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'Pets' Slimes 'Ghostbusters' While 'Finding Dory' Swims to All-Time Domestic Record
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For a fifth straight weekend in a row an animated film has taken the #1 spot at the box office as Illumination and Universal's The Secret Life of Pets followed up its record-breaking opening with a chart-topping sophomore session, pushing the launch of Sony's Ghostbusters reboot to second. Meanwhile, Finding Dory has now become the highest grossing animated release of all-time domestically as Warner Bros. adds two new films to 2016's century club with The Legend of Tarzan and The Conjuring 2. The weekend was down 26% from last week and ~17% compared to last year, yet there is still plenty to highlight. The Secret Life of Pets finished #1 for a second weekend in a row with an estimated $50.5 million (51.5% drop), bringing its domestic cume to an impressive $203.1 million after just ten days in release. This already places the animated hit higher than Disney's Tangled and just behind Pixar's Ratatouille on the all-time animated chart. »
- Brad Brevet <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
‘Ice Age’ Charts $53.5M Course To Lead Frame; ‘Ghostbusters’ Calls Up $19.1M In Offshore Bow – International Box Office
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Updated Writethru, 10:42 Am: For the second frame in a row and following a sizable expansion, Fox's Ice Age: Collision Course leads the international studio weekend with $53.5M. Directed by Mike Thurmeier, the fifth film in the animated franchise took the total markets to 51 this session and brought the overseas nut to $127M. Sony’s Ghostbusters, the weekend’s only major studio new release, kicked off in a relatively small slimeprint internationally, hitting just three… »
Rian Johnson Talks ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII,’ The Fate Of Finn Teased, Carrie Fisher Lets A Spoiler Slip, And More
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Yesterday, we got another taste of Gareth Edwards’ “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” at Star Wars Celebration in the U.K. Fans were treated with some pretty excellent behind the scenes footage of the movie, revealing some impressive sets, practical sets and what looks to be a whole new world. We also got a first […]
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- Rodrigo Perez
Guillermo Del Toro Talks The “Miscarriage” Of ‘In The Mountains Of Madness,’ Special Effects, And More
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Montreal — Each year, Fantasia Film Festival presents an honorary Cheval Noir Award to an influential figure in genre filmmaking, with past recipients including Tobe Hooper, Andrzej Żuławski and Ken Russell. Coincidently timed to the announcement of the Criterion special edition of his 2006 masterpiece “Pan’s Labyrinth,” this year’s prize has been given to Guillermo del […]
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- Bradley Warren
‘The Death of Louis Xiv,’ ‘One Week And a Day’ Scoop Awards at Jerusalem Festival
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Albert Serra’s “The Death of Louis Xiv” won the inaugural international competition at the 33rd edition of Jerusalem Film Festival, which wraps today.
“The Death of Louis Xiv,” which world premiered at Cannes and stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as the Sun King in his final days, won the top prize of the international competition. The award includes a $20,000 cash prize from the Wilf Family Foundation.
The international jury, which included Cornerstone Films’ Alison Thompson, Icelandic helmer Grímur Hákonarson (“Rams”) and Israeli director Talya Lavie (“Zero Motivation”), described Serra’s film as “a bold and distinctive chamber piece in a beautifully detailed world.” The jury also praised the design and cinematography.
The other prize of the international competition, the jury’s honorable mention, went to Tobias Lindholm’s Oscar-nominated “A War.”
Commenting on the launch of Jerusalem film festival’s international competition, Elad Samorzik, the fest’s artistic director, said the »
- Elsa Keslassy
‘Back to the Future’: See Vintage Behind-the-Scenes Footage From the Blockbuster Trilogy’s 1990 Documentary
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If you’ve ever had questions about “Back to the Future,” Kirk Cameron has answers. The actor hosts “The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy,” a behind-the-scenes featurette from 1990 in which the “Growing Pains” star explains the inner workings of Robert Zemeckis’ time-travel franchise.
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Cameron, whose more recent work is a bit, um, different, reads letters from fans with a burning desire to know more about the beloved trilogy. The first of these asks whether hoverboards are real and, if not, when they will be; if only time travel itself were real and the concerned fan could visit 2016 to see that hoverboards now kind of sort of are but mostly just catch on fire and hurt people. Cameron uses the question as a segue into the special-effects work that went into the device, »
- Michael Nordine
Gal Gadot on Why ‘Wonder Woman’ Needed a Female Director: It’s a ‘Different Experience’
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We don’t need the Lasso of Truth to find out why Warner Bros.’ live-action “Wonder Woman” needed a female director.
Many have decried the lack of women directing Hollywood blockbusters in general, but for “Wonder Woman” in particular, it was especially “important” to have a woman at the helm, said star Gal Gadot. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Gadot explained her experience with director Patty Jenkins on the set of “Wonder Woman,” which just recently wrapped shooting.
“All my life I’ve been working with male directors which I’ve really enjoyed,” she said. “And I’m lucky in that I’ve worked with men who have a lot of respect for women. But working with a woman is a different experience. It feels like the communication is different. We talk about emotions. With Patty, it’s a thing now, we communicate with our eyes. She doesn »
- Alex Stedman
An Alternative Perspective On Casting Workshops: Open Letter
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Ajarae Coleman is an actress and founder of TheWorkshopGuru.com, a listing and review service for casting director and talent agent/manager workshops. Fueled by recent media attention, opposition to casting director (CD) workshops is stronger than ever. It is an awkward time for actors like me who value workshops. We are being portrayed, contradictorily, as either: 1) poor, struggling, unwitting fools who are naively allowing themselves to be taken advantage of by these… »
‘Café Society’ Gets a Cheers for 2016; ‘Hillary’ Excites Repubs: Specialty Box Office
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Woody Allen's latest topped 2016 debuts. The Cannes debut is the best screen average of the year at $71K, giving the Specialty box office a needed shot. And on the eve of the Republican convention in Cleveland, doc Hillary's America: The History of the Democratic Party topped spring roll out Weiner for the best doc PTA of the year in three theaters at nearly $26K. And in a second week expansion, Bleecker Street's Captain Fantastic is a bonafide hit. New Releases Café Socie… »
‘Thor: Ragnarok’: Why Tessa Thompson Was Cast as a Character Who Is ‘Blonde & White’ in Comics
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As with Idris Elba in “The Dark Tower,” Tessa Thompson’s character in the upcoming “Thor: Ragnarok” was originally depicted as being white. In a new interview with Spinoff, director Taika Waititi goes into the reasoning behind the casting decision, saying that he wanted to “be more inclusive and provide a broader representation” with his Marvel film.
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The director, whose “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” premiered at Sundance this year and is now in theaters, is aware that such decisions tend to be met with resistance from certain fans. He’s also confident that they’ll come around once they see the “Dear White People” and “Creed” actress’ portrayal of Valkyrie. “The fact that we even have to keep having this conversation is ridiculous, because we keep forgetting,” he adds. “Unless »
- Michael Nordine
Was ‘Ghostbusters’ Too Expensive to Launch a New Franchise?
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Sony claims that by arming Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig with proton packs and sending them out to battle the undead, the studio has successfully rebooted the “Ghostbusters” franchise. On Sunday, Sony marketing and distribution chief Josh Greenstein predicted more sequels to come.
“This is a restart of one of our most important brands,” he said. “We relaunched a 30-year-old property by making it both new and nostalgic.”
It’s true that internet trolls, horrified over the idea that the original ’80s all-male team was getting an estrogen injection, were foiled in their attempts to spew ectoplasm all over the film. But its $46 million debut isn’t exactly a blockbuster result. Indeed, the paranormal comedy’s launch exists in a nebulous region between hit and disappointment.
“The story isn’t told on this film,” said Jeff Bock, an analyst with Exhibitor Relations. “It’s too soon to say they’ve relaunched this franchise. »
- Brent Lang
‘The Predator’: CAA Campaigning for James Franco to Star in Shane Black’s “Inventive Sequel” — Report
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Shane Black has gone out of his way to insist that his upcoming “The Predator” is less of a typical remake and more of an “inventive sequel.” What exactly he means by that distinction is but one of many unanswered questions about the anticipated project. Also on fan’s minds is who will be playing Quinn Mackenna, the new hero taking over for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dutch from John McTiernan’s 1987 original. (Spoiler: It probably won’t be Schwarzenegger.) The latest word is that James Franco is “very high on the list” to lead the new film.
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Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is said to be pushing the actor for the role, which has a considerable amount of hype attached to it: “Predator” is a longstanding franchise and Black (“The Nice Guys, »
- Michael Nordine
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Barco Escape Teases the Three-Screen Experience with a Trailer
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Next week brings Star Trek Beyond to theaters, and it sounds like the movie gets the franchise back on track after Star Trek Into Darkness stumbled a bit. Director Justin Lin is at the helm of the franchise, reinvigorating the sci-fi universe that was rebooted back in 2009 by J.J. Abrams. In a few days […]
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- Ethan Anderton
Arthouse Audit: Woody Allen’s ‘Café Society’ Boosted by Kristen Stewart, But Not ‘Equals’
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Mid-summer brings the biggest limited opening of 2016, with a return to form by Woody Allen as new distributor Amazon Studios and partner Lionsgate pushed “Café Society” to numbers unseen since last December. It’s not at Allen’s top level, but a huge leap above his last two films as well as anything else so far this year.
For a totally different market, Dinesh D’Souza doc “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party” had a limited opening in Middle America with strong front-loaded initial numbers. The political doc goes wider this Friday and could see a better eventual total —via an entirely different audience—than Allen’s film.
“Hunt for the Wilderpeople” (The Orchard) from New Zealand leads the films in wider release as it continues to build word-of-mouth success. “Captain Fantastic” (Bleecker Street) boasted a decent second weekend expansion and could end up at a »
- Tom Brueggemann
Darth Vader Virtual Reality Experience Being Developed by Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB
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During its panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe yesterday, Lucasfilm’s “immersive entertainment division” ILMxLAB made two virtual-reality announcements: David Goyer (“The Dark Knight,” “Man of Steel,” “The Birth of a Nation”) is collaborating with ILMxLAB on a Vr project and “Trials on Tatooine” is coming to the Steam store for free.
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“When we looked at all the characters, places, and worlds in the Star Wars universe available to us,” Goyer said, “we asked ourselves, ‘What haven’t we seen before? Who are we curious about?'” The screenwriter, producer and director called Vader the “perfect ambassador to usher us into the Star Wars Vr universe.”
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“Trials on Tatooine,” meanwhile, is a Vr experiment allowing players to step into »
- Michael Nordine
‘Secretary’ Director Steven Shainberg Goes Genre With Mixed Results In ‘Rupture’ Starring Noomi Rapace [Review]
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If Steven Shainberg’s career as a director was helped by his Sundance breakthrough “Secretary” it hasn’t been easy coasting since then. Shainberg followed that film up with the Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. starring “Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus,” which, just like “Secretary,” has built up a loyal cult fanbase over the years. […]
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- Jordan Ruimy
Alan Vega, 1938 – 2016
2 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Alan Vega, half of the epochal punk electronic music duo Suicide, died yesterday. He was one of the greats. With Suicide partner Martin Rev, Vega laid the groundwork for industrial electronic music, and much more, as he mixed noise with melody, free-form floating song structures with the terse songwriting economies of doo-wop. The band — starting with its title — was a provocation, but also a salve (or, as Bryan McPeck and Matt McAuley from Are Weapons wrote in their interview with Vega, “optimistic, life-affirming shit”). Songs dealt with psychotic killers and social unrest and love and optimism. “Dream, baby, […] »
- Scott Macaulay
‘The Secret Life Of Pets’ Stays On Top As ‘Ghostbusters’ Debuts [Box Office]
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Months and even years of internet squabbling over “Ghostbusters” have to led to this weekend, with Paul Feig‘s reboot finally hitting cinemas. And the result? An opening that’s neither a homerun, nor a failure exactly. Sony is likely okay with the numbers, but maybe not as ecstatic as their official statements sound, as the as the […]
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- Kevin Jagernauth
‘Boo! A Madea Halloween’ Trailer: Tyler Perry Gets a Call from Jigsaw, Punches Some Clowns
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October is the prime month for horror movies, and this year we’ll be getting terror on a number of different levels thanks to Tyler Perry. The writer, director, producer and actor is getting back in drag for Boo! A Madea Halloween, a horror comedy that puts the sassy old woman in the middle of some […]
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- Ethan Anderton
‘The Grand Tour’ Photos: First Look at Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond & James May’s Sweeping New Amazon Series
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Amazon has just released the first set of images from its new original series, which is currently on location in Johannesburg, South Africa. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May appear in the “first-ever studio tent recording” of their new show “The Grand Tour,” which follows the trio’s post–”Top Gear” automotive adventures.
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Clarkson, Hammond and May co-presented the highly popular BBC series for more than a decade until their joint departure last year. This new venture continues in a similar vein, with the three hosts traveling the world and driving around in various exotic locales. Naming the show proved difficult, with “Gear Knob” being floated as a possible title before the three eventually settled on “The Grand Tour.”
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The show, which is »
- Michael Nordine
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