The Beekeeper is claiming victory over Mean Girls at the weekend box office with an estimated $7.4 million from 3,337 theaters, but the Jason Statham-led action pic can’t bring home the honey just yet. Rival studios show the two movies in a dead heat, while Paramount is claiming victory with …

Oprah and the stars of The Color Purple gathered together for a screening of the musical Wednesday night, hours after scoring a coveted SAG best ensemble nomination — and also used the occasion to put aside any notion of rumored tension between them, even if subtly. Kerry Washington moderated a …

A year ago, Jonathan Majors embarked on a 29-hour drive from his home in New York City to Park City, Utah, where he unveiled the body building drama Magazine Dreams to rapturous reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. It was the start of what was supposed to be a banner …

Universal‘s film empire is taking a major bow after placing No. 1 in marketshare at the 2023 global box office, a feat no studio has been able to pull off since Disney rose to dominance in 2016. The 24 movies released by Universal generated an estimated $4.91 billion in worldwide …

Whew. Domestic box office revenue was able to clear $9 billion after all, despite a dismal fall season at the multiplex, according to Comscore. That’s the best showing of the post-pandemic era, with revenue in U.S. and Canada up 20 percent over 2022’s $7.5 billion. But movie ticket sales are …

Wonka is winning the long New Year’s weekend box office race as a tumultuous 2023 comes to a close. The Warner Bros. origin pic — starring Timothée Chalamet as young candymaker Willy Wonka — is on course to gross $31.8 million for the four-day holiday weekend, putting its domestic tally …

The Color Purple has brought some much-needed cheer to the year-end holiday box office. The musical — whose producers include Oprah and Steven Spielberg — opened to $18.1 million from 3,142 theaters on Monday, the second best showing ever for a movie opening on Christmas Day and the best since …

Christmas revenue at the domestic box office is running behind 2022, a sobering stat as Hollywood studios and theater owners prepare to ring out a topsy-turvy year. As it stands now, combined ticket sales in North America for the marquee holiday weekend (Dec. 22-Dec. 25) are down 7 percent from …

DC’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom started off its Christmas box office run with a sluggish $4.5 million in Thursday previews from 3,040 theaters, well behind the $9 million earned in previews by the first film. The sequel, reteaming director James Wan and star Jason Momoa, caps a year in …

The Marvels has started off its box office run with a meh $6.6 million in Thursday evening previews, well behind the $20.7 million grossed by Captain Marvel in 2019. And if Friday matinee returns are any indication, the movie is on course to score the lowest opening ever for a …

Older moviegoers have long been notorious for staying home on opening weekend. Prevailing wisdom suggests they’d rather avoid crowds and see a particular film down the road, if they decide to take a trip to the cinema at all. And since the pandemic, adults 45 and older have become even …

In recent weeks, as a firestorm of chatter — and questions — surrounding Angel Studios’ Sound of Freedom spread, Hollywood scrambled to understand how tiny indie movie seemingly emerged from nowhere to become the sleeper hit of the summer box office. One major legacy movie studio was so interested in …