Talk about a nail-biter. Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King and Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 are in a close battle for the Christmas box office crown as a topsy-turvey year at the box office comes to a close. Mufasa is tipped to win the long five-day holiday weekend (Wednesday through Sunday) with an estimated $61 […]
Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise are flying into the fall 2026 movie season. Their untitled feature will arrive Oct. 2, 2026, Warner Bros. announced Friday. That slides into the date previously occupied by Matt Reeves The Batman sequel, which is currently untitled. The film is expected to go into production in the third quarter […]
Mark O’Meara, a Virginia-based movie theater owner, wonders and worries constantly about what exactly his customers will buy tickets to see on any given weekend. It’s not that people have fallen out of love with the big screen, he says, they’ve just gotten out of practice. In fact, in the 30-plus years O’Meara has worked in […]
Many were quick to write off Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King when it lost badly to Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 last weekend, but the landscape changed on Wednesday as families became more available after holiday duties. Mufasa topped the Christmas day chart with $15 million, followed by filmmaker Robert Egger’s new star-studded vampire pic […]
Christmas moviegoers visited the Pride Lands in force over the holidays, propelling Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to the top of the charts. The family friendly adventure dominated ticket sales, earning $14.7 million to capture the box office crown. That pushed its domestic tally to $64.3 million. Globally, the prequel to “The Lion King” has […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 gave theaters an early Christmas present, opening ahead of expectations with a $62 million domestic debut. That’s the best December start for a PG pic since The Chronicles of Narnia: The Witch, the Lion and the Wardrobe almost 20 years ago in 2005, not adjusted for inflation. That’s no small feat, […]
Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 raced to a franchise-best $6.5 million in Thursday previews, followed by Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King with $3.3 million. The Sonic threequel is widely expected to top the weekend with a three-day launch of $60 million to $70 million, if not more. The second Sonic grossed $5 million in previews […]
Walt Disney Animation’s blockbuster Moana 2 continues to smash records in its second weekend as it hit an early global haul of $600 million, already ahead of the first film’s global take of $582 million at current exchange rates. The sequel remained safely ensconced at No. 1 with an estimated three-day gross in of $52 […]
Cinemark president-CEO Sean Gamble will be honored with the 2025 NATO Marquee Award at next year’s CinemaCon. The top industry honor is bestowed by the National Association of Theatre Owners, host of the annual show in Las Vegas where Hollywood studios parade their upcoming slate before thousands of exhibitors descending upon The Strip. The annual […]
In a Thanksgiving feast for the ages, movie ticket sales hit an all-time holiday high at the domestic box office, led by Walt Disney Animation’s instant mega-hit Moana 2. Disney’s fantasy musical served up a mammoth holiday domestic debut of $225.2 million, according to final numbers (that’s up from Sunday’s estimate of $221 million). Smashing […]
