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Box Office: 'Gladiator II' Nabs Solid $56 Million Weekend But 'Red One' Drops 59%
The 'Gladiator' sequel has topped $220 million worldwide, while 'Venom: The Last Dance' reaches $456 million to pass 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' ($451…
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Box Office: 'Gladiator II' Rebels With Not-So Revolting $22M Friday, Takes Aim At $60M Opening Weekend
Whether Ridley Scott's legacy sequel opens closer to $55 million or $60 million, either figure would be terrific for A) a Denzel Washington movie and B…
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Box Office: 'Wicked Part One' Conjures A Bewitching (Especially For What It Is Not) $46.7 Million Friday
Universal's musical fantasy, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, will likely nab one of the top domestic debuts for an entirely "new to cinema…
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Box Office: 'Wicked' Will Remind Hollywood What It (Should Have) Learned From 'New Moon'
A near-record $143 million opening weekend 15 years ago this week showed that a female-targeted tentpole didn't need men if it was popular enough with…
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Thursday Box Office: 'Wicked Part One' Flies to $19M as 'Gladiator 2' Nabs $6.5M
Jon M Chu's musical fantasy will nab one of Universal's biggest non-'Jurassic' openings ever, while Ridley Scott's legacy sequel could open bigger than…
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On 'Elio' And a Reminder of What Success Used to Look Like for Disney and Pixar
Also, thoughts on the live-action 'How To Train Your Dragon' pitch as 'The Minecraft Movie' puts Jack Black front-and-center in pitching the kid-focused…
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Ep. 42 - 'Gladiator II' Crushes 'Red One'
Listen now | Digging into the nuances of Amazon's not-so-prime domestic debut for Dwayne Johnson's tentpole-sized would-be franchise starter, plus a…
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