Universal has revealed another trailer for Illumination's animated musical Sing [SING]. Set in an an anathromorphic world not unlike Zootopia, the animal citizens are holding a singing competition not unlike American Idol. Sing bows in theaters on December 21st.
Paramount has uploaded the full-length trailer for the action adventure XXX: Return of Xander Cage [XXX3]. Vin Diesel [VDIES] returns to his role of extreme athlete turned secret agent after nearly 15 years and a renewed apprecation for sequels fueled by the Fast & Furious series. He recruits a multi-cultural motley crew of rebels to take on the villains played by Donnie Yen [DYEN], Tony Jaa [TJAA] and Michael Bisbing. XXX: Return of Xander Cage drops into theaters on January 20th.
Fox Searchlight has unveiled the trailer for the drama Gifted [GIFTD] starring Chris Evans [CEVAN]. Directed by Marc Webb [MWEBB], Gifted opens wide on April 12th.
Frank Adler (Chris Evans) is a single man raising a child prodigy - his spirited young niece Mary (Mckenna Grace) - in a coastal town in Florida. Frank's plans for a normal school life for Mary are foiled when the seven-year-old’s mathematical abilities come to the attention of Frank’s formidable mother Evelyn (Lindsay...
Sony has launched the trailer for the sci-fi thriller Life [LIFEM] that's Alien meets Gravity. Jake Gyllenhaal [JGYLL], Rebecca Ferguson [RFERG], Hiroyuki Sanada [HSANA], Olga Dihovichnaya, Ariyon Bakare and Ryan Reynolds [RREYN] play the six-member crew of the International Space Station searching for the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. Life begins on May 24th.
Halloween weekend turned out to be a trick for Inferno [NFERN], which flamed out in second place with an estimated $15.0 million. Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween [BOAMH] was treated to a repeat in first with $16.7 million, down just 41% from its debut. The comedy has bagged $52.0 million. Meanwhile, Inferno's opening is less than 33% of the previous sequel, Angels & Demons.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back [RECH2] took third place with $9.6 million. The sequel tumbled 58% in its second...
Halloween weekend has typically been slow at the box office as Americans go trick-or-treating and partying. This year, the 31st falls on Monday, leaving plenty of time for older adults to check out this weekend’s sole new wide release, Inferno [NFERN]. Tom Hanks [THANK] returns for his third outing as symbiologist Robert Landon along with director Ron Howard [RHOWA]. The first two films, 2006’s The Da Vinci Code and 2009’s Angels & Demons, opened during the summer at $77.7 million and $46.2...
Fox has cut a third and final trailer for the period comedy Rules Don't Apply [HUGHS] set in 1958 Hollywood. Alden Ehrenreich [AEHRE] stars as a driver and Lily Collins [LICOL] as an actress who fall for each other while both employed byr the eccentric billioanire Howard Hughes, played by Warren Beatty. Rules Don't Apply finally hits the screen on November 23rd.
Universal has unploaded the second full-length trailer for the thriller Split [SPLIT] from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan [MNSHY]. James McAvoy [JMCAV] plays a man with 23 multiple personalities who has kidnapped three women, two of whom are played by Anya Taylor-Joy [ATJOY] and Haley Lu Richardson [HLRIC]. Split opens in theaters on January 20th.
An October surprise came at the weekend box office as Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween [BOAMH] debuted at number 1 with an estimated $27.6 million. Fans came back to the series and produced a CinemScore of "A".
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back [RECH2] nabbed $23.0 million to open in second place. Critics and audiences alike rated the sequel below the original.
Ouija: Origin of Evil [OUIJ2] opened in third place with $14.1 million, short of the first film's $19.9 million.
Last weekend's...
Even after a summer of lackluster sequels, Hollywood drops three more sequels on this fall weekend. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back [RECH2] may win out due to Tom Cruise [TCRUIS], who’s coming off the well-received Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation. Paramount hopes the PG-13 rated action franchises rub off on one another. The first Jack Reacher opened at $15.2 million in December 2012 and legged out $80 million. Showing in 3780 theaters, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back could punch out $21...
