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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...

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....

On Last Day of Cannes, All Goes Dark
On Last Day of Cannes,
All Goes Dark
May 24, 2025 10:30 AM CDT

On Last Day of Cannes, All Goes Dark

Power outage shuts everything down for hours at film fest in southeastern France

(Newser) - A major power outage struck southeastern France on Saturday morning, disrupting traffic and briefly halting events at the Cannes Film Festival as the prestigious event prepared to hand out its top prize. Power was restored around 3pm local time, amid cheers from bystanders and music blasting again from beachfront speakers....

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...

Think the US Can't Remake a Foreign Film? Think Again

Guardian provides a ranked list, with the Magnificent Seven at the top

(Newser) - Snobby cinephiles may insist that American redos of foreign films often aren't up to snuff, but the Guardian disagrees—at least in terms of the remakes it found that more than hold their own. At the top of the outlet's list: The Magnificent Seven, the 1960 do-over of...

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....

After Taliban Killed Man Exposed in Documentary, His Widow Sues

Suit says Taliban killed Afghan mine-clearer Omar Khan after he was featured in film

(Newser) - An Emmy-winning National Geographic documentary about Afghanistan's final days under US occupation is now at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit, after a featured Afghan was identified by the Taliban and killed. The widow of the man who appeared in Retrograde has filed her complaint against the...

Steven Spielberg Names the Best American Movie Ever
Steven Spielberg Names
'Greatest American Film Ever'
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May 4, 2025 4:00 PM CDT

Steven Spielberg Names 'Greatest American Film Ever'

For the award-winning director, it's Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather

(Newser) - Steven Spielberg has named the No. 1 movie ever created here in the US—and it's not Jaws, ET, Schindler's List, Raiders of the Lost Ark, or any of his other award-winning flicks. At a star-filled American Film Institute event on Saturday in Los Angeles honoring fellow filmmaker...

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...

After Pope's Death, Ralph Fiennes Flick Gets a Boost

Conclave , about the selection of a new pope, saw 283% streaming spike right after Francis died

(Newser) - As the world awaits the papal conclave that will replace the late Pope Francis with a new head of the Catholic Church, many are taking to their TV remotes to get an idea of how that process works—specifically, by watching the Oscar-winning movie Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes. NBC News...

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...

Alicia Silverstone to Reprise Her Most Famous Role

Actor, 48, will star as Cher Horowitz in TV series based on 1995's Clueless

(Newser) - Alicia Silverstone was just a teen when she made Clueless, the movie that put her on the Hollywood map. Now 48, the actor is reprising the role of the Valley Girl-like Cher Horowitz for a TV series based on the 1995 film set to air on Peacock, reports Variety . The...

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...

Meet the Stars of the Upcoming Beatles Biopics

They are Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan

(Newser) - Sam Mendes has his John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The actors who will portray the Fab Four in four separate biopics to be released in April 2028 were announced Monday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where director Mendes made a surprise appearance alongside his Beatles: British actor Harris Dickinson (Babygirl,...

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...

Iconic Film Fest Ditches Utah After Nearly 5 Decades

Sundance will make the move from Park City to Boulder, Colorado, starting in 2027

(Newser) - For nearly a half-century, Utah has hosted the Sundance Film Festival, which kicked off in the resort town of Park City. Now, the Beehive State is bidding adieu to the iconic event, as it was announced Thursday that, after "countless meetings" and multiple presentations, Boulder, Colorado, has been chosen...

Israel Frees Oscar-Winning Director Attacked by Settlers

Witnesses say Israeli settlers attacked Hamdan Ballal's West Bank village

(Newser) - The Palestinian director who earlier this month took home an Oscar has been released by Israel after being beaten by Israeli settlers and detained by the military. Hamdan Ballal and two other Palestinians were set free on Tuesday, report the AP and New York Times , with the No Other Land...

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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