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“We'll be opening up on June 15, this economy…business as usual,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. “We are announcing now that on June 15 we will be getting rid of the colored [reopening] tiers.” Earlier in the day, the state’s top health official spoke in detail about the planned reopening. “The…

New York exhibitors had their hopes dashed Monday as Gov. Andrew Cuomo made no move at a press conference to boost capacity at movie theaters in the five boroughs from 25% to a hoped-for 50%. The Godzilla vs. Kong weekend box office stampede ($285 million globally) shows that movie fans want back in theaters but in…

Third-party streaming ratings firm Samba TV reported Monday that 3.6 million households watched at least five minutes of Warner Bros/Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong on HBO Max in the pic’s first five days on the site from March 31-April 4. While HBO Max didn’t provide any official viewership figures on Godzilla vs. Kong…

AMC Entertainment shares were up more than 16% in midday trading in the midst of an aggressive rally powered by Gozilla Vs. Kong‘s $285 million global box office that "destroys lingering concerns around theatrical window importance and demonstrates a solid path to resurgence," according to one Wall Street analyst. In…

Sunday AM FINAL: Whoever said moviegoing was bound to stay dead, or that streaming has won, needs to go back to business school. Because a big event movie plus a holiday weekend, along with LA & NYC reopened exhibition markets equaled big bucks. At the box office, Warner Bros./Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong  decimated…

Deadline has confirmed that DC Films no longer is developing the properties New Gods, which had Ava DuVernay attached to direct, and Aquaman spinoff The Trench, which Noah Gardner and Aidan Fitzgerald were penning for James Wan possibly to helm. I hear The Trench is shelved due to Wan’s busy schedule with Aquaman 2…

Venom: Let There Be Carnage will now hit theaters a week later than previously announced, on September 24. The Venom sequel will have the full suite of 3D, IMAX and premium large format screens. It will open opposite Paramount’s Antoine Fuqua actioner Infinite, Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark, Michael…

New Line’s Mortal Kombat is opening on April 23 now, not April 16. Last minute decision comes as Warner Bros. is about to sop up $20M-$30M over the next five days from the opening of Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong which will rep the biggest domestic B.O. opening during the pandemic. Also, given the heat on Mortal Kombat…

Imax Corp. said Bradley Wechsler will step down as chairman of the board at the annual shareholders meeting in June after nearly 30 years of service to the company. The board will select a new chairman shortly after the event. The former investment bankers Wechsler and Imax CEO Rich Gelfond acquired Imax in 1994. They…

EXCLUSIVE: After confirming last week it would reopen April 16, Film at Lincoln Center is offering details about its comeback, confirming spring programming and the theatrical return of New Directors/New Films. After more than a year of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization affirmed safety…

Updated with L.A. County cleared to move to 50% capacity at cinemas: Unlike Easter last year, we’re actually going to be able to go to the movies this weekend. With drive-ins solely operating in the U.S. and Canada as the main means of moviegoing, Universal last March released its DreamWorks Animation title Trolls Worl…

After Disney plopped its Ryan Reynolds action comedy Free Guy from 20th Century Studios on August 13, a week before Lionsgate’s sequel The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard which also stars Reynolds, it stood to reason the latter would move. The new date for the Reynolds-Samuel L. Jackson sequel, which also stars Salma Hayek…