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VIZ Media will mark the 20th anniversary of NARUTO with a national brand campaign, the YEAR OF NARUTO, launching at the upcoming New York Comic Con 2019 (NYCC). The beloved action/adventure franchise has become synonymous with Japanese pop culture and exemplifies the massive international popularity of anime and manga.  To celebrate NARUTO’s manga …

New Line’s R-rated It: Chapter Two opened to $91 million domestically in a needed win for the film industry after a brutal August. And while the sequel didn’t match the record-shattering launch of the first film, it’s still the second-best horror bow of all time and the second-biggest for the month of …

Angel Has Fallen easily won the long Labor Day weekend with an estimated $15 million for the four-day holiday frame as summer 2019 came to a topsy-turvy close. Despite a record number of films crossing the $1 billion mark globally — most from Disney, whose domination continues to grow — the …

Fending off sequelitis, the testosterone-laced Angel Has Fallen opened to a better-than-expected $21.3 million at the North American box office to easily win the penultimate weekend of summer. Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman are joined by Nick Nolte in the third installment of Millennium’s action franchise. The top 12 films of the …

n a surprise victory and much-needed boost for the comedy genre, Universal’s raunchy tween pic Good Boys laughed its way to the top of the U.S. box office chart with $21 million from 3,204 theaters.The film, produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, marks the first time that an R-rated comedy has …

Experience an all-new adventure with DC’s most powerful heroine – filled with intrigue, mythology and relentless battles on shores near and far – in Wonder Woman: Bloodlines, the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the feature-length animated film arrives …

Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw stayed atop the box office chart for the second weekend in a row, revving past no fewer than five new films to gross $25.4 million and cross the $100 million mark domestically. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, August 11, are as …

The adventure that was initially too big for one animated film now arrives as a comprehensive 166-minute tale – with never-before-seen footage – in The Death and Return of Superman Complete Film Collection Gift Set, a numbered, limited edition release available October 1, 2019 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. An …

Universal’s Hobbs & Shaw sped to the top of the North American box office chart with $60.8 million while opening to a far more muscular $120 million overseas for a worldwide launch of $180.8 million. The Fast & Furious spinoff, teaming Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, came in on the modest end of expectations …

The Lion King took in $75.5 million in its sophomore outing in North America for a domestic tally of $350 million and a global cume of $962.7 million, including a weekend haul overseas of $142.8 million. Disney has now reached $7.67 billion in 2019 global ticket sales, eclipsing the industry record …