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With the first two episodes of MGM+'s Earth Abides now available, we recently sat down with series leads Alexander Ludwig (Bad Boys For Life; Vikings) and Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark; Outbreak) to talk about their excellent new sci-fi series and the very interesting dynamic between their characters Ish and Emma.

The series synopsis reads, "Ish, a brilliant but solitary young geologist living a semi-isolated life, awakens from a coma only to find that a global plague has all but wiped out humanity. In the aftermath, Ish is forced to look for what he was so certain he could live without, other people. These last few shattered survivors will be humanity’s second chance, the last hope against the slide into extinction."

In our informative conversation, Ludwig breaks down the challenges of playing his character, who we get to watch mature from a young man across several decades into the leader of the new world,...

The controversies surrounding Sean “Diddy” Combs’ case just don’t seem to end and they keep dragging other celebrities in the mix as well. Now, one of Hollywood’s elite actors, Will Smith, has been caught up in the mess thanks to Diddy’s former bodyguard, Gene Deal. The supposed scandal is nothing to simply wave a hand and dismiss because if it turns out to be true, not only will Diddy be in trouble, but so will Will Smith. What’s the controversy you ask?

Diddy in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Credits: FX

A little while ago, it was claimed that a s*x tape involving Diddy and an A-list male celebrity was making the rounds in the market. It was also revealed that not only one, but multiple people are selling the tape and that the faces of both Diddy and the mystery man can be seen on it.

Sony is going one week earlier with the Keke Palmer and Sza R-rated comedy, One of Them Days, unspooling the title on the 4-day MLK weekend which kicks off Jan. 17, 2025.

Pic’s new spot will take advantage of 95% colleges on break on Monday. There are also no comedies dated this holiday season, so that’s a plus. One of Them Days will go up against Universal/Blumhouse’s Wolfman and Paramount’s expansion of September 5.

The Lawrence Lamont directed movie follows best friends and roommates Dreux (Keke Palmer) and Alyssa (Sza) who are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend (Joshua David Neal) has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.

One of Them Days was written by Syreeta Singleton. Producers are Issa Rae, Deniese Davis,...

It was heart-shattering for Will Smith when his son Jaden Smith asked to be emancipated from his parents at the age of 15. Keke Palmer’s latest revelation about how Smith helped her decide against moving for emancipation makes the whole situation with Smith and his son sadder. Palmer shared that she was so pressured by her newfound role as her family’s breadwinner that she considered the legal step.

Keke Palmer in a still from Nope | Credits: Universal Pictures

Palmer had earlier revealed her parent’s annual income was just $40,000 when she was making the same on each show. However, she shared that she understood the sacrifices her parents made for her and added that the money she made belonged to her parents as well.

Will Smith Adviced Keke Palmer Against One Thing That Jaden Smith Considered Doing Years Later Will Smith in Bad Boys for Life | Credits: Columbia Pictures...

Best known for playing the character Chris Alonso on 106 episodes of the CBS TV series S.W.A.T., Lina Esco has now become the latest actor to sign on for a role in Rip, a crime thriller that’s written and directed by Joe Carnahan and is set up at the Netflix streaming service. According to Variety, Esco will be taking on the role of Captain Jackie Velez.

Rip will follow a group of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray after they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.

Esco joins a cast that includes Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, as well as Kyle Chandler of Super 8, Sasha Calle, who played Supergirl in The Flash, singer/songwriter Teyana Taylor, who starred in the drama A Thousand and One,...

After the shocking 2022 Oscars incident which involved Will Smith smacking Chris Rock for a supposedly offensive joke, the internet had a field day. Keyboard warriors were split, half condemning the actor’s impulsive actions while others trivializing the entire ordeal.

The online debate of what would have Smith done if that quip had been delivered by someone like Mike Tyson finally has an answer. The boxing legend revealed on his podcast the consequences of their potential brawl, stating there would have been no need for a confrontation. Tyson’s statement justified why the Suicide Squad actor wouldn’t need to have a face-off with him.

Mike Tyson vs Will Smith: Why it wouldn’t happen? Will Smith in Bad Boys for Life | Credits: Sony Pictures Releasing

One of the most controversial and infamous moments in the history of the Academy Awards occurred in 2022. Chris Rock was called on-stage to deliver...

Earlier this year, it was announced that actor Jay Hernandez, whose credits include Magnum P.I., Hostel, and Suicide Squad, would be making his feature directorial debut with with the survival horror thriller Night Comes, working from a screenplay he wrote with Jason Bourque and Nancy Isaak. The film stars Dafne Keen and Samantha Lorraine – and now an image from the Night Comes production has been unveiled, giving us our first look at the characters played by Keen and Lorraine. That image can be found at the bottom of this article.

Coming our way from Impossible Dream Entertainment and the production and financing outfit Big Picture Cinema Group, Night Comes will unfold against the backdrop of a cataclysmic event that threatens to engulf humanity. Two sisters manage to escape the horror only find themselves thrust into a perilous struggle for survival, tasked with a mission that holds the fate of mankind in the balance.

“Beef” is officially moving forward with a second season at Netflix, with Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton, and Cailee Spaeny set to star.

It had long been rumored that a second season of the series was moving forward but nothing had been officially confirmed until now. The official logline for the new season states, “A young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.”

The season will consist of eight 30-minute episodes. Lee Sung Jin returns as creator, showrunner, and executive producer. Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, and Jake Schreier also executive produce. A24 is the studio.

The first season of “Beef” starred Wong and Yeun as two people involved in a road rage incident that quickly escalates and disrupts both of their lives. The series debuted...

This week’s top pick, “The Last of the Sea Women,” isn’t a top-tier Best Documentary contender, but it’s in the conversation, thanks to its moving subject matter, beautiful cinematography, and Netpac Prize win at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The A24-produced doc tells the story of the haenyeo divers of South Korea’s Jeju Island. For centuries, women have been diving — without oxygen — to the ocean floor to harvest seafood for their livelihood. But most of the current haenyeo are senior citizens, and their traditional way of life is threatened by modernity and climate change. But the haenyeo are feisty old scrappers, and they fight back against polluters using social media as a messaging and recruitment tool. You’ll want to join them after you see their camaraderie and resilience. It’s now streaming on Apple TV+.

Here are some other movies to stream this weekend:...

Earlier this week, it was officially confirmed that Kyle Chandler of Super 8 will be playing the DC Comics character Hal Jordan in the upcoming HBO series Lanterns – but before Chandler gets to work on that show, he’ll be working with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck on Rip, a crime thriller that’s written and directed by Joe Carnahan and is set up at the Netflix streaming service. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chandler will be playing a DEA agent in the film.

Rip will follow a group of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray after they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.

Damon, Affleck, and Chandler are joined in the cast by Sasha Calle, who played Supergirl in The Flash, singer/songwriter Teyana Taylor,...

Back in June, we heard that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are set to share the screen again in Rip, a crime thriller that’s written and directed by Joe Carnahan and is set up at the Netflix streaming service. Earlier this week, Sasha Calle, who played Supergirl in The Flash, and singer/songwriter Teyana Taylor, who starred in the drama A Thousand and One, joined the cast. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that two more actors have signed on to appear in the film: Catalina Sandino Moreno of the MGM+ series From and Néstor Carbonell, who was recently seen on the FX / Hulu series Shōgun.

Rip will follow a group of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray after they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.

Will Smith has had a rough few years since the infamous Oscar-gate incident, which earned him a decade-long ban from the Oscars. Not only did it hurt his reputation, but the media company owned by Smith and his estranged wife Jada Smith also incurred a sizeable financial loss, and the bond between the duo has also remained the center of tabloid scrutiny.

Will Smith | Credit: Suicide Squad/Warner Bros.

But while things haven’t been the best for Smith since his Oscar outburst, this isn’t the lone time that the actor has hit a low point in his life, as prior to his rise in the realm of showbiz, the Bad Boys star considered taking his own life.

Will Smith’s Guilt Almost Pushed Him to End It All Will Smith | Credit: Men in Black/Columbia Pictures

Like many sons, Will Smith looked up to his father while growing up,...

Blockbuster action director Michael Bay and Will Smith are set to reunite for Netflix film Fast And Loose. Here are the details.

Having previously collaborated fruitfully on the Bad Boys franchise in the 1990s and early 2000s, Will Smith and Michael Bay are finally reuniting for a new movie. It’s an action thriller called Fast And Loose, which is being made for Netflix.

It’s Smith and Bay’s first film together for two decades, and sounds an awful lot like 1990’s Total Recall but with the bits on Mars taken out.

The synopsis, via Deadline, reads as follows:

A man wakes up in Tijuana with no memories. As he pieces together his past, he learns he’s been living two lives: one as a crime kingpin and the other as an undercover CIA agent.

Despite the well publicised events at the Oscars a few years ago, Will Smith...

Back in June, we heard that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are set to share the screen again in Rip, a crime thriller that’s written and directed by Joe Carnahan and is set up at the Netflix streaming service. Now, Deadline reports that they have a pair of co-stars, as Sasha Calle, who played Supergirl in The Flash, and singer/songwriter Teyana Taylor, who starred in the drama A Thousand and One, have signed on to join the project.

Rip will follow a group of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray after they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on. Details on the specific characters being played by Damon, Affleck, Calle, and Taylor have not been revealed.

Damon and Affleck are producing the film alongside...

Nearly 30 years after “Bad Boys” hit theaters, Will Smith and Michael Bay are eyeing a reunion. Bay is in negotiations to direct the action flick “Fast and Loose” for Netflix, with Smith set to star.

“Fast and Loose” follows a man who wakes up in Tijuana with no memories. As he pieces together his past, he learns he’s been living two lives: one as a crime kingpin and the other as an undercover CIA agent.

Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber, Chris Bremner and Eric Pearson penned the script. “Fast and Loose” was based on the Hoebers’ original screenplay and sold as a pitch to Netflix. Producers include Smith, Kelly McCormick and David Leitch for 87North. Co-president and head of motion pictures Jon Mone and Ryan Shimazaki are in negotiations to produce for Westbrook Studios and and James Lassiter.

Executive producers are Robert Simonds and Noah Fogelson for STXfilms, and Barry Waldman.

Tom Cruise has turned enough impossible dreams into reality to make him a real-life miracle man. But the movie star’s obsession with defying death and his own mortal strength has also made the world respect him even more than they love him. In recent years, fellow movie star Will Smith too has felt the effects of the fan craze that the Mission: Impossible star leaves in his wake.

Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible [Credit: Paramount Pictures]

Not to be a stickler for details but Tom Cruise isn’t made out of rocket fuel, as much as he would like to believe otherwise. However, that little fact has never stopped Cruise from scaling the world’s tallest skyscraper, neither has it impeded his desire to ride a motorcycle off a cliff – multiple times in one day. Unlike us fans who have simply accepted Cruise as superhuman, Will Smith learned the hard...

When attempting to break into a nascent film industry, many filmmakers place their bets in tried and tested formats. Family dramas, romantic comedies, action thrillers. But, in the Arab region, where countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are still taking their first steps into building a robust film industry, filmmakers are tapping into highly connected, media-driven young audiences with their films.

Ahead of the 11th edition of the Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth, taking place between Oct. 6 and 12 in the UAE, three filmmakers spoke with Variety about the importance of specialized festivals in the region and the challenges that still lie ahead when it comes to making films for children and young audiences in an Arab world that is becoming increasingly Westernized.

“Yes, there is a gap in the market for youth-focused films in the region,” said Mariam Al Awadhi, whose latest film...

Will Smith is a man of many talents. Apart from being one of Hollywood’s most influential actors, he’s also a rapper and a film producer. Not only this, but his string of highly successful projects and movies have also made him a powerhouse to be reckoned with. The actor began his career by playing a fictionalized version of himself in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Will Smith via Jay Shetty Podcast | Credits: YouTube

He continued to do so for the next six years. But it was 1995’s Bad Boys that actually put the actor on the map, and he became a household name. In this article, we will discuss all aspects of Smith’s life, from his net worth and salary per project to his luxurious assets and cars.

A Deep Dive Into Will Smith’s Net Worth in 2024

Will Smith has been a part of the industry...

The latest film in the popular “Bad Boys” action comedy franchise has found an audience on a major streaming service. “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the series starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, will be available to stream on Netflix starting October 8, 2024.

Released in theaters in June 2024, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” earned $403.9 million globally against a $100 million budget. This strong box office performance cementing it as a commercial success. Under the direction of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the film reunited detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett as they work to clear the name of their late police captain. The movie also features Eric Dane, Vanessa Hudgens, Paola Núñez, and Jacob Scipio in supporting roles.

Critics reviews for “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” have been mostly positive. It currently holds a 65% approval rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Meanwhile, audiences strongly embraced the film,...

Stars: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Eric Dance, Joe Pantoliano | Written by Chris Bremner, Will Beall | Directed by Adil & Bilall

When their late police captain Johnny gets linked to drug cartels after his death, joker Miami cops Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) undertake a dangerous mission to clear his name. Marcus suffers a serious health setback at Mike’s wedding, leading the pair to switch their personalities — Marcus gains a new perspective and wises up, while Mike begins to suffer from panic attacks when he realizes how his work puts who he loves in danger.

With four films under their belts and almost 30 years in between the release of the original and the latest instalment, it should surprise anyone that a film franchise can live up to its past achievements. In the case of Bad Boys: Ride or Die, it goes one further, proving that...

Maybe there’s hope for quality Netflix originals apart from its awards contenders. “Rebel Ridge,” a topical thriller about an ex-Marine confronting a corrupt small-town sheriff, is #1 at Netflix. It stars Aaron Pierre — who stepped into the role after John Boyega walked off the production in June 2021. A respected actor and ascendant star, Pierre is not a household name like Mark Wahlberg or Adam Sandler or Eddie Murphy, all of whom recently took Netflix originals to #1.

Nor is it a flashy drama, or a big-budget production. Its director, Jeremy Saulnier, most recently directed “Hold the Dark” for Netflix in 2018 (along with a couple of episodes of “True Detective”). IndieWire has watched his career for years, but directors like these also have wound up at Netflix making films that lack edginess or creativity. This seems like a happy exception. Its success suggests that well-crafted stories driven by substantial characters can be popular,...

Bad Boys, Bad Boys, watcha gonna do? Watcha gonna do when they come for you?

It’s hard to believe, but we’ve only gotten four Bad Boys movies despite it being an almost thirty-year-old franchise. With Will Smith’s stardom reaching truly epic levels, he never really had time to become a “franchise” guy outside of Men in Black (which he eventually left as well), which, in some ways, has been a blessing to this buddy cop series. While audiences are a bit sick of franchises that crank out movie after movie, the Bad Boys films are still pretty fresh, so when they return occasionally, audiences are happy to see them (with the series showing no signs of waning). But, of the movies, which rule the roost as the best of the best? Let’s take a look with our Bad Boys movies ranked list!

Bad Boys For Life...

Michael Bay’s Bad Boys with Will Smith kicked off the director’s career, where he introduced his distinct visual style. While his films may not be for everyone, no one can deny that he is a visionary filmmaker with a bombastic and gritty approach to staging action sequences. In addition to being known for the Transformers franchise, he is also celebrated for crafting the Bad Boys franchise.

Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in Bad Boys II | Credits: Columbia Pictures

The success of the first film put Smith and Martin Lawrence on the map, catapulting their star power in the industry. Bay created something special with the first film and there was huge pressure to deliver when they were developing a sequel. The film was going up against tentpole films Hulk and The Matrix: Reloaded and the director did his best to mount the film to the level of those two films.

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence worked together to create one of cinema’s biggest franchises in the Bad Boys series. But in the second film, Michael Bay was facing some stiff competition from other action movies. This had a small but effective impact on how Bad Boys 2 turned out.

How competition led to an even bigger ‘Bad Boys 2’ Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer and Will Smith | Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Bay hoped to top the original Bad Boys with its sequel, and he was given more resources to do it. The original Bad Boys only gave Bay a budget of $19 million to use for the movie. But playing it safe with the budget led to a much bigger reward, as Bad Boys ended up grossing $141 million worldwide.

All the main players would return for the sequel, including Smith. according to Bay’s interview with BBC, the success of the...

After 16 years of fits and starts, a $50M reboot of 1994 goth thriller The Crow finally flew into theaters and dropped out of the sky with a disastrous $4.6M opening.

Forget about critics plucking the feathers from The Crow at 19%, those moviegoers who attended Thursday night, predominantly fans, slammed the movie on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak with one star, a 47% grade and a 36% definite recommend.

Lionsgate limited its skin in the game with a $10M North American acquisition and $15M P&a on this Rupert Sanders-directed take, starring burgeoning It and John Wick: Chapter 4 genre star Bill Skarsgård. At the end of the day, the studio stands to lose more — in the neighborhood of $30M — on its $110M-plus feature take of gonzo sci-fi video game Borderlands.

So why make a big deal here on The Crow? Even if, let’s say, Lionsgate possibly breaks even in pic’s...

Earlier this year, it was announced that actor Jay Hernandez, whose credits include Magnum P.I., Hostel, and Suicide Squad, would be making his feature directorial debut with with the survival horror thriller Night Comes, working from a screenplay he wrote with Jason Bourque and Nancy Isaak. At the time, it was said that the film would star Dafne Keen and Samantha Lorraine. Now it has been revealed that Alexander Ludwig (The Hunger Games, Bad Boys for Life, Vikings) is also in the cast.

Coming our way from Impossible Dream Entertainment and the production and financing outfit Big Picture Cinema Group, Night Comes will unfold against the backdrop of a cataclysmic event that threatens to engulf humanity. Two sisters manage to escape the horror only find themselves thrust into a perilous struggle for survival, tasked with a mission that holds the fate of mankind in the balance. Drawing inspiration from...

Exclusive: After a successful summer with Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Alexander Ludwig has been tapped to star alongside Dafne Keen and Samantha Lorraine in Night Comes, the forthcoming horror thriller marking the feature directorial debut of veteran actor Jay Hernandez (Suicide Squad).

Details as to Ludwig’s role are being kept under wraps. Drawing inspiration from films like Birdbox and The Descent, Night Comes unfolds against the backdrop of a cataclysmic event that threatens to engulf humanity. Two sisters manage to escape the horror only to find themselves thrust into a perilous struggle for survival, tasked with a mission that holds the fate of mankind in the balance.

Written by Hernandez, Jason Bourque and Nancy Isaak, the indie hails from Impossible Dream Entertainment and Big Picture Cinema Group, the latter of which is co-financing with Versatile Media. Impossible Dream’s Shaun Redick and Yvette Yates Redick will produce alongside Big Picture Cinema Group’s Jayce Barriero and Jacky Lai, with Hernandez, Keen, Jared Zhang, Graem Luis, Jason Bourque, Joseph Tuck, Steve Read and Matthew Chow exec producing.

Production kicks off in Vancouver in September. The Exchange is handling worldwide sales and will be introducing the project to buyers at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.

Stated Big Picture’s Co-Founder and President, Barreiro, “Alexander has so much range and gravitas – it’s going to be fun for audiences to see the depths he goes to opposite Dafne and Samantha on this intense ride.”

As previously mentioned, Ludwig is coming off of Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment of the buddy cop action franchise from Sony, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. In it, he reprised his role as Dorn, tech expert for Advanced Miami Metro Operations, which he originated in 2020’s Bad Boys for Life. One of the summer’s big hits, the film grossed over $401 million worldwide.

In film, Ludwig’s other credits include Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, The Hunger Games and Lone Survivor, to name just a few. Also known for roles in Starz’s wrestling drama Heels and History Channel’s Vikings, the actor is represented by Gersh and Untitled Entertainment.

Updated: Nrg just reported an $80M opening weekend for Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.

Previous: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited Warner Bros sequel to the 1988 Tim Burton-directed haunted comedy starring Michael Keaton, landed on three-week tracking this Am with an outlook of $65M-$75M — but don’t be surprised if it does more for there’s too much fuel on this building box office bonfire.

Recent box office history has shown that these long-delayed sequels — i.e. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Bad Boys for Life, Top Gun: Maverick — have great theatrical potential. Note, no one is seeing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in the vicinity of Force Awakens or Maverick yet. One astute industry source remarked, “This looks bigger than Despicable Me 4.” That pic posted a 3-day opening of $75M and 5-day of $122.6M last month and has banked $332.6 million domestic and $808.5 million worldwide.

The movie, which also headlines Wednesday star Jenna Ortega, is attractive with women,...

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Step back into the ring with Heels Season 2 arriving on Digital on September 16 from Lionsgate. In this brand-new season, Crystal (Kelli Berglund) defends her championship title in front of the entire small town of Duffy. Executive produced by Primetime Emmy® Award winner Michael Waldron, Heels Season 2 features a stellar cast, including Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Mary McCormack, and Allen Maldonado. Heels Season 2 will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.99 on Digital.

Official Synopsis

The Spade brothers must overcome their sibling rivalry while the rest of their small-town wrestling family navigates the effects of their relationship and the negative, toxic impact left behind by Tom Spade. Crystal has the belt, and Willie steps in as her new mentor. The Dwl has never had a female champion before; how will the rest of the league, the town of Duffy, and, more importantly, the Spade brothers act?

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Stephen Amell – Arrow,...

Program Description

Step back into the ring with Heels Season 2 arriving on Digital on September 16 from Lionsgate. In this brand-new season, Crystal (Kelli Berglund) defends her championship title in front of the entire small town of Duffy. Executive produced by Primetime Emmy® Award winner Michael Waldron, Heels Season 2 features a stellar cast, including Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig, Mary McCormack, and Allen Maldonado. Heels Season 2 will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.99 on Digital.

Official Synopsis

The Spade brothers must overcome their sibling rivalry while the rest of their small-town wrestling family navigates the effects of their relationship and the negative, toxic impact left behind by Tom Spade. Crystal has the belt, and Willie steps in as her new mentor. The Dwl has never had a female champion before; how will the rest of the league, the town of Duffy, and, more importantly, the Spade brothers act?

Cast

Stephen Amell – Arrow,...

Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (August 2-4) Total gross to date Week 1. Deadpool & Wolverine (Disney) £8m £33.4m 2 2. Despicable Me 4 (Universal) £2.6m £30.8m 4 3. Twisters (Warner Bros) £1.2m £10.2m 3 4. Inside Out 2 (Disney) £939,000 £52.2m 8 5. Longlegs (Black Bear) £570,000 £6.8m 4

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Deadpool & Wolverine posted a strong £8m second weekend at the UK-Ireland box office, falling 37% and reaching £33.4m after just 11 days in cinemas.

Deadpool & Wolverine is the 3rd-biggest release of 2024 already, behind just Inside Out 2 (£52.2m) and Dune: Part Two (£39.6m). After two weekends in cinemas, it is ahead of Deadpool (£25.9m), Deadpool 2...

Exclusive: Arise Artists Agency is bolstering its Talent division with the hires of agents Matt Jackson and John Alcaraz.

Jackson joins from Msa Agency, where, as Vice President of the West Coast Theatrical division, he successfully launched the agency into the TV and film arena for actors. He brings over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, along with a notable client roster that includes Debbie Gibson, Jonah Wharton (Lioness), Jazlyn Martin (Bel Air), Ricco Ross (Beauty in Black), and more.

Alcaraz was most recently a manager at Vision Entertainment and Co-Head of the Talent Department. A Syracuse University graduate, he began his career at CAA and then transitioned to management at Untitled Entertainment. Paola Nunez, Kristian Ventura (School Spirits), Sydney Mitchell (Bmf), and Jason Canela (Palm Royale) are among clients who will be following him to Arise.

Jackson and Alcaraz will join talent agents Matt Fletcher and Katie McGrath,...

July 2024 ended on an extreme high note at the box office with the return of Marvel Studios and the biggest opening weekend in theaters since “Spider-Man: No Way Home” in late 2022. Read on for the weekend box office report.

The big hurdle facing Marvels’ “Deadpool and Wolverine,” teaming the popular Marvel characters played by Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman with a ton of surprise cameos, was that it was being released with an R-rating, and it was a fairly Hard R with lots of swearing and bloody violence. Some thought that might hurt the movie’s box office chances, but after ending up with 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, things generally were looking up as soon as the movie opened.

The movie pulled in $38.5 million in Thursday previews, just below 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War,” which went on to open with $257.7 million back in the summer of 2018. It also made $64 million overseas in earlier showings before the weekend.

The dust is settling at the weekend box office as the final numbers start coming in for Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine. In our box office estimates, we pegged the film coming in at $200 million, and now it looks like the movie just blew past that mark, with Comscore revealing the film grossed $205 million this weekend. That breaks several records, with it now the highest-opening R-rated movie of all time. The number two and three spots on the biggest R-rated openers of all time belong to Deadpool and its first sequel. The first movie made $132.4 million, and the sequel grossed $125.5 million over their opening weekends.

That opening also takes the film into the top 10 biggest openers of all time, with it slipping into 8th place now between two other MCU movies, The Avengers and Black Panther. That’s a pretty incredible result for an R-rated movie. Still, audiences absolutely love...

"Bad Boys" is one of the best movies that Michael Bay ever made. The first movie puttthe director on the map with a recognizable visual style and a fun story, while the second movie remains one of the most violent and nihilistic action movies ever made -- as well as being Bay's finest movie to date. After Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah brought a fresh and unique perspective to the franchise in "Bad Boys for Life," which seemed to be a swan song for Will Smith's Mike Lowry and Martin Lawrence's Marcus Burnett, the acting duo -- as well as the directing duo -- all return for what is arguably the funniest movie in the franchise, "Bad Boys: Ride or Die." 

The movie not only has fantastic action set pieces, but it is a movie with a big heart, and very much about heart... literally. Specifically,...

The fun thing about the box office is that it always has the potential to throw a few surprises our way, and that’s exactly what happened on this hot and humid mid-July weekend. Read on for the weekend box office report.

Universal’s animated sequel, “Despicable Me 4,” remained in the top spot at the box office this weekend with an estimated $44.7 million, down 40% from its 4th of July opening weekend, bringing its domestic total to $211.1 million. It added another $88 million internationally in 78 markets for an overseas total of $226.7 million and $437.8 million globally. It has also become the first animated franchise to reach $5 billion globally with six movies to date and a third “Minions” movie just announced for summer 2027.

The big surprise of the weekend had to be Oz Perkins‘s eerie serial killer thriller “Longlegs” starring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage, which received great reviews with 87% on Rotten Tomatoes...

As expected, Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me 4 had no problem claiming the top spot over this holiday weekend. Deadline reported that the film posted a strong – but not franchise record-setting $75 million (which isn’t far from what we predicted earlier this week). With the holiday gross, the film’s five-day total is a muscular $122.6 million. That’s the second biggest opening for one of the Despicable Me movies, but it pales compared to the Minions spin-off films, which both opened well north of $100 million on their opening weekends.

Notably, despite the common consensus that two family-oriented films would bite into each other’s box office this weekend, Pixar’s box office juggernaut, Inside Out 2, continued to hold steady with $33 million, only a 42% decline from last weekend. So far, it’s made an incredible $536 million domestically. A Quiet Place: Day One performed within franchise expectations, slipping 60% to $21 million, with...

Beverly Hills Cop is one of the best and most iconic franchises in the action comedy genre, and most of the credit for that goes to its leading man, Eddie Murphy. Created by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie Jr., the first film in the franchise came out in 1984, and now, with the fourth film coming out nearly thirty years after the third and the worst film in the franchise came out, the hype for the franchise and its iconic theme song is back on the top. So, if you loved Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, here are some more great action comedy films you could watch next.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (In Theaters) Credit – Sony Pictures

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is the fourth entry into the buddy cop action comedy film franchise directed by Adil & Bilall from a screenplay by Chris Bremner and Will Beall. The 2024 film picks...

RankFilm (distributor)Three-day gross (June 28-30)Total gross to dateWeek 1. Inside Out 2 (Disney) £6m £31.9m 3 2. A Quiet Place: Day One (Paramount) £2.5m £2.9m 1 3. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Sony) £650,342 £10.2m 4 4. The Bikeriders (Universal) £585,604 £2.3m 2 5. Kalki 2898 Ad (Dreamz Entertainment) £504,080 £888,603 1

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Paramount’s A Quiet Place: Day One made a positive £2.5m start at the UK-Ireland box office; as Indian action-adventure Kalki 2898 Ad recorded a strong opening and Inside Out 2 topped the charts for a third consecutive weekend.

Inside Out 2 dropped only 23% on its previous session, adding just shy of £6m. The Disney-...

“Inside Out 2” (Disney) in its third week will gross $57.4 million, with “A Quiet Place: Day One” (Paramount) estimating $53 million. The last time two films grossed over $50 million on the same weekend was last July, when “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” opened. Before that? 2017.

This is rare because distributors like to space out films with this potential. Even though it’s not a direct competitor, Paramount likely opted to open its prequel two weeks after Pixar. No one expected “Inside Out 2” to be this strong at this point ($469 million domestic after only 17 days).

This is summer the way it’s supposed to be. Three films opened to over $50 million over four weeks, and “Despicable Me 4” (Universal) opening Wednesday should make it four over five weeks. It justifies more optimism for the future than we’ve had for a long time.

That’s reason to be pleased, but not rapturous. Last year,...

The weekend box office results are in, and as we predicted earlier this week, Pixar’s Inside Out 2 was able to hang on to the top spot, earning a strong $57 million in its third weekend, bringing its domestic total to an outstanding $469 million. To put that number in context, it’s already grossed over $100 million more than the first film did in its entire North American run. It received heftier than expected competition from A Quiet Place: Day One, which set a franchise record with an outstanding $53 million gross. Clearly, the slow start to the summer box office has turned a corner, with audiences finally hitting theatres again.

However, adult-oriented fare seems to be struggling, with Kevin Costner’s three-hour passion project, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, only earning $11 million this weekend. That’s a low result for a movie that Kevin Costner invested a significant chunk of his own money in,...

“A Quiet Place: Day One” is making noise at the box office, collecting a roaring $53 million in its domestic opening weekend. The nearly silent thriller added $45.5 million internationally for a global tally of $98.5 million.

Though it landed in second place behind Disney-Pixar’s billion-dollar blockbuster “Inside Out 2,” the ticket sales for “Day One” are especially impressive because spinoff stories usually don’t bring in as much business as direct sequels. Yet “A Quiet Place: Day One” — a prequel in Paramount’s post-apocalyptic horror series — landed the biggest debut in the franchise, exceeding the original 2018 “A Quiet Place,” ($50 million to start) and the 2021 sequel, “A Quiet Place Part II” (a $48 million debut during Covid).

“We listened to the fans about what they’d be looking for,” says Paramount’s president of domestic distribution Chris Aronson. “This origin story, giving them a new city as the setting and fresh characters, all conspired to broaden the audience.

Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (June 21-23) Total gross to date Week 1. Inside Out 2 (Disney) £7.8m £23.2m 2 2. The Bikeriders (Universal) £1.1m £1.1m 1 3. Bad Boys: Ride Or Die (Sony) £1m £9.1m 3 4. Doctor Who - The Two Episode Finale (CinemaLive) £364,253 £364,253 1 5. Ghost: Rite Here Rite Now (Trafalgar) £282,588 £477,183 1

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Inside Out 2 surged to a £23.2m total with a strong second weekend at the UK-Ireland box office; as crime drama The Bikeriders started with £1.1m.

Disney animation sequel Inside Out 2 dropped just 31%, with £7.8m. This is more than double the £3.6m second weekend takings of 2015’s Inside Out,...

Will Smith & Martin Lawrence Film Nears $300 Million Milestone(Photo Credit –Instagram)

The latest film in the Bad Boys Franchise continues to break records despite fresh competition from Inside Out 2. In its third week, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, featuring Hollywood stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, soared past Bad Boys II as the second-biggest instalment in the long-running franchise’s history, both domestically and worldwide. The film is also nearing a $300 Million milestone.

Inside Out 2, which smashed records during the second weekend, becoming the highest-grossing film in the world in 2024, did not deter Bad Boys’ performance. While the 2020 threequel Bad Boys For Life’s $424M is the highest-grossing film in the franchise, Bad Boys: Ride Or Die is eyeing a $400 Million Global run, becoming the second-highest installment in the franchise.

The slapgate controversy plaguing Will Smith did not dim his star power globally, as evidenced by the box office.

The final box office results are in for the weekend (courtesy of ComScore), and Inside Out 2 officially has the biggest second weekend for an animated film of all time. The mega-blockbuster from Pixar made $100 million this weekend for a mighty $355 million domestic haul in only two weeks. Certainly, it’s proving to naysayers that Pixar’s back at the top of the animated heap after a few flops and not in danger of losing prestige anytime soon. That said, it can’t help but feel like the success of Inside Out 2 may pave the way for more and more “safe” movies, like sequels, making me wonder if the days of them tackling more ambitious fare like Wall-e are behind them. We’ll see.

Second, as we predicted, is Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which is holding up even better than expected, with an $18 million-plus weekend and a domestic total of $146.9 million.

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have been the main attractions of the Bad Boys franchise. Ever since they paired up for the first time in 1995, the duo has showcased an electrifying charisma and entertained their audience in the high-octane buddy cop film series.

Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in Bad Boys: Ride or Die. Credits: Sony Pictures

Since the first film was a massive success at the box office, the salaries of the actors increased significantly from the second film onwards and became some of the highest earners in Hollywood. However, Lawrence’s salary was nothing compared to the Hancock actor.

During an interview with Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM, Smith snapped when talking about equal pay in the film. Though they did not disclose the exact figures, the way the Men in Black actor reacted showcases that the difference would be humongous.

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Have a Humongous...

Inside Out 2 continues dominating the box office in its second weekend, with Deadline reporting that the movie is looking at a $98 million weekend – some say it could even break $100 million. This would make it the highest grossing second weekend for an animated film of all time, after The Super Mario Bros Movie’s $92 million second weekend last year. Certainly, the animated sequel is shaping up to be one of Pixar’s biggest hits ever, which is quite the coup for a studio that everyone thought was on the downslide just a few months ago after a series of underperformers like Lightyear, Elemental, and more.

Meanwhile, Bad Boys: Ride or Die is holding on to second place with an $18 million-plus third weekend. The movie is turning out to be a major moneymaker for Sony, with it looking to end as the second-highest-grossing Bad Boys movie of all time, just below...

It’s still all smiles for “Inside Out 2” as Disney and Pixar’s animated sequel continues to dominate box office charts in its second weekend. The emotional motion picture added $30.5 million on Friday, bumping its domestic haul to $285.7 million. That’s enough to surge past “Dune: Part Two” ($282 million) to become the highest-grossing North American release of 2024 so far — and with only eight full days in theaters.

What’s more, “Inside Out 2” has a shot at another record, with the potential to land the biggest second weekend ever for an animated film. That currently goes to last spring’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which coined $92.3 million in its sophomore frame. Whether or not it can get there, it’s still a huge success for Disney and Pixar and a more-than-welcome hit after the summer season kicked off with a series of underperformers.

Wheeling into third place, Focus...

As Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios continue the search for a director to helm Spider-Man 4, several names have been rumored to be in contention to land the gig, including Bad Boys For Life duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.

The filmmakers are no strangers to the superhero genre, having previously helmed episodes of Disney+'s Ms. Marvel and Warner Bros.' Batgirl movie - which was infamously scrapped as a tax write-off and will likely never see the light of day.

While speaking to Variety, El Arbi and Fallah were asked about the Spider-Man rumors, and while they didn't confirm whether they've actually had talks with the studios, it sounds like they'd be very happy to board the project - if given the opportunity.

"That’d be cool, if they allow us. If they ask us," said El Arbi. "We love Spider-Man and we love New York," added Fallah.

Following the franchise-topping $426 million success of “Bad Boys for Life” was going to be a tough task for any director. Fortunately, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” has two — the Belgian directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, collectively billed as Adil & Bilall.

In this fourth installment, Adil & Bilall send Miami Pd detectives Mike Lowery (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) on the run, framed for crimes they didn’t commit. And the production had plenty of hurdles to get over before it, too, could clear a path to success. First, there was Smith’s 2022 Oscars slap; then production was suspended by Hollywood’s historic dual strikes.

The film hit theaters on June 7 and became the first movie to jolt Hollywood’s summer box office, grossing $106 million at the global box office from a $100 million production budget (not accounting for the price of the splashy world tour to promote the film). To date,...