Dominating the weekend box office with an estimated $205.0 million, Deadpool & Wolverine [DEAD3] scored the biggest R-rated opening, the best July opening, and the eighth highest debut of all times. Nostalgic moviegoers ate up the action comedy which brought Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman to the MCU while closing out the Foxverse of Marvel superheroes.
Last weekend’s champ, Twisters [TWIS2] declined 57% in its second weekend to $35.3 million. The sequel stands at $154.93 million.
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Ketchup Entertainment has uploaded the second trailer for the fantasy Hellboy: The Crooked Man [HELB4] based on the comic. Jack Kesy stars as Hellboy while Adeline Rudolph plays a rookie agent for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Written by creator Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden, Hellboy: The Crooked Man will hit theaters this fall.
Paramount has released the second trailer for the animated prequel Transformers One [TFCYB]. Optimus Prime and Megatron were friends and lowly worker robots before they gained the ability to transform and became enemies on Cybertron. Chris Hemsworth [CHEMS] and Brian Tyree Henry [BTHEN] voices the lead while Steve Buscemi [SBUSC] joins the cast as Starscream. Transformers One hits theaters on September 20th.
Screambox has unleashed the second teaser for the horror sequel Terrifier 3 [TERF3] produced by Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting. David Howard Thornton stars as Art the Clown who returns to sow more chaos on the residents of Miles County on Christmas Eve. Directed once again by Damien Leone, Terrifier 3 opens in theaters on October 11th.
Universal has unveiled a second trailer for the thriller Speak No Evil [SPNOE], a remake of the 2022 Danish film. Mackenzie Davis [MCDAV] and Scoot McNairy [SMCNA] star as an American couple who are invited to spend the weekend at a British country estate by a couple, played by James McAvoy [JMCAV] and Aisling Franciosi [AFRAN]. A dream holiday soon turns into a psychological nightmare. Directed by James Watkins, Speak No Evil opens in theaters on September 13th.
Lionsgate has uploaded a second trailer for the sci-fi action comedy Borderlands [BRDLN] based on the videogame series. Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis star in the film directed by Eli Roth [EROTH]. Borderlands arrives in theaters on August 9th.
Searchlight has revealed the teaser trailer for the biopic A Complete Unknown [GOELC] starring Timothee Chalanet [TCHAL] as Bob Dylan. Edward Norton [ENORT] co-stars as Pete Seeger. Directed by By James Mangold [JMANG], A Complete Unknown hits theaters in December.
Neon has released another trailer for the thriller Cuckoo [CUCKO] starring Hunter Schafer [HSCHA], Dan Stevens [DSTEV] and Jessica Henwick [JHENW]. Cuckoo opens in theaters on August 9th.
Warner Bros. has dropped the full-length trailer for the sequel Joker: Folie a Deux [JOKE2] based on the DC Comics villain. Joaquin Phoenix [JPHOE] returns as Arthur Fleck, who has been institutionalized at Arkham Asylum. There he meets Harleen Quinzel, played by Lady Gaga [LGAGA]. Together, they shared in their delusions through musical numbers. Directed by Todd Phillips [TPHIL], Joker: Folie a Deux hits theaters on October 4th.
Taking the summer movie season by storm, Twisters [TWIS2] outperformed expectations with an estimated $80.50 million. The sequel matched the debut of the original Twister which opened at $41 million ($82 million adjusted for inflation). Business picked up over the weekend, indicating good word of mouth for the film that scored an A- CinemaScore.
