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Box Score: Beating Christopher Robin was Mission: Impossible
Declining just 43% in its second weekend at the box office, Mission: Impossible - Fallout [MISS6] remained in first place with an estimated $35.0 million. The sixth film in the spy series has already banked $124.5 million.
Christopher Robin [WINPO] underperformed expectations with a $25.0 million debut at the second spot. The audience was the family film was 56% female and 50% over the age of 25.
The Spy Who Dumped Me [TSWDM] opened third at $12.4 million. The spy comedy drew 63% female...
Read more »Whisper Numbers: Christopher Robin goes up against Ethan Hunt
Disney is back at the box office with a makeover of yet another one of its intellectual properties. Inspired by A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories, the live-action Christopher Robin [WINPO] stars Ewan McGregor [EMCGR] as the adult version of title character who used to have childhood adventures in the Thousand Acre Wood. His old stuffed animal friends led by Winnie-the-Pooh return to help him rediscover the joy of life. Disney has uncharacteristic embargoed reviews until late Thursday...
Read more »New trailer for Smallfoot
Warner Bros. has revealed a final trailer for the animated Smallfoot [SMLFT]. Channing Tatum [CTATU] voices a young yeti who finds a legendary creature he didn't think exist, a human voiced by James Corden [JCORD]. News of this "smallfoot" discovery throws his "bigfoot" community into an uproar about the what lies beyond their snowy world. ​Smallfoot arrives on September 28th.
Read more »FIrst trailer for If Beale Street Could Talk
Annapurna has debuted the teaser trailer for the period drama If Beale Street Could Talk [IBSCT] on the birthday of the book author James Baldwin. Kiki Layne stars as a pregnant woman fighting to free from prison her falsely accused husband, played by Stephan James [SJAMe]. Adapted and directed by Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk will world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival ahead of a year-end release in time for Award Season.
Read more »New trailer for Venom
Sony has uploaded the second full-lenght trailer for the Marvel Comic adaptation Venom [VENM1]. Tom Hardy [THARD] stars as Eddie Brock, a journalist who uncovers an experiment to fuse human subjects with an alien symbiote. He becomes infected himself and turns into an anti-superhero. Venom lands in theaters on October 5th.
Box Score: Mission: Impossible - Fallout sets franchise best
Debuting with an estimated $61.5 million at the weekend box office, Mission: Impossible - Fallout [MISS6] scored the biggest franchise opening, surpassing Mission: Impossible II's $57.4 million in 2000. The audience was 55% male compared to 62% for the previous installment, Rogue Nation.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again [MAMI2] remained in second place with $15.0 million. The musical sequel declined 57% in its sophomore session to bring its total to $70.4 million.
Last weekend's champ, The...
Read more »Whisper Numbers: Mission: Impossible - Fallout set to blow
Yet another sequel is set to rule the weekend box office as Mission: Impossible – Fallout [MISS6] primes for late July fireworks. Tom Cruise [TCRUI] is back for his sixth Mission, which features for the first time, a returning director - Christopher McQuarrie [CMCQU], villain played by Sean Harris [SHARR], and femme fatale played by Rebecca Ferguson [RFERG]. Unlike previous installments, Fallout continues the story from the previous Rogue Nation, which opened to $55.5 million three years...
Read more »First trailer for Hunter Killer
Lionsgate has launched the official trailer for the actioner Hunter Killer [HNTKL] starring Gerard Butler [GBUTL]. In a reversal from real life, Americans intervene in Russian politics. Hunter Killer hits theaters on October 26th.
Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler) is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line...
Read more »New trailer for Operation Finale
MGM has droppred a second and final trailer for the thriller Operation Finale [OPFIN] about the 1960 mission to capture the Nazi Officer behind the Final Solution to kill millions of Jews during World War II. Oscar Isaac [OISAA] stars as Mossad agent Peter Malkin as he leads a team to infiltrate Argentina and captures Adolf Eichmann, played by Ben Kingsley [BKING] and bring him back to Israel to stand trial for his crimes. Operation Finale opens wide on August 29th, the Wednesday before...
Read more »New trailer for Slender Man
Sony has released the second official trailer for the horror Slender Man [SLNDR] based on the internet meme. A group of friends perform a ritual to debunk the myth, only to brought him forth after them. Slender Man descends upon theaters on August 10th.
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