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‘Black Adam’ Is Dwayne Johnson’s Biggest Box Office Test Yet
The actor wants to be a big part of DC during a deep period of uncertainty for the franchise, but first the audience must embrace his dark antihero
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‘Halloween Ends’ Is Sweet for Universal – but Poisoned Candy for the Box Office
While the horror finale will certainly be a success for the studio, it’s unlikely to become the draw theaters need right now
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‘Freaky’ Director Slams ‘Halloween Ends’ Release on Peacock: ‘Stop Gambling With Filmmakers’
Christopher Landon tweeted that studio experiments with release strategies “destroyed” his film
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‘Till,’ ‘Decision to Leave’ Lead Slow Weekend Indie Box Office
Park Chan-wook’s thriller earns weekend’s highest theater average, while Emmett Till drama earns $240,000 from 16 theaters
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‘Halloween Ends’ Opens Below Expectations With $41.2 Million Box Office Launch
Universal/Blumhouse’s trilogy finale likely headed for frontloaded run with weaker opening and reception than its 2021 predecessor
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‘Halloween Ends’ Slides Beneath ‘Halloween Kills’ With $43 Million Box Office Opening
While still profitable, day-and-date releasing and poor reviews are taking their toll on the “Halloween” reboot trilogy capper
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‘Halloween Ends’ Scares Up $5.4 Million at Thursday Box Office
The third installment in the Jamie Lee Curtis reboot trilogy opened against “Till” and “Stars at Noon”
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How Netflix’s ‘Knives Out’ Sequel Overcame AMC Theatres’ Resistance and Scored a Big-Screen Release
“Glass Onion” will give Netflix a theatrical boost while AMC and Regal get another film to offer on a crucial Thanksgiving weekend
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Can ‘Halloween Ends’ Turn Jamie Lee Curtis’ Last Stand Into a Big Box Office Run?
Universal is heavily selling the final battle between Michael Myers and Laurie Strode
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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Set for May 2024 Release
The tenth “Apes” film is set for Memorial Day weekend
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NATO President and CEO John Fithian to Step Down in May 2023
Fithian ends 22-year run as president of the movie theater trade org
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How Fantastic Fest Has Become a Kingmaker for ‘Smile’ and Other Genre Films
Paramount’s No. 1 horror film has joined “Zombieland” and “Split” as top releases that premiered at Alamo Drafthouse’s film festival
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‘Tár,’ ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Off to Solid Start at Struggling Indie Box Office
Focus’ drama starring Cate Blanchett performs decently against the COVID curve with $160,000 from a New York and Los Angeles launch
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‘Smile’ Still No. 1 at Box Office With $17.6 Million Weekend as ‘Amsterdam’ Bombs
Sony’s “Lyle Lyle Crocodile” also debuts with $11 million opening
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‘Smile’ Blows Away ‘Lyle Lyle Crocodile’ to Stay No. 1 at Box Office
Paramount’s horror film drops just 26% from opening weekend while David O. Russell’s star-studded “Amsterdam” bombs