Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Universal’s Fast and the Furious franchise is showing no signs of running out of gas on the world stage. The Fate of the Furious, directed by F. Gary Gray, raced to an estimated $532.5 million global debut over Easter weekend, including $100.2 million domestically and a $432.2 million overseas. The top …
Read More »Split Tops XXX At Weekend Box Office
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest horror-thriller, Split, easily topped the chart after trumping the competition with a far-better-than-expected $40.2 million from 3,015 theaters in another victory for Blumhouse Productions and Universal’s partnership. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, January 22, are as follows: # Title Distributor Name Weekend …
Read More »Gameloft Develops Game for Action-Thriller “Fast Five”
Gameloft announced it has signed a licensing contract with Universal Partnerships & Licensing to develop and publish the game for the latest installment of the franchise built on speed: “Fast Five.” Historically, “The Fast and the Furious” franchise is the best-selling movie-based and racing franchise in mobile gaming with seven …
Read More »Third Riddick Film Now Confirmed
After years of David Twohy and Vin Diesel promising to bring back Riddick, Universal has finally confirmed that a third film for the franchise is now in the works, and it will simply be called Riddick, according to Variety. Universal had been balking at another film for a while, considering …
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