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Practical Magic 2 is being judged against a forecast that was raised two days before release
Practical Magic 2 is being written up as a film that missed a $40-50 million forecast. That forecast was a release-week upgrade. The August projection was $30-40 million, and the film missed the bottom of that one too.
September 26, 2026 4:51 pm
Forgotten Island gained 24 reviews in three days and nobody printed the same number twice
DreamWorks opens Forgotten Island on Friday at 100 per cent. Three outlets have published three different review counts for that score inside 72 hours, and the film it is supposedly beating has a 99 per cent built on four times the sample.
September 25, 2026 11:26 am
Resident Evil Broke a 16-Year Record About 36 Hours After Everyone Said It Had
Resident Evil was reported as beating the franchise's all-time domestic gross on Sunday, when the estimate was $128,566 short. It cleared it on Monday's revision by $71,434 — on one tracker, while the other still shows the estimate.
September 21, 2026 1:06 pm
Warner Bros. Has Not Had a $100 Million Domestic Film All Year. It Is Counting on Witches.
No Warner Bros. release has crossed $100 million domestic in 2026. The studio's best film of the year stopped at $84 million in April. On Friday it opens a sequel to a 1998 flop that scored 30% with critics — and it is the most promising thing on its calendar.
September 10, 2026 1:10 pm
Coyote vs. Acme Passed the Tax Write-Off It Was Killed For in Nine Days
Warner Bros. decided a finished Looney Tunes film was worth more as a tax deduction than as a movie. Ketchup Entertainment bought it, released it on 28 August, and in nine days it earned more than the write-off was reportedly worth.
September 9, 2026 1:05 pm
Netflix Just Announced Its Third Dungeons & Dragons Series. It Killed the Second One First.
Netflix has a live-action Dungeons & Dragons series in development called Ravenloft, with Alfonso Cuarón executive producing and John August writing. It also, quietly, has a dead one. That makes three D&D live-action series announced in three and a half years, and not one frame has ever been shot.
September 8, 2026 1:10 pm
Godzilla Is Back on a Streaming Chart, Two Places Below Dodgeball
Gareth Edwards' 2014 Godzilla — the film that started a $2.5 billion franchise — spent this week at No. 10 on the Paramount+ chart in the United States, two places below Dodgeball. It is on a service with no stake in the character's future, and the cross-platform data says the resurgence is a great deal smaller than the headlines.
September 7, 2026 1:05 pm
Forty-One Screens on Earth Can Show The Odyssey Properly. They Have Made $66 Million.
IMAX has extended The Odyssey's 70mm run to the end of September — the third extension, taking it to eleven weeks. Forty-one screens in the world can show the film the way it was shot. Those forty-one have taken $66 million between them, which is more than most films make anywhere.
September 6, 2026 1:00 pm
Megan Fox Says She’d Return for a Jennifer’s Body Sequel
Megan Fox says she’s ready to return as Jennifer Check in a Jennifer's Body sequel, signaling she would reprise the role if a new installment moves forward.
July 26, 2026 4:11 pm
We Live in Time isn’t on Netflix — where to watch Pugh and Garfield’s romance
The first official trailer for We Live in Time, starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, has debuted online.
July 24, 2026 11:06 am
Silent Hill Movie Bombs With Critics Before Theater Release
The latest Silent Hill film adaptation crashes with a devastating 6% critic score, sparking debate about whether video game movies can ever capture the psychological depth that makes the games so haunting.
January 25, 2026 8:03 pm
Matt Damon's Career Pattern: Why His Biggest Flops Share One Fatal Flaw
The Oscar winner's string of box office disasters reveals a troubling trend that threatens his future projects. From Downsizing to The Great Wall, these failures expose a critical weakness in his film choices.
January 25, 2026 6:19 pm
Why Crystal Skull Gets Unfair Treatment Among Indy Films
The fourth Indiana Jones movie faces harsh criticism, but maybe it's time to reconsider what makes this adventure work better than critics claim.
January 25, 2026 5:40 pm
Eddie Murphy: Sofia Coppola's Dream Collaboration Revealed
The acclaimed director opens up about her unexpected choice for a future project, revealing which comedy legend she's always wanted to direct in a dramatic role.
January 25, 2026 4:48 pm
Costner's Childhood Collision with Disney Changed Everything
Hollywood star Kevin Costner shares the unforgettable story of accidentally tackling Walt Disney as a four-year-old at Disneyland, a moment that would influence his entire career trajectory.
January 25, 2026 4:35 pm
Johnny Depp Scene So Bad Director Called It 'Terrible'
A legendary filmmaker admits one sequence with his A-list star went horribly wrong during production, forcing him to get creative with an unconventional solution that saved the entire movie.
January 25, 2026 3:29 pm
Director Credits Coppola's Vietnam Epic for Career Inspiration
Rising filmmaker Nia DaCosta reveals how Francis Ford Coppola's chaotic 1979 masterpiece shaped her directorial ambitions, despite her latest zombie sequel struggling at theaters.
January 25, 2026 10:04 am
Harris Dickinson Calls Acting Process 'Weird and Humiliating'
The rising star opens up about the vulnerable side of performing and how his discomfort with acting shapes his approach to directing other actors on set.
January 25, 2026 8:53 am
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