Refresh for more updating this morning….The 2023 The Black List –Hollywood’s annual roundup of most-liked unproduced screenplays– is currently being announced. This year’s Black List was compiled from the suggestions of more than 375 film executives, each of whom contributed the names of up to ten favorite feature film screenplays that …

FRIDAY PM: While the first weekend of December gets a bad rep for being slow, the second weekend is often slower, so don’t be surprised if all films total around $38M on par to the same frame a year ago. Hayao Miyazaki‘s The Boy and the Heron, as expected, will …

SATURDAY AM: For all the snark that rival distributors had for AMC CEO Adam Aron and the decision to open Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé on one of the dullest box office weekends of the year, that move is proving to be sound so far, as the 32x Grammy winner’s …

Did disco ever go out of style? Not if you ask Mark Ronson and Dua Lipa, the forces behind the soundtrack for this year’s No. 1 box office hit, Barbie. Specifically, they co-penned the album’s lead single “Dance the Night,” which is performed by the English-Albanian singer. In an era …

THANKSGIVING DAY UPDATE: Refresh for more analysis….One piece of good news especially as the marketplace comes away from the actors strike is that this Thanksgiving stretch of Wednesday to Sunday is expected to gross around $190M for all movies per industry estimates, which is the highest post-pandemic, besting the 5-day …

Disney original animation is looking at a comeback this Thanksgiving. The princess pic Wish is looking at as much as $45M-$50M over five days after the studio suffering a setback over last year’s holiday with Strange World, which did $18.8M. With the strikes over and Thanksgiving week a primetime for …

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate‘s prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is looking at a Thursday night between $5.75M-$6M after showtimes that began at 3PM. Again, these numbers aren’t from the studio and we could see a slightly different result by morning. While some will be quick to yell …

In what will be a revived week for moviegoing post actors strike heading into the Thanksgiving holiday, Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is looking to lead a global frame with a $100M+ start. The feature take of the Suzanne Collins’ prequel novel, who is also …

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATE, FRIDAY AFTERNOON: The Marvels is shaping up to be the lowest domestic opening ever for a Disney Marvel Cinematic Universe title with a 3-day swing of $47M-$55M. That’s lower than Marvel/Universal’s The Incredible Hulk ($55.4M) and lower than Ant-Man ($57.2M) What a second, what about 1986’s Howard the …

SUNDAY AM: Refresh for updates and chart It looks like Hercule Poirot didn’t have a prayer at winning the box office this weekend with Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice losing No. 1 to the second weekend of New Line’s Nun 2, $14.5M to $14.7M. That’s in line with industry …

UPDATED with RBC response: First the Toronto Film Festival loses its prime sponsor Bell, and now this. Hollywood stars including Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Rachel McAdams, Edward Norton, Joaquin Phoenix and 200-plus filmmakers including Adam McKay and Kat Coiro have signed an open letter to TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey blasting …

At a Toronto International Film Festival that saw its wattage dimmed by a SAG-AFTRA strike; it took a Talking Heads reunion at the 40th Anniversary of Stop Making Sense to crank up the festival’s volume to an 11 in Spinal Tap-speak. Talking Heads’ David Byrne in ‘Stop Making Sense,’ 1984 …