Universal has revealed the announcement teaser for the comedy Girls Trip [GIRLT]. Regina Hall [RHALL], Queen Latifah [QLATI], Jada Pinkett Smith [JPINK] and Tiffany Haddish play four long-time friends who travel to New Orleans for some sisterhood fun at the annual Essence Festival. Girls Trip arrives in theaters on July 21st.
Walt Disney has released the final trailer for the live-action remake of the animated musical Beauty and the Beast [BTATB], arriving in theaters on March 17th.
“Beauty and the Beast” is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle’s enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast’s hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince within....
Declining just 34% from its monstrous opening weekend, Split [SPLIT] easily topped the weekend box office again with an estimated $26.3 million. The thriller has already banked $78.0 million after 10 days.
Dogged by a controversial video, A Dog's Purpose [ADOGP] debuted in second place at $18.4 million. The film skewed 56% female and 47% of the audience identified as families with chidren under 13.
Hidden Figures [HIDNF] stayed at the third spot with another $14.0 million. The...
Negative publicity looks to sink a new release while good word of mouth should keep a holdover in first place. With buzz spreading about its surprise ending, Split should be able to retain 50% of its debut for a second weekend around $20 million.
Universal targets pet lovers with the PG-rated family film A Dog’s Purpose [ADOGP]. Unfortunately, a video of a dog being forced into water during production has gone viral and turned off many potential moviegoers. A Dog’s Purpose may settle...
BH Tilt has unveiled the trailer for the drama Lowriders [LOWRD] starring Eva Longoria [ELONG] and Demian Bechir [DBICH]. Set in East Los Angeles, the story follows a talented young street artist caught up in the lowrider car culture world inhabited by his old-school father and ex-con brother. Lowriders rolls into theaters on May 12th.
The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards were announced earlier today. La La Land led the way with a record-tying 14 nominations. The Hollywood Stock Exchange offered NominOptions for the leading contenders in the top eight categories and HSX traders collectively successfully predicted 86% of the Oscar nominees this year. Here's how each category broke down.
The Best Picture category has 9 nominees this year: Arrival [N7PARV], Fences [N7PFEN], Hacksaw Ridge [N7PHSR], Hell or High Water...
Sony has dropped the domestic trailer for the sequel T2: Trainspotting [TSPO2] to the 1996 original. Director Danny Boyle [DBOYL] reunites with original cast members Ewan McGregor [EMCGR], Jonny Lee Miller [JLMIL], Ewen Bremner, and Robert Carlyle. T2: Trainspotting opens in the United Kingdom this Friday, but won't hit theaters stateside until March 17th.
Surprising even the most optimistic predictions, the thriller Split [SPLIT] top the weekend box office with an estimated $40.2 million, the fifth highest opening for the month of January. The film attracted relatively even audience that was 52% female and 52% under the age of 25.
XXX: The Return of Xander Cage [XXX3] debuted a distant second with $20.0 million. The action sequel drew a crowd that was 53% male and 62% over the age of 25.
After two weeks at the top, Hidden Figures...
Two film icons attempt a comeback this weekend as writer-director M. Night Shyamalan [MNSHY] takes on Vin Diesel’s [VDIES] return as Xander Cage after 15 years. The head to head battle for box office supremacy appears close, but Split [SPLIT] may pull ahead. Shyamalan’s PG-13 rated thriller stars James McAvoy [JMCAV] as a man with 23 personalities. Universal’s marketing has effectively set up the premise to hook in moviegoers. The film has a twist ending that apparently hue closer on the...
New distributor Neon has unveiled the teaser for their first release Colossal [COLSL] on EW. Written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo, the sci-fi comedy stars Anne Hathaway [AHATH] as an unemployed woman in New York who learns that she's somehow connected to a giant monster that is destroying Seoul, South Korea. Colossal opens in theaters on April 7th.
