Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More M. Night Shyamalan’s horror-thriller Split stayed atop the North American box office for a third weekend in a row with $14.6 million from 3,373 theaters, the first time Shyamalan has claimed that victory since The Sixth Sense in 1999. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, February 5, are as follows: …
Read More »Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Announces the Release of All Eight Harry Potter Films Coming to Ultra HD Blu-ray in 2017
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced that all eight films in the popular and acclaimed Harry Potter series will be released on Ultra HD Blu-ray in 2017. The last four films in the series will be released on March 28 and will include Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and …
Read More »‘Split’ Tops Box Office For Second Week
M. Night Shyamalan’s sleeper hit Split fell a scant 36 percent in its second weekend to $26.3 million for a domestic total of $78 million. The horror film easily stayed No. 1 for Blumhouse and Universal. A Dog’s Purpose came in behind expectations over the weekend with a debut of $18.3 million from 3,058 …
Read More »‘Hidden Figures’ Takes Box Office As New Releases Bomb
Three high-profile studio movies bombed this weekend, including Martin Scorsese’s Silence and Ben Affleck’s Live by Night, making it easier for Hidden Figures to take the top spot a week after squeaking out a last minute victory over Rogue One last week. Hidden Figures — the biographical drama about three black female NASA mathematicians who …
Read More »“Moana” Holds On To Box Office Top Spot
Disney’s Moana easily topped the domestic box office for its second week in a row, with a catch of $28.4 million. On a traditionally sleepy weekend between major holidays, the Disney animated film did strong business, dropping just 50 percent from its opening weekend. That’s even better than Disney’s record-breaking animated hit, Frozen, which dropped …
Read More »“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Generates a Magical Half Billion Dollars at the Worldwide Box Office
On the heels of topping the box office in its opening weekend, the widely acclaimed magical adventure “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” surpassed half a billion dollars at the global box office on Tuesday, November 29, following its second weekend in release. The announcement was made today by …
Read More »‘Moana’ Slays ‘Beasts’ At Box Office
In another huge win for animated films — and Disney — Moana scored one of the best five-day Thanksgiving showings of all time with $81.1 million from 3,875 theaters, enough to conquer holdover Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which placed No. 2 in its second outing with $65.8 million from …
Read More »Saturn Awards Noms Announced
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced their list of Nominees for the 36th Annual Saturn awards today. James Cameron’s Avatar has the most film nominations with a total of 10, including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director. Other films with multiple nominations include Sherlock Holmes …
Read More »Thor Snatches Spider-Man 4 Release Date
Thor wields his mighty hammer and grabs May 6, 2011 as its release date from the floundering Spider-Man 4. Spider-Man 4 has been tangled up in rewrites due to director Sam Raimi’s unhappiness with its script, forcing Sony Pictures to delay the start of production on the film, and there …
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