Weekend Box Office: âDemon Slayerâ Nears $40 Million But âMortal Kombatâ Tumbles
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In other domestic box office news that isnât about
Wrath of Man ($8.1 million, or exactly what would be expected of a Jason Statham actioner under normal circumstances, Funimationâs export of
Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train earned another $3 million (-54%) in weekend three. The R-rated, animated action fantasy, a direct continuation of a popular anime (think
Fight the Future debuting theatrically between season five and season six of
The X-Files) has earned $39.565 million in 17 days. Thatâs past the (unadjusted-for-inflation) $37 million domestic cume of Guillermo del Toroâs
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Crudup stars alongside Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in the drama about a morning news show that gets hit with a sexual misconduct scandal.
He won his first Emmy Award last year for his performance as executive Cory Ellison, who takes over the program in the wake of their controversy.
Scheduling conflicts: The movie premieres November 4, 2022, with production expected to begin this spring or summer in London, conflicting with The Morning Show
Star-studded cast: Crudup stars alongside Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in the drama about a morning news show that gets hit with a sexual misconduct scandal
Winner winner: He won his first Emmy Award last year for his performance as executive Cory Ellison, who takes over the program in the wake of their controversy (pictured in October, 2019)
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Another film that does a tremendous job of seamlessly weaving genres together, Guillermo del Toro s
Pan s Labyrinth is surely up there among the greatest movies of the 2000s. Set in 1944 in civil war-torn Spain, the film tells the story of a 12-year-old girl, Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), who disappears into a fantasy realm to escape the very real violence raging around her. There are some images and moments in this movie that will stick with you for a long time: the sinister figure of the faun, the creeping dread of the pale man, and the nightmarish reality of Ofelia s stepfather Capitán Vidal (Sergi López), whose brutal rule over his men and household makes him a genuinely unnerving antagonist.
Truman Director Cesc Gay s Stories Not To Be Told Picked Up by Filmax (EXCLUSIVE)
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Barcelona-based film-TV studio Filmax has acquired international sales rights to Cesc Gay’s new comedy “Stories Not to Be Told,” which is currently shooting.
Filmax will also handle Spanish distribution to the latest outing from Gay, whose 2021 Goya Awards contender “The People Upstairs,” has sold to major territories in Europe and North America.
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Written by Gay and regular co-scribe Tomás Aragay “(“In The City,” “Truman”), Gay’s ninth feature is produced by Marta Esteban at Imposible Films and backed by Spanish pubcaster TVE, Movistar Plus and Catalan pubcaster TVC.