The first major studio family film of summer 2024 opens the box office this weekend, and it couldn’t boast more star power. Writer-director John Krasinski‘s IF — headlining Ryan Reynolds and Cailey Fleming alongside an A-list voice cast — explores the world of discarded imaginary friends and what happens when …
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The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is officially underway in the South of France as A-listers, auteurs and America’s most revered actress, Meryl Streep, converged at the Palais’ Grand Theatre Lumiere on Tuesday for a typically glamorous opening ceremony. The anticipation was as thick as the clouds in …
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Et voilà, The Second Act, a bubbly apéritif to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and the latest bit of mischief from Quentin Dupieux, the Loki of the French cinematic universe. Dupieux turns out a film roughly once a year, featuring protagonists ranging from a rogue rubber tire cruising the highway …
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SATURDAY AM: For those hooked on a theory last weekend that star power no longer works in opening films, their concerns are further underscored this weekend as a bunch of no-name apes are driving 20th Century Studios/Disney’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes to what might be the biggest …
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Zendaya‘s romance-tennis drama Challengers is battling to serve up a $15 million opening at the box office but will have enough points to win the weekend match either way. MGM Amazon Studio made the bold decision to open Luca Guadagnino‘s sexy adult drama nationwide, versus a platform release, considering it’s …
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UPDATED SATURDAY AM: Luca Guadaganino’s Zendaya movie, Challengers, is still eyeing a $15.2M opening. Friday/previews stayed the course at $6.2M and Amazon MGM Studios believes that Saturday will only ease -17% from that with $5.1M. The movie gets a B+ CinemaScore which isn’t shabby for this 2 hour 11 minute, …
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Like many coming-of-age directorial feature debuts, Dìdi (弟弟) is semiautobiographical, but Sean Wang’s personal background played as much of a role in literally making the movie as it did in inspiring its narrative. The film, which was acquired by Focus after winning the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance in …
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Last October Robin Linus from Zerosync dropped a bit of a bomb in the form of BitVM. One of the longest running criticisms of Bitcoin is that it is not possible to make arbitrary programs to control how money is spent or locked. Bitcoin only has a very limited amount …
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While it’s only the second-best MonsterVerse opening, the movie ended up making $30 million more than expected. Godzilla X Kong stomp their way to a Kaiju-sized opening read full article at worldnews365.me 25 Easter Weekend proved to be absolutely gigantic for WB and Legendary’s MonsterVerse, with the fifth film in …
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SATURDAY UPDATE: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire continues to show gusto at the international box office, coming in with an added $31.2M on Friday for a three-day running cume of $47.9M in 62 markets. Not included in that total is the China Saturday which added an estimated $18M – …
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In a recent appearance on CNBC’s ‘Halftime Report,’ Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Bitwise Asset Management, shared insights into the burgeoning interest and adoption of spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). This discussion comes at a time when BTC has shattered expectations, reaching a new all-time high of nearly …
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SUNDAY UPDATE: Coming in ahead of projections following a strong Saturday, Warner Bros/Legendary Entertainment’s Dune: Part Two has stormed to a $178.5M global opening. Of that, $97M is from the international box office. In like-for-like offshore markets and using today’s exchange rates, the film is tracking 76% ahead of 2021’s …
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