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Table Top Wargame ‘Infinity’ Expands Into Animation

Infinity

Corvus Belli’s worldwide table top game sensation Infinity, an intense wargame of counter-espionage set in a sci-fi, high-tech future universe, is expanding the franchise with an organic foray into animation – courtesy of renowned producer/director Jay Oliva, the animator responsible for nine Warner Bros. hit films, including the universally acclaimed two-part Batman: …

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‘Twisters’ Whips Up The Box Office 

Twisters

 Twisters is whipping up huge winds at the box office, with forecasters predicting a far better than expected domestic opening of $80.5 million in North America. Twisters arrives 28 years after Twister, the envelope-pushing feature that broke ground for marrying visual effects with practical effects. Overseas the film is coming in slightly behind expectations. It took …

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‘Despicable Me 4’ Tops Box Office For Second Week 

Despicable Me 4

With $44.7 million from 4,449 theaters, ‘Despicable Me 4’ easily stayed at the top of the box office chart in its second weekend. It surpassed $200 million to end the weekend with a total of $211.1 million in North America. Overseas, Gru and his mischievous minions continued to make a …

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Prime Video Announces New Thriller ‘Cross,’ Starring Aldis Hodge As Alex Cross

Alex Cross

Prime Video announced the premiere date and revealed the key art for the long-awaited new crime thriller series, CROSS starring Aldis Hodge as Alex Cross. All eight episodes will premiere worldwide in more than 240 countries and territories on November 14 exclusively on Prime Video. From Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Television, Cross is …

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‘Despicable Me 4’ Dominates The Box Office

Despicable Me 4

With an estimated five-day domestic opening of $122.6 million from 4,428 theaters, including a three-day weekend haul of $75 million after earning a stellar A CinemaScore, Despicable Me 4 dominated the Fourth of July box office, proving that Illumination and Universal’s Minions franchise is holding its own. The fourth film …

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‘Inside Out 2’ Soars To Record $100M Second Weekend

Inside Out 2

Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is on fire at the global box office, where it grossed a record-shattering $100 million domestically and $164.4 million overseas in its second weekend to finish Sunday with $724.4 million in ticket sales to become the top-grossing film of the year after racing past Dune: Part Two ($711. million).  The animated …

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‘Inside Out 2’ Delivers Historic $155M U.S. Opening

Inside Out 2

Inside Out 2 opened to a $155 million domestically over Father’s Day weekend — easily beating an expected $90 million — to secure the second-biggest animated launch of all time for a three-day weekend. It also did historic business overseas, where it opened to a record $140 million for a …

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‘Bad Boys 4’ Delivers Big Box Office Win

Bad Boys

Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die jolted the battered summer box office back to life with a better-than-expected domestic opening of $56 million and $104.6 million globally. Ride or Die, reuniting Will Smith with Martin Lawrence, is the fourth outing in Sony’s long-running franchise and earned an A- CinemaScore in North America alongside generally …

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‘Garfield’ Wins Slow Box Office In Its Second Week

Garfield

Box office revenues dropped 69 percent from a year ago as Hollywood and theater owners continue to grapple with a lack of big event pics. Year-to-date revenue is now down 24 percent over last year. Sony’s The Garfield Movie easily purred past George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga to top the weekend chart …

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‘Furiosa’ Wins Worst Memorial Day Box Office in Three Decades

Furiosa

Warner Bros.’ Furiosa narrowly beat Alcon and Sony’s The Garfield Movie with an estimated $32 million for the four-day weekend, with George Miller‘s latest entry in the Mad Max franchise taking in an estimated $26.3 million for Friday-Sunday versus an estimated $24 million for the animated orange feline. Despite Furiosa‘s victory, it still came in behind expectations and …

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