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Michael Has Record Opening Despite Reviews
Michael Has
Record Opening
Despite Reviews
box office
Apr 26, 2026 11:50 AM CDT

Michael Has Record Opening Despite Reviews

Debut tops biopics including Straight Outta Compton

(Newser) - Michael, the big-budget Michael Jackson spectacle, shrugged off seriously bad reviews and a troubled production to launch with $97 million in US and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, shattering a record debut for music biopics. A highly authorized portrayal of the King of Pop, co-produced by the Jackson...

Philly's 'Rocky' Relationship With Famed Statue Has Thawed

Bronze boxer from Rocky Films is now getting an exhibit from museum whose steps it has graced

(Newser) - Every day, visitors from around the world make their way to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art—not necessarily for the galleries inside, but for a statue of a fictional boxer from South Philadelphia. The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa—arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks...

Super Mario , Project Hail Mary Fend Off Horror Release
Incumbents Keep Top Spots
box office
Apr 19, 2026 1:09 PM CDT

Incumbents Keep Top Spots

Lee Cronin's The Mummy wasn't a hit with critics or audiences

(Newser) - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Project Hail Mary dominated the North American box office again this weekend, leaving Lee Cronin's The Mummy in third place for its debut. The Mario sequel has spent all of its first three weekends in the first-place spot, this time adding $35 million,...

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Repeats but Trails Original

You, Me & Tuscany opens in fourth place

(Newser) - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie enjoyed otherworldly success at the box office in its second weekend in theaters. The Universal and Illumination sequel added $69 million from 4,284 theaters in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday. That brings its running domestic total to $308.1 million...

Super Mario Galaxy Movie Overcomes Reviews
Super Mario Opening
Is Biggest of the Year
box office
Apr 5, 2026 12:10 PM CDT

Super Mario Opening Is Biggest of the Year

Latest installment bounces Project Hail Mary

(Newser) - Mixed reviews didn't dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movie and dethroned Project Hail Mary. The Illumination and Nintendo coproduction earned $130.9 million over the weekend and a massive $190....

Debuts Don't Press Project Hail Mary
Debuts Don't Press
Project Hail Mary
box office
Mar 29, 2026 12:15 PM CDT

Debuts Don't Press Project Hail Mary

But Super Mario Galaxy Movie lands this week

(Newser) - Project Hail Mary stayed aloft in its second weekend in theaters, holding strong with $54.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, and adding to the long-term prospects of the year's biggest hit thus far. The Phil Lord-Chris Miller sci-fi adventure, starring Ryan Gosling, dipped only 32% after notching...

Project Hail Mary Opening Rivals Oppenheimer 's
Project Hail Mary Takes Off
box office
Mar 22, 2026 11:30 AM CDT

Project Hail Mary Takes Off

Reviews, audience scores provide a lift for Ryan Gosling film

(Newser) - Project Hail Mary is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn't seen for a nonfranchise film since Oppenheimer. The science fiction epic starring Ryan Gosling earned around $80.5 million in ticket sales in its first weekend playing in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday....

Hoppers Stays No. 1 as Reviews Don't Help Reminders
Hoppers Holds Off
Reminders of You
box office
Mar 15, 2026 2:18 PM CDT

Hoppers Holds Off Reminders of You

Reviews don't help Colleen Hoover adaptation

(Newser) - Hoppers held onto the top slot in theaters, bouncing back with $28.5 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, while Colleen Hoover's Reminders of Him added to the author's successful streak at the box office. After its $45.3 million debut, Hoppers dipped a...

These Movies Should've Won Best Picture
These Movies Should've
Won Best Picture
OPINION
Mar 15, 2026 6:49 AM CDT

These Movies Should've Won Best Picture

WaPo analysis picks Jaws over Cuckoo's Nest , Sixth Sense over American Beauty , among others

(Newser) - The Academy Awards are on Sunday, which means we can probably expect the usual debate over whether certain movies deserved to win, as well as perhaps some surprise upsets. Writing for the Washington Post , Dan Zak and Amy Argetsinger don't seem terribly optimistic that the right films will take...

Oscars Isn't the Only Big News for KPop Demon Hunters Fans

Netflix confirms a sequel, with original director on board, though it will likely be a few years off

(Newser) - Huntrix isn't done fighting demons, or breaking Netflix records. Per The Hollywood Reporter , the streaming service has locked in original directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans for a sequel to KPop Demon Hunters, striking a multiyear writing and directing deal with the pair ahead of what could be a...

An '80s Hair-Band Favorite Is Getting the Biopic Treatment

Universal wins rights to dramatize Bon Jovi's rise and legacy, with a screenplay by Cody Brotter

(Newser) - Bon Jovi is headed for the multiplex. Universal has snagged the rights to a feature film about the New Jersey rock band, winning a bidding war to back the project that will chronicle the group behind "Livin' on a Prayer" and other '80s arena staples, reports Variety . Cody...

Rosanna Arquette Slams Tarantino for 'Creepy' Use of Racial Slur

Director pushes back at Pulp Fiction actor, who's criticizing repeated deployment of n-word in his film

(Newser) - Quentin Tarantino isn't quietly absorbing Rosanna Arquette's criticism of his language choices in Pulp Fiction. In a statement released to Deadline , the 62-year-old director accused the actor, who appeared in the film, of chasing attention after she told the Times of London she's "over the use of...

Hoppers Opens at Top With Strong Reviews as Bride Fizzles

Pixar debut is biggest for an original animated film since 2017

(Newser) - The environmental adventure Hoppers topped the North American box office with $46 million in domestic ticket sales in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. After adding $42 million from international showings, the Disney and Pixar film celebrated an $88 million global launch in total, the biggest for an...

Scream 7 Outdoes the First 6
Scream 7 Sets Franchise Record
box office
Mar 1, 2026 12:30 PM CST

Scream 7 Sets Franchise Record

Debut caps a good week for Paramount

(Newser) - Thirty years after the original slasher movie opened in theaters, Scream is still making a killing. Scream 7 debuted with a franchise-best $64.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The bigger-than-expected opening is a win for Paramount, which on Friday announced its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the AP...

Anderson's Hit Wins One BAFTA After Another

Sinners , Frankenstein each win three awards

(Newser) - The politically charged thriller One Battle After Another won six prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, building momentum ahead of Hollywood's Academy Awards next month. Blues-steeped vampire epic Sinners and gothic horror story Frankenstein won three awards each, while Shakespearean family tragedy Hamnet...

GOAT Tops Wuthering Heights
GOAT Crowds Out
Wuthering Heights
box office
Feb 22, 2026 12:15 PM CST

GOAT Crowds Out Wuthering Heights

In limited IMAX release, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert opens strong

(Newser) - It was a battle of the holdovers at the North American box office this weekend, with the family-friendly film GOAT edging out the R-rated Wuthering Heights. Sony Pictures Animation's GOAT took in $17 million, while Warner Bros.' Wuthering Heights earned $14.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday....

Bad Bunny Lands His First Lead Film Role

Singer to appear in Porto Rico , an 'epic' film about Puerto Rico's origins directed by Residente

(Newser) - Bad Bunny's next starring turn won't be onstage. The music superstar (real name Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio), fresh off the Super Bowl halftime show , will headline the historical drama Porto Rico, his first lead film role after supporting parts in Bullet Train, Happy Gilmore 2, and Darren Aronofsky'...

Soderbergh: Disney's Ben Solo Rejection Was 'Insane'

Director says Disney nixed Adam Driver's Hunt for Ben Solo without even talking cost

(Newser) - Steven Soderbergh says his Adam Driver-led Star Wars project never even got to the money talk. In a new interview with BKMag.com , the director says he, Driver, and writer Rebecca Blunt spent two and a half years developing The Hunt for Ben Solo, only to be told by Disney...

Report: Pulp Fiction Actor Accidentally Shot Himself

Character actor Peter Greene died at 60 in December

(Newser) - Renowned character actor Peter Greene died of an accidental gunshot wound, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York City. According to TMZ , the official cause of death is a "gunshot wound of the left axilla with injury of the brachial artery," meaning the...

Wuthering Heights Opens Big, Though Everyone Isn't Buying It

Just half of audience would recommend the reworked classic

(Newser) - Emerald Fennell's bold reimagining of Wuthering Heights brought crowds to movie theaters this weekend. The Warner Bros. release topped the box office charts and nabbed the title for the year's biggest opening with $34.8 million in ticket sales in its first three days in North American theaters,...

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