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Was it the pandemic or are audiences sick and tired of gory games? Plus, Netflix's Army of the Dead gamble pays off and more from the weekend box office of May 14-16, 2021.
CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Almost eleven years ago, in the mysterious land of Toronto, Canada, Scott Pilgrim almost had his ass handed to him by Ramona Flowersâ seven evil exes throughout the entirety of director Edgar Wrightâs Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. While each and every one of these adversaries is evil in their own special way, theyâre certainly not all created equal. In fact, some of them have some valid baggage when it comes to their relationship with the woman who spurned them all. With that in mind, and with the world still high off of the big 10th anniversary re...
‘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 does this say as the US has close to 70% of 40,7K screens reopened, and there’s talk of Los Angele...
Las Vegas Weekly Army of the Dead (May 21; exclusively on Netflix) Photo: Netflix Photo: Courtesy Army of the Dead Plot: A team of mercenaries attempt to heist a fortune from a zombie-infested Las Vegas. Why go: Snyder’s an old hand with zombies, and it looks like he had some fun with this Dawn of the Dead/ Ocean’s Eleven hybrid. And we can tell out-of-town friends it’s a documentary. Spiral: From the Book of Saw (May 14) Photo: Lionsgate Photo: Courtesy Spiral Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman. Starring Chris Rock, Max Minghella and Samuel L. Jackson. Rated R. Plot: A police de...
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World does, and with good reason. Beloved by nerds the world over, Scott Pilgrim was not a mainstream or box office success. But like its scrappy underdog hero, the 2010 film has remained culturally relevant, with many considering it to be one of the best comic book adaptations of all time. And for the tenth anniversary (pandemic notwithstanding), Universal Pictures is granting the film a second life, with a new theatrical re-release in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos version supervised by director Edgar Wright along with his original team: sound mixer Julian Slater, colo...