A Norwegian distributor has uploaded the international trailer for the disaster film Greenland [GRNLN] starring Gerard Butler [GBUTL] and Morena Baccarin [MBACC]. A family struggles to survive the cataclysmic event of a comet hitting Earth. STX has currently scheduled Greenland to open on June 12th.
Within a week, the coronavirus pandemic has forced studios to alter their carefully laid-out release strategies and movie theaters to shut down across the nation. The entire slate from this weekend to the end of May has been postponed or removed from the schedule for a new date to be determined later. Here's a list of the major movie release date changes thus far.
| Title | Ticker | Old Date | New Date |
| A Quiet PlacePart 2 | [AQPL2] | 3/20/2020 | 9/4/2020 |
| Mulan | [MULN] | ...
The weekend box office is headed for a 20-year low as the COVID-19 crisis grows nationwide. Onward [ONWRD] repeated in first place with an estimated $10.5 million, but dropped 73%, the steepest second weekend decline in Pixar history.
I Still Believe [ISBLV] debuted in second place with $9.5 million. The faith-based drama received an 'A' CinemaScore.
Bloodshot [BLDSH] earned $9.3 million to open at the third spot. Audiences gave the actioner a 'B' CinemaScore.
The Invisible Man [INVSB]...
With the coronavirus COVID-19 declared a global pandemic, Hollywood has begun to delay upcoming major releases. Unfortunately, it’s too late to move the three new films opening this week as well as the holdovers. How big will the bloodbath be as moviegoers avoid theaters, especially in California and New York? Its Pixar pedigree is unlikely to prevent Onward [ONWRD] from falling more than 50% this weekend to about $18 million.
Lionsgate targets Christians with the musical biopic I...
Disney has revealed the official trailer for Pixar's animated Soul [SOUL] directed by Oscar winner Pete Docter (Inside Out, Up). Jamie Foxx [JFOXX] voices a human who is in a near death experience as his soul crosses over to the other side.
Soul arrives in theaters on June 19th.
Joe Gardner is a middle-school band teacher who gets the chance of a lifetime to play at the best jazz club in town. But one small misstep takes him from the streets of New York City to The Great Before – a...
Orion has unleashed new redband and greenband trailers for the comedy Bad Trip [BDTRP]. Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery [LRHOW] and Tiffany Haddish [THADD] prank unsuspecting bystanders. Bad Trip hits theaters on April 17th.
Disney has launched the full-length trailer for the action adventure Jungle Cruise [JUNGC] based on its theme park ride. Dwayne Johnson [TROCK] stars as a riverboat captain on the Amazon River who is hired by an explorer, played by Emily Blunt [EBLUN], on a research mission to find the Tree of Life. Jesse Plemons [JPLEM] co-stars as the villain on their tail with a submarine. Jungle Cruise steams into theaters on JUly 24th.
Disney has unveiled the final trailer for the Marvel prequel Black Widow [BWDOW] starring Scarlett Johansson. The events take place in between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. The villain Taskmaster, seen watching security footage from Iron Man 2, can mimic the movements of its adversary. Black Widow lands in theaters on May 1st, if the coronavirus COVID-19 doesn't spread any further.
With an estimated $40.0 million opening at the weekend box office, Onward [ONWRD] ranks as the lowest non-holiday debut since Pixar's early days. The audience was 52% female and 51% aged under 25.
Last weekend's champ, Invisible Man [INVSB] finished second at $15.2 million. The thriller declined just 46% in its second weekend to bring its total to $52.7 million.
The Way Back [HASBN] debuted at the third spot with $8.5 million. The drama skewed heavily older males.
Sonic the Hedgehog...
DreamWorks Animation has dropped a third trailer for the animated sequel Trolls World Tour [TROL2] starring Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake. With the departure of No Time to Die, Trolls World Tour has moved up its release date a week to April 10th.
In an adventure that will take them well beyond what they’ve known before, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different...
