Fans are swooning over one of Taylor Swift‘s backup dancers!
24.09.2023 - 20:27 / deadline.com
David Byrne met A24’s young fans as the Talking Heads Stop Making Sense is set to gross $800,673 from 264 Imax screens in North America this weekend. Its cumulative gross of $1.43 million includes Thursday screenings and a live event at TIFF for this remastered version of the 1984 Jonathan Demme-directed concert film ranked by critics as one of the best ever.
Nearly 60% of the audience was under 35 — not alive when the movie came out — and more than half said it was their first time seeing the film.
Stop Making Senseran on a limited schedule with less than two shows on average at each location, and many screenings turning into dance parties. It expands nationwide next weekend to about 500 theaters and will play out like a regular release — an unusually long tail for a 40-year-old film. A footprint of theaters plans to keep playing it on weekends after its run.
The iconic band is now ensconced with Millennials and Gen Z as frontman David Byrne’s “big suit” meme does the rounds on social media. He grabbed the spotlight waving hotdog hands as he performed This Is A Life, the Oscar-nominated song from Everything Everywhere All At Once, at the Academy Awards. American Utopia, Byrne’s 2019 Broadway show based on a 2018 album and tour was filmed by Spike Lee and released by HBO in 2020. (Its run cut short by Covid, the show returned live in the fall of 2021 through spring of 2022.)
Stop Making Sense breakdown: Friday – $332.9k; Sat. $267.3k; Sun. – $200.4k. LA’s TLC Chinese theater was the top grossing and numbers were strong in NY, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. as well as regional markets from Sacramento to Indianapolis and Detroit.
The film’s 4K restoration, which also opened in select
Fans are swooning over one of Taylor Swift‘s backup dancers!
The AMC distributed Taylor Swift: Eras Tour concert movie officially made $2.8M in Thursday night previews.
Taylor Swift arrived tonight in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles for the premiere of her Eras Tour concert film premiere at The Grove, generating more noise and glitz than an Oscar Best Song performance atop the Academy Museum. Heck, the fountain at the outdoor luxe Rick Caruso-owned mall was spouting pink water.
Taylor Swift is stepping out for her big event!
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Taylor Swift‘s “Eras Tour” concert film is projected to open to $100 million at the domestic box office, but the final weekend number will likely be much bigger. The movie, a cinematic rendering of the pop star’s record-breaking, three-hour stadium tour, looks to generate up to $125 million from approximately 3,850 theaters in North America, according to early estimates. It’s also expected to add $30 million to $50 million from 4,150 venues internationally in more than 90 countries for a global start upwards of $150 to 175 million.
EXCLUSIVE: Heading into the Swift snowfall this weekend at the box office, here’s what we can tell you about the AMC-distributed film. As has already been reported, a $100M+ projection per distribution sources is in store and another $50M+ overseas (for $150M WW debut); but part of the stats indicating this come from box office analytics firm EntTelligence which is observing sellouts for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour significantly outstripping Barbie and percent-wise that of Spider-Man: No Way Home compared to each movie’s first evenings.
Spike Lee has commented on Oppenheimer, suggesting it should have shown “what happened to the Japanese people”.The recent Christopher Nolan historical drama follows the story of the Manhattan Project during World War 2, which developed the first nuclear weapons. These were ultimately dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and are estimated to have killed up to 226,000 people.The film focuses solely on the US side of the events, and in a recent interview Lee – who has directed films such as Do The Right Thing and BlacKkKlansman – praised Nolan, though suggested a “comment” regarding the historical depiction of events.“Chris Nolan with Oppenheimer, you know, he’s a massive filmmaker.
Oscar winner Spike Lee has shared some thoughts about two of the highest-profile movie titles of 2023, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon.
The singer is bringing her global tour to the big screen on Dec. 1.
Beyoncé has unveiled a full trailer for the forthcoming concert film based on her 2023 Renaissance World Tour. Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce is due to open in theaters on December 1 with pre-sales at chains including AMC, Regal and Cinemark open now.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Beyonce unveiled a full trailer Sunday evening for a forthcoming concert film based on her blockbuster 2023 Renaissance World Tour. The film’s formal title is “Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce,” and the singer has opened ticket pre-sales at theater chains including AMC, Regal and Cinemark. It will hit U.S.
“Gangs of New York.”“I realized that I couldn’t work if I had to make films that way ever again,” Scorsese told GQ in a profile published last week.“If that was the only way that I was able to be allowed to make films, then I’d have to stop,” he said. “Because the results weren’t satisfying. It was at times extremely difficult, and I wouldn’t survive it.
Story Ave starring Luis Guzman grossed $9.85k in a limited opening at one theater, Quad Cinema, with multiple sold-out shows. The first feature from director Aristotle Torres, which won for Best Cinematography at SXSW (see Deadline review) expands to Chicago and the Bronx next week, followed by LA and additional markets October 13.
Beyoncé fans looking to experience her “Renaissance World Tour” in a new way may get their wish before the year ends. According to multiple reports, the icon is in final talks to bring her global tour to the big screen via AMC Theatres. Per Variety, the theatre chain will reportedly skip over the studios for direct distributio
Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer A film based on Beyonce‘s smash hit Renaissance World Tour is in advanced talks to distribute directly to AMC Theatres, sources with knowledge of the project told Variety. Mega-agency CAA held preliminary talks with major studios and streamers two weeks ago, another source added, urging the players to be ready to bid on a project the icon has been developing for years — one that would include elements of her top-grossing 2023 live shows, parts of the long-gestating visual album “Renaissance” and a documentary-style account of making the record and building out the tour (Blue Ivy Carter cameos surely to come). The project is eyeing a Dec.
A really wet Friday in New York – National Weather Service flash flood warning wet – is likely to take a bite out of specialty film in one of its biggest markets this weekend. Alamo Drafthouse shut its NYC locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island until further notice due to “severe flooding in and around the area,” saying “Please everyone stay dry & stay safe, and we hope to have you back at the movies very soon.” Subways are jammed up and the water makes it hard to get around.
The power of Taylor Swift compels you. And it’s also worked its ways on producer Jason Blum, who cast out his The Exorcist: Believer to an earlier October release date to avoid a clash with Swift’s concert film.
The power of Taylor Swift compels you. And it’s also working its ways on producer Jason Blum, who is casting out his The Exorcist: Believer to an earlier release date to avoid a clash with Swift’s concert film.
Stop Making Sense, the remastered concert film that sowed delight at TIFF, opens on 300 Imax screens in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Ireland. Locations Stateside number 260 ahead of a nationwide release next week.
The 40th anniversary 4K-cut of Stop Making Sense continues to make a lot of cents.