This week’s report takes an early look at M. Night Shyamalan’s highly anticipated follow-up to Split and Unbreakable, slated for release on January 18, 2019. Glass Opening Weekend Range: $55 – 80 million PROS: Split was a runaway hit two years ago when...

The long Thanksgiving weekend is upon us. Contrary to last year’s slim offerings, a handful of major studios are aiming to get their share of the pie with three wide releases and one nationwide expansion sitting down at the table...

It’s always hard to nail down the perfect ending. It’s especially frustrating when you feel the ending you chose didn’t get your characters where they needed to be. At the risk of overstating matters, that’s the feeling that lingered among...

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The story might be apocryphal, but it’s been shared at so many press junkets and nighttime talk shows that it’s become part of the Rocky myth. Frustrated by a lack of opportunities, struggling actor Sylvester Stallone happened to watch the...

Monday Update: The new Harry Potter spinoff movie movie Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald might not been quite as “magical” of an opening as some hoped, but still debuted in first place with $62.1M. The Warner Bros. fantasy started -16.4% behind...

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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald started with a terrific debut of $191M overseas and $253M globally, according to Sunday estimates. Warner Bros.’ latest update to the Harry Potter wizarding world began with $37.5M in China, $16.3M in the United Kingdom,...

Hirokazu Kore-eda has long been a darling of the festival circuit, but he reached the pinnacle of art house esteem in May, when his latest film, Shoplifters, won the coveted Palme d’Or at Cannes. Following the lives of a poverty-stricken...

Saturday Update: Warner’s Fantastic Beasts sequel registered an estimated $25.7 million domestically on Friday, including $9.1 million from Tuesday and Thursday evening’s early shows. By comparison, that came in more than 13 percent behind its predecessor’s $29.7 million first day two years ago...

This week’s report continues an early look at 2019’s first wide releases, moving into the weekend of January 11. A Dog’s Way Home Opening Weekend Range: $9 – 14 million Co-adapted by A Dog’s Purpose author W. Bruce Cameron, we expect some...