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'Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse' Becomes The Highest-Rated Comic Book Movie On IMDb

Mumbai, June 4 - Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is soaring high with critics and audience ratings apart from conquering the box office numbers worldwide.## The animated superhero flick scored the opening day of the year with $51.80 million Friday which also included Thursday previews. Not just the box office, "Across The Spiderverse" also broke the all-time record for a comic book movie in IMDb ratings. ## Barely a day after its release, "Across the Spider-Verse" climbed its way to the top of IMDb's user ratings. At the time of writing this piece, "Spider-Verse 2" has a 9.1 rating, making it the highest user-rated superhero movie on IMDb. ## Though the number of users who voted for the movie so far is around 33K while other top-rated movies on the platform were voted for by more users, including the second-ranked "The Dark Knight" which has nearly 3 million votes. So, it is likely the ratings might get changed when more users vote for the latest web-slinger blockbuster, but as of now, it is enjoying the title of being the top-rated comic book or superhero movie of all time. ## Have a look at the list of top-rated superhero movies on IMDb## - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - 9.1/10## - The Dark Knight - 9.0/10## - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - 8.4/10## - Avengers: Endgame - 8.4/10## - Avengers: Infinity War - 8.4/10## - The Dark Knight Rises - 8.4/10## Stay tuned...

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'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' Scores Second Biggest Thursday Previews For An Animated Movie

Los Angeles, June 2 - Sony Pictures' animated superhero movie Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is up for a fantastic opening weekend at the domestic (North America) box office after scoring the second biggest Thursday previews for an animated title. ## The sequel to "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2018) grabbed eyeballs with an excellent $17.40 million off previews that began at 3 PM domestically. This is the second-biggest preview for an animated movie ever after Disney/Pixar's "Incredibles 2" ($18.5M) in 2018. ## Riding high with rave reviews, "Across The Spider-Verse" Thursday previews gross is 4.5x more than what the first film "Into The Spider-Verse" did which was $3.5 million before putting the 3-day opening weekend of $35.3 million. ## The Hollywood Trade initially projected a $75 million - $90 million opening weekend for the sequel, however, after the fantastic Thursday previews, the projection is now $115 million - $125 million which will be more than thrice of the first film. The chances are high for the movie to post such numbers knowing that "Incredibles 2" went on to score a mammoth $182.6 million weekend which is the biggest ever for an animated movie. ## Meanwhile, "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse" also has a good start in India, scoring over 5 crores gross ($610K) on Thursday opening day across all languages. The word of mouth of the movie is good which means it is up for a good opening weekend in India. ## Stay tuned...

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Producer Amy Pascal Teases Two More Spider-Man Movies

Los Angeles, June 1 - Sony Pictures' animated superhero movie "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" finally hits theaters this weekend worldwide amid roaring critics' scores, indicating that the studio might have a massive winner in their hands. ## As "Across the Spider-Verse" has been released, the producers have set their eyes on the third installment "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse" which releases in March next year. Now, the good news is that the 3rd movie is not the only Spider-Man project in the makers' minds. ## Producer Amy Pascal confirmed to Variety's reporter Marc Malkin at the "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" premiere in Los Angeles that the studio is already working on "Spider-Woman" movie along with the live-action version of Miles Morales. The "Spider-Woman" movie will hit screens sooner than one can expect, according to Pascal. ## Apart from the aforementioned "Spider-Man" movies, Pascal also said that the already announced fourth "Spider-Man" movie with Tom Holland and Zendaya is still in the works, but the writers' strike has paused development. Once the strike is over, they will start working on the script. There is no timeline has been set yet for any of the upcoming "Spider-Man" movies except for "Beyond the Spider-Verse". ## In "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse", Miles goes on an adventure with Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman across the multiverse where he meets a new team of Spider-People, known as the Spider-Society, led by Miguel O' Hara / Spider-Man 2099, but comes into conflict with them over handling a new threat.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Fast X' Hits 100 Crores Net In India

Mumbai, May 31 - Universal Pictures' action thriller film Fast X has turned into a big success at the Indian box office. The Vin Deisel-fronted movie is performing well during the second week and has crossed the 100 crores net box office mark in all versions. ## The 10th main installment in the "Fast & Furious" franchise scored around 100.15 crores net collection in 14 days after scoring 2.05 crores on its second Wednesday. It has become the first Hollywood movie to enter the 100 crores net club in India.## The last Hollywood movie to enter the Century box office club in India was James Cameron's all-time blockbuster "Avatar: The Way of Water" which went on to score over 390 crores in all languages. Overall, "Fast X" is the 11th Hollywood movie of all time and 5th post the covid-19 pandemic to breach the 100 crores mark in India. ## Language-wise, the Hindi version is leading the overall collection of "Fast X" with 47.60 crores, followed by the original English version with 45.61 crores while other versions have scored around 5 crores net through 2nd Tuesday. ## At the worldwide box office, "Fast X" has topped $500 million. It has earned over $520 million so far, including $113.40 million domestically (North America) and over $406.7 million at the international box office.## Stay tuned...

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DC Studios' 'The Flash' To Have First Screening In India On June 6

Mumbai, May 30 - DC Studios' highly-anticipated film The Flash is getting ready to release on June 15 in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages in India, but before that, Warner Bros. India has scheduled the first screening as early as June 6th. ## The studio announced a quiz contest to win passes to the Exclusive first screening of "The Flash" on June 6th. The screening will happen in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Chennai, 9 days before the regular release. ## DC Fans! We are bringing you #TheFlashMovie, 9 DAYS before the release at #TheFlashFanFirstScreeningsIndia, on June 6 only in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore & Chennai ⚡​​Participate here: https://t.co/KZahCxOf2r​#WarnerBrosIndia #EzraMiller #MichaelKeaton #DC pic.twitter.com/wbngmitnwM— Warner Bros. India (@WarnerBrosIndia) May 30, 2023 ## Warner Bros. is having high hopes for this Ezra Miller-fronted superhero movie that has been in the hot water due to the actor's controversial past. Despite that, the studio is hopeful that the movie will score a much-needed box office win as far as DCEU is concerned. ## Directed by Andy Muschietti, "The Flash" is the first solo movie for the popular DC Comics character. The development of a film featuring the Flash began in the late 1980s, with multiple writers and directors attached to the project through 2014. The film was then redeveloped as a part of the DCEU, with Miller cast as the title character. ## It stars Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash alongside Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue, Michael Keaton, and Ben Affleck. In the film, Barry travels back in time to prevent his mother's murder, which brings unintended consequences. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Fast X' Crosses 100 Crore Gross In India; Tops $500 Million Worldwide

Mumbai, May 28 - Vin Diesel-fronted action thriller Fast X has crossed 100 crores gross at the Indian box office, becoming the first Hollywood movie of the year to do so. ## Directed by Louis Leterrier, "Fast X" crossed the century mark on its second Saturday, taking the total collection to around 105 crores after 10 days. It is also performing well today (2nd Sunday) and is likely to rack in another 7 crores for around 112 crores gross through the second weekend. ## In one of the rarest cases, the Hindi version of the film is performing better than the original English language as it has earned approximately 54 crores gross while the English version has collected around 52 crores through the second Sunday. Tamil and Telugu version has earned over 6 crores. ## As far as net collection is concerned, "Fast X" has earned around 93.50 crores in all languages. It will enter the 100 crores mark this week.## Meanwhile, the 10th installment in the "Fast & Furious" franchise topped $500 million at the global box office on Sunday. It has earned over $507 million, including $108 million domestically (North America) and over $399 million internationally. ## Stay tuned...

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The Fifth Installment of The Keanu Reeves-Fronted 'John Wick' Franchise Is In The Early Development

Los Angeles, May 27 - The 4-films John Wick recently crossed the milestone of $1 billion at the global box office after the recording-breaking performance of "John Wick: Chapter 4" which has so far grossed over $425 million worldwide. ## Now, as "John Wick 4" is nearing its run at the box office, Lionsgate has already started working on its fifth installment with Keanu Reeves returning to reprise his role as Baba Yaga aka John Wick, a professional hitman and assassin. ## During a Q4 earnings call on Thursday, Lionsgate's motion picture group chair Joe Drake presented the plans of the studio for the "John Wick" franchise and teased the 5th installment of the action thriller series. ## "What is official is that, as you know, Ballerina is the first spinoff that comes out next year. We're in development on three others, including five and including the television series, The Continental, which will be airing soon", Joe Drake said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.## "We're building out the world and when that five movies comes, it will be organic — will be organically grown out of how we're starting to tell those stories. But you can rely on a regular cadence of John Wick", he added.## In Chapter 4, directed by Chad Stahelski, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating the High Table, a journey that sets in motion the events of the film and its climatic dual at Paris' Sacré Coeur. It also stars Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Bill Skarsgard, and Donnie Yen in key roles.## Stay tuned...

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'Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One' Theatrical Runtime Revealed

Los Angeles, May 27 - Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise returns as IMF agent, Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, and this, he will get some more time to complete his mission as the movie is set to be longest yet in the franchise. ## Directed by Christopher McQuarrie, the 7th installment in the "Mission Impossible" franchise is gearing up to release on July 12 in the US, and it will officially be the longest film in the series but still shorter than certain rumors had it at. ## According to IGN, "MI 7" will clock in at 2 hours and 36 minutes (156 minutes) without credits, making it the longest film surpassing 2018's "Mission: Impossible Fallout", which had a runtime of 2 hours and 27 minutes. Earlier, there were rumors that the movie might clock 2 hours 45 minutes of runtime without credits, which is not the case as confirmed by the report. ## Interestingly, the theatrical runtime of the "Mission Impossible" movies continues to get increased with each passing film, except for the 5th movie "Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation" (131 minutes) which finished 2 minutes shorter than the 4th movie "Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol" (133 minutes). The first movie in this spy action thriller franchise "Mission: Impossible" (1998) ran for 110 minutes only. ## Meanwhile, the upcoming film in the series will see Tom Cruise performing the most dangerous and death-defying stunt yet as he and his IMF team embark on their dangerous mission to track down a terrifying weapon that threatens humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. ## Made on a budget of around $300 million, the Paramount Pictures movie will be hitting cinemas on July 12, after being pushed up by two days recently. In India, it will be released in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages. ## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: 'Fast X' Scores A Very Good Extended Opening Week In India

Mumbai, May 25 - Vin Diesel-fronted Hollywood action thriller Fast X was the first choice of Indian moviegoers this week, and rightly so, it scored one of the biggest opening weeks for a non-superhero Hollywood titles in India. ## "Fast & Furious" is one of the most loved Hollywood franchises in India and the 10th installment has lived up to the expectations. The movie was released on Thursday (May 18), and despite the mid-week release, it scored a very good 4-day weekend with approx. 60 crores net (71 crores gross) collection. ## The high-octane actioner remained steady during the weekdays which helped it to post around 79+ crores net in the extended 8-day first week. This is the second-biggest opening week total for a non-superhero Hollywood title in India, after "The Lion King" (2019) which scored 81+ crores net collection. ## "Fast X" is approaching 100 crores net club and it will breach this mark mostly during the second week. It will be the second film in the "Fast and Furious" franchise to enter the 100 crores net club in India after "Fast & Furious 7" (2015) which scored approx. 108 crores net. The latest installment will eye to become the biggest grosser in the franchise in the long run. ## Stay tuned...

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Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' Eyes $100 Million Plus North America Opening

Los Angeles, May 24 - Disney is gearing up for a potential summer blockbuster in the form of the musical fantasy film The Little Mermaid which is releasing this Friday (May 26) in the US theaters. ## Directed by Rob Marshall, "The Little Mermaid" will be released in over 4300 theaters in the domestic (North America) market, making it one of the widest releases of 2023. ## According to Box Office Pro, the big-budget remake is eyeing to earn a mighty $115 million - $120 million in its first three days (including Thursday previews) of release and $135 million - $140 million by Monday holiday, Memorial Day weekend. ## If the movie opens in the projected lines, it will be the 4th film of 2023 to breach the $100 million mark in its domestic opening weekend, after "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" ($146 million), "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" ($118 million) and "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" ($106 million).## "The Little Mermaid" is expected to be Disney's one of the most successful live-action adaptations. It is a live-action adaptation of Walt Disney Animation Studios' 1989 film of the same name, itself loosely based on the 1837 fairy tale of the same title by Hans Christian Andersen. ## The film stars Halle Bailey in the titular role, alongside Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Jacob Tremblay, Noma Dumezweni, Javier Bardem, and Melissa McCarthy. It follows a mermaid princess Ariel who makes a deal with a treacherous sea witch Ursula to trade her voice to human legs in order to impress Prince Eric, who is saved from a shipwreck before the time runs out. ## Stay tuned...

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'Fast X' Emerges Another Hollywood Box Office Hit of 2023 In India

Mumbai, May 23 - This year has been very good for Hollywood films so far in India with back-to-back box office hits. The latest in the list is Universal Pictures' high-octane action thriller Fast X which had the biggest opening weekend of the "Fast & Furious" franchise in India. ## The 10th main installment in the franchise, "Fast X" was released on Thursday, May 18, and took a good opening. It got mixed word of mouth but Despite that, the movie witnessed an upward trend over the weekend to score a fantastic 71 crores gross ($8.6 million) 4-day weekend. ## The Louis Leterrier's directorial held well on the make-or-break first Monday by grossing over 7 crores and remained steady since then which has ensured a healthy lifetime gross total in India of the movie. The total first-week gross collection is close to 94 crores and it will breach the 100 crores gross mark during the second weekend to become the first Hollywood movie of the year to do so. ## "Fast X" is the 4th Hollywood hit of the year in India. Earlier, Keanu Reeves's "John Wick: Chapter 4" and Warner Bros. horror flick "Evil Dead Rise" emerged as unexpected box office hits with the former went on to gross over 50 crores mark. Marvel Studios' latest movie "Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3" is also on course to emerge as a success after nearing 70 crores gross mark. ## As far as the net collection is concerned, "Fast X" may emerge as the highest-grossing film in the franchise in India. Currently, "Fast & Furious 7" is the number 1 film in the series with approx. 108 crores net collection. "Fast X" has already earned close to 66 crores net in 5 days and is on course to breach into the 100 crores club soon. ## Stay tuned...

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Vin Diesel Confirms 'Fast and Furious' Spinoffs, Including a Female-Led Movie

Los Angeles, May 23 - The "Fast & Furious" movies are not going anywhere anytime soon despite the finale of the main franchise.## The 10th main installment of the franchise "Fast X" is playing in cinemas and the second part of it is scheduled to release in 2025. There might be a 12th film in the franchise but that is not confirmed yet but the Fast family will continue to entertain the audiences. ## Vin Diesel, the lead hero and one of the producers of the "Fast and Furious" franchise has confirmed that he already has plans for spinoffs, including a female-led film. "I started developing the female spinoff... in 2017 with other spinoffs, and the sooner I deliver the finale, the sooner I can launch all the spinoffs", Diesel told Variety reporter Marc Malkin. ## Vin Diesel earlier this month teased that "Fast X" might be spread out over three films. It was originally planned to end in two parts but since there are so many characters, Diesel said that "There was no way I can pull that off unless I had everyone on for five seconds. These characters are appealing and we need to see more of them". ## There are no confirmed details about which characters will get the spinoffs movies, but one of them might be Gal Gadot's Gisele Yashar who shockingly appeared in the mid-credit scene of "Fast X" along with Dwayne Johnson's Luke Hobbs.## The news of Johnson returning as Luke Hobbs in the "Fast X" was already revealed and Diesel admitted that it wasn't easy to keep the cameos secret but "I'm so excited to have them back home and even more excited to see fan reactions and to see how happy it makes people". ## Stay tuned...

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'Fast X' Scored An Excellent Opening Weekend In India and The Worldwide Box Office

Los Angeles, May 21 - The 10th main installment in the Universal Pictures' "Fast & Furious" franchise, Fast X has an excellent opening weekend at the worldwide box office. ## The high-octane action thriller scored $318.50 million (2640 crores) worldwide in its opening weekend, including $67 million at the domestic (North America) box office. Domestically, the movie opened slightly lower than the last movie "F9 - The Fast Saga" which grossed $70 million.## While the movie scored on the expected lines in North America, it surpassed expectations internationally by grossing $251.50 million over the 5-day weekend. China was the biggest market for the movie with $78.30 million over a 5-weekend weekend, including previews.## Meanwhile, the Louis Leterrier's directorial flick scored a fantastic 4-day opening weekend in India, grossing an estimated 71 crores ($8.6 million) or 60 crores net collection. This is the biggest opening for a Hollywood title in India this year, outgrossing Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania". ## Overall, $319 million of "Fast X" is the second biggest worldwide opening of 2023, behind only "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" which grossed over $380 million over a 5-day weekend. ## The top 10 international markets of "Fast X" through the first Sunday are as follows - China ($78.3M), Mexico ($16.7M), France ($9.6M), Brazil ($9.6M), India ($8.6M), Indonesia ($8.4M), Germany ($8M), the UK ($7.5M), Japan ($7M), and Korea ($6.7M).## Stay tuned...

1179 days ago

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'Fast X' Projected To Gross $300+ Million Opening Weekend At The Worldwide Box Office

Los Angeles, May 20 - Universal Pictures' action thriller Fast X is all set to score above the initial box office projections at the worldwide box office. ## The Louis Leterrier's directorial latest installment in the "Fast and Furious" franchise shoot to $28 million Friday opening day, including $7.5 million Thursday previews, at the domestic box office. ## According to Variety, the movie is expected to gross another $22.40 million on Saturday and $16.80 million on Sunday for a $67 million opening weekend. This opening is around 4% lesser than "F9: The Fast Saga" which opened to $70 million in 2021.## Internationally, "Fast X" is estimated to earn over $250 million in its 5-day opening weekend for around $320 million worldwide launch. It will be the second-biggest worldwide opening of 2023, behind "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" which earned over $380 million in its opening weekend.## Meanwhile, the film is having a very good opening weekend in India and is projected to earn $8.40 million/70 crores in 4-days. It is the biggest opening weekend for a Hollywood title in India in 2023.## Stay tuned...

1180 days ago

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DC Studios' 'The Flash' First Box Office Projection Revealed

Los Angeles, May 20 - The DC Studios' biggest bet this year, The Flash is getting ready to release this June. It is the first solo movie for DC's iconic superhero characters on the big screen, which will bring Michael Keaton's Batman along with a few other key heroes and villains. ## DC has been all over for the last few years and finding it difficult to win over the hearts of the audiences. "The Flash" too has been in the hot water because of Ezra Miller's controversial past. So, there is a common question about whether the movie will succeed or will meet the same fate as the previous couple of DC movies. ## Directed by Andy Muschietti, "The Flash" involves a solid star power, and given the high cost, Warner Bros. will be hoping and praying for its success. The best thing that has happened with the movie so far is that it is carrying immensely positive talks as the people who have watched it are calling it one of the best superhero movies ever made, and one of them includes Tom Cruise.## The first box office projection for "The Flash", revealed by Box Office Pro is definitely painting a highly positive picture. The website estimated a domestic opening weekend of the movie somewhere between $115 million and $140 million with a domestic (North America) total projection of $280 million to $375 million.## Should "The Flash" open the high end of that mark, it would be the 4th biggest opening for a DC movie and the second biggest in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) of all time. Even if it opens to the lower mark, it would be either on the 3rd or the 4th positive in DCEU. ## DCEU's top opening weekends can be seen below (as per Box Office Mojo) - ## 1. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) - $166 million## 2. Suicide Squad (2016) - $133.7 million## 3. Man of Steel (2013) - $116.6 million## 4. Wonder Woman (2017) - $103.3 million## 5. Justice League (2017) - $93.8 million## It would be interesting to see where the movie actually lands in its domestic opening weekend because "The Flash" is having strong pros and cons, which could push its box office return drastically either way. All the questions will be answered when the movie will debut on the big screen on June 16. In India, it will release on June 15 in English, Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil languages.## Stay tuned...

1180 days ago

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Sony's 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' Release Date Preponed In India

Mumbai, May 18 - Sony Pictures' Marvel computer-animated superhero film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse release date has been preponed in India from its original June 2, 2023, release.## Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, "Across the Spider-Verse" moved by one day and will now be hitting Indian cinemas on June 1st in 10 languages, including the original English language. The reason for the preponement is unknown. ## The studio previously announced that star Indian cricketer, Shubman Gill will be the voice of Indian Spider-Man Pavitr Prabhakar in Hindi and Punjabi languages. The new trailer of the movie will be unveiled today. ## Sony Pictures India announced the new release date with a new poster. "Get ready, India! The moment we've all been waiting is right around the corner. With Spider-Man: Across the #SpiderVerse, meet the FIRST Indian Spider-Man, Pavitr Prabhakar, web-slinging his way into your hearts like never before!"## "With the spectacular @ShubmanGill as the voice of our #Spidey in Hindi & Punjabi; buckle up for a rollercoaster ride of mind-blowing action! Releasing Pan-India in 10 languages for the very first time; on June 1st", the tweet reads.## With the spectacular @ShubmanGill as the voice of our #Spidey in Hindi & Punjabi; buckle up for a rollercoaster ride of mind-blowing action!Releasing Pan-India in 10 languages for the very first time; on June 1st.— Sony Pictures India (@SonyPicsIndia) May 18, 2023 ## The movie is set after the events of "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2018) in which Miles Morales is unexpectedly approached by his love interest Gwen Stacy to complete a mission to save every universe of Spider-People from the Spot, who could cause a catastrophic disaster. Miles is up for the challenge, where he and Gwen journey through the Multiverse together and meet its protectors, a group of Spider-People known as the Spider-Society, led by Miguel O'Hara. However, Miles finds himself at odds with Miguel and the Spider-Society on how to handle the threat.## Stay tuned...

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Johnny Depp Responds To Hollywood's Boycott Calls Against Him

Cannes, May 17 - Johnny Depp's first leading role in nearly three years, the French movie Jeanne du Barry got a 7-minute standing ovation at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. ## "Jeanne du Barry", in which Depp plays King Louis XV, marks the actor's first film in three years, following his long legal battles with ex-wife Amber Heard. Depp won the battle but not before losing multiple big Hollywood projects, including "Fantastic Beasts". ## During the legal tussle, many Hollywood studios parted their ways from Depp though some of them now seem to be willing to work with him. During the press conference for "Jeanne du Barry" today at Cannes, Depp was asked about how he feels about Hollywood's boycott calls against him and Depp appeared to have mixed feelings about the same. ## "Did I feel boycotted by Hollywood? You'd have to not have a pulse to feel like, 'No. None of this is happening. It's a weird joke'", he said (according to Variety). "When you're asked to resign from a film ("Fantastic Beasts 3") you're doing because of something that is merely a function of vowels and consonants floating in the air, yes you feel boycotted".## He continued, "I don't feel boycotted by Hollywood because I don't think about Hollywood. It's a strange, funny time where everybody would love to be able to be themselves, but they can't. They must fall in line with the person in front of them. If you want to live that life, I wish you the best".## Meanwhile, amid his displeasure with Hollywood, Depp recently signed a $20+ million deal with the French luxury fashion house, Dior. This is said to be the biggest deal ever in men's fragrance. ## Stay tuned...

1183 days ago

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'Fast X' Opening Day Advance Booking Status In India

Mumbai, May 17 - Hollywood films are having a good time at the Indian box office as recently released two low-profile films "John Wick: Chapter 4" and "Evil Dead Rise" emerged as surprise hits with the former went to scoring over 50 crores net collection.## Marvel Studios' "Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3" is also performing well and is nearing the 50 crores net mark. This momentum is expected to be continued as Universal Pictures' much-awaited Fast X, which is a bigger Hollywood IP than the aforementioned two films, is releasing next on this Thursday, May 18. ## The 10th installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise is among the most-awaited Hollywood films, and keeping that in mind, the advance booking for the same was opened a month ago. As the release is getting nearer, the advance booking has started picking the pace and is already better than "GoTG3".## "Fast X" has sold approx. 170K advance tickets worth 4.50 crores gross for the opening day. The three national chains (PVR, INOX, and Cinepolis) have sold approx. 80K tickets and more than 50% of these tickets got booked in the last 48 hours. ## The movie has been able to clock good pre-sales which has ensured a good opening at the box office. "Fast And Furious 9: The Fast Saga", which was released during the peak of covid-19, took the opening of just 1.90 crores and went on to score around 14 crores in lifetime collection in India. ## "Fast X", which is releasing in a much better time, will look to open with a double-digit mark. As per reports, the movie would be released on around 2500 screens in India, so the double-digit opening is very much on the table, and if it gets favorable word of mouth, then it is sure to have a very good lifetime collection. The advance booking for the weekend is good with over 100K tickets already sold in PIC multiplex chains.## Stay tuned...

1183 days ago

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Marvel Studios 'Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3' Jumps Past $500 Million Worldwide

Los Angeles, May 14 - Marvel Studios' latest superhero blockbuster Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3 has jumped past $500 million at the worldwide box office after the remarkable second-weekend hold domestically (North America) as well as internationally. ## James Gunn's directed flick has crossed the lifetime total of Marvel's last film "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" ($475.50 million) in just 10 days after pushing total global cume to $531 million, including $214.70 million at the domestic box office. ## In its second weekend, GoTG3 scored the second biggest hold in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), after "Black Panther" (44.70%), and the best comic book movie hold post the covid-19 pandemic after dropping just 47.10% for $62.60 million. ## Internationally, the final film in Gunn's Guardians trilogy added another solid $92 million for a $316.20 million total overseas collection. The third installment is expected to become the highest-grossing film in the trilogy as Hollywood Trade is expecting it to finish over $900 million worldwide. ## The top overseas markets of GoTG3 through the second Sunday are as follows - China ($58.2M), the UK ($29.6M), Mexico ($24.7M), Korea ($21.7M), France ($18.3M), Germany ($13.4M), Australia ($13.1M), Brazil ($12.4M), Italy ($8.8M), and Indonesia ($7.80M). In India, the film has grossed $6.70 million in 10 days which is a decent collection. ## Stay tuned...

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DC Studios Superhero Movie 'The Flash' Theatrical Runtime Revealed

Los Angeles, May 13 - Warner Bros' DC superhero movie The Flash is gearing up to bring the studio back in the frame after the disastrous result of "Shazam! Fury of the Gods". It is scheduled to release on June 16 worldwide. ## Ahead of the film's release, the theatrical runtime of "The Flash" has been revealed. As per One Take News, the Ezra Miller-fronted film will be 144 minutes (2 hours and 24 minutes) long, making it the fourth-longest film in the DCU.## Only "Zack Snyder's Justice League" (4 hours and 2 minutes), "Wonder Woman 1984" (2 hours and 31 minutes), and "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2 hours and 32 minutes) boast more extended showings than "The Flash".## Directed by Andy Muschietti, "The Flash" stars Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash alongside Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, Antje Traue, Michael Keaton, and Ben Affleck in key roles.## In the movie, Barry Allen/The Flash travels back in time to prevent his mother's murder, which traps him in an alternate reality without metahumans. He enlists the help of his younger self, an older Batman, and the Kryptonian castaway Supergirl in order to save this world from the restored General Zod and return to his universe. ## "The Flash" will release in India on June 15 in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages.## Stay tuned...

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Dwayne Johnson Reportedly Returns To The 'Fast and Furious' Franchise

Los Angeles, May 13 - The Fast and Furious saga is one step closer to its end but it can't get done without one of the franchise's biggest assets, Dwayne Johnson. ## Dwayne Johnson, who last appeared in the Fast & Furious spin-off "Hobbs & Shaw" in 2019, previously told that he would never be making his comeback in the franchise, but it seems that has become a thing of the past as according to The Wrap, the Hollywood superstar is all set for one final ride in the franchise.## As per the report, Dwayne Johnson has returned to the "Fast and Furious" franchise, making an appearance in the post-credits sequence for the upcoming Fast X, which releases next week on May 19.## The return of The Rock may surprise many as he was adamant about not making a comeback to the blockbuster action series after having some issues with Vin Diesel, the star and producer of the franchise. Diesel, however, requested Johnson to put the issues aside and come back to the series, in an Instagram post in November 2021.## In another surprising news, there could be the 12th film in the franchise after Vin Diesel said that Universal Pictures has asked if "Fast X" could be turned into a trilogy. Earlier, there were plans to complete the franchise with the 11th film or the second part of "Fast X" which will release in 2025.## "Fast X", directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jason Momoa, Nathalie Emmanuel, John Cena, Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Brie Larson, and Rita Moreno, opens worldwide on May 19. ## Stay tuned...

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Priyanka Chopra's Hollywood Film 'Love Again' Scored A Low Opening Weekend

Los Angeles, May 9 - India's international star Priyanka Chopra's Hollywood movie Love Again failed to make an impact at the box office in its opening weekend. ## Directed by James C. Strouse, the romantic comedy-drama film flopped after taking just a $2.38 million start in its 3-day domestic (North America) opening weekend from 2,703 theaters. The movie doesn't seem to be having a long life at the box office after poor critics and audience scores. ## The remake of the 2016 German film "SMS für Dich", "Love Again" earned a poor "B" CinemaScore and holds 19% on Rotten Tomatoes from 21 critics though the audience score on RT is on the higher side at 93% from 100+ users.## "Love Again" was projected to score $5 million - $10 million in its opening weekend but it failed to top even the lower point of projections. Luckily for Sony Pictures, the movie only cost $9 million to produce. It also stars Sam Heughan and Nick Jonas, among others in key roles. ## The movie is about a lady, Mira Ray (Priyanka), who is struggling to cope with the death of her fiancé. She unintentionally sends a sequence of romantic messages to his old cell phone number, which has been reassigned to Rob Burns' new work phone. As a journalist, Rob is drawn to the candidness in Mira's beautifully written texts. When he is tasked with writing a feature about the famous singer Celine Dion, he seeks her assistance in finding a way to meet Mira in real life and ultimately wins her affection. ## Stay tuned...

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John Wick Franchise Passed $1 Billion At The Global Box Office

Los Angeles, May 20 - Lionsgate Films' action thriller franchise John Wick has crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office through the 4 films released so far in the series. ## John Wick is one of the most profitable action film franchises of all time. The combined budget of the 4 films in the series is around $230 million while the total gross collection now stands at $1.01 billion, including $425 million for the 4th installment. ## The first film in the series, "John Wick" was released in 2014 and grossed $87.08 million at the global box office against a budget of around $20 million. The domestic and overseas grosses of the film were almost similar at $43 million and $44.08 million, respectively. ## The sequel to "John Wick" debuted in 2017 and cost around $40 million to bring to the big screen. The movie topped the grosses of the first film by more than double margin and scored $171.50 million worldwide, including $92 million domestically and $79.50 million overseas. ## The trade of topping the collection of its predecessor continued with "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" (2019) which breached the $200 million as well as $300 million mark for the franchise globally. Against the budget of $70 million, the movie scored $326.70 million, including $171 million domestically and $155.70 million overseas. ## The 4th and latest in the franchise, "John Wick - Chapter 4" was released in March this year and still playing in a handful of cinemas with a worldwide total currently standing at $425.30 million. Domestically, it is the highest-grossing film in the series with $184 million while it is also the biggest overseas as well with $241.30 million. It cost around $100 million. ## The combined domestic (North America) gross collection of the "John Wick" franchise stands at $490 million while the international collection is around $521.30 million. ## Stay tuned...

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Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Gets A New Explosive Trailer

Mumbai, May 8 - Filmmaker Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is one of the most-anticipated films releasing this summer. The biographical film is based on the 2005 book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. ## The film follows the life of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project in World War II, and his contributions that led to the creation of the atomic bomb.## Ahead of the film's theatrical debut on July 21, 2023, "Oppenheimer" gets a new explosive trailer. The trailer was already leaked yesterday which gives us a peek at the atomic bomb test itself. Interestingly, Nolan recreated the atomic bomb without CGI. ## The new trailer gives shows how Oppenheimer created the deadliest weapon on earth as he is noting that they are in "a race against the Nazis". The 3+ minutes long trailer also shows up Matt Damon as Leslie Groves), Emily Blunt as Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer, Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, and Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, among others. ## ## Stay tuned...

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