Ryan Reynolds’ “Deadpool 2” has opened with a superheroic $18.6 million on Thursday night at 3,785 North American locations.
“Deadpool 2” smashed the record for top preview gross for an R-rated film, topping the previous mark of $13.5 million, set by “It” in September.
“Book Club,” meanwhile, took in $625,000 at 2,781 locations during Thursday previews.
20th Century Fox’s superhero sequel will end “Avengers: Infinity War’s” three-week rule, with forecasts in the $130 million to $150 million range on 4,349 screens for its opening weekend — the widest launch ever for a Fox title.
The original “Deadpool” stunned the industry two years ago with a $132.4 million debut weekend, which remains the record for an R-rated title. It went on to earn $363 million in North America and $783 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Reynolds returns as the wisecracking mercenary in the 11th title in the X-Men franchise. David Leitch replaced Tim Miller as director,...
“Deadpool 2” smashed the record for top preview gross for an R-rated film, topping the previous mark of $13.5 million, set by “It” in September.
“Book Club,” meanwhile, took in $625,000 at 2,781 locations during Thursday previews.
20th Century Fox’s superhero sequel will end “Avengers: Infinity War’s” three-week rule, with forecasts in the $130 million to $150 million range on 4,349 screens for its opening weekend — the widest launch ever for a Fox title.
The original “Deadpool” stunned the industry two years ago with a $132.4 million debut weekend, which remains the record for an R-rated title. It went on to earn $363 million in North America and $783 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Reynolds returns as the wisecracking mercenary in the 11th title in the X-Men franchise. David Leitch replaced Tim Miller as director,...
- 5/18/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
“Deadpool 2” shot to $18.6 million at the Thursday box office, surpassing its predecessor which earned $12.7 million in previews two years ago.
The sequel also broke the R-rated Thursday box office record that was previously held by “It.” The horror film grossed $13.5 million last September in previews.
Independent trackers expect the film to at least match the $132 million opening weekend scored by the first “Deadpool” in 2016, which was then a record for February releases.
Also Read: 'Deadpool 2' Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Gives His All to a Joke Told the Second Time
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For more comparisons, “Black Panther” grossed $25.2 million in previews, while “Thor: Ragnarok” thundered to $14.5 million. The former took in a total of $202 million its opening weekend, while “Ragnarok” grossed $122.7 million.
“Deadpool 2” sees the titular antihero start a new mutant team called X-Force to protect a young, surly mutant named Firefist (Julian Dennison) from falling into the clutches of Cable.
The sequel also broke the R-rated Thursday box office record that was previously held by “It.” The horror film grossed $13.5 million last September in previews.
Independent trackers expect the film to at least match the $132 million opening weekend scored by the first “Deadpool” in 2016, which was then a record for February releases.
Also Read: 'Deadpool 2' Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Gives His All to a Joke Told the Second Time
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For more comparisons, “Black Panther” grossed $25.2 million in previews, while “Thor: Ragnarok” thundered to $14.5 million. The former took in a total of $202 million its opening weekend, while “Ragnarok” grossed $122.7 million.
“Deadpool 2” sees the titular antihero start a new mutant team called X-Force to protect a young, surly mutant named Firefist (Julian Dennison) from falling into the clutches of Cable.
- 5/18/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
In the cornball kiddie tradition of his “Scooby-Doo,” “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” and “Smurfs” films, director Raja Gosnell’s “Show Dogs” combines live-action actors with real and CGI talking creatures in service of groan-worthy comedic adventure. The hero in question here is Max, an NYPD police pooch (voiced by Chris “Ludacris” Bridges) who’s forced to partner with Will Arnett’s FBI agent while going undercover as a pageant contestant. Think of it as “Miss Congeniality” for dogs, replete with the sort of slapstick humor, puerile gags and for-adults-only pop-culture references required of such endeavors. Its frantic pace should make it a mildly amusing diversion for the younger set, but its juvenile imagination (or lack thereof) is likely to drive anyone over the age of 7 barking mad.
During a Manhattan sting operation gone awry that puts him in direct conflict with federal agent Frank (Arnett), street-wise Rottweiler Max fails to save...
During a Manhattan sting operation gone awry that puts him in direct conflict with federal agent Frank (Arnett), street-wise Rottweiler Max fails to save...
- 5/17/2018
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
“Avengers: Infinity War” will pass the box office baton to a fellow Marvel Comics character this weekend.
20th Century Fox’s “Deadpool 2” is expected to end “Infinity War’s” three-week rule, eyeing a release between $130 million and $150 million on 4,200 screens in North America. Should it open toward the end of that range, it would top its own record of the biggest opening weekend for an R-rated film. The original “Deadpool” was a surprise hit, launching with $132.4 million in 2016. It went on to earn $363 million in North America and $783 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Ryan Reynolds stars as the wisecracking mercenary known a Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Wilson. David Leitch directed from a script by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Reynolds.
The superhero sequel sees Deadpool forming a team called the X-Force — comprised of Zazie Beetz’s Domino, T.J. Miller’s Weasel, Terry Crews’ Bedlam,...
20th Century Fox’s “Deadpool 2” is expected to end “Infinity War’s” three-week rule, eyeing a release between $130 million and $150 million on 4,200 screens in North America. Should it open toward the end of that range, it would top its own record of the biggest opening weekend for an R-rated film. The original “Deadpool” was a surprise hit, launching with $132.4 million in 2016. It went on to earn $363 million in North America and $783 worldwide, making it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time.
Ryan Reynolds stars as the wisecracking mercenary known a Deadpool, whose real name is Wade Wilson. David Leitch directed from a script by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Reynolds.
The superhero sequel sees Deadpool forming a team called the X-Force — comprised of Zazie Beetz’s Domino, T.J. Miller’s Weasel, Terry Crews’ Bedlam,...
- 5/15/2018
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
According to a recent Pew study, Americans place more trust in local news than they do national news, but is that trust misguided? In last night’s segment of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” John Oliver revealed that the majority of local news stations are owned by a right-leaning corporation named Sinclair Broadcast Group, which requires subsidiaries to air certain segments, including one called “Terrorism Alert Desk.”
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That’s a problem, especially considering very few people had ever heard of this company before last night. “Wow, it is a little disconcerting to learn that something you’ve only just heard of is throwing around 4 billion dollars,” Oliver said. “It’s like finding out that ExxonMobil just got bought, and it was by the little twerp that plays the new Spider-Man.”
Tom Holland hits aside,...
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That’s a problem, especially considering very few people had ever heard of this company before last night. “Wow, it is a little disconcerting to learn that something you’ve only just heard of is throwing around 4 billion dollars,” Oliver said. “It’s like finding out that ExxonMobil just got bought, and it was by the little twerp that plays the new Spider-Man.”
Tom Holland hits aside,...
- 7/3/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Where’s Waldo? Well, The Tracking Board is reporting that frequent collaborators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Knocked Up, Superbad, This Is the End) will soon be on the hunt to find the cartoon icon for MGM.
Having first acquired the rights back in 2011, a potential Where’s Waldo? feature film has been collecting dust on the studio’s shelf ever since, but today’s report – unconfirmed though it may be – is the first tangible sign of life. Based on Martin Handford’s classic literary series, the live-action film would bring the bespectacled traveller to the big screen with a time-travelling twist, with TB noting that an early draft of the script featured Waldo inadvertently activating a time machine. Numerous books have imagined the elusive protagonist travelling through time, after all.
Whether that core premise is still in the same shape today is up for question, particularly considering that Marc Hyman,...
Having first acquired the rights back in 2011, a potential Where’s Waldo? feature film has been collecting dust on the studio’s shelf ever since, but today’s report – unconfirmed though it may be – is the first tangible sign of life. Based on Martin Handford’s classic literary series, the live-action film would bring the bespectacled traveller to the big screen with a time-travelling twist, with TB noting that an early draft of the script featured Waldo inadvertently activating a time machine. Numerous books have imagined the elusive protagonist travelling through time, after all.
Whether that core premise is still in the same shape today is up for question, particularly considering that Marc Hyman,...
- 3/8/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: This past summer, Lifetime picked up Devious Maids, Marc Cherry’s follow-up to Desperate Housewives. Now the cable network has added to its development slate Paranormal Housewives, a light drama executive produced by Julia Roberts, her longtime collaborator Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas as well as Robyn Meisinger of Madhouse Entertainment. Written/exec produced by Miss Congeniality scribe Katie Ford, it is about an all-female group of paranormal investigators who call themselves The Paranormal Housewives. The show is inspired by the real Paranormal Housewives, a Southern California group of female professional paranormal investigators. It was launched in 2010 by Erin Potter and her friends Kirsten Thorne and Marsha Covert-Garcia in part as a response to their field being dominated by male investigators. Potter, Thorne and Covert-Garcia will serve as consultants on the Lifetime series, which is produced by ABC Studios, Roberts’ Red Om Films and 3 Arts, where Goldsmith-Thomas is a manager-producer. Om principals...
- 11/16/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Julia Roberts is bringing The Taming of the Shrew to TV -- sort of. A half-hour comedy of the same name, which references William Shakespeare's play in name alone, just sold to ABC. The actress' Red Om Films, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas of 3 Arts and ABC Studios are producing the workplace laugher, which follows a horrible boss and the employees trying to reign her in.
Marc Hyman (Meet the Fockers) wrote the script, and Roberts and Goldsmith-Thomas are both serving as executive producers. The project marks another in a long
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Marc Hyman (Meet the Fockers) wrote the script, and Roberts and Goldsmith-Thomas are both serving as executive producers. The project marks another in a long
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- 10/3/2012
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Julia Roberts is reuniting with longtime collaborator Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas for Taming of The Shrew, a half-hour workplace comedy, which has sold to ABC. Roberts’ Red Om Films, 3 Arts, where Goldsmith-Thomas is a manager-producer, and ABC Studios are producing the project, which is not related to the classic William Shakespeare play. Written by Marc Hyman (Meet The Fockers), the ABC comedy follows a tyrannical CEO and the office staff who try to tame her. Hyman, Roberts and Goldsmith-Thomas executive produce, with Red Om principals Lisa Gillan and Marissa Yeres Gill serving as producers. This marks the first TV development season for Goldsmith-Thomas since joining 3 Arts last fall. Her relationship with Roberts goes back 23 years to the time she was Roberts’ agent at ICM, guiding her career to global stardom. Goldsmith-Thomas then ran Revolution Studios East, supervising films under Roberts’ production deal there. The two have produced together two American Girl films,...
- 10/3/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Talking with Collider at the Toronto International Film Festival, actor Keanu Reeves gave some updates on the various projects he’s been linked with in recent times. Here's the basic breakdown.
The samurai epic "47 Ronin" sounds like it'll be going quite soon with Carl Rinsch still attached to direct. Reeves says “they’ve done pre-production, we’re still working on the script, they’re done pre-viz, and they’re doing location scouting. It’s ready to go.”
The "Cowboy Bebop" anime adaptation is essentially dead due to the large budget required. Reeves says "I haven’t heard anything back. They turned in the script and it was very expensive. I don’t know if they’re going to…it would cost, like, half a billion dollars to make that script. So, I don’t know where it’s at right now."
He's currently involved in the Mark L. Mann-directed indie drama "Generation Um…...
The samurai epic "47 Ronin" sounds like it'll be going quite soon with Carl Rinsch still attached to direct. Reeves says “they’ve done pre-production, we’re still working on the script, they’re done pre-viz, and they’re doing location scouting. It’s ready to go.”
The "Cowboy Bebop" anime adaptation is essentially dead due to the large budget required. Reeves says "I haven’t heard anything back. They turned in the script and it was very expensive. I don’t know if they’re going to…it would cost, like, half a billion dollars to make that script. So, I don’t know where it’s at right now."
He's currently involved in the Mark L. Mann-directed indie drama "Generation Um…...
- 9/17/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Filed under: TV News
Well alright, alright, alright ... Matthew McConaughey is developing a wacky new comedy for FX set in the beachfront city of Malibu.
The single-camera series is tentatively titled 'Kick-Ass Militia,' reports Deadline, and it centers on two very different brothers -- one is a cult leader, the other is a survivalist -- butting heads in a shared compound surrounded by sand and surf.
The show was developed from an idea by McConaughey pal Jr Reed. 'Meet the Fockers' scribe Marc Hyman is writing and executive producing the pilot with McConaughey.
'Kick-Ass' is the third dude-oriented TV project from McConaughey's J.K. Livin Productions following Fox's upcoming 'Rooster Tales,' an animated series based on the life of his brother, and 'Jonah and the Whale,' a coming of age series set up at Starz.
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Well alright, alright, alright ... Matthew McConaughey is developing a wacky new comedy for FX set in the beachfront city of Malibu.
The single-camera series is tentatively titled 'Kick-Ass Militia,' reports Deadline, and it centers on two very different brothers -- one is a cult leader, the other is a survivalist -- butting heads in a shared compound surrounded by sand and surf.
The show was developed from an idea by McConaughey pal Jr Reed. 'Meet the Fockers' scribe Marc Hyman is writing and executive producing the pilot with McConaughey.
'Kick-Ass' is the third dude-oriented TV project from McConaughey's J.K. Livin Productions following Fox's upcoming 'Rooster Tales,' an animated series based on the life of his brother, and 'Jonah and the Whale,' a coming of age series set up at Starz.
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- 6/8/2010
- by Mike Moody
- Aol TV.
Exclusive: FX is teaming with Matthew McConaughey and his production company J.K. Livin for a comedy project. Tentatively titled Kick Ass Militia, the single-camera comedy is based on source material by Jr Reed, an old friend of McConaughey’s. It centers on two brothers whose divergent views are always pitting them against each other on their Malibu compound– one a survivalist and one a free-loving cult leader. Marc Hyman is writing the script and is executive producing Militia, now in development, with McConaughey. J.K. Livin has been ramping up its TV efforts in the past year, building a slate of edgy, male-centered comedy projects. [...]...
- 6/7/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Opens
January 30
Director-producer Brian Robbins' The Perfect Score is a high school comedy/drama that Paramount hopes will appeal to teenagers. If those teens are undiscriminating, the studio might have a fighting chance. The attractive cast includes Scarlett Johansson, though in a performance much more mundane than those in either Lost in Translation or Girl With a Pearl Earring.
Chris Evans (Not Another Teen Movie) is Kyle, a decent student whose quite unrealistic dream since childhood has been to study architecture at Cornell University. Kyle seems more likely to end up studying beer-guzzling at State, but he nonetheless is the ringleader of a scheme to break into the corporate headquarters of the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J. He plans to steal the answers to the upcoming edition of the SAT, the bane of every college-bound high school senior.
Kyle fared poorly on the exam the first time. Best friend Matty (Bryan Greenberg)didn't do well either. Matty was hoping to score high enough to get into the University of Maryland, the college his (unseen) girlfriend attends. Brainy but sheltered Anna (Erika Christensen) is ranked second in their class, but she uncharacteristically froze on the test, thereby dashing any hope of getting into her first choice college, Brown University.
Francesca (Johansson) is a Goth rich kid whose father conveniently owns the office building that houses ETS. Desmond is a basketball prodigy who flirts with the idea of continuing his education at St. John's rather than turn pro. (Played by the NBA's Darius Miles, in his second film, the role somewhat mirrors Miles' real-life story.) Finally, Roy (Leonardo Nam) is the archetypal stoner who also happens to be a computer savant.
These six seniors carry out the break-in, though the entire enterprise seems to be more of a bonding experience than a purposeful crime. The characters in the screenplay by Mark Schwahn (creator of the WB Network's One Tree Hill, also for Tollin/Robbins), Marc Hyman and Jon Zack are barely fleshed out, though Kyle has a refreshing lack of swagger. Evans' conflicted adolescent actually seems real, as opposed to some of his co-stars, who resemble cardboard types. The few adults in the movie are relegated to the background -- no real surprise in an MTV Films production. The only other character of note is Kyle's older brother, Larry (Matthew Lillard, in patented grinning-underachiever-dude guise).
Robbins (Varsity Blues, Hardball) certainly knows his way around the youth market. If only this was half as entertaining as any episode of Dawson's Creek or The O.C. The story is flimsy, and when the dialogue touches on controversial issues regarding the SAT and its fairness, the slacker tone turns abruptly melodramatic.
Technically, the film resembles a TV show in its lighting, cartoon-like parents and thoroughly nondescript school and town. Not that we see much of these: There is a strange dearth of exterior, establishing, crowd or street shots. All of which creates a feeling that The Perfect Score was made cheaply and fast.
THE PERFECT SCORE
Paramount Pictures
Paramount in association with MTV Films and Spyglass EntertainmentA Roger Birnbaum, Tollin/Robbins Production
Credits:
Director: Brian Robbins
Screenwriters: Mark Schwahn, Marc Hyman, Jon Zack
Story: Marc Hyman, Jon Zack
Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Brian Robbins, Mike Tollin
Executive producer: Donald J. Lee, Jr.
Director of photography: Clark Mathis
Production designer: Jaymes Hinkle
Costume designer: Melissa Toth
Music: John Murphy
Editor: Ned Bastille
Cast:
Anna: Erika Christensen
Kyle: Chris Evans
Matty: Bryan Greenberg
Francesca: Scarlett Johansson
Desmond: Darius Miles
Roy: Leonardo Nam
Desmond's Mother: Tyra Ferrell
Larry: Matthew Lillard
Running time -- 97 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
January 30
Director-producer Brian Robbins' The Perfect Score is a high school comedy/drama that Paramount hopes will appeal to teenagers. If those teens are undiscriminating, the studio might have a fighting chance. The attractive cast includes Scarlett Johansson, though in a performance much more mundane than those in either Lost in Translation or Girl With a Pearl Earring.
Chris Evans (Not Another Teen Movie) is Kyle, a decent student whose quite unrealistic dream since childhood has been to study architecture at Cornell University. Kyle seems more likely to end up studying beer-guzzling at State, but he nonetheless is the ringleader of a scheme to break into the corporate headquarters of the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J. He plans to steal the answers to the upcoming edition of the SAT, the bane of every college-bound high school senior.
Kyle fared poorly on the exam the first time. Best friend Matty (Bryan Greenberg)didn't do well either. Matty was hoping to score high enough to get into the University of Maryland, the college his (unseen) girlfriend attends. Brainy but sheltered Anna (Erika Christensen) is ranked second in their class, but she uncharacteristically froze on the test, thereby dashing any hope of getting into her first choice college, Brown University.
Francesca (Johansson) is a Goth rich kid whose father conveniently owns the office building that houses ETS. Desmond is a basketball prodigy who flirts with the idea of continuing his education at St. John's rather than turn pro. (Played by the NBA's Darius Miles, in his second film, the role somewhat mirrors Miles' real-life story.) Finally, Roy (Leonardo Nam) is the archetypal stoner who also happens to be a computer savant.
These six seniors carry out the break-in, though the entire enterprise seems to be more of a bonding experience than a purposeful crime. The characters in the screenplay by Mark Schwahn (creator of the WB Network's One Tree Hill, also for Tollin/Robbins), Marc Hyman and Jon Zack are barely fleshed out, though Kyle has a refreshing lack of swagger. Evans' conflicted adolescent actually seems real, as opposed to some of his co-stars, who resemble cardboard types. The few adults in the movie are relegated to the background -- no real surprise in an MTV Films production. The only other character of note is Kyle's older brother, Larry (Matthew Lillard, in patented grinning-underachiever-dude guise).
Robbins (Varsity Blues, Hardball) certainly knows his way around the youth market. If only this was half as entertaining as any episode of Dawson's Creek or The O.C. The story is flimsy, and when the dialogue touches on controversial issues regarding the SAT and its fairness, the slacker tone turns abruptly melodramatic.
Technically, the film resembles a TV show in its lighting, cartoon-like parents and thoroughly nondescript school and town. Not that we see much of these: There is a strange dearth of exterior, establishing, crowd or street shots. All of which creates a feeling that The Perfect Score was made cheaply and fast.
THE PERFECT SCORE
Paramount Pictures
Paramount in association with MTV Films and Spyglass EntertainmentA Roger Birnbaum, Tollin/Robbins Production
Credits:
Director: Brian Robbins
Screenwriters: Mark Schwahn, Marc Hyman, Jon Zack
Story: Marc Hyman, Jon Zack
Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Brian Robbins, Mike Tollin
Executive producer: Donald J. Lee, Jr.
Director of photography: Clark Mathis
Production designer: Jaymes Hinkle
Costume designer: Melissa Toth
Music: John Murphy
Editor: Ned Bastille
Cast:
Anna: Erika Christensen
Kyle: Chris Evans
Matty: Bryan Greenberg
Francesca: Scarlett Johansson
Desmond: Darius Miles
Roy: Leonardo Nam
Desmond's Mother: Tyra Ferrell
Larry: Matthew Lillard
Running time -- 97 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 2/23/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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