3 h. ago Sinners: vampires, racial politics and a surprise cameo – discuss with spoilers

Ryan Coogler’s ambitious box office hit combines genres to come up with something wholly original and fascinatingly complexThis article contains spoilers for SinnersRyan Coogler’s Sinners just notched the biggest opening weekend for an original movie since the start of the pandemic, which means the Michael B Jordan-starring, period-set vampire movie will be seen and talked about for weeks (and more) to come. Here are some absolutely spoiler-packed discussion points (seriously, multiple endings are spoiled!) for the film’s variety of layers, genres and readings. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Forgotten war film with one moment fans say 'you know it's amazing'

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard star in the 2016 film Allied, which was a box office bomb and received poor reviews from critics, but fans can't get enough of the love story

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22 h. ago Ben Stiller and Patrick Schwarzenegger SLAMMED for sensitive reactions to box office numbers amid industry panic

Ben Stiller and Patrick Schwarzenegger are under fire for their sensitive reactions to a critical headline that cast doubt on the box office success of Sinners.

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28 h. ago Ben Stiller defends Sinners against critical headline about box office performance

Ryan Coogler’s new vampiric horror film, starring Michael B. Jordan, has debuted to $61 million at the global box office

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40 h. ago Sinners upsets $721M juggernaut A Minecraft Movie at box office amid fears it 'could end the studio system'

The horror/adventure move garnered $45.6 million in North American theaters, studio officials said, according to the AP .

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4 d. ago ‘No thought given to the human being’: Ben Affleck says he hated his ‘horrendous’ Batman suit

The actor, who took on the role in 2016 for box office let-down Batman v Superman, said the uncomfortable costume ‘made it difficult to make the movie’Ben Affleck says that he “hated” the Batsuit, and that it was “horrendous to wear” and “made it difficult to make the movie”.Speaking to GQ, Affleck said that the main issue with the elaborate costume was the heat it generated. “They don’t breathe. They’re made to look the way they want them to look. There’s no thought put into the human being. So what happens is that you just start sweating So in that thing, you’d just be pouring water, because you have that cowl over it. Like, there’s one thing to wear the suit, but once you cover your head, I guess that’s where all your heat kind of escapes and you feel it.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago 'Best war film viewers have ever seen' with unexpected cameo from huge star

The historical war film was a box office smash hit and saw the acting debut of one of the world's biggest stars alongside Oscar-winning actors and a huge twist

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6 d. ago Disney's disastrous Snow White remake hits another snag as it's BANNED by Middle Eastern country

The Middle East nation banned the movie from its cinemas nationwide over a controversy embroiling one of its stars, in the latest hit to the $200 million box office flop.

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6 d. ago Minecraft Movie on brink of box office history as Warner Bros bosses confirm sequel is coming 'imminently'

The Minecraft Movie, starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, has proved a massive commercial success, and Warner Bros' bossees have now confirmed a sequel is in the works

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7 d. ago Minecraft movie set to make film history as fans send box office skyrocketing

The film, starring the likes of Jack Black and Jason Momoa, is setting the box office alight with its constant draw of audiences, and it is seemingly showing no sign of stopping

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7 d. ago Brendan Rodgers needs new Celtic deal as Paul Hartley bigs up box office draw that benefits EVERYONE

Rodgers has guaranteed he'll be hear for at least the final year of his contract but Hartley wants Celtic to tie him down longer term

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8 d. ago Steven Soderbergh: ‘Erin Brockovich wouldn’t get made today unless you get Timothée Chalamet’

The Oscar-winning director of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, ‘Out of Sight’ and ‘Magic Mike’ speaks to Adam White about weathering the box office disappointment of his brilliant new film ‘Black Bag’, and his fears for the future – not only when it comes to his career, but Hollywood itself

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8 d. ago A Minecraft Movie soars to $551M globally as Snow White falls out of box office top five

A Minecraft Movie has soared to nearly $551 million in the global box office while Disney's Snow White live-action remake dropped even further out of the top five spot this weekend.

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9 d. ago Cinema chaos as kids bring actual chickens into Minecraft Movie screenings

The latest Box Office hit, The Minecraft Movie, has sparked a bizarre social media trend – which one teen took to another level by bringing live animals into the cinema

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1 week ago Police dress as Batman and Robin to foil scammers on bridge in London

The officers had to ‘think outside the box’ to catch the two men.

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1 week ago ‘A collective sigh of relief’: how Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain went down in Poland

Eisenberg’s Holocaust-heritage comedy-drama was a big hit in the country where it is set – though some have questioned its lack of engagement with locals. Historians, critics and heritage tour guides give us their thoughtsA Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg’s film about two cousins on a heritage tour of Holocaust-related sites in Poland, has been largely embraced by Polish audiences, who appreciated its understated humour and conspicuous good intentions. Within a month of its release, the film had grossed more than $1m at the Polish box office – no small feat for an indie production in Poland. “There was a collective sigh of relief,” says Vogue Poland film critic Anna Tatarska, “that here was a Hollywood Holocaust narrative that didn’t cast Poles as historical villains.”Poland’s fraught relationship with Holocaust narratives has made films touching on it into political battlegrounds for at least a decade. Since the nationalist backlash against films such as Aftermath (Pokłosie) in 2012, an...

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1 week ago Rory McIlroy’s Masters hopes dive but Justin Rose blooms amid azaleas

Northern Irishman slips to 72 after finding water on 15thRose shoots stunning 65 to race into three-shot leadThere continues to be an absence of dull moments when Rory McIlroy is around. Just when maybe, just maybe, his followers were daring to dream of Masters glory, Augusta National bit back at the 35-year-old. Plus ça change.This was box office; the problem being that for McIlroy himself and all those desperate to see him sample Masters success, the reasons were all wrong. Nobody could have predicted this stumble, such was his earlier touch. He was four under par and within three of the leaderboard-topping Justin Rose. The finding of water with a chip from behind the 15th green cost McIlroy an ugly, double-bogey seven. It is precisely the kind of number that can fatally undermine a Masters bid. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Scarlett Johansson, Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor set for Cannes 2025 as lineup announced

Premieres of new movies by Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Joachim Trier and Jafar Panahi to screen at film festival – as well debuts by actor-turned-directors Johansson and Harris Dickinson The Cannes film festival looks set to cement its reputation as the world’s ultimate springboard for serious films with an eye on box office success, with new works by auteur heavyweights Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt and Richard Linklater all set to premiere on the Croisette this May.Cannes delegate general Thierry Frémaux and president Iris Knobloch announced this year’s lineup at a press conference in Paris on Thursday morning. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Minecraft Movie fans 'torn' after realising different star was in

The Minecraft Movie has been a huge hit at the box office, but fans have been left split after realising an iconic actor who was initially cast in the lead role

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1 week ago Deflated Rachel Zegler breaks cover as Disney braces for $115 million LOSS over 'woke' Snow White disaster

Rachel Zegler looked somber as she was pictured out in New York City this week, following the humiliating box office performance of her latest film, Snow White. 

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2 w. ago Minecraft mania: how millions of rowdy kids saved the box office

Video game adaptation broke records over the weekend as reports pour in about chaotic screenings and TikTok trendsMinecraft has jumped from game consoles to movie screens, and theaters across the country are shaking with perhaps the most vocal fan participation this side of an Avengers finale. As the film broke box office records, reports (and phone-shot videos) have been pouring in across the internet of the game-based fantasy-comedy inciting near-riots of applause, cheersand popcorn-chucking as the youthful target audience expresses their gratitude for references to the source material’s characters, memes and attendant lore – particularly the Chicken Jockey, a visual reference to a relatively rare but well-known phenomenon within the game. If you don’t know any more than this, there’s no real need to investigate further; the answer doesn’t matter. Even for someone actively watching A Minecraft Movie, it has absolutely no bearing on the actual story or characters at hand.The reacti...

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2 w. ago A Minecraft Movie breaks records to become highest opening video game movie of all time

First-weekend takings of $163m in North America puts the adaptation of the wildly popular video game ahead of previous record holder The Super Mario Bros MovieA Minecraft Movie has broken box office records to record the highest ever first weekend total for a video game adaptation.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the film took $163m (£128m) on its first three days at the North American box office (including approximately $10m for preview screenings on Thursday), which puts it well ahead of the previous record holder The Super Mario Bros Movie, which took $146m on its opening weekend in the US and Canada in 2023. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Like it or not, Kevin & Perry Go Large was proud British cinema – now it’s all but gone

Twenty-five years ago, Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke played libidinous teenage monsters in one of the most successful Britflicks in UK box office history. Since then, the British film industry has become crisis-stricken and largely Americanised, writes Adam White. Where did all the local stories go?

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2 w. ago A Minecraft Movie breaks box office record with shock $301M global opening while woke Snow White slips again

A Minecraft Movie was the big winner its debut weekend, earning a shocking $301 million globally.

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2 w. ago 23 brilliant movies that bombed at the box office, from Shawshank Redemption to Children of men

Jacob Stolworthy runs through the films that didn’t get the attention they deserved

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2 w. ago Streaming: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy and the best older women age

The recent Bridget Jones sequel, a big hit at the UK box office, celebrates the romance between its middle-aged star and her gen-Z lover, but from Babygirl to The Mother, how do women on screen with younger partners usually fare?At this admittedly early stage of 2025, with all the noisy blockbusters of summer still ahead of us, the UK’s box-office report tells a nostalgic story. The year’s highest-grossing new release, raking in more than double its nearest rival, Captain America, is Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – a sequel in which its American distributors had so little confidence that they booted it straight to streaming. Brits who missed it in cinemas can finally access it on VOD this week. The film itself is something of a pleasant surprise too: a tender-hearted, flannel-cosy romcom – easily the best in the series since the first, 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary – now suffused with the gentle melancholy of middle age.Age, of course, is a critical concern of this instalment, whi...

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2 w. ago Rachel Zegler puts on a brave face at opening of George Clooney's Broadway play as she's seen for the FIRST time since release of 'woke' box office bomb Snow White

The actress, 23, who has taken the brunt of the blame for the film underperforming amid controversies, beamed as she attended the opening of George Clooney 's Broadway play.

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2 w. ago Disney reportedly puts Tangled remake on hold after Snow White’s poor box office run

Snow White, made on a reported budget of $270m, has so far only returned around $145.7m worldwide

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2 w. ago 23 brilliant movies that bombed at the box office, from Children of Men to Babylon

Jacob Stolworthy runs through the films that didn’t get the attention they deserved

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2 w. ago Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver defend Rachel Zegler over Snow White row

Pop singer Allen said she didn’t believe the controversy surrounding Zegler could be blamed for the film’s box office woes

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2 w. ago Joe Rogan reveals REAL reason Snow White flopped at the box office as he calls for shock DOGE investigation

Joe Rogan discussed the reasons Snow White flopped and suggested that the film should be investigated by Elon Musk's DOGE.

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2 w. ago Movie fans ecstatic as classic 90s film confirms epic return a whopping 28 years after its debut

The movie became a huge hit and according to Box Office Mojo, the film is the 'seventh highest-grossing slasher film as of 2021'.

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2 w. ago Give us at least 45 days before films go to streaming platforms, say theater owners

Box office numbers continue to lag behind pre-pandemic figures

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2 w. ago With the box office down, James Gunn predicts summer of 'Superman' to the rescue

The 2025 box office has been hit with a deficit

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3 w. ago How much money woke Snow White is going to lose amid box office failure and Rachel Zegler controversies

Disney's Snow White has been suffering a number of embarrassing setbacks, with a new report claiming it will lose a staggering amount at the box office.

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3 w. ago Snow White suffers worst humiliation yet after woke Rachel Zegler remake tanked at box office

The woke Rachel Zegler led remake of Snow White has reached a new low after failing to ignite at the box office.

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3 w. ago John Lennon's son Sean shares bizarre rant about Snow White star Rachel Zegler amid Disney flick's disappointing box office takings

The West Side Story star, 23, has been at the centre of controversy following Snow White's disappointing box office performance.

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3 w. ago Snow White suffers steep fall at the box office as A Working Man clinches the top spot with $15M opening

The controversial Disney film, which is a live-animated remaking of the original 1937 cartoon classic, grossed just $14.2M at the box office - a 66% decline from it's previous weekend.

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3 w. ago Woke Rachel Zegler makes new career move after humiliating Snow White box office bomb

Woke Rachel Zegler is turning the page after facing a firestorm of backlash over Disney's Snow White reboot. The star appears to be pivoting toward safer creative ground.

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3 w. ago Rachel Zegler’s social media posts blamed for Snow White backlash and box office performance

Live action remake has been subject to controversy in build up to release

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3 w. ago Rachel Zegler branded 'haughty' amid woke Snow White box office disaster

Brand, 49, commented on Zegler's 2022 interview with Extra where she infamously described the original Snow White storyline as 'weird' and his prince a 'stalker'.

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3 w. ago Russell Brand slams 'haughty' Rachel Zegler amid Snow White box office disaster

Brand, 49, commented on Zegler's 2022 interview with Extra where she infamously described the original Snow White storyline as 'weird' and his prince a 'stalker'.

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3 w. ago A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia

Grisly gifts a worrying turn for press freedom in world’s third-largest democracyWarning: some readers may find an image in this story distressingWhen a large box arrived at the office with her name on it, Indonesian investigative journalist Francisca Christy Rosana assumed a friend had sent her a package.Instead, it contained a stinking, mutilated pigs head. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Fresh blow for 'woke' Snow White star as she's linked to scandal hit Scream star

'Woke' Snow White star Rachel Zegler was supported by axed Scream actress Melissa Barrera this week amid the reboot's box office failure.

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3 w. ago Victor Wanyama gets box office Dunfermline welcome as Neil Lennon rolls out red carpet for former Celtic hero

Wanyama has officially joined the Pars until the end of the campaign

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4 w. ago Snow White overperforms in red states despite ‘Snow Woke’ moniker

The live-action Disney remake has performed better in Republican-leaning states than in those voting Democrat

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4 w. ago Snow White star Rachel Zegler lands major BBC gig as Disney film struggles at box office

Disney's new Snow White film, starring Rachel Zegler in the titular role, has been panned by critics since its release last week and has been slammed for a number of reasons

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4 w. ago Robert DeNiro's new movie The Alto Knights bombs at box office taking less than £1m

The gangster film, based loosely on the life of real life Mafia bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, got whacked by cinema-goers who seem to be uninterested in DeNiro’s latest gangster flick.

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4 w. ago Disney's Snow White remake's box office numbers are in, amid controversies

As Disney's Snow White remake was released in cinemas on Friday, amid a string of controversies, the audience's verdict has been revealed

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4 w. ago Othello review – Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s underwhelming blockbuster

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New YorkThe record-breaking take on the Shakespearean tragedy might already be a smash, but it’s disappointingly muddledWith the smell of doom and regression in the air, perhaps it’s not surprising that the hottest ticket on Broadway this season is for a 400-year-old tragedy. There’s been much ado about the box office for Othello, a new rendition of Shakespeare’s classic given movie-star wattage. The show at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, grossed $2.8m during one week of previews – the most of any non-musical during a single week on Broadway ever, in part because some orchestra tickets are going for a whopping $921.The sticker shock is not just an Othello problem – tickets for two other celeb-driven plays on Broadway – Glengarry Glen Ross, and George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck, aren’t averaging much less, and it’s already been a lucrative season for celeb-studded Shakespeare as Romeo + Juliet, starring s...

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4 w. ago Rachel Zegler's Snow White bombs at box office as fans 'snub' Disney remake

Rachel Zegler has been trying to drum up support for her live action Snow White film despite heavy criticisms about the movie, including by sharing a snap from her childhood showing her dressed as the Disney princess

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last month Snow White box office results land after devastating reviews

Disney remake has a long way to go before turning a profit, while De Niro’s mob drama ‘The Alto Knights’ is on track to become one of the year’s biggest flops

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