Box Office
Box Office Check In – Dunkirk and Get Out Still Champs
When it comes to box office this year, Dunkirk at $188 and Get Out at $176 seem untouchable in terms...
Box Office Check-In: The Post’s Massive Haul, Shape of Water Cracks Top Ten, Lady Bird Makes Bank
In just nine theaters, Steven Spielberg's The Post had a massive 58K per theater average, which shows this movie will...
Beauty and the Beast’s Massive Box Office Take $170 million opening
Beauty and the Beast, according to Box Office Mojo, has just set a March record for opening and became the...
Hidden No More: Hidden Figures Nears $150 Million, a 2016 Success Story
Both Hidden Figures and La La Land are making bank at the box office, and are both female led (for...
Box Office Check-in – Oscar Movies Making Bank
Now that Sully is out of the race, the box office champ is also the frontrunner to win top Oscars...
Hidden Figures Earns the Rare A+ on Cinemascore, Beats Rogue One’s Friday Box Office
I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it with my own eyes but Fox's Hidden Figures just beat Rogue...
The Martian Set to Top Gladiator as Ridley Scott’s Highest Grossing film
It's impressive to see The Martian bounce back to the number one spot at the box office, bringing its domestic...
With a $60M weekend, Straight Outta Compton vaults to Academy attention
As promising as the gloss critics had already given Straight Outta Compton, the multi-faceted bio-pic of rap group N.W.A. achieved...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Jurassic World’s Massive Success
"To a canary, the cat is the monster. We're just used to being the cat." If all goes as expected,...
Pixar’s Inside Out Nearly Wipes out Jurassic World, Dope hits Top Five
Pixar's Inside Out was in fewer theaters than Jurassic World but had almost the same per theater average, which means...
Women are More Powerful at the Box Office Than Hollywood Gives them Credit For
The headlines lately have ranged from shock to surprise to hope to despair about the films directed by women, films...
Oscar Contending Pics, Documentaries Thrive in Limited Release
Birdman did exceedingly well in limited release, with a $28,721 per theater average playing in just 50 locations. Whiplash needs...
Gone Girl to become Fincher’s Highest Grossing Film, Women in Hollywood Get a Major Boost
David Fincher's Gone Girl is about to make in 4 weeks what Benjamin Button made in 18. Argo totaled out...
David Fincher’s Gone Girl slays with $38M debut
Gone Girl vaults to the top of David Fincher's box-office chart with the best opening weekend of his career. $38...
Monday Box Office – If You Brand it, They Will Come
Our teenagers today should be happy that they have become so heavily branded they no longer have much of a...
Boyhood Offers Some Hope in Box Office News
Boyhood has already made a cool $7 mil at the box office and Oscar season hasn't even started yet in...
Remember when ‘experts’ said Disney would lose money on Maleficent?
Who's smiling a wicked smile now? Just 3 months ago, financial experts were predicting doom and gloom for Disney's Maleficent....
Box Office Check-In – Women Represent
Jennifer Lawrence has to be one of the biggest stars in the world right now. $158 million for the opening...
Lee Daniels’ The Butler Takes Number One for Third Consecutive Weekend
Only three Best Picture nominees have ever been number one for 3 consecutive weeks, and no black writer/director is among...
The Butler opens at Number One
All of the good word of mouth (sans some critics) has helped The Butler take the number one spot at...
The Academy Announces New Rules for 92 Oscars – “International Feature Film” to Replace “Foreign Language” Category
The Academy has scrapped the "Foreign Language Feature Film" category title and replaced it with "International Feature Film," in their...
Composer Patrick Warren Breaks Down the Score of Showtime’s ‘The Chi’ and His Career In Music
Patrick Warren is the composer for Showtime's Peabody Award-nominated series, The Chi. While this is Warren's first gig as the head...
Trailer: First Look At Will Smith In Ang Lee’s Gemini Man
Paramount has released the new trailer for Gemini Man starring Will Smith. In the film, Smith stars as Henry Brogan,...
Zachary Levi To Host MTV Movie & TV Awards
Zachary Levi has been announced as the host of the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The ceremony will take...
Our Summer Movie Preview, Part Deux!
This week, the Cooler Gang continues their breakdown of all the major July and August 2019 summer movies in the...
2019 Emmys: Is This Finally The Year for Bob Odenkirk or Jason Bateman to Win a Lead Actor Emmy?
In all likelihood, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series is going to see a major shakeup this year. Half...
Interview: Brian Cox On Playing The Patriarch In ‘Succession’ -” Children are both a blessing and a curse and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
In HBO's Succession, Brian Cox plays Logan Roy - the family patriarch. Early on, Roy suffers a health problem and his children...
Interview: Production Designer Melanie Jones On Creating Sets For ‘The Dirt’ and ‘The Curse of La Llorona
When Melanie Jones works on horror films, she doesn't get scared, because she's in the film. She's building the sets,...
Netflix Launches ‘When They See Us’ First Trailer
When They See Us, Ava DuVernay's Central Park Five 4-part limited series, unveils its first official trailer today. The series...
Interview: Succession’s Jesse Armstrong – “It’s a Comedy of Real Life.”
I recently caught up with showrunner Jesse Armstrong to discuss creating the family dynasty The Roys for last summer's HBO...