Broadway Box Office Holds Steady: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ At $1.8M, ‘I Need That’ Starring Danny DeVito Takes $608G

Refresh for latest…: Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes very (very) narrowly missed the $100M mark globally in its opening weekend, but it’s as near as dammit with an estimated $98.5M through Sunday worldwide. The Francis Lawrence-directed prequel came in slightly higher than pre-frame projections overseas with $54.5M from 87 international box office markets. The drag on getting to the century milestone was domestic at $44M versus hopes for $50M+. 

according to Deadline.The Post said the dystopian action film, which is predicted to enjoy a $30-million opening weekend, leaves viewers “hungry for a meatier conclusion.”“Trolls Band Together” which Deadline praised as a “cute psychedelic pop satire,” came in second, raking in close to $9.4 million.The animated musical comedy, also in its theatrical debut Friday, features the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, RuPaul and Amy Schumer. The slasher movie “Thanksgiving,” which also premiered on Friday, landed in third, with just over $3.8 million in sales.Rolling Stone called it a “lazy horror film that strains to be merely mediocre” and said it “can go stuff itself.”“The Marvels,” which was in the No.1 spot last week, fell down to fourth, earning $2.8 million.

J. Kim Murphy “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” has caught some fire at the domestic box office. Lionsgate’s “Hunger Games” prequel earned about $19.1 million on its opening day from 3,776 locations, a figure that includes $5.75 million in Thursday previews.

Broadway began its trek into the lucrative holiday season last week at a steady clip, with the 28 shows grossing a total of $29,163,440 for the week ending November 12. That’s up about 10% over the previous week, though down about the same percentage from last year at this time.

Reviews weren’t strong (62% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) and neither was audience reaction. “The Marvels” is only the third MCU release to receive a “B” CinemaScore from moviegoers, following “Eternals” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania.”“The Marvels,” which added $63.3 million in overseas ticket sales, may go down as a turning point in the MCU. Over the years, the franchise has collected $33 billion globally — a point Disney noted in reporting its grosses Sunday.But with movie screens and streaming platforms increasingly crowded with superhero films and series, some analysts have detected a new fatigue setting in for audiences.

“abject misery” and the worst entry yet in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — the film pulled in $21.5 million in ticket sales, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.“Five Nights at Freddy’s,” which had taken the top spot the last two Fridays, slipped to second place with ticket sales of $3 million.Concert film sensation “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” took in $1.9 million as it dropped one notch from last week to third place. The film of Swift’s blockbuster summer tour has topped $234 million in worldwide sales since its Oct.

Jordan Moreau “The Marvels” is getting ready to take flight at the box office, but it won’t be as sky-high as its predecessor “Captain Marvel” and many of its fellow Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. The latest MCU adventure has made $6.6 million in previews at the box office. “The Marvels” is expected to make between $60 million and $65 million in its opening this weekend.

Merrily We Roll Along, the Sondheim musical revival starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, was Broadway‘s sole sell-out last week, filling every last seat at the Hudson Theatre with an eye-popping average ticket price of $234.40.

Danny DeVito has shared that he wants to work with Arnold Schwarzenegger again in a reprise of their 1980s and ’90s success as a movie double act.In a recent interview with GQ discussing his starring role in a Broadway performance, the It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia star hinted at possible plans to work opposite Schwarzenegger soon.When asked if there’s anything the 78-year-old actor would like to revisit in his career, he answered: “Arnold and I want to work together. We missed Twins 2 because he became governor – which, he should have done Twins 2 instead of becoming governor.”At 76, the Terminator actor put his acting career on pause to pursue politics when he became Governor of California from 2003 to 2011.The two actors, starred together in multiple box office successes including the 1998 comedy, Twins, directed by the late Ivan Reitman.

Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger might be cooking up their new collaboration. The twosome memorably worked together on “Twins,” a comedy film where the two play fraternal twins that were separated at birth. The two retained a close friendship, with DeVito discussing him on a recent interview.Arnold Schwarzenegger and Heather Milligan go on a London dateArnold Schwarzenegger name-checks El Camino de Santiago in his book"Arnold and I want to work together,” said DeVito to GQ.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “The Boy and the Heron” supposedly the final feature film by Japanese animation maestro Miyazaki Hayao, placed on top of the south Korean box office for a second weekend. It held off challenges from a clutch of new releases, including “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and “Talk to Me.” “The Boy and the Heron” collected $2.49 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).

according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo.It is slated to surpass the $100 million mark in a total of just eight days, according to Deadline.The film, which was released on Oct. 27 in theaters and on Peacock, also had the biggest-ever five-day debut on the streaming service.In second place was “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” with $3.6 million in sales.The concert movie, based on the pop star’s tour, has already earned $150 million domestically and more than $200 million globally, according to CNBC.It is also predicted to take in another $10 million domestically this weekend.Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” landed in third, earning $1.945 million.The Western crime drama is based on a 2017 non-fiction book by David Grann about a series of murders of Native Americans from the tribe Osage Nation.

GQ.The “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” actor added: “Now we have a little thing going, a little project that we’ve been chatting about.”The “Terminator” actor and DeVito are in the midst of planning something, but the comedic powerhouse said it has no relation to their Ivan Reitman-directed ’80s flick.“No, it’s just two friends, two guys, because we have a good time together,” DeVito said.DeVito went on: “We complement each other in a lot of ways. I am way stronger than he is.”Schwarzenegger was elected governor of the Golden State in 2003 and served until 2011.In May, the action star got candid with the Hollywood Reporter about how much he wanted to be a part of “Twins 2,” which was in the works just recently.But “Ghostbusters” director Reitman died last year, and his son, Jason, halted production on the “Twins” sequel.“Jason Reitman f–ked it up! Jason Reitman literally stopped the project when his father died,” the Austrian-American bodybuilder said.He went on: “His father wanted to do it really badly.

Trish Deitch Let’s face it: No one’s going to hire Danny DeVito to play Lear. Or Willy Loman. Or even George to Albee’s Martha.

won Brendan Fraser the Oscar for Best Actor, was about an obese man who never left his home and was visited by his daughter and friend. Its stakes were instantly sky-high, its characters deeper, its jokes funnier and its ending devastating.

Clutter – physical, emotional – is the subject of Theresa Rebeck’s new Broadway play I Need That, a comedy-drama that star Danny DeVito works mightily and with increasing futility to stuff with laughs and meaning.

Marcus Corp. CEO Greg Marcus joked that the Milwaukee-based movie theater owner has hit on a new method for predicting box office.

Tony winners Aaron Tveit and Sutton Foster will take over as the stars of Broadway‘s hit revival Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street for a limited engagement beginning in February, producer Jeffrey Seller confirmed today.

Joe Russo, the Avengers: Endgame co-director, is playfully taking a job at Martin Scorsese after the director Killers of the Flower Moon director took a dig at Marvel films.

No one knew how big this was going to be, or is going to be but Universal/Blumhouse’s feature take on beloved horror videogame, Five Nights at Freddy‘s is eyeing a $50M+ start possibly even more. At that level, it’s the second-best opening of this autumn’s B.O. behind Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour ($92.8M).