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Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nintendo's Big Zelda Movie Will Fill Void Left By Avengers: Secret Wars With Tiny Delay
Nintendo's live-action Zelda movie won't be out in March 2027 after all. Instead, the hero of time's journey to the big screen will be delayed until May 2027. The company said it just needs a little 'extra time' to make it good. Less than two months, to be precise. Originally set to release on March 26, 2027, Nintendo's adaptation of The Legend of Zelda will now arrive on May 7, 2027. Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto told fans in the Nintendo Today app that the shift was for 'production reasons.' 'It will be some weeks later than the release timing we originally announced, and we will take the extra time to make the film as good as it can be,' he said. 'Thank you for your patience.' What's notable about this new May launch window? That's actually when Avengers: Secret Wars was originally supposed to come out. However, that new chapter in the MCU was recently delayed until December 2027, with Avengers: Doomsday similarly pushed from spring 2026 to around the holidays. Ultimately, that's good news for Nintendo and Sony, who it's producing the movie with. The Legend of Zelda's live-action debut can now have some room to breath while still joining the pre-summer blockbuster bandwagon. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is also rumored to be coming in 2027. Maybe we'll get another Barbenheimer. Sonelda? Zonic? Is this anything? Despite Nintendo being so transparent with the release schedule nearly two years away, we still don't know anything else about casting or what the movie will be like, including which stories from the games it might incorporate. Director Wes Ball, who helmed 2024's Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, said he wants it to feel somewhat 'grounded.' I hope Link is wearing his iron boots the whole time. . For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Business Insider
07-06-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
You're about to get ads right before the movie at AMC too
You're going to see ads right before the movie at AMC Theatres from next month. The cinema chain is adding a "platinum spot" in between the trailers and the film from July 1. The move is part of an agreement with National CineMedia that will give AMC a slice of the revenue from these ads, which the company describes as "vital" to its post-pandemic recovery. Rivals including Regal and Cinemark have been playing pre-show ads since 2019. AMC had held out over fears of alienating movie fans. AMC said in a statement that its competitors had not suffered "any direct impact to their attendance. This is a strong indication that this NCM pre-show initiative does not negatively influence moviegoing habits." AMC said last month it would start offering 50% off tickets on Wednesdays for members of its loyalty scheme in a bid to boost midweek attendance, alongside an improved selection of food and beverages. Revenues fell 9% to $862 million in the first quarter for AMC, while attendance at US theaters fell 11%. Total US box office takings stood at nearly $3.4 billion by the end of May, per Comscore data — 26% higher than the same period last year. A $4.2 billion haul is being forecast by the data provider for period from the first weekend in May to the Labor Day weekend in early September, Screen Daily reported. That could beat 2023's " Barbenheimer" summer when ticket sales reached almost $4.1 billion.
Pink Villa
30-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Mission Impossible Final Reckoning Box Office: Tom Cruise starrer hangs on in 2nd week in India
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning collected Rs. 29.50 crore (USD 3.50 million) approx in its second week in India, marking a drop of 50 per cent from its shortened six-day first week. The two-week running total of this Tom Cruise starrer stands at Rs. 89 crore (USD 10.40 million). The film had an underwhelming start last week, when it opened considerably lower than its predecessor, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning. However, in the second week, it has held up better with Rs. 29.50 crore against Rs. 20.50 crore of Dead Reckoning. Granted, Dead Reckoning had an extended nine-day first week, which meant it had burned off more demand in the first week and then faced massive competition from Barbenheimer in its second week, so it's not really a fair comparison, but The Final Reckoning holds are good in isolation as well. In fact, its second-week rank as the sixth highest for a Hollywood film in India this decade, while the first week was outside the top ten. The Box Office Collections of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning in India are as follows: The film should hold up well in the third week as well, by the end of which it should be over Rs. 100 crore mark. In the fourth week, it will face competition from Housefull 5 and Thug Life, so the collection will take a hit, but there seems to be momentum to aim for a Rs. 110 crore finish from here. That would make it the second-highest grosser in the franchise, unadjusted for inflation, behind Dead Reckoning (Rs. 132 crore), just ahead of Fallout (Rs. 106 crore). The expectations were obviously higher for something like Rs. 150 crore but sort of start film had, this is a relatively better finish. As far as the domestic box office goes, The Final Reckoning seems like it will cross Dead Reckoning with ease. It targets to go past USD 200 million in its full run. For the sort of budget it has, the target should have been higher.
The Guardian
29-05-2025
- Business
- The Guardian
The show goes on: how did Broadway achieve a record-breaking season?
Hollywood reporting was recently abuzz that on the heels of record Memorial Day weekend grosses led by the Lilo & Stitch remake and a Mission: Impossible sequel, total summer box office could cross the $4bn mark for only the second time since the Covid disruption of 2020. (The first time was summer 2023, on the strength of Barbenheimer.) To be clear, this wouldn't guarantee an all-time summer record; the numbers would need to get a lot closer to $5bn for that to happen. But something in the $4bn range would be closer to pre-pandemic business as usual, in line with most of the 2010s. Given the struggles so many movie theaters and studios have faced while hoping to find their way back to that old sense of normal, it's surprising to learn that a different and far pricier style of box office record was just shattered. The 2024-2025 Broadway season is ending up as the highest-grossing in history, its $1.89bn surpassing the 2018-2019 season's $1.82bn. Given the specialized nature of Broadway productions – they're less accessible, more expensive, and frankly less physically comfortable than going to the movies, even just within New York City – this seems like a spectacular triumph. What happened? Some of that boost can probably be attributed to the proliferation of starry, limited productions with sky-high prices. But unlike cinemas, which can usually add more showtimes to meet any outsized demand, there are ultimately limits on how much a handful of shows can contribute to the total. George Clooney's Broadway debut in Good Night, and Good Luck recently set an individual weeklong record and has raked in a ton of money. Yet grosses for the final week of the season reflect a far deeper bench than just Clooney, Denzel, and the boys of Glengarry Glen Ross. Other shows playing right around 100% capacity over the holiday weekend include fixtures like Wicked, Hamilton, and The Lion King; relative newcomers to the musical game like Buena Vista Social Club, Just in Time, Death Becomes Her, and Maybe Happy Ending; and straight plays – traditionally considered a less tourist-friendly proposition – like Oh, Mary!, Purpose, and John Proctor Is the Villain. None of those rely on movie stars; relatively few are even based on movies or past productions, in contrast to the heavy dose of IP regurgitation and uninspired revivals that dotted Broadway in years past. (In fact, the splashy and effects-packed Stranger Things companion play seems to be doing less overall business than the original drama starring that show's Sadie Sink.) So is it as simple as Broadway offering an unusual number of good and often original shows – or at least balancing out its revivals with major stars while taking chances on crowd-pleasing originals? Yes and no – specifically, 'no' to the simple part. Some of the record is probably that lucky break of an unusually strong slate, though that doesn't necessarily explain an uptick for a production like The Lion King, which has been on the boards for nearly 30 years at this point. For that matter, anyone with a Disney+ subscription can watch the original cast of Hamilton. Maybe this means scarcity, while powerful in supporting high ticket prices, is less important than it seems. In other words, the movies might have helped, in a roundabout way – not just by donating big-screen star power but with the smash success of Wicked over the 2024 holidays, which may have served to remind less dedicated theatergoers (or out-of-towners who don't have as many chances at a Broadway show) how thrilling it can feel to be in on a cultural phenomenon that isn't a direct remake or a part eight. That's what might hold Hollywood off from a record summer, even if 2025 shapes up to be the strongest one in a while. Lilo, Stitch, and Ethan Hunt have proven that remakes and sequels can still sell, but can they sell on a weekly basis for the next three months? The next summer weekend that's not powered by a sequel and/or reboot of some sort is ... 22 August. There are certainly more eclectic or original choices available before then: Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, Celine Song's Materialists, and Pixar's Elio in June alone. The 2024-25 Broadway line-up more closely resembles that kind of eclecticism, rather than the metronomic appearance of supposed sure things. There's a kind of trust that the audience can sit for a culturally specific, long, and frankly kind of messy play like Purpose. That doesn't always pay off; plenty of great plays don't do gangbusters business, especially without crucial Tony support. But in its specialized and half-accidental way, Broadway is currently doing a great job of offering material for a variety of demographics. Theater and film will always be an apples-to-oranges comparison – in price, presentation, time commitment, and a host of other elements. But both can be, at their best, habit-forming. Right now, Broadway has the big stars, variety of material, and reliable spectacle that used to keep multiplexes full.
Geek Feed
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Feed
Dunesday: The Internet's Next Barbenheimer (At Least They're Trying)
The state of movie theaters was at a low ever since the pandemic, but a lot consider the crossover success of 2023's Barbenheimer ( Barbie and Oppenheimer ) to mark a win for the theatrical movie experience, and several films have been trying to recapture that magic with events like Saw Patrol ( Saw X and Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie ) and Glicked ( Gladiator II and Wicked ).Now with Avengers: Doomsday delayed to later in 2026, fans have pointed out that it now has the same release date as Denis Villneuve's Dune: Messiah , and now they're naming December 18, 2026… DUNESDAY. Goodbye Barbenheimer Hello DUNESDAY — Apocalyptic Horseman (@ApocHorseman) May 22, 2025 Admittedly, a lot of people think that it's not going to capture the same magic as Barbenheimer —simply because they're both big-budget sci-fi films that are technically in the same vein of spectacle. The huge appeal of Barbenheimer was the stark contrast between the two products and the auteur status of both directors Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan. Sure, Glicked may have almost ticked the same boxes with the genre differences, but the yin-and-yang element of Barbenheimer was a kind of chemistry that was lightning in a bottle. Plus, a lot of people ended up participating 'for the meme.' No joke, I truly believe that we could get another Barbenheimer movement with Avengers: DunesDay — Ayman ☭ (@GuyWhoConquers) May 22, 2025 Who knows, once all those trailers drop and the hype starts to build, maybe Dunesday could be the next big cinematic event. We don't know what the movie landscape is going to look like in the next year though, but my fingers are crossed it's going to be a fun day at the cinema for movie lovers. Dunesday takes place on Dec. 18, 2026.
