FRIDAY AFTERNOON: And we are on a roll at the box office: Any doubt that Disney+ has kept Pixar fans at home and outta of movie theaters, well that theory can just go out the window as Inside Out 2 is heading for the biggest opening of the year to date with $120M-$130M at 4,440 theaters. Some rival…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney/Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine hit six week tracking this morning and, man, does it look amazing. The Quorum, which actually monitors pics six weeks ahead, is reporting a projection of $200M-$239M, which the service actually believes is conservative. Let’s give this an…

FRIDAY UPDATE: After beginning overseas rollout in just a handful of markets on Wednesday, Disney/Pixar's Inside Out 2 added 23 more on Thursday, lifting the international box office cume through just two days to $22.3M.  The only majors to go so far are Korea and Germany on Wednesday (see previous…

So we got Inside Out 2 potentially reaching $90M this coming weekend, Paramount’s Quiet Place: Day One north of $40M+ on June 28, and the July 3rd release of Illumination/Universal’s Despicable Me 4 targeting a $100M+ over 5-days, likely more. Fingers crossed, but it’s momentum at the summer box office…

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Westerling is returning to Harkins as its VP of Content & Programming in Scottsdale, AZ. The news comes in the wake of the exhibition exec less than a month ago being named Regal Cinemas SVP of U.S. Content, a similar position previously held by Regal Theatres VP and Head of Film Andre…

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has just bought Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Deadline first told you the chain was up for sale and being shopped around to studios. The move puts Sony, which still has its eye on acquiring Paramount Global, in the exhibition business once again after owning the Loews Theater…

Before Marvel movies would fill slots on a box office schedule, Jerry Bruckheimer productions did, and still do. Similar to 2003, when the blockbuster producer had Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Bad Boys II, Veronica Guerin and Kangaroo Jack on the calendar, Bruckheimer…

Broadway is heading into its final pre-Tony weeks doing robust business, with box office for last week up 7% over the previous week, nine shows selling out (including the two most-nominated productions) and ticket-buyers for two nominated musicals shelling out more than an average $200 per seat. In…

After the overperformance of Sony’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die, summer’s big wheels keep on turnin’ as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 is looking at what could be the biggest stateside opening of the year to date with $85M, and another $50M abroad for a $135M global launch. Legendary/Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Tw…

After emerging from bankruptcy in the U.S. last summer, Regal parent Cineworld is exploring options for its UK business that could include a potential sale or restructuring, Sky News reported over the weekend. According to the report, the world's second largest cinema operator has enlisted…

In the war on streaming, Will Smith is doing his part to get butts back in theater seats. The Academy Award-winner surprised fans at a recent screening of his new movie, Bad Boys: Ride or Die, the fourth installment in the buddy cop franchise. He snuck out of the theater at Cinemark Baldwin Hills…

Cardio is good. Sony Pictures Classics' 4k rerelease of Run Lola Run had a healthy weekend, opening to an estimated $154k on 275 screens. This is the 25th anniversary of the U.S. debut of Tom Tykwer's German experimental thriller that sees flame-haired Lola (Franka Potente) on the move in Berlin, pounding…