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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
box office
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...

Thunderbolts Puts a Charge Into Marvel
Thunderbolts Puts
a Charge Into Marvel
box office
May 4, 2025 2:30 PM CDT

Thunderbolts Puts a Charge Into Marvel

Distributor doesn't release weekend figures for Rust

(Newser) - Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, kicking off the summer box office with a solid No. 1 debut that fell shy of Marvel's more spectacular launches. All eyes had been on whether Thunderbolts, a teaming of antihero rejects similar...

Sinners Holds Off a Star Wars Rerelease
Sinners Holds Off
a Star Wars Rerelease
box office
Apr 27, 2025 1:00 PM CDT

Sinners Holds Off a Star Wars Rerelease

The Accountant 2 finishes third, behind Revenge of the Sith

(Newser) - Horror movies are often one-week wonders at the box office, but Ryan Coogler's Sinners is defying the odds and proving to be true event cinema. In its second weekend in theaters, Sinners earned $45 million in ticket sales from theaters in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates...

Sinners Bounces Minecraft From Top Spot
1932 Vampire Film With
2 Michael B. Jordans Is No. 1
box office
Apr 20, 2025 12:00 PM CDT

1932 Vampire Film With 2 Michael B. Jordans Is No. 1

Sinners b ounces Minecraft from top spot

(Newser) - Brand names, not filmmakers or stars, are said to rule the box office these days. But Ryan Coogler's Sinners, led by twin Michael B. Jordans, proved a bloody exception to modern movie rules, launching with $45.6 million in ticket sales in US and Canadian theaters, according to studio...

Minecraft Is Year's Biggest Hit
A Minecraft Movie
Tops 2025 Releases
box office
Apr 13, 2025 2:05 PM CDT

A Minecraft Movie Tops 2025 Releases

(Newser) - After just two weeks in theaters, A Minecraft Movie is already the highest-grossing Hollywood release of 2025. The Warner Bros. videogame adaptation followed up its blockbuster opening with a second weekend of $80.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it's quickly surpassed $550 million....

In One Weekend, Minecraft Stops the Industry's Skid
Theaters Get the Hit They Need
box office
Apr 6, 2025 12:30 PM CDT

Theaters Get the Hit They Need

A Minecraft Movie has the year's biggest opening

(Newser) - Hollywood needed A Minecraft Movie to be a hit, and it delivered in its opening weekend, significantly narrowing this year's box office deficit. No one guessed just how big it would be. In its first few days in theaters, the movie earned a staggering $157 million in ticket sales...

Jason Statham Thriller Dethrones Snow White
Jason Statham Thriller
Dethrones Snow White
box office
Mar 30, 2025 1:00 PM CDT

Jason Statham Thriller Dethrones Snow White

Disney film passes A Working Man as it slips

(Newser) - In an upset, the Jason Statham thriller A Working Man took No. 1 at the box office, besting the rapidly declining Snow White, according to studio estimates Sunday. Even after a lackluster debut, the Walt Disney Co.'s live-action remake was predicted to remain the top film in US...

Snow White Leaves Disney Disappointed
Snow White Leaves
Disney Disappointed
box office
Mar 23, 2025 1:00 PM CDT

Snow White Leaves Disney Disappointed

Studio has more live-action remakes on the way

(Newser) - The Walt Disney Co.'s live-action, controversy-bedeviled Snow White opened in theaters with a sleepy $43 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. With a budget above $250 million, the film had set out with higher ambitions, particularly since it returns Disney to its very origins. The...

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