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‘Mortal Kombat’ & ‘Demon Slayer’ Continue Gritty B.O. Fight For No. 1; But Both Pics Hit The Mat Hard In Weekend 2 Deadline 3 hrs ago Demon Slayer, which had very notable openings and further revived the domestic B.O. last weekend, dropped precipitously this weekend, respectively at -73% and $6.4M for No. 1, with a running total of $32.2M, and New Line’s Mortal Kombat is at No. 2 with a weekend 2 of $6.2M and a $34M 10-day total. No one was expecting this type of tumble. What ...

Photographed by Seye Isikalu In Limbo, Amir El-Masry’s Syrian refugee character Omar has far more depth than simply a war-ravaged victim. “Through the movie, Omar is constantly talking about Syria in a positive light and saying that he actually wants to go back,” the actor notes. He was photographed April 13 at Sunbeam Studios in London. The British Egyptian actor — an advocate for inclusion for creatives of Middle Eastern and North  African heritage in the U.K. industry — gives a ...

Eight years later, Netflix has a total of 36 Oscar nominations across 17 films — the most of any distributor in this years slate. Its film "Mank," a film centered around "Citizen Kane" co-writer Herman Mankiewicz, leads the pack with 10 nods. While Netflix is outpacing its rivals in nominations in recent years, it hasnt collected many wins. Since 2013, the streamer has garnered 54 nominations and 8 wins. In the past, some have attributed Netflixs lack of wins to Hollywood being wary of rewar...

Spirit Awards Snubs: Top Nominees ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always,’ ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Shut Out Hilary Lewis Never Rarely Sometimes Always Ma Raineys Black Bottom When the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced at the end of January, Focus Features’ abortion drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always seemed like it was picking up some awards season heat when it led the Spirit Awards field with seven nominations, more than any other film, includin...

Both films went into the night up for multiple awards but failed to win a single one, with Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis losing in the lead acting categories.

By Stacy Lambe‍ Focus Features Get ready for more Downton Abbey! The celebrated upstairs-downstairs franchise is returning to the big screen with a sequel to the hit 2019 film adaptation. The official news comes just over one year after producer Gareth Neame told ET that he and creator Julian Fellowes were “committed” to making a second movie happen.  According to Focus Features, the principal cast “will all once again return” for the seque...

2.3k Views The CW has released a first look at the live-action “Powerpuff Girls”. This is the first official poster for the upcoming live action reboot of #ThePowerpuffGirls that The CW has been filming this year�� pic.twitter.com/0dC0n60oNe   Jordan Vogt-Roberts will direct and Brian K. Vaughan will write a live-action version of “Gundam” for Netflix. The series, which began in 1979, is set in the Universal Century, an era in which people have emigrated to space colonies because ...

Godzilla vs Kong unaffected by pandemic, makes $69.5 mn since its release SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 12, 2021, 04:10 PM IST Share AP Godzilla vs. Kong is now the top-grossing film of the pandemic era, bypassing Christopher Nolans Tenet, which earned $58.4 million. Related LOS ANGELES: "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 mashups stateside haul to $69.5 million, an impressive gross c...

By Syndicated Content By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "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 mashups stateside haul to $69.5 million, an impressive gross considering it comes in the midst of a global pandemic. The Legendary and Warner Bros. releases robust commercial performance has been all the more notable because it comes as COVID restrictions are in place, lim...

LOS ANGELES, April 11 (Variety.com) – “Godzilla vs. Kong” stormed to the top of the domestic box office, picking up $13.4 million in its second weekend of…