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The string of Summer 2019 underperformers continued at the box office over Father’s Day weekend, with newcomers Men in Black: International, Shaft and Late Night all stumbling in their respective debuts. The most notable disappointment was Men in Black, which...

Social Media Snapshot – Monday June 3 to Sunday June 9 This week in social media tracking: New trailers for Ford v. Ferrari and Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark helped introduce the films to new audiences and begin...

Monday Update: The top two films this weekend snagged gold and silver, but with lower totals than almost anybody projected pre-release. Universal’s animated The Secret Life of Pets 2 debuted atop the box office with a $46.6M opening, but that was relative...

Saturday Update: Universal reports this morning that Secret Life of Pets 2 claimed first place in its first day of release with $16.5 million. This is a somewhat surprising turn of events given its fellow opener -- Dark Phoenix ---...

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Showcase Cinemas will be bringing back its Bookworm Wednesdays program this summer. Now in its 21st edition, the annual program encourages kids to keep up with their summer reading by offering free admission to select children’s films, as long as...

This year marked a change for Cinema Show & Tell, the annual convention of the Mid-Atlantic NATO. For the first time, the show skipped a bit north from its usual venue in Virginia to the Live! Casino and Hotel in...

Twenty years after her feature directing debut, Chutney Popcorn, found a warm reception on the festival circuit, Nisha Ganatra is back in the theatrical arena with one of the hottest titles from Sundance 2019: Late Night, written by and starring...

Social Media Snapshot – Monday May 27 to Sunday, June 2 It was a largely quiet week across social media outside of the usual noise from Spider-Man: Far From Home and Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker. Rambo did have...

Monday Update: The new Godzilla film won the weekend, as the Warner Bros. fantasy action sequel, subtitled King of the Monsters, earned $47.7M. While good for first place, it was significantly behind its 2014 predecessor Godzilla which started with $93.1M. Last weekend’s leader,...

Saturday Update: Warner Bros.' Godzilla: King of the Monsters took in $19.605 million domestically on opening day Friday, including Thursday night's $6.3 million start...

Social Media Review: Monday May 20 to Sunday May 26, 2019 Twitter Spider-Man: Far From Home narrowly staved off a surging Terminator: Dark Fate to threepeat atop the Twitter dashboard for new page likes. Overall numbers were down on the...