Disney scored another massive victory at the weekend box office as The Jungle Book scored an estimated $103.6 million, the second best April opening of all time behind Furious 7's $147.2 million last year. The film appealed to a broad demographics on excellent word of mouth.
Barbershop: The Next Cut [BSHO3] debuted in second place with $20.2 million, short of the previous installment. The sequel attraction an audience that was 66% over the age of 25 and 56% female.
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Fox Searchlight has released the teaser trailer for the historical drama The Birth of a Nation [TBOAN], which premiered to great acclaim at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival winning both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for dramatic feature.
Set against the antebellum South, THE BIRTH OF A NATION follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker [NAPAR]), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer [AHAMM]), accepts an offer to use Nat’s preaching...
RED has uploaded the full-length trailer for the family comedy Nine Lives [9LIVS]. Kevin Spacey [KSPAC] plays a father who becomes trapped in the body of a cat named Mr. Fuzzypants he had intended to gift his daughter on her birthday.
Adopted as their family pet, he begins to see his life through a whole new perspective and learns to appreciate his family. Nine Lives opens in theaters on August 5th.
The Disney machine returns to churn out another live-action adaptation of their classic animated musical. The Jungle Book [JNGLB] brings Baloo and company to life with state of the art CG animation under the direction of John Favreau [JFAVR]. Last year, Cinderella opened with $67.8 million, while Maleficent opened with $69.4 million the year before. Although The Jungle Book lacks a recognizable star, it boasts an all-star voice cast akin to an animated film like Zootopia, which odebuted to...
Amazon Studios has unveiled the teaser trailer for the noir thriller The Neon Demon [NEOND] from writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn. Ellen Fanning [EFANN] stars as an aspiring model competing with other women in the cut-throat world of high-fashion. The Neon Demon will premiere at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival before arriving in theaters this June.
Universal has dropped the teaser trailer for the holiday comedy Almost Christmas [MEYER], formerly known as A Meyers Christmas. An estranged family must come together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch. Danny Glover [DGLOV], Gabrielle Union [GUNIO], and Mo'Nique [MNIQU] lead the cast of Almost Christmas, unwrapping in theaters on November 11th.
Sony has revealed the trailer for the psychological thriller When the Bough Breaks [WTBBR]. Morris Chestnut [MCHES] and Regina Hall [RHALL] play a couple that hires a surrogate to carry their baby only for her to become obsessed with the father-to-be and turn psychotic by taking their unborn child hostage. When the Bough Breaks is due to arrive on September 16th.
Walt Disney has unfurled the teaser trailer for Doctor Strange [DRSTR], the newest Marvel Comics superhero to join their Cinematic Universe. Benedict Cumberbatch [BCUMB] stars Stephen Strange, a former surgeon who becomes the Sorcerer Supreme. Chiwetel Ejiofor [CEJIO] co-stars as Karl Mordo and Tilda Swinton [TSWIN] as the Ancient One.
Doctor Strange opens in theaters on November 4th.
Sony has started another full-length trailer for the animated The Angry Birds Movie [ANGRB]. We finally see a depiction of the hit mobile game as the birds launch themselves against the pigs and their structures. The Angry Birds Movie crashes into theaters on May 20th.
Universal and Illumination have released another full-length trailer for the animated The Secret Life of Pets [PETS]. Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet and Kevin Hart lead the voice cast on the film opening in theaters on July 8th.
