| MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL'S HIGH ART MONSTER PIC COULD LOSE $90M |
It was a complete rejection by moviegoers around the world this weekend as Maggie Gyllenhaal’s $80M bride of Frankenstein monster movie, The Bride!, opened to $13.6M.
Of that, domestic was $7.3M, not only breaking Warner Bros’ nine-picture No. 1 opening streak at the B.O., but registering a debut that was lower than that for some recent misfires by the Burbank, CA lot, including last year’s disasters Mickey 17 ($19M) and Companion ($9.3M).
Industry sources, not Warners, believe the loss on The Bride! could approach $90M in its first cycle after home entertainment downstream. Warner Bros had no comment about the movie’s P&L which includes $65M in worldwide P&A. Bad timing for a loss as WBD CEO David Zaslav just cashed in $114M+ in stocks due to a trading window opening for executives involved in any deal negotiations. >>>Uphill Battle During Production
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Chris Pine Vs. The Yeti - Michael Chaves, the filmmaker behind last summer’s New Line smash The Conjuring: Last Rites, has enlisted Chris Pine to lead Yeti, a new survival thriller for Netflix that also will star Iona Bell (The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping), Ray Winstone and Sofia Boutella (Rebel Moon). Yeti takes place deep in the Alps, where an avalanche unleashes something primeval from the glacial ice. >>> Battle For Survival
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Collision Course - TriStar Pictures has preemptively acquired The Last Orbit, a forthcoming book from New York Times bestselling author Ben Mezrich, inking a deal for Matt Shakman (The Fantastic Four: First Steps) to direct from a story adapted by Josh Friedman (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes). The Last Orbit is speculative fiction about the asteroid YR4, which has a statistically significant chance of hitting Earth or the moon in 2032. >>> To Be Published In Q1 2027 |
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🕯️ James G. Robinson, a producer and co-founder with Joe Roth of Morgan Creek Productions, the company behind hits including Major League and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, died February 15. He was 90. 🕯️ Jeremy Larner, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Candidate (1972), has died. He was 88. 🕯️ Stephen Hibbert, the actor who played The Gimp in Pulp Fiction and also appeared in Austin Powers and The Cat in the Hat, has died. He was 68. 🕯️ Alan Trustman, screenwriter of the 1968 films Bullitt and The Thomas Crown Affair, has died. He was 95. 🕯️ Corey Parker , the actor known for roles in Will & Grace and Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, has died. He was 60. 🕯️ Jennifer Runyon, an actress best known for her work in Ghostbusters and A Very Brady Christmas, has died after a brief battle with cancer, according to her friend, fellow actress and Bewitched star Erin Murphy. She was 65. 🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery |
| ON THE RADAR
Tue - Harrison Ford on Kimmel
Wed - Conan O'Brien on Kimmel
Thu - SXSW begins
Fri - Crystal Lake debuts; Publicists Guild Awards
Sun - 98th Annual Academy Awards; Selection Sunday for NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments |
Top Guns - Tom Cruise and Guillermo del Toro at the 53rd Annual Saturn Awards in Los Angeles. |
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