is over," Waters declared over the weekend, reports MovieMaker .

Top-Grossing Summer Movies Since Jaws

The classic turned summer into blockbuster season in 1975

(Newser) - Jaws incredibly turns 50 this week, and its legacy of the summer movie blockbuster remains strong. The titles that have packed the most summer moviegoers into theaters since 1975 represent some of the best known films of the last half-century, including five Star Wars movies, Pixar favorites like Toy Story ...

How to Train Your Dragon Tops Last Installment
How to Train Your Dragon
Tops Last Installment
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Jun 15, 2025 1:15 PM CDT

How to Train Your Dragon Tops Last Installment

Live-action adaptation bounces Lilo and Stitch

(Newser) - How to Train Your Dragon took flight at the box office this weekend, proving that some remakes still have teeth. The Universal live-action adaptation of the animated franchise soared to a strong $83 million debut in North American theaters, according to Comscore estimates Sunday. The film, directed by franchise veteran...

Kate Beckinsale's Lawsuit Is 'Quite Something'

Actor says producers behind Canary Black didn't provide safe working conditions, leaving her injured

(Newser) - Kate Beckinsale's action flick Canary Black debuted last year on Amazon Prime, but her involvement in it isn't quite done. Per Variety , the 51-year-old actor, who plays a CIA operative being chased by terrorists, is suing the movie's producers for unsafe working conditions while they were filming...

John Wick Spinoff Can't Catch Lilo & Stitch
John Wick Spinoff
Can't Catch Lilo & Stitch
box office
Jun 8, 2025 11:40 AM CDT

John Wick Spinoff Can't Catch Lilo & Stitch

Ballerina comes in below forecasts

(Newser) - In the box office showdown between a deadly assassin and a chaotic CG alien, Lilo & Stitch still had the edge. The Disney juggernaut celebrated a third weekend at the top of the charts, while the John Wick spinoff Ballerina did not jeté as high as expected. According to studio...

Lilo & Stitch Climbs 2025 Ranks
Lilo & Stitch Climbs 2025 Ranks
box office
Jun 1, 2025 12:35 PM CDT

Lilo & Stitch Climbs 2025 Ranks

Latest Mission: Impossible repeats in second place

(Newser) - Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning dominated the box office charts again after fueling a record-breaking Memorial Day weekend. Theaters in the US and Canada had several new films to offer this weekend as well, including Sony's family-friendly Karate Kid: Legends and the A24 horror movie...

Slain Actor's Final Film to Premiere

Johnny Wactor of General Hospital fame was working on Caio, Mama when he was killed last year

(Newser) - Roughly one year after General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor was fatally shot by suspected thieves, his final film is scheduled for premiere. Caio, Mama will be screened at the Dances with Films Festival in Los Angeles on June 24, reports ABC News . Wactor, 37, was killed in May 2024...

Lilo & Stich , Mission Impossible Draw Crowds
Lilo & Stich
Propels
Big Holiday
Weekend
box office
May 25, 2025 3:15 PM CDT

Lilo & Stich Propels Big Holiday Weekend

Newest Mission: Impossible trails but sets franchise record

(Newser) - Lilo & Stich teamed with Tom Cruise for a monster Memorial Day box office weekend. Disney's live action version of Lilo & Stich earned a staggering $145.5 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, the second-biggest domestic opening of the year after A Minecraft Movie....

Final Destination: Bloodlines Makes a Winning Debut
Bloodlines Revives
Final Destination Franchise
box office
May 18, 2025 1:42 PM CDT

Bloodlines Revives Final Destination Franchise

The Weeknd's thriller finishes well back in debut

(Newser) - The end is not looming for the Final Destination franchise at the box office. Its sixth installment, Final Destination: Bloodlines, drew big crowds to movie theaters this weekend and easily topped the domestic charts with $51 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The movie earned the same...

Bonnie and Clyde Filmmaker Robert Benton Dead at 92

He won an Oscar for directing Kramer vs. Kramer

(Newser) - Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who co-wrote Bonnie and Clyde and later won acclaim for Kramer vs. Kramer, has died at age 92. He died of natural causes Sunday at his Manhattan home, his son John Benton said. A Texas native, Benton overcame severe childhood dyslexia to become one...

New Releases Don't Touch Thunderbolts , Sinners
New Releases Don't Touch
Thunderbolts, Sinners
box office
May 11, 2025 12:28 PM CDT

New Releases Don't Touch Thunderbolts, Sinners

Just one debut, Clown in a Cornfield , finishes in the weekend's top five

(Newser) - Marvel's Thunderbolts and Ryan Coogler's Sinners dominated the North American box office charts again this weekend. Now in their second and fourth weekends respectively, the two films had new competition, including a horror movie, a Kerry Washington action pic, a Josh Hartnett airplane thriller, and a Shakespeare-inspired musical....

To Help Hollywood, Newsom Wants to Work With Trump

California governor suggests $750M federal film tax credit program

(Newser) - Weeks after suing the Trump administration over President Trump's troublesome tariffs, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is offering to work with the White House. After Trump suggested putting 100% tariffs on foreign films to revitalize the American film industry, Newsom on Monday offered to partner with the administration to create...

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