News & Analysis

By Shawn Robbins One of my favorite movies turns a youthful five years old today, July 16. Part of me questioned the notion of writing a “throwback” tribute to Inception, a recent entry in the grand scheme of cinema, as...

Movies have been entertaining, enlightening, inspiring, and setting audiences’ imaginations free for well over a century now. And while there are now more than 450 online services around the world offering consumers access to legitimate movies and TV shows, the...

Universal reports that Minions tacked on another $11.505 million on Wednesday, giving the blockbuster prequel a six-day domestic total of $157.01 million. That puts the animated flick 2 percent ahead of where Despicable Me 2 stood at the same point...

LOS ANGELES – July 15, 2015 – According to Fandango, the nation’s leading digital destination for moviegoers and fans with more than 36 million unique visitors per month*, Marvel’s “Ant-Man” (in its opening week) and “Minions” (in its second week)...

LOS ANGELES – July 15, 2015 – According to Fandango, the nation’s leading digital destination for moviegoers and fans with more than 36 million unique visitors per month*, Marvel’s “Ant-Man” (in its opening week) and “Minions” (in its second week)...

Minions took in a strong $16.84 million on Tuesday to easily lead the daily box office for a fifth consecutive day. The blockbuster 3D computer animated spin-off from Universal and Illumination Entertainment increased an impressive 30 percent over Monday’s performance....

If last weekend was the turning point for China’s tepid summer box office where young fans lined up to see their idols in Tiny Times 4.0 and Forever Young and incredible word of mouth for The Monkey King: Hero Is Back pushed the weekend total to a...

Minions continued to comfortably lead the daily box office on Monday with $12.95 million. The blockbuster 3D computer animated spin-off from Universal and Illumination Entertainment fell 58 percent from Sunday’s performance. Minions has grossed a very strong $128.66 million in...

Monday Morning Update: So Minions finally debuted to a massive $115 million this past weekend, thereby validating and explaining all the months and months of hype it has generated on Facebook and Twitter. Paper Towns came away with the Facebook crown...

Monday Morning Update: So Minions finally debuted to a massive $115 million this past weekend, thereby validating and explaining all the months and months of hype it has generated on Facebook and Twitter. Paper Towns came away with the Facebook crown...

Minions delivered in a very big way this weekend with a $115.72 million debut. The highly anticipated 3D computer animated spin-off from Universal and Illumination Entertainment opened on the high end of its very lofty pre-release expectations. Without adjusting for...

Spy took in $2.34 million on Thursday to lead the daily box office for a sixth consecutive and final day. The Melissa McCarthy led comedy from Fox was down 15 percent from Wednesday. Daily percentage declines were sharp in general...