From ‘Spider-Man’ to ‘Brand New Day’: The evolution of opening weekend milestones
The first ‘Spider-Man’ ushered in a new era blockbusters in 2002. The franchise proved again this weekend that it still has the juice.
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‘Dune: Part Three’ trailer promises a war-torn galaxy
‘I’m not afraid to die. But I must not die ... yet,’ Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides vows in first look at the Denis Villeneuve film.
Leave it to beavers: ‘Hoppers’ holds on for a second No. 1 weekend
‘Reminders of Him’ couldn’t match the performance that ‘It Ends With Him’ set for a Colleen Hoover adaptation.
‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ had a very good Oscars night
Paul Thomas Anderson’s film scored 6 wins. Ryan Coogler’s had 4. Even ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ had a fun night.
As expected, Donald Glover is voicing Yoshi in ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’
Wait ... what? PLUS: New trailers for Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ and Ben McKenzie’s crypto doc, Kate Winslet goes on ‘The Hunt for Gollum,’ and Pixar’s top creative doesn’t appear to get that his studio is in the emotional trauma business.
‘Hoppers’ leaps to Pixar’s best debut for an original story since ‘Coco’
The $46M opening weekend for ‘Hoppers’ further drives home the divide between Pixar’s sequels and new projects.
‘Hoppers’ is easily my favorite Pixar movie in a long time
I knew ‘Hoppers’ was going to be weird. But I didn’t know how weird. PLUS: The first trailer for ‘Lanterns,’ David Ellison talks Warner Bros., and do the new ‘Mummy’ directors consider the last movie to be canon?
I still can’t believe there’s a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Lego set
If you love Andy Weir’s book and can’t wait to see the movie, you need to check out Ryan Gosling in minifigure form.
‘Scream 7’ slashes its way to the franchise’s biggest opening weekend
In a weekend filled with concert films, the seventh film in the series scared up a $64.1 million debut.
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ gets golden opportunity with Criterion Collection
Physical media is gonna show ’em how it’s done. PLUS: Netflix cedes WBD to Paramount, Venom gets animated, and ‘For All Mankind’ declares a MARS WAR.
‘GOAT’ dunks on ‘“Wuthering Heights”’ with a $17M weekend
The animated basketball film took advantage of a quiet weekend, giving it a No. 1 finish before ‘Scream 7’ scares everyone off.
Is the new ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ trailer ... good?
Maybe Lucasfilm is gonna take this seriously. PLUS: Paramount gets another shot at WBD, trailer for ‘Toy Story 5’ and ‘House of the Dragon,’ and Lego unveils a delightful Snoopy set.
Feel-good romcom ‘“Wuthering Heights”’ wins Valentine’s weekend
Moviegoers said ‘I choo choo choose’ Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi and Emerald Fennell over ‘GOAT’ and ‘Crime 101.’