EXCLUSIVE: James McAvoy’s feature directorial debut, in which he also stars, California Schemin’, will arive in theaters on October 2 in NYC and LA before expanding on Oct. 9 through Bob Yari’s Magenta Light Studios. Set in the late 1990s, the Archie Thomson and Elaine Grace adapted pic is…

The sequel to Josh Ruben’s 2025 horror romance Heart Eyes is coming to the Melrose lot. Paramount Pictures will co-produce and co-finance Spyglass Media Group's Heart Eyes 2 for a global theatrical release, with a date set for Feb. 11, 2028. The pic will be written by Ruben and Darcy…

Sony Pictures' Affirm Films has set an October 16 release date for the Brazilian remake of the Kendrick Brothers’ 2003 debut feature Flywheel: Ignition of the Soul. The movie will open in Brazil and Latin America in September.  The movie emerged out of the Kendrick Brothers' growing impact in…

Focus Features has set a Sept 11 release for the Paul Greengrass directed, Andrew Garfield starring The Uprising, which follows the untold true story of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II. As war burns across England, an army of commoners rises to face the King's might…

New Line’s Mortal Kombat II hit tracking late last week for what’s shaping up to be a domestic opening in the $40M-$50M range when it opens on May 8. The R-rated feature take of the Midway game is the third in a string of highly anticipated late spring/early summer pics expected to juice the…

Broadway box office sagged a bit last week, possibly as the previous week’s Easter vacationers and spring-breakers returned home and a crowded, 40-show production slate with lots of newcomers competed with one another for attention. The winners among the recent arrivals, at least in terms of…

Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael, after additional shoots, will not ease down the road but rather boogie this weekend with what’s expected to be a $150 million start at the global box office. The feature, which carries a $200M production cost, in Lionsgate fashion has foreign sold to…

A24’s romance feature The Drama starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson indeed has engaged moviegoers around the globe, crossing $100M today to become the studio’s fifth film to hit the century mark in its 13-year history. Writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s $28M net Square Peg production also…

The Walt Disney Studios reached a major milestone today as 20th Century Studios' Avatar: Fire and Ash officially crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office.  James Cameron continues to redefine commercial success; with this latest entry, the Avatar series becomes one of the rarest triple-threat…

Mother Mary strutted to a solid limited opening as The Christophers expanded nicely and Exit 8 kept going. A handful of limited releases and holdovers spiced up the specialty scene, along with faith-based historical pic A Great Awakening, which is holding in the top 10. A24's Mother Mary from…

The outer-space plumbers continue to reign supreme around the world with an $83.2M global weekend ($35M domestic, $48.2M overseas at 82 territories), taking The Super Mario Galaxy Movie‘s global running cume to $747.4M ($355.2M domestic, $392.2M overseas). But the bigger deal is that the…

SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU after Friday and Saturday posts…: Refresh for updates Illumination/Nintendo/Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie came in higher with a No. 1 third weekend of $35M, -49%, after a better than expected Saturday near $17M. Running cume by end of today is $355.2M. While this…