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Disney will ring out its $10 billion-plus global 2019 with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, in what is expected to be a $450M global opening, which is what Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened to in 2017, behind Force Awakens’ near $528.9M. Skywalker rises in France, Germany and Italy tomorrow with previews in China with…

Well, that was fast: Director Ivo van Hove’s West Side Story joined Broadway’s Million Dollar Club after only six previews, grossing $1,254,440 in its first week of performances. The musical revival, with all-new choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, filled all seats at the Broadway Theatre for the week ending…

UPDATE, writethru: As global turnstiles start greasing up for next week's Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, audiences are continuing to warm up to the two current Hollywood titles in wide release: Sony's Jumanji: The Next Level and Disney's Frozen 2. Expanding to another 34 offshore hubs after an early rollout last wee…

In its tenth weekend at the box office in a limited release at 306 theaters, NEON’s Parasite continues to suck up cash and counts $20.3M at the domestic box office. At that B.O. level, for a film that’s from a foreign country and entirely in a different language, Parasite is very, very close to busting into the top 10…

UPDATED with additional titles and adjustments. The weekend sparkled with the limited release of the Safdie Brothers’ Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler. A24’s crime thriller earned an estimated gross of $525,498, opening in five theaters in New York and Los Angeles with a per-screen average of $105,100. This is a…

After crossing the unprecedented $10B milestone worldwide last weekend, becoming the first studio ever to do so, Disney has bragging rights to another notch in its belt as Frozen 2 topped $1B global on Saturday. This means that the Mouse has roared to have six movies over $1B in 2019. The international box office…

4th Update Sunday AM Final w/chart – After an awesome $23.3M Saturday, Sony’s Jumanji The Next Level has exploded to a $60.1M, far exceeding expectations. That’s the biggest domestic opening for Sony in the month of December, an all-time record opening weekend for a comedy in the month of December, as well as the…

Fox Searchlight is ready to put another stake in the ground for this year’s awards-season race with the theatrical release of Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life starring August Diehl and Valerie Pachner. The release marks a reunion between the Fox Searchlight and Malick after 2011’s Tree of Life starring Brad Pitt and…

Warner Bros. had more release date changes and announcements today in the wake of yesterday’s avalanche of news with dates for Matrix 4 and The Flash. New Line’s DC Shazam! 2 will open on April 1, 2022 taking the place of an RSVP that the studio had for an untitled WB Event Film. There are no other major studio…

EXCLUSIVE: After making its limited qualifying run this Friday, Amazon Studios’ Seberg which stars Kristen Stewart as French New Wave icon and FBI target Jean Seberg will have a platform release starting Feb. 21. The noir thriller directed by Benedict Andrews and written by Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel, made its…

Warner Bros has set a slew of release dates for its movies next year and beyond, including dating The Matrix 4 for May 21, 2021, and its DC superhero stand-alone The Flash for July 1, 2022. Among the 12 titles in the mix Wednesday as the studio solidifies its slate for 2020 and beyond include moving Taika Waititi's…

UPDATED, 12:33 PM: Amid a slew of changes to its…