Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More From Doctor Strange to Trolls to Denis Villeneuve’s new cerebral sci-fi thriller Arrival, movies playing at the North American box office enjoyed a rare collective boost over the weekend as consumers flocked to the cinema seemingly seeking escapism following the conclusion of the 2016 presidential election and Donald Trump’s surprise victory. Marvel and Disney’s Doctor Strange easily stayed …
Read More »‘Doctor Strange’ Casts Spell Over Box Office
Doctor Strange opened to a far better-than-expected $85 million from 3,882 theaters at the North American box office, adding another franchise to the expanding Marvel Studios and Disney superhero universe and putting the movie’s early global total at a magical $325.4 million. Overseas, the pic earned another $118.7 million this weekend. Doctor Strange, …
Read More »Star Wars Superfans Go Rogue to Reveal New Toy Line
A team of Star Wars superfans today revealed the new toy line for the highly anticipated “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” movie via a series of fan-made animated shorts launching on the Star Wars YouTube channel. As part of a competition in collaboration with creative network Tongal, a team was assembled to write, direct and produce original, …
Read More »Bandai Toy Story Chogokin Robots Available For Pre Order
Pre-orders for the forthcoming new Chogokin Toy Story Combination Woody Robo Sheriff Star and the highly anticipated Chogokin Toy Story Combination Buzz the Space Ranger Robo are now available. The new releases are stunning examples of Bandai’s proprietary Chokogin engineering. The Chogokin Toy Story Combination Woody Robo Sheriff Star is set for release …
Read More »The Walt Disney Company Acquires Minority Stake in BAMTech
The Walt Disney Company announced that it is acquiring a 33% stake in BAMTech, a leading technology services and video streaming company previously formed by Major League Baseball (MLB). As part of the transaction, BAMTech was separated from MLB’s broader digital business, MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM). Under the terms of …
Read More »‘Finding Dory’ Finds Box Office Records
Thirteen years after Finding Nemo first hit theaters, Pixar and Disney’s sequel Finding Dorymade a gigantic splash at the box office, landing the biggest domestic opening of all time for an animated title with $136.2 million from 4,305 theaters. It’s also the only animated movie to crack the overall list of top 20 …
Read More »Turtles Tops X-men To Win Weak Weekend
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows easily won the North American box-office race over the weekend even as it became the latest Hollywood sequel to come in well behind its predecessor. The film topped the chart with $35.3 million, more than 46 percent behind the 2014 reboot. In August of …
Read More »‘Captain America: Civil War’ Holds On To Top Spot
Disney easily dominated the weekend box-office chart between Captain America: Civil War — which declined a respectable 59 percent in its second weekend to $72.6 million domestically — and The Jungle Book. Better yet, Civil War raced to $941 million worldwide, while Jungle Bookcrossed the $800 million mark globally. The top 12 movies of the weekend, …
Read More »‘Captain America: Civil War’ Blows Away Box Office
Marvel Studios and Disney’s Captain America: Civil War launched to a mighty $181.8 million in North America over the weekend, kicking off the summer box office in high style and scoring the fifth-best opening of all time, as well as the top launch of 2016 to date. In comparison, ‘Civil War’ earned …
Read More »‘Jungle Book’ Tops Box Office
Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book opened to a massive $103.6 million at the North American box office in another win for Disney’s live-action studio as it spins classic titles into modern-day tentpoles. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, April 17, are as follows: WEEKEND REVENUE RANK TITLE DISTRIBUTOR …
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