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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Has Topped Charts Twice

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Is Twice a Winner

box office

Sep 15, 2024 12:05 PM CDT

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Is Twice a Winner

Little new competition pushes the Tim Burton sequel

(Newser) - Moviegoers said yes to more Beetlejuice Beetlejuice this weekend. After its monster opening, the Tim Burton sequel easily topped the domestic box office charts again with $51.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Down only 54% from a week earlier, the North American gross for the...

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Opens Bigger Than Original

box office

Sep 8, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Opens Bigger Than Original

Sequel has third-best opening weekend of 2024

(Newser) - After 36 years of waiting, the juice is finally loose again in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, this time racking up $110 million in its premiere weekend. The long-awaited Tim Burton sequel is the third-best opening weekend of the year, behind only box office triumphs Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. Michael...

Holdovers, Reagan
Can't Topple Incumbent

box office

Sep 1, 2024 2:30 PM CDT

Holdovers, Reagan Can't Topple Incumbent

Deadpool & Wolverine nears another milestone

(Newser) - Onscreen and at the ticket window, Deadpool apparently can't be killed. Deadpool & Wolverine, one of the defining movies of the summer, ruled a weekend with quiet openings and low theater attendance as the summer movie season came to an anticlimactic close. For the second weekend in a row,...

New Releases
Can't Catch
Holdover Hits

box office

Aug 25, 2024 1:50 PM CDT

New Releases Can't Catch Holdover Hits

Deadpool & Wolverine , Alien: Romulus again top weekend charts

(Newser) - In a sleepy summer weekend at the box office, holdovers reigned supreme as newcomers landed without a splash. Deadpool & Wolverine reclaimed first place at the North American box office in its fifth weekend with $18.3 million. Its cumulative international earnings now sit at over $1.2 billion. The...

Alien: Romulus,
in Debut, Bumps
Deadpool & Wolverine

box office

Aug 18, 2024 4:00 PM CDT

Alien: Romulus, in Debut, Bumps Deadpool & Wolverine

Hits put summer weekend ahead of last year

(Newser) - Alien: Romulus, the latest installment in its 45-year-old franchise, opened in first place at the North American box office. The 20th Century Studios release earned an estimated $41.5 million in its first weekend, playing in 3,885 locations in the US and Canada. Including $66.7 million from international...

Lively's Opening
Pushes Reynolds' Hit

box office

Aug 11, 2024 1:20 PM CDT

Lively's Opening Pushes Reynolds' Hit

It Ends With Us nearly knocks Deadpool & Wolverine out of top spot

(Newser) - In the Ryan Reynolds-Blake Lively box office showdown, both husband and wife came out winners. Reynolds' Marvel Studios smash Deadpool & Wolverine remained the top movie in North American theaters for the third straight week with $54.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. Worldwide, it's...

Shyamalan
Was Called 'the
Next Spielberg.'
Then, a Fall

LONGFORM

Aug 10, 2024 8:00 AM CDT

Shyamalan Was Called 'the Next Spielberg.' Then, a Fall

David Sims profiles the horror/thriller filmmaker's struggles, and eventual resurrection, for the Atlantic

(Newser) - By the time M. Night Shyamalan was in his early 30s, he had a huge hit to his name thanks to 1999's The Sixth Sense , his psychological thriller starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment, and two follow-ups—2000's Unbreakable and 2002's Signs —that seemed to...

Challengers Don't Budge
Deadpool & Wolverine

box office

Aug 4, 2024 12:45 PM CDT

Challengers Don't Budge Deadpool & Wolverine

Marvel hit holds R-rated record after less than two weeks

(Newser) - After 10 days in theaters, Deadpool & Wolverine is already the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever, not accounting for inflation. The Marvel Studios blockbuster starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman continued to steamroll through movie theaters in its second weekend, collecting $97 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That raised its...

Deadpool & Wolverine
Has Year's Biggest Opening

box office

Jul 28, 2024 12:30 PM CDT

Deadpool & Wolverine Has Year's Biggest Opening

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman film restores Marvel's glory after flops

(Newser) - Marvel is back on top with Deadpool & Wolverine. The comic book movie made a staggering $205 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It shattered the opening record for R-rated films previously held by the first Deadpool of $132 million and notched...

Blame Spielberg for What
Didn't Happen at End of Twisters

Jul 23, 2024 10:50 AM CDT

Blame Spielberg for What Didn't Happen at End of Twisters

Note from famous director apparently led to a nixed final kiss between blockbuster's stars

(Newser) - (Spoilers ahead, so stop reading now if you don't want to know what happens.) Moviegoers who've been flocking to see Twisters, the stand-alone sequel to 1996's Twister, are now likely hoping for Part III—if only to see a consummation of the romantic relationship between the...

Twisters Has
Blockbuster Debut

box office

Jul 21, 2024 12:26 PM CDT

Twisters Has Blockbuster Debut

(Newser) - Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling Twisters to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the 1996 hit rang up $80.5 million in ticket sales from 4,151 theaters in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. That's about $30 million more than analysts expected initially...

Minions Swamp
Fly Me to the Moon

box office

Jul 14, 2024 3:10 PM CDT

Minions Swamp Fly Me to the Moon

Surprise of the weekend is a horror film's success

(Newser) - Gru and the minions celebrated a second week in first place at the North American box office this weekend, while a small horror movie called Longlegs upset the starry $100 million Fly Me to the Moon. The supremacy of Despicable Me 4 was hardly a surprise, as the Universal and...

Actor
John Corbett:
I Picked the
Wrong Career

Actor John Corbett: I Picked the Wrong Career

He regrets not contributing creatively to TV and movie projects

(Newser) - An actor who appears on a podcast might talk about regretting certain roles. John Corbett, on the other hand, says he regrets his entire career choice:

"Look, I'm in the fourth quarter of the football game now, in life and in showbiz," the 63-year-old said on Fly

...

Despicable Me 4 Debuts at No. 1

box office

Jul 7, 2024 4:25 PM CDT

Despicable Me 4 Debuts at No. 1

Latest installment builds on Minions' success

(Newser) - After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office suddenly is booming. Despicable Me 4, the Illumination Animation sequel, led the way over the holiday weekend with $75 million in ticket sales Friday through Sunday and $122.6 million since opening on Wednesday, according to studio estimates...

He Produced
Three of the
Biggest Films
of All Time

obituary

Jul 7, 2024 8:01 AM CDT

He Produced Three of the Biggest Films of All Time

Jon Landau teamed with James Cameron on Titanic and Avatar films

(Newser) - Jon Landau, an Oscar-winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on three of the biggest blockbusters of all time—Titanic and two Avatar films—has died at age 63, per the AP . Landau's family announced his death Saturday. No cause of death was given, but Deadline notes...

Costner Film
Can't Approach
Inside Out or
Quiet Place

box office

Jun 30, 2024 12:20 PM CDT

Costner Film Can't Approach Inside Out or Quiet Place

Animated hit stays on top, edging out action-horror and Western challengers

(Newser) - A Quiet Place: Day One is making noise at the box office. The prequel earned an estimated $53 million in its first weekend in North American theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday. It's both a franchise best and significantly more than expected. Going into the weekend, prerelease tracking had...

Inside Out 2 Sets Record

box office

Jun 23, 2024 12:50 PM CDT

Inside Out 2 Sets Record

Animated film's weekend take is $100M

(Newser) - Weekend No. 2 was just as joyous for Inside Out 2. The Pixar sequel collected $100 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, setting a new record for an animated movie in its follow-up frame in theaters. The previous best second weekend for an...

Actor Donald Sutherland
Is Dead at 88

Jun 20, 2024 12:44 PM CDT

Actor Donald Sutherland Is Dead at 88

Son Kiefer announces the Hollywood icon's death

(Newser) - Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from M.A.S.H. to the Hunger Games, has died at age 88, per the AP . Kiefer Sutherland, the actor's son, confirmed his father's death Thursday on social media . No further details were immediately available....

Inside Out 2
Opens Huge

box office

Jun 16, 2024 12:15 PM CDT

Inside Out 2 Opens Huge

Animated sequel posts biggest debut since Barbie

(Newser) - Hollywood's summer movie anxieties gave way to industry joy this weekend with the massive debut of Disney and Pixar's Inside Out 2. The animated sequel totaled $155 million in ticket sales from 4,440 theaters in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not only is...

Will Smith Rebounds With
Bad Boys: Ride or Die

box office

Jun 9, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Will Smith Rebounds With Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Film is the actor's best showing since Oscars slap

(Newser) - Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action comedy series, opened with an estimated $56 million in theaters over the weekend, handing Hollywood a summer hit and Smith his biggest success since he slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. Expectations were all over...