The Star Wars reign atop the weekend box office has come to an end as Ride Along 2 [RDLO2] lead the way with an estimated $41.5 million over the 4-day MLK Jr. holiday weekend. The action comedy sequel appealed to a more diverse crowd than the first film, but fell short of the original's opening. The audience was 52% female and 55% under the age of 25.
12-time Oscar nominated The Revenant [REVEN] held firm in second place with $39.0 million to bring its total to $97.2 million.
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HSX is issuing AwardOptions for the Oscar nominees in the top 8 categories. Chris Rock hosts the 88th Academy Awards which takes place on Sunday, February 28th. The AwardOption for the winner will cash out at H$25.00, while those failing to win will delist at H$0.00.
Best Director
Adam McKay - The Big Short, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - The Revenant, George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road, Lenny Abrahamson - Room, Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Paramount has unleashed the surprising teaser trailer for the thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane [CELAR], which was previously known as The Cellar, Valencia and Untitle Bad Robot Film. John Goodman [JGOOD] Mary Elizabeth Winstead [MEWIN] and John Gallagher Jr. play three individuals hiding in a fallout shelter. Describes as a blood relative of Cloverfield by producer J.J. Abrams, 10 Cloverfield Lane arrives in theaters on March 11th.
Two years after setting a then-record opening for MLK Jr. weekend at $48.6 million, Kevin Hart [KHART] and Ice Cube [ICUBE] buddies up again for the sequel Ride Along 2 [RDLO2] bringing their bad cop, worst cop routine to Miami. Reviews aren’t going to matter to fans of their PG-13 rated hijinks that expects more of the same. Rolling into 3176 theaters, Ride Along 2 could cruise to $47 million over the 4-day weekend.
After securing the most Oscar nominations with 12, The Revenant...
The nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced earlier today. 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.
Best Picture named 8 nominees this year: Bridge of Spies [N6PBOS], Brooklyn [N6PBRK], Mad Max: Fury Road [N6PMAX], Room [N6PROM], Spotlight [N6PSPO], The Big Short [N6PBIG], The Martian...
Sony has uploaded the full-length trailer for the thriller Money Monster [MONYM] directed by Jodie Foster [JFOST].
Lee Gates (George Clooney [GCLOO]) is a bombastic TV personality whose popular financial network show has made him the money wiz of Wall Street. But after he hawks a high tech stock that mysteriously crashes, an irate investor (Jack O’Connell [JAOCO]) takes Gates, his crew, and his ace producer Patty Fenn (Julia Roberts [JROBE]) hostage live on air. Unfolding in real time...
Open Road has finally dropped the greenband trailer for crime thriller Triple 9 [TRPL9]. Casey Affleck [CAFFL], Woody Harrelson [WHARR], Kate Winslet [KWINS] and Chiwetel Ejiofor [CEJIO] star in the film arriving in theaters on February 26th.
A crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for “officer down”. Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie...
Universal has unleashed the teaser trailer for the stand-up comedy concert film Kevin Hart: What Now? [KHWN] coming to theaters on October 14th. Kevin Hart [KHART] takes the stage to perform in front of 50,000 people at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
Universal has released a second trailer for the comedy Hail, Caesar! [HAILC] writtne and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen [COEN]. George Clooney leads the all-star cast, but this new trailer mainly features Alden Ehrenreich [AEHRE] and Ralph Fiennes [RFIEN] as an actor and director working during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Hail, Caesar! hits theaters on February 5th.
STX has uploaded the official trailer for the historical drama Free State of Jones [FSJON] from writer-director Gary Ross [GAROS]. Matthew McConaughey [MMCCO] stars as a Southern farmer who fought against the Confederacy during the Civil War. He led other small farmers and local slaves in an uprising to secede Jones County, Mississippi from the Confederacy. Free State of Jones opens wide on May 13th.
