“Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings” smashed Labor Day box office records, generating $71.4 million in ticket sales for the holiday weekend.The movie was the first Marvel film to be released exclusively in theaters since the pandemic began.
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Those distributors with new movies this weekend will find they can easily blame any soured performance at the box office on the delta variant and vax cards being required at NYC, San Francisco and New Orleans cinemas.
But, let’s not forget one huge thing: It’s late August and that means it’s the season for lower wattage IP aimed at varying niche demos and kids heading back to school. Historically such factors have never created a stampede at the box office, however, there’s more reason to expect
“Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings” smashed Labor Day box office records, generating $71.4 million in ticket sales for the holiday weekend.The movie was the first Marvel film to be released exclusively in theaters since the pandemic began.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” wastes no time in getting right to the exciting martial arts action. And just as in recent action hit “Nobody,” the intense combat plays out on a city bus.In the sequence, Shang-Chi, aka Shaun, played by Simu Liu has yet to learn about his past and superhero ties.
People have been expressing concern for Al Roker after he reported live from scene amid Hurricane Ida and now he’s responding to all the viral tweets.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Hostage: Missing Celebrity” held on to top spot at the South Korean box office as new release “Guimoon: The Lightless Door” gave local films the top four chart places over the weekend.
Pre-production on the upcoming NBC/Blumhouse limited series The Thing About Pam, starring Renée Zellweger and Josh Duhamel, has been suspended, a rep for Blumhouse told Deadline. Based on a the real-life, stranger-than-fiction story behind the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria, the series has been in final stages of pre-production in New Orleans, with filming slated to begin Sept.
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Warner Bros. came with a huge reveal at their CinemaCon presentation: the trailer for their Village Roadshow co-production Matrix 4. And they also gave us the title too: Matrix Resurrections.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThree local movies took the top positions at the South Korean box office over the weekend for the first time this year. The chart was headed by “Hostage Missing Celebrity,” which earned close to $4 million.Produced by Filmmaker R&K and distributed by Next Entertainment World, “Hostage” is a comedy-action movie starring the enduringly-popular, rubber-faced Hwang Jung-min.
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When Drew Brees hung up his jersey in March 2021, the New Orleans Saints quarterback announced his retirement with some help from his four kids – sons Baylen, 12, Bowen, 10, Callen, 8, and 6-year-old daughter Rylen. For Brittany Brees – the children’s mother and Drew’s wife – the decision brought her some relief.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA new lead singer is just about the most dramatic change a band can make — even if a main songwriter or instrumentalist leaves, the voice is usually the clearest link to what came before. Although George Clarke, cofounder and lead vocalist of long-running San Francisco avant-metal act Deafheaven, hasn’t gone anywhere, he’s changed up his style so dramatically for the band’s fifth studio album that it actually sounds like they have a different singer.
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Ryan Reynolds is praising his wife, Blake Lively, for making this one major moment in happen. In a new post on his Instagram Story Monday, Reynolds thanked Lively for making the film what it became." wouldn’t be the movie it is without @blakelively," Reynolds captioned the selfie of the cute couple. «She was essential in every part of the making of this film, creatively and emotionally, and the cameo everyone is talking about was entirely her idea.
The box office stories of the Summer Movie Season 2021™ have been giving film fans whiplash for weeks. One story talks about how “Black Widow” has a monster opening weekend and shows how cinema is rebounding after the pandemic.
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In fact, all three of this weekend’s new releases, including Sony/Screen Gems/Stage 6’s “Don’t Breathe 2” and MGM/UA’s “Respect,” are now estimated to open above the second weekend total of Warner Bros.’ “The Suicide Squad,” which only grossed an estimated $2.2 million on its second Friday — an 81% drop from opening day — and is now estimated to drop 73% from its $26.2 million opening weekend for a $7.2 million second frame that will put it at No. 5 on the charts.