‘Black Widow’ box office debut raises hopes of rebound for AMC and Cineworld
The latest instalment of the Marvel movie franchise starring Scarlett Johansson reportedly grossed US$80mln in the US and Canada in its opening weekend, a high water market for the box office during the pandemic Image Credit: Disney
The debut of Walt Disney Co’s (NYSE:DIS) Black Widow, the latest instalment in the Marvel movie franchise starring Scarlett Johansson, has been cheered by many in the movie theatre industry as a strong opening weekend for the film raised hopes of a post-pandemic rebound for cinema chains.
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Diverse slate of Oscar nominees includes women filmmakers, actors of Asian descent Chloe Zhao gets a nod for her road-trip drama Nomadland, while Steven Yeun and Riz Ahmed are both nominated for Best Actor for Minari and Sound Of Metal, respectively.
FILE - Chloe Zhao poses for a portrait to promote her film Nomadland during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 22, 2018. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
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After a pandemic year that shuttered movie theatres and upended the movie business, Academy Awards nominations on Monday (Mar 15) went to two female filmmakers for the first time, to a historically diverse slate of actors and to David Fincher s lead-nominee Mank, a traditional kind of
The Father. Also nominated for best picture was Emerald Fennell’s
Promising Young Woman.
History was made in the best director category. Only five women have ever been nominated before. For the first time, two were this year. Chloé Zhao got a nod for her elegiac road-trip drama
Nomadland alongside first-time feature filmmaker Fennell for her pitch black #MeToo revenge comedy.
Never going to stop crying, Fennell, also nominated for best screenplay, said on Twitter.
Photo: AP
Zhao, the first woman of colour nominated for best director, is the most nominated woman in a single year in Oscar history. She was also tipped for the film’s adapted screenplay, editing and as a producer in the best picture category. The other directing nominees were Lee Isaac Chung for the tender family drama