Disney once again proved the value of its branded property as The Jungle Book [JNGLB] connected with a broad demographic and exceeded all box office expectations. Last year, Cinderella slipped 49% in its second weekend. With its talking CG animals and superior word of mouth, The Jungle Book should hold more like a Disney animated film. The Jungle Book could retain 55% of its opening for another $57 million.
While Disney has a vault of classics to remake, Universal has to make up a...
Disneynature has updated the trailer for the documentary Born in China [BCHNA], which follows three different animal families: monkeys, snow leopards, and pandas at the remote Qinghai Plateau of Tibet and the mountains of Sichuan. Born in China arrives in theaters on Earth Day 2017.
The Weinstein Co. has released the trailer for the biopic The Founder [FONDR] starring Michael Keaton [MKEAT] as Ray Kroc. The salesman took a burger stand started in 1950s Southern California by Mac (John Carroll Lynch) and Dick McDonald (Nick Offerman) and franchised it across the country into a fast food empire. The Founder opens on August 5th.
Universal has unleashed the theatrical trailer for the return of Jason Bourne [BORN5] starring Matt Damon [MDAMO]. A hack into CIA has brought the operative out from the shadows. Director Paul Greengrass [PGREE] and Julia Stiles [JSTIL] also reprises their role in the series, joined by Alicia Vikander [AVIKA], Vincent Cassel [VCASS] and Tommy Lee Jones [TLJON]. Jason Bourne hits theaters on July 29th.
Broad Green has revealed the teaser trailer for The Infiltrator [NFILT] based on a true story during the 1980s war on drugs. After "Breaking Bad" as Hesienberg, Bryan Cranston [BCRAN] switches sides to go after the Columbian drug cartel. The Infiltrator opens wide on July 15th.
Federal agent ROBERT “BOB” MAZUR (Bryan Cranston) goes deep undercover to infiltrate Pablo Escobar’s drug trafficking scene plaguing the nation in 1986 by posing as slick, money-laundering businessman Bob...
Fox has dropped the redband trailer for the raunchy comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates [MDNWD]. Adam Devine [ADEVI] and Zac Efron [ZEFRO] star as hard-partying brothers who place an online ad in order to find dates for their sister's Hawaiian wedding. Anna Kendrick [AKEND] and Aubrey Plaza [APLAZ] play two even harder-partying friends who decide to take advantage of the situation for a free vacation. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates commences on July 8th.
Sony has released the teaser trailer for the remake of the western The Magnificent Seven [MAGN7], which itself was a remake of The Seven Samurai. Directed by Antoine Fuqua [AFUQU], The Magnificent Seven rides into theaters on September 23rd.
With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard [PSARS]), the desperate townspeople employ protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns – Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington...
Universal has unveiled the trailer for the mystery thriller The Girl on the Train [GRLOT] based on the best-selling Paula Hawkins novel. Emily Blunt [EBLUN] stars as a divorcee who spends her daily commute watching a couple, played by Haley Bennett [HBENN] and Luke Evans [LUEVA], and fatansizing about their lives until she gets caught up in the woman's real-life disappearance. The Girl on the Train arrives in theaters on October 7th.
Universal has unleashed a second trailer for the videogame adaptation of Warcraft [WARCF]. It's usually not a good sign when the second trailer is even shorter than the first teaser. Instead of presenting a coherent narrative, a fast cut of character shots are interspliced with battle scenes the humans and the orcs. Warcraft lands in theaters on June 10th.
The Weinstein Co. has debuted the trailer for the sports drama Hands of Stone [HNDST] on Sports Illustrated. Edgar Ramirez [EDRAM] stars as Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran and Robert De Niro [RDENI] as his trainer Ray Arcel. Usher co-stars as Sugar Ray Leonard, who Duran defeated in their first fight before saying "No mas" and quiting during their rematch. Hands of Stone hits theaters on August 26th.
