UPDATED at 12:10PM PT with more numbers and analysis. The Orchard sprouted a hit over the weekend, opening teen comedy Flower, starring Zoey Deutch, in just three theaters and grossing a rousing $57,851.
That tally yielded the highest per-theater average of the weekend, though right behind it was IFC Films' The Death o…
With Awards Season tucked away, Specialty newcomers have a chance to breathe. Focus Features, which had two films in the Oscar running, is heading out with political thriller 7 Days in Entebbe starring Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl. The company is taking a page out of its playbook from the box office success of The Zo…
If you are going to make yet another movie about Israel’s brave and heroic rescue of the hostages during the 1976 hijacking of an Air France jet en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, it would be wise to come up with a fresh angle. After all, as I say in my video review (click the link above to watch) there were several…
Videogame star Lara Croft will vie to get an extra life at the box office this weekend as MGM/Warner Bros.’ Tomb Raiderstarring Oscar winner Alicia Vikander hits 3,700 locations with a shot at $23M-$25M.
However, she’ll have to overindex if she wants to beat Disney/Marvel’s Black Pantherwhich is looking at its fifth…
7 Days in Entebbe director José Padilha says that his terror thriller starring Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl, which tells the story of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight from Tel Aviv, shines a light on similar political issues still prevalent in a Donald Trump presidency.
Speaking at the Berlin Film…
Focus Features dropped a trailer today for director José Padilha’s 7 Days in Entebbe, an upcoming thriller inspired by the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris.
Starring Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike, the film depicts the rescue mission that, as the trailer – set to the tune of the…