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Box Office: Godzilla vs. Kong Roars to $13.4 Million in Second Weekend Brent Lang, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Godzilla vs. Kong” stormed to the top of the domestic box office, picking up $13.4 million in its second weekend of release. That brings the monster mashup’s stateside haul to $69.5 million, an impressive gross considering it comes in the midst of a global pandemic. The Legendary and Warner Bros. release’s robust commercial performance has been all the more notable becau...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Godzilla vs. Kong Is a Box Office and HBO Max Hit. Will It Shake Up the Future of Moviegoing? Rebecca Rubin, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Godzilla vs. Kong” proved that buzzy new movies can sell tickets, even if they’re already available to watch at home. After months of new releases bringing in lackluster box office ticket sales, “Godzilla vs. Kong” racked up $48.5 million in its first five days in theaters. It was the best showing, by a l...

Disney Plus Tops 100 Million Subscribers Worldwide Cynthia Littleton, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Disney Plus continues to grow apace, topping 100 million subscribers worldwide, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday during its annual shareholders meeting. That’s up from the 94.9 million Disney reported last month. “The enormous success of Disney Plus has inspired us to be even more ambitious, and to significantly increase our investment in the development of high-quality content,” Chap...

A Quiet Place 2 Release Date Moves Up to May Rebecca Rubin, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Fans of “A Quiet Place” will get to see the sequel in theaters earlier than expected. Paramount Pictures has pushed up the release date of “A Quiet Place Part II” by several months, moving the film from Sept. 17 ahead to May 28. It took the spot previously occupied by Mark Wahlberg’s action-thriller “Infinite,” which was relocated to Sept. 24. More from Variety Paramount filled the Memori...

Coming 2 America Drops One Day Early Natalie Oganesyan, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Coming 2 America,” the long-awaited sequel to Eddie Murphy’s 1988 “Coming to America,” has released early on Amazon Prime. Originally, the pic was set to drop on the streaming service on Friday. The sequel to John Landis’ hit comedy follows Prince Akeem (Murphy), who is set to become the king of the fictional country of Zamunda, an African kingdom untouched by colonialism, and finds out he has...

Sinclair Broadcast Group Lays Off 5% of Workforce Due to Profound Impact of Pandemic Elaine Low, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Sinclair Broadcast Group is shrinking its workforce by 5%, letting go of several hundred employees as a result of the “profound impact” of the pandemic, said the company in a statement. The company employs over 9,211 people, meaning that approximately 460 staffers were affected by the downsizing. “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt across...

Imax Revenues Get Lift From China Moviegoing Revival, but COVID-19 Takes a Toll Brent Lang, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Imax’s quarterly revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations even as its losses were steeper than expected. The theater company reported revenues of $56 million, a 55% drop from the prior-year quarter’s revenues of $124.3 million. It also logged a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $21.2 million, or 36 cents per diluted share. That’s down from a profit o...

Peter Rabbit 2 Hops Into Theaters Earlier Than Expected Rebecca Rubin, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: 1 hour 33 minutes In a sign of optimism, Sony Pictures plans to release “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” on the big screen earlier than anticipated. The animated sequel, which was originally scheduled for June, will now arrive in movie theaters on May 14. More from Variety Though the U.S. box office has been slow to return amid the pandemic, films geared toward family audience...

Epic Games Acquires Fall Guys Studio Mediatonic Alex Stedman, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail “Fortnite” creator Epic Games has acquired Tonic Games Group, the parent company of “Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout” studio Mediatonic, the companies announced on Tuesday. The companies did not disclose numbers behind the deal. A blog post on Mediatonic’s website, however, confirmed that the game will remain purchasable on Steam and PlayStation, and the previously announced plans to bring “...

Tenet to Open in New York City Theaters on Friday Antonio Ferme, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Nearly six months after “Tenet” was released in the United States, Warner Bros. announced that the Christopher Nolan sci-fi spectacle will open in five New York City movie theater locations this Friday. Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that New York City movie theaters will be able to open their doors to the public on March 5. More from Variety “Tenet” will play at AMC Linco...