‘Shang-Chi,’ ‘Free Guy’ Lift Imax Earnings to Pandemic Era High

While it’s nothing new to see Hollywood snatch up the English-language remake rights to a popular international film, it does feel like it’s happening very quickly nowadays.

pic.twitter.com/DlkK5VT4NRI like these brushed steel and green cushion seats, they look nicer and harder to clean than muni's pic.twitter.com/PUbT0Lhq8MAs a bus operator, this is the moment I pop my parking brake and open the doors. pic.twitter.com/I5Qq1f66zlEnergy sword arm man cuts through the floor of the articulating section.

Netflix’s $200M Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds feature Red Notice was a sensation in U.S. Samba TV measured households, pulling in an awesome 4.2M in its Friday-Sunday debut.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRon Meyer, a legendary dealmaker and operator whose decades-long tenure leading NBCUniversal ended in scandal, has found a new gig.

Could further change be on the horizon at Manchester United?

Marvel blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has arrived on Disney+ for streaming today (November 12).

Incomings took centre stage for Manchester United during the summer transfer window - but might that change when January rolls around?

Downton Abbey: The Motion Picture concluded with the Dowager telling her granddaughter Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) that she's had some tests and is dying. By ending the film on such a cliffhanger does that mean that Lady Violet will be dead by the setting of Downton Abbey 2?Well the first trailer tease and images for Downton Abbey: A New Era have arrived, but there's no sign of Dame Maggie's sassy character at Tom Branson's wedding.

Paul Thomas Anderson is a film fan. I mean, that much is probably obvious given his chosen career path, of course.

Disney+ is only $1.99 for a limited time! The streaming app announced new subscribers can sign up for Disney+ for just under $2 for one month from now through Nov. 14. The exciting limited-time offer is part of Disney+ Day, officially on Nov.

New-Release WallFor all the standard reasons physical media matters — the exclusive extras, the permanence compared to many streaming platforms — 2021 has added yet another: Audiences who for various reasons don’t feel secure about going into theaters can enjoy big-screen releases in the safety of their homes. After a hybrid release for “Black Widow,” Disney/Marvel went theatrical-only with “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” and it’s a gamble that paid off at the box office.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaLionsgate swung back into profitable terrain during its most recent fiscal quarter, another sign that the pandemic’s cloud is beginning to lift. But the company also announced that it could soon be slimmed down as it hopes to capitalize on the consolidation in the media space, one that has already seen Amazon agree to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, Discovery announce plans to merge with WarnerMedia, and Disney’s purchase of much of 21st Century Fox.

It has become evident throughout the course of the 2021-22 season that despite the lavish spending done by Manchester United in recent years, there are still gaps to fill in the squad.

Justin Bieber is channeling Ryan Reynold‘s character from Free Guy for his Halloween look!

Manchester United were among the busiest Premier League clubs during the summer transfer window.

Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s SMAC Entertainment has hired April Guidone as its first Chief Operating Officer. The company also announced the promotion of four key execs across its business divisions – Ethan Lewis, Jose Diaz, Koral Chen and Nisha Bhagat.

That surge has reduced the company’s net losses to just $8.3 million and 14 cents per share, down from $9.2 million, or 16 cents per share last quarter. Imax’s adjusted EBITDA also surged from $300,000 to $13.1 million.

Opening in 14 cities, “The French Dispatch” is estimated to earn $1.3 million this weekend for an average of around $25,000 per venue. By comparison, the per-theater average for “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which set a post-shutdown opening record of $90 million in wide release, had an average of $21,300.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The French Dispatch,” director Wes Anderson’s tribute to 20th-century magazines, opened at the domestic box office with a robust $1.3 million from only 52 theaters.For platform releases like “The French Dispatch,” the key metric is per-theater average rather than overall box office tally because indie movies kick off in a handful of theaters while commercial pictures start in thousands of venues.