Deadpool & Wolverine, Alien: Romulus and It Ends With Us easily beat new offerings on the August marquee, including suspense thriller Blink Twice and The Crow reboot. Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine reclaimed the top spot in its fifth weekend with $18.3 million for a domestic total approaching $580 million and a worldwide haul of $1.221 billion. The …
Read More »‘Alien: Romulus’ Wins Busy Box Office Weekend
Alien: Romulus scared up strong business in its box office debut as it sets out to revive the classic franchise. The 20th Century and Disney movie topped the domestic weekend chart with $45.1 million, well ahead of a projected debut in the high-$20 million range and the second-best opening of the …
Read More »‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Wins Weekend Box Office
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes brought some much-needed heat to the early summer box office with a domestic debut of $56.5 million and $72.5 million overseas for a global start of $129 million. If those numbers hold once final weekend grosses come in, it will rank as the second-best launch of …
Read More »‘The Fall Guy’ Tops The Box Office
Universal’s The Fall Guy, the Ryan Gosling starrer inspired by the 1980s TV show starring Lee Majors, kicked off the summer movie season at No. 1 with $28.5 million. Disney’s rerelease of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace took the second spot pulling in $8 million for the slow weekend. Despite …
Read More »Terminator Bombs But Still Tops Weak Box Office
Terminator: Dark Fate bombed in its domestic box office debut over the weekend with $29 million from 4,086 theaters, well behind expectations though still bowing at No. 1. Not even the return of James Cameron in the producer’s chair and original series stars Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger could spark …
Read More »‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Tops A Weak Box Office
Director Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel is easily winning the long Presidents Day weekend with an estimated $33 million from 3,790 theaters for a troubled domestic debut of $41.7 million. The movie— a passion project for James Cameron, who produced and co-wrote the film — cost 20th Century Fox at least $200 …
Read More »‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Soars to $50M Box Office Win
Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is a box-office champion, soaring to a $50 million launch in North America, the second-biggest start of all time for a music biopic behind 2015’s Straight Outta Compton($60.2 million), even when adjusted for inflation. The better-than-expected performance of the film — which stars Rami Malek as legendary …
Read More »‘Maze Runner: Death Cure’ Sprints To Top Of The Box Office
Maze Runner: The Death Cure sprinted to the top of box office in its domestic debut over the weekend, unseating Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with $23.5 million from 3,787 theaters. The final installment in the film franchise is doing sensational business overseas. It grossed $62.6 million for the weekend from …
Read More »Twentieth Century Fox Film Announces Strategic Investment in Comic Book and Graphic Novel Publisher BOOM! Studios
Twentieth Century Fox Film (TCFF) announced a strategic investment in award-winning comic book and graphic novel publisher BOOM! Studios. The investment gives TCFF a significant minority stake in the largest independently-controlled comic book and graphic novel library. Differing from other major publishers in the space, BOOM! partners with creators to share ownership …
Read More »Dark Horse Resurrects Original “Aliens” Series For 30th Anniversary Hardcover
In 1988, Dark Horse’s Aliens comic debuted, with stunning art by Mark A. Nelson and a script by Mark Verheiden, taking the comics market by storm. For the thirtieth anniversary of the Aliens film, Dark Horse and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are releasing an oversized hardcover edition of the unabridged and unadulterated series! This must-have collector’s …
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