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It happens every year, when the NCAA kicks off March Madness. That's when Deadline launches its own tournament to ascertain which film from the previous calendar year made the most money. Entry into the tournament is based on top domestic gross, and we count down from No. 20 all the way to crowning a champion. (See las…

Warner Bros.’ Central Intelligence, the buddy action comedy that stars Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, crossed the $200M mark at the global box office today. This comes prior to the global launch today of Universal’s Jason Bourne which is getting ready to open at around $50M to $60M domestically and unleashes in 46…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU, Monday, 6:05 PM: While she was busy setting an animated opening record domestically this frame, a certain forgetful blue tang got her first taste of overseas waters as well. Pixar sequel Finding Dory cast a net in 29 material territories with an estimated $50.7M launch to take the No. 1 spot at the…

7th Update, Monday Final: Overall, Father’s Day weekend was a better frame than a week ago, totaling $232.7M, +53%. But this year’s paternal holiday frame was off -6% from a year ago when Jurassic World and Inside provided a one-two punch together totaling $197M. 2016 through Sunday has accumulated $5.17 billion at…

Putting his money where his motor mouth is, Kevin Hart is inviting fans to see his his latest film on his dime. Hart announced this afternoon that he’s bought every seat of the 3:15 PM Arclight Hollywood screening of Central Intelligence, the action comedy co-starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson that debuted today in…

In what has been a lackluster summer to date, off 22% from last year, along comes Disney Pixar’s Finding Dory to wake moviegoers up. It’s a legacy Pixar sequel — much like Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 3 (label’s record opener at $110.3M) —  meaning it’s the follow-up to a beloved uber-grossing classic, 2003’s Finding Nemo …

Central Intelligence will open the 20th annual American Black Film Festival on June 15 in Miami. The film, a New Line Cinema and Universal Pictures presentation distributed by Warner Bros, opens in theaters June 17. Starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, it follows a lethal CIA agent and one-time bullied geek…

It’s been a while since Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson did a straight comedy – unless the horrendously underrated Pain & Gain counts, which it should. But he’s back with Central Intelligence, this time playing off his action star image opposite Kevin Hart in a story that sees The Rock as, apparently, an undercover CIA…

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Steinfeld, whose screenplay credits include Be Cool, Analyze That and the gambling drama 21, has signed with Paradigm. The scribe, who had been at CAA, has a pair of features in development at Universal with Jason Bateman attached to produce, direct and star in: White Collar and The Disappeared. He…

Tim Griffin, who plays a key role on the upcoming Fox event series Wayward Pines, has been tapped to join the cast of New Line Cinema’s buddy comedy Central Intelligence, the Rawson Thurber comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart. The pic centers on a mild-mannered accountant (Hart) who hears from a former…

Amy Ryan has booked the female lead in the Warner Bros-New Line buddy comedy Central Intelligence, which pairs Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart and has a June 2016 release date. The film centers on a mild-mannered accountant (Hart) who hears from a former classmate (Johnson) who was bullied in high school. The guy the…

EXCLUSIVE: WME just scored in the ongoing fallout from the exit of a dozen comedy agents from CAA to UTA. WME has signed Rawson Marshall Thurber, a longtime CAA client who became “in play” after his primary agent Gregory McKnight was part of the exodus of CAA comedy agents who left en masse for UTA. Thurber is about…