More from Pamela McClintock
Ryan Reynolds on Stunning ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Box Office: I Think It’s “the First Four-Quadrant, R-Rated Film”
It wasn’t until about 10 a.m. PT on Saturday that Disney’s distribution team realized the near-impossible was within reach: Deadpool & Wolverine was going to cross the $200 million mark in its domestic opening, an unimaginable feat for an R-rated pic. Case in point: the biggest R-rated opening until now was the $133.7 million collected […]
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Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Heads For Record-Smashing $195M-$205M Opening After Massive $96M Friday
The Merc with the Mouth is back in a big way. Director Shawn Levy’s threequel Deadpool & Wolverine delivered up a massive $96 million on Friday at the domestic box office, the sixth-biggest opening day of all time after edging out the final Harry Potter pic ($91.1 million), not adjusted for inflation. The Ryan Reynolds […]
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Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Reaps Record $38.5M in Previews, Best Ever for an R-Rated Film, and More
Merc with the Mouth is looking better than ever, along with old pal and fellow superhero favorite Wolverine. Marvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine grossed a record-shattering $38.5 million in Thursday previews, by far the best showing ever for an R-rated film and putting it at No. 8 on the list of top previews […]
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Pixar’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Becomes Top Animated Film of All Time at Global Box Office
Ecstatic. Incredible. Gleeful. Overjoyed. Take your pick. Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has iced out fellow Disney release Frozen II to become the top-grossing Hollywood animated film of all time at the worldwide box office after finishing Tuesday with $1.462 billion, not adjusted for inflation. The film’s domestic total stands at $601 million, while it has […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ (and F-Bombs) to Jolt Superhero Genre Back to Life
Marvel and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine is at last unfurling in cinemas, reuniting onscreen and offscreen BFFs Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, the latter of whom is the mastermind behind the irreverent series. Fellow BFF Shawn Levy directed. In addition to North America, the movie is also opening around the globe and is expected to […]
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Box Office: ‘Twisters’ Whips Up Huge Storm With Record $80.5M Domestic Opening
Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters is whipping up huge winds at the box office, with forecasters predicting a far better than expected domestic opening of $80.5 million in North America. That’s even up from Saturday’s already massive estimate of $74.6 million. The record-breaking movie, playing in 4,151 theaters, easily boasts the top domestic opening ever for […]
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Box Office: ‘Twisters’ Hopes to Whip Up Category 5 Storm in U.S. Debut
Universal Pictures hopes to whip up a Category 5 story at the box office this weekend as Twisters hits the big screen nearly three decades after the original Twister blew away audiences with nearly $500 million in global ticket sales, not adjusted for inflation. The studio has never tried to bill Twisters as a direct […]
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Greta Gerwig to Receive the Prestigious Will Rogers’ Pioneer of the Year Award
Greta Gerwig has been tapped to receive this year’s Pioneer of the Year Award. She’s only the second female director to receive the prestigious honor after Elizabeth Banks. She’ll be feted at the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation’s annual dinner on Sept. 25 at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. All three of the […]
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Box Office: ‘Despicable Me 4’ Easily Wins With $44.7M as ‘Longlegs’ Stuns With Record $22.6M Launch
Animation continue to the be hero of the summer office thanks to Despicable Me 4 and Inside Out 2, but Neon’s Longlegs can rightly take a bow after scoring the biggest opening for an independent horror pic in a decade with $22.6 million in ticket sales. From Illumination and Universal, DM4 easily stayed atop the […]
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‘Minions 3’ Will March Into Theaters in June 2027
That didn’t take long. Fresh off the successful box office debut of Despicable Me 4, Illumination and Universal announced plans for Minions 3, which has landed a release date of June 30, 2027. Written by Brian Lynch (Minions, The Secret Life of Pets films), Minions 3 will be directed by veteran Despicable Me/Minions helmer Pierre Coffin, who has also provided […]
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Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon 2’ Pulled From August Release in Theaters After First Film Flops (Exclusive)
Kevin Costner’s period Western Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 2 won’t be riding into theaters on Aug. 16 after all. The film is being pulled from the release calendar for now after Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1 bit the dust in its theatrical debut late last month. A new date has yet […]
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Box Office Milestone: ‘Inside Out 2’ Becomes Pixar’s Top-Grossing Movie of All Time Globally
It’s an emotional day for Pixar and parent company Disney. On Wednesday, Inside Out 2 passed up Incredibles 2 ($1.242 billion) to become the top-grossing Pixar title of all time at the worldwide box office, not adjusted for inflation. That puts it at No. 4 on the overall list of top-grossing animated films, and the […]
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