Landing the fifth highest opening weekend for Easter, Ready Player One [RDYP1] tops the box office with an estimated $41.2 million and $53.2 million since Thursday. The sci-fi adaptation drew an audience that was 59% male and 56% over the age of 25.
Tyler Perry's Acrimony [SLMLF] debuted in second place with $17.1 million. The thriller skewed74% female and 85% over the age of 25.
Last weekend's champion Pacific Rim: Uprising [PACR2] tumbled 67% in its second outing to $9.2 million and...
Moviegoers will find plenty of Easter eggs at the weekend box office with the start of Ready Player One [RDYP1] based on the hit novel. Directed by Steven Spielberg [SSPIE], the PG-13 rated sci-fi film is filled with pop culture references, mostly from the 1980s. Tye Sheridan [TSHER] stars as a gamer fighting to save a beloved VR world called OASIS. Warner Bros.’ marketing campaign began with lackbuster trailers, but has since picked up after the film premiered to rave reviews at the SXSW...
A24 has unveiled the official trailer for the drama First Reformed [FRFRM] from writer-director Paul Schrader. Ethan Hawke [EHAWK] stars as a pastor who's having a crisis of faith as he grieves over the death of his son. Amanda Seyfried [ASEYF] plays his parishioner whose husband committed suicide, while Cedric Kyles [CEDRC] plays a rival pastor of a megachurch. Premiered to great acclaim at the Toronto Film Festival, First Reformed arrives in theaters on May 18th.
Fox has revealed the official trailer for the latest adaptation of a YA dystopian sci-fi novel The Darkest Minds [DRKMN]. Amandla Stenberg [ASTEN] leads the cast. The Darkest Minds arrrives in theaters on August 3rd.
When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, one of the most powerful young people anyone has encountered, escapes her camp and joins a group of runaway teens seeking safe haven....
Universal has unveiled the teaser trailer for the fantasy The House with a Clock in Its Walls [THWCW] based on the children's book written by John Bellairs and illustrated by Edward Gorey. Jack Black [JBLAC] and Cate Blanchett [CBLAN] star in the film directed by Eli Roth [EROTH]. The House with a Clock in Its Walls hits theaters September 21st.
The magical adventure tells the spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house...
For the first time in six weeks, a different film is atop the weekend box office as Pacific Rim: Uprising [PACR2] opened with an estimated $28.0 million. While down from the first Pacific Rim, the performance was better than the studio forecast. The audience was 63% male and 53% over the age of 25.
Dethroned, Black Panther [BPNTH.BW] finished second with $16.7 million. Its total of $630.9 million ranks the highest of any superhero film, and the fifth largest of any film.
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Sony has dropped the teaser trailer for the remake of the blaxpoitation classic SuperFly [SPRFL] on Jason Mitchell's Instagram. Trevor Jackson stars as Youngblood Priest, a drug dealer moving his way up in the cut-throat business market of Atlanta. SuperFly lands in theaters on June 15th.
While snow blankets the Northeast and rain pelts the Western U.S., Pacific Rim: Uprising [PACR2] leads five new wide releases. Directed by Guillermo Del Toro, the first Pacific Rim debuted July 2013 at $37.3 million and ended its domestic run at $101.8 million. The sci-fi film performed better overseas so Legendary produced a sequel with a new director and new leads played by John Boyega [JBOYE] and Scott Eastwood [SEAST]. While Warner Bros. released the original, Universal distributes...
Fox has unveiled the official trailer for the Marvel superhero sequel Deadpool 2 [DEAD2]. Ryan Reynolds [RREYN] returns as the merc with a mouth as he meets Cable, played by Josh Brolin [JBROL], a man who came back from the future to kill a kid. Deadpool forms the mutant X-Force to stop him. Deadpool 2 lands in theaters on May 18th.
Paramount has unleashed the official trailer for the comedy Action Park [ACTNP] starring Johnn Knoxville [JKNOX].
Knoxville stars as D.C., the crackpot owner of a low-rent, out-of-control amusement park where the rides are designed with minimum safety for maximum fun. Just as D.C.’s estranged teenage daughter Boogie comes to visit, a corporate mega-park opens nearby and jeopardizes the future of Action Point. To save his beloved theme park and his relationship with his daughter, D.C....
