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Can Anyone Dethrone Disney? ScarJo & Alec Baldwin in Diapers Take Their Best Shots. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

While “Beauty and the Beast” maintained its place atop the boxoffice charts this weekend, Lionsgate’s “Power Rangers” recharge exceeded expectations and pulled off a rather nifty USD $40 million opening. What was particularly surprising was the strength of the film with moviegoers in their late 20’s…

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Trio of New Titles Try to Power Past Belle’s Boxoffice Bounty. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Ho hum, another day another Disney franchise is reborn. The live action version of “Beauty and the Beast” proved a boxoffice juggernaut this past weekend, pulling in a beastly USD $170 million domestic and another USD $180 internationally. Global BO on B&TB was led by China with USD $44 million…

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Moviegoers Ready to Turn “Beauty” into a Boxoffice Beast. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

If only for a week, Kong proved King at the boxoffice this past weekend as Warners’ “Kong: Skull Island” roared its way to a USD $61 million opening, well ahead of most industry projections. Add in another USD $81 million overseas and that’s a nifty USD $140 million plus worldwide debut and undoubte…

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Can Kong Crush the Claw? Or Will Logan Tame the Hairy Ape? This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Heading into last week, Celluloid Junkie was the highest site on the board, predicting a take of USD $78 million for Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine finale, “Logan”. Well, as it turns out CJ was the closest of anyone (most pundits had the film opening in the USD $55-65 million range) and still underestimat…

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Hungry Like the Wolverine: “Logan” Poised to Claw Its Way to 2017’s Heftiest Debut. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Audiences this past weekend got out en masse to see Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” to the tune of USD $30.5 million. That number, coupled with an almost unheard of horror movie Cinemascore of A- and a stunning 100% Rotten Tomatoes mark, made the film one of the true surprises of winter 2017. Sadly, that’s…

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Can Anything Other Than Batman and Bondage Break the February Blues? This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice (Plus Oscar Picks!)

I remember a time way back in the day (like last year) when President’s Day weekend was an absolute treasure trove for moviegoers. Studios jammed their winter tentpoles on that long weekend looking to take advantage of the Monday holiday and kids being out of school. Well, fast forward to 2017 and…

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Single Screen Icon: The Inspiring Success Story of London’s Lexi Cinema and its Conscious Capitalism

In today’s era of mass cinema acquisitions and mergers it’s rare to find an independent single screen movie theatre that is not only surviving but flourishing. Tucked into the Kensal Green neighborhood of North London lies the Lexi Cinema, the brainchild of Sally Wilton, the cinema’s founder and lif…

Batman, Bondage and a Man Named Wick: Three New Titles Look To Avoid Becoming The Lesser Of All Sequels. This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

To paraphrase Herman’s Hermits, third verse same as the first for M. Night and the “Split” gang. Universal’s creep-fest pulled a three-peat in winning its third consecutive weekend with a take of USD $14.8 million. “Split” edged out Paramount’s “Rings”, which could only muster USD $13 million (clos…

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Teen Titles Look to Derail the “Split” Freight Train on Super Bowl Weekend: This Coming Weekend at the Boxoffice

Even as late as a month ago we never thought we’d be asking the question, “gosh, can anyone stop ‘Split’”. M. Night’s latest held in nicely in its second week, dropping only 34% on its way to a repeat #1 spot at the boxoffice this past weekend. The film’s cumulative gross is USD $78 mill…

The End of “Evil”, Doggie Downers and McConaughey Goes for the “Gold”: This Coming Weekend at the Box Office

To the astonishment of everyone not named M. Night Shyamalan, Universal’s “Split” doubled up poor defenseless Vin Diesel and claimed this past weekend’s box office crown. The movie’s USD $40 million opening was the director’s best since 2004’s “The Village”. “XXX: Retur…