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Box Office: ‘Inside Out 2’ Wins With $57.4M as ‘Quiet Place’ Prequel Scores Record $53M Start and ‘Horizon’ Bombs
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 stayed atop the domestic box office chart in its third weekend with a hearty $57.4 million, enough to scare off Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One after a closer-than-expected race. Moreover, Inside Out 2 is celebrating crossing the $1 billion mark in global ticket sales in record time for an […]
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Box Office Milestone: ‘Inside Out 2’ Crosses $1 Billion Globally in Record Time
Talk about feeling joyful. Pixar and Disney’s Inside Out 2 has crossed the $1 billion club at the global box office in record time for an animated film after playing a major role in reviving the summer box office. The movie achieved the feat on Sunday, it’s 19th day in release. That’s faster than any […]
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Box Office: ‘Quiet Place’ Prequel and ‘Inside Out 2’ Duke It Out for No. 1, ‘Horizon’ Left in the Dust
Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One is in a closer-than-expected race with Pixar’s reigning champ Inside Out 2 for the weekend box office crown, while Kevin Costner’s pricey Western Horizon: An American Saga is being left in the dust The third A Quiet Place movie won Friday with an estimated $22.5 million, putting it […]
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Woody Harrelson Thriller ‘Last Breath’ Lands February 2025 Release in Theaters
Focus Features will release thriller Last Breath in theaters on Feb. 28, 2025. The film, from Longshot Films and Dark Castle Entertainment, stars Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Finn Cole. Universal Pictures International will distribute Last Breath in select international territories, while FilmNation Entertainment handles international sales on the rest of the world. Based on […]
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Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place’ Prequel Makes Loud Entrance With Franchise-Best $6.8M in Previews, ‘Horizon’ Earns Meek $800K
Paramount’s prequel A Quiet Place: Day One made a loud entrance at the domestic box office with a franchise-best $6.8 million in Thursday previews. That’s an impressive start, considering this is the first entry not directed by franchise creator John Krasinski or starring Emily Blunt (Krasinski starred in the first one as well). Instead, Michael […]
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Box Office Forecast: ‘Twisters’ Tracking for Major $40M-$55M U.S. Opening
The forecast is looking better than good for Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters. The summer tentpole — featuring a high-wattage cast that includes Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos — is tracking to open to $55 million over the July 19-21 weekend in North America, according to market leader The National Research Group. Universal, which […]
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European Soccer Championships Are Scoring With TV Audiences But Not (Yet) Hurting the Box Office
The European soccer championships, UEFA Euro 2024, is scoring big with TV viewers, with ratings for the opening round of matches near record highs across the continent. So far, however, that isn’t hurting the European box office, which has gotten a summer boost from Inside Out 2. The Euros are a guaranteed ratings draw for […]
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Box Office Preview: ‘Inside Out 2’ to Cross $1B as ‘Quiet Place 3,’ ‘Horizon’ Hope to Bask in June Boom
Pixar and Disney’s Inside Out 2 has a big weekend ahead of it as it prepares to close out June by becoming the first film of 2024 to jump the $1 billion mark in worldwide ticket sales. It’s expected to accomplish the feat on Sunday or Monday, faster than any animated movie in history, or […]
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‘Downton Abbey 3’ Sets Fall 2025 Global Release in Theaters
Downton Abbey 3 has decided on its theatrical release date. The third film in the small-screen turned big-screen franchise will open in cinemas globally on Sept. 12, 2025, Focus Features announced Wednesday. Universal Pictures International is handling the movie overseas. Focus Features and Carnival Films are partnering on Downton Abbey 3, which will be written […]
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Box Office Preview: Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon’ Saddles Up for Subdued $10M-$12M U.S. Opening
In recent weeks, Kevin Costner embarked on a multicity tour promoting Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1, the first of four big-budget Westerns that he directs and stars in. He appeared on local morning shows, did press junkets and visited at least one military installation. Costner also taped personal messages for various theater chains, […]
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Box Office: How ‘Inside Out 2’ Became 2024’s First Must-See Movie, Even Beating ‘Barbie’ in Its Second Weekend
For years, Pixar’s films have appealed to families and general audiences alike, a potent combination in terms of box office potential. With Inside Out 2, that duality hit the next level, which helps explain why the PG-rated sequel enjoyed one of the biggest second weekends of all time, taking its place alongside a squadron of […]
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Which Blockbuster Movies Pass the Climate Test?
Earlier this year, nonprofit story consultancy Good Energy teamed up with Colby College’s Buck Lab for Climate and Environment to release a tool to measure the representation of climate change onscreen, dubbed the Climate Reality Check. It was inspired by the popular Bechdel-Wallace test, which measures the representation of women in TV and film, and […]
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