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Yellow = green Universal / Illumination’s animated sequel Minions: The Rise of Gru proved that kids and families just never tire of those gibberish-speaking yellow creatures. The fifth in the Despicable Me franchise debuted with a projected $108.5M three-day opening...

Monday Update: In the final Monday “actual” numbers, Elvis ($31.2M) took the box office lead. Top Gun: Maverick earned $29.6M. The two films’ Sunday studio estimates, from Warner Bros. and Paramount respectively, were originally tied at $30.5M. However, Elvis slightly...

Still flying like a pterodactyl Last frame, Universal’s sci-fi thriller sequel Jurassic World: Dominion earned the #29 opening weekend of all time, between 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5M) and 2009’s Twilight: New Moon ($142.8M). It also debuted...

Dino-Might Universal’s sci-fi thriller sequel Jurassic World: Dominion stomped on the box office with a projected $143.3M debut. That’s the #29 opening weekend of all time, between 2017’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($146.5M) and 2009’s Twilight: New Moon...

Monday Update: Maverick officially came in at $90.0M, notably higher than Sunday’s $86.0M studio weekend estimate and the eighth-biggest sophomore frame of all time. It also fell only -29%, by far the mildest drop of any film to ever debut...

Paramount’s action sequel Top Gun: Maverick has now surpassed the 1986 original’s $176M overseas total, with $185M so far. Top markets to date include the U.K. ($35.4M), France ($15.7M), Australia ($15.2M), Japan ($15.2M), Germany ($9.0M), Brazil ($7.0M), Mexico ($6.1M), and Italy ($6.1M)....

The Need for Speed Paramount’s action-adventure sequel Top Gun: Maverick zoomed to the top of the box office with a projected $124 million three-day domestic debut and a $151 million four-day holiday frame. A $124 million overseas launch from 62...

Top Gun: Maverick finished its first Friday in theatrical release with $116.5 million global ticket sales, a tally that includes $19 million from domestic previews and $40.2 million from overseas showtimes ahead of its official opening date in North America....

Top Gun Maverick took off in its domestic previews with a $19.26 million haul, the highest grossing preview in Paramount Pictures’ history and the highest grossing Memorial Day preview in history. The strong start includes a series of one-time event...

Abbey Road Focus Features’ historical drama sequel Downton Abbey: A New Era opened in second place with $16.0M, on the lower end of pre-release projections. That’s -48% behind 2019’s original Downton Abbey ($31.0M). The sequel is one of the few...

Trafalgar Releasing’s event cinema release and concert film Twenty One Pilots Cinema Experience debuted Thursday with an $875K+ domestic gross, good for runner-up of the day behind only Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Playing in 763 theaters, Pilots earned...

Bryan Braunlich named Executive Director of Cinema Foundation, Lou DiGioia NATO CFO The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) and The Cinema Foundation today announced the hiring of two new executives. Bryan Braunlich was named Executive Director of The Cinema Foundation and Lou DiGioia was named to the newly...