'Wonder Woman 1984' Stays on Top at the Box Office for a Third Week

Also Read: HBO and HBO Max Combine for More Than 41 Million US Subscribers“The impact of Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max cannot be understated. As was announced on Wednesday during our earnings and as this Nielsen data shows, it was a huge holiday gift to the consumer at a time when they wanted and needed it.

Wonder Woman 1984” is making all kinds of moves! Thanks to the 2020 American superhero film, HBO Max activations doubled, giving the streaming service earnings of up to 17.2 million. During a phone meeting, AT&T said that HBO Max and HBO subscribers reached 41 million in the United States, and globally almost 61 million.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a lengthy search, director Baz Luhrmann has tapped up-and-comer Alton Mason to play legendary musician Little Richard in Warner Bros’ Elvis. Sources tell Deadline that even as the film got back into production following suspension due to Covid-19, Luhrmann wanted to make sure he took his time in finding the right American actor to play the part of the iconic showman.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president and vice president of the United States on Wednesday. Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic however, the monumental event was celebrated and looked very different from past inaugurations.Politicians and celebrities in attendance, who were celebrating the inauguration, wore face masks, greeted each other with fist bumps and elbow taps, as well as socially distanced while at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Liam Neeson is proving to be the king of the North American box office throughout the pandemic. The actor’s previous movie "Honest Thief" shot to the top of the box office in October amid a slew of theater closures that prompted several movie studios to postpone their major blockbuster releases until at least 2021.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNorth American box office revenues in 2020 hit a 40-year low, struggling to reach $2.2 billion in total amid the coronavirus crisis. Movie theaters were forced to stay closed for a significant portion of the year beginning in late March and struggled to recover when some cinemas were able to reopen months later in August.That resulted in an 80% year-over-year decline from 2019, according to Comscore.

American Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris appears on the February cover of Vogue.

made a controversial bet to make “Wonder Woman,” which premiered in cinemas on Christmas Day, simultaneously available on its streaming service, HBO Max. The company also said it was putting its entire 2021 slate of films on HBO Max, in order to bolster the nascent service and appeal to housebound customers.

Wonder Woman 1984 stayed atop the domestic box office chart in its third outing, but continued to fall off steeply. Overall it was a grim weekend for the North American theaters as total revenue tumbled 93 percent compared to the same weekend a year ago due to the ongoing pandemic and no new wide releases.

Rebecca Davis editorDisney/Pixar’s “Soul” has now outperformed “Wonder Woman 1984” in China by more than $10 million despite debuting a week later than the latter.

As heavy precipitation continues to impact much of the western United States, the Great Plains and America's South will be subjected to even more winter storm conditions this week. Heavy snow is forecast for the Northern and Central Plains beginning Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

Ever since the movie theater industry was gutted due to COVID-19, with many of the world’s cinemas being shut down in March until this fall, we’ve known 2020 was going to be a record bad year for the industry. But with the final 2020 box office numbers being reported, we can fully see just how the pandemic destroyed an industry.

It's official: North American box office revenue plummeted 80 percent in 2020 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and unprecedented theater closures, while global revenue tumbled more than 70 percent. As predicted, domestic movie tickets sold between Jan.

Thanksgiving and is also now available to rent on premium video on demand.Disney and Pixar’s “Soul,” which skipped U.S. theaters and is available for free for Disney+ subscribers, added $16.5 million internationally — a 114% increase from its opening in the same markets last weekend.

ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — and at a time when many movie theaters weren’t open — North American box offices are anticipated to hit a shocking new low.Following five years of annual ticket sales in excess of $11 billion, they’re expected to reach just $2.3 billion this year, the Associated Press reported. That’s not only down 80 percent from 2019, according to data firm Comscore, but also an almost 40-year low, the AP notes.

A wintry mix of snow and widespread freezing rain was expected to roll into the Midwest and eastern U.S. on Friday, creating hazardous travel and possible power outages to open the New Year.