Demolition opened with something closer to a muffled rumble than an explosion. The Fox Searchlight title starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts took in over $1.12M in more than 850 theaters, a figure reflecting the fairly wide release but a slow per-theater average. But Demolition was a solid edifice compared to…

3RD WRITE THRU, 9:20AM Saturday: As of this morning, Universal’s R-rated comedy The Boss is drawing a line in the sand with Warner Bros.’ Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice with each looking at a projected weekend of $21.8M as they wrestle for No. 1.  Both are coming in toward the lower end of expectations, and part…

Spring continues to roll out a very full slate of new Specialty films, with Fox Searchlight going fairly wide with Jean-Marc Vallée's Demolition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts and a terrific Judah Lewis. The title opened last year's Toronto International Film Festival. Also taking its bow this weekend is…

Sometimes you have to tear everything apart before you can start living again. At least that seems to be part of the message of Demolition, something of a dramedy that benefits enormously from some great and risky work from Jake Gyllenhaal in the central role of Davis Mitchell, a successful self-centered investment…

The South By Southwest Film Festival announced the audience award winners for 2016 today. Leading the pack in the Narrative Feature category is Transpecos, director Greg Kwedar’s debut feature starring Gabriel Luna, Johnny Simmons and Clifton Collins Jr. as border patrol agents embroiled in the region’s drug trade…

“Repairing the human heart is like repairing an automobile: You have to take everything apart, just examine everything — then you can put it all back together.” Ahead of its U.S. premiere at SXSW next month comes the new trailer for Fox Searchlight’s Demolition. Southpaw star Jake Gyllenhaal plays…

Michael Moore’s unveiling of his “secret” movie and the continuation of what TIFF Director Cameron Bailey called the “Jake Quake” (as in Gyllenhaal) marked the official opening of the 40th Toronto International Film Festival with the eclectic pairing of Fox Searchlight’s Demolition kicking things off at the Princess…

Here’s the first trailer for the pic that’s opening the Toronto International Film Festival this week. Oscar nominee and Southpaw star Jake Gyllenhaal stars in Demolition as Davis, a high-end investment banker trying to rebuild his life after he survives a car crash that killed his wife. A complaint letter to a…

Canadian filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee’s Demolition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts and Chris Cooper, will open the 40th edition of the Toronto Film Festival. The fest announced its first titles today at a news conference presided over by TIFF director and chief executive Piers Handling and artistic director…

Fox Searchlight has set an April 8 limited release for Demolition, Jean-Marc Vallée’s romantic drama starring Jake Gyllenhall and Naomi Watts. The Southpaw actor stars as Davis, an investment banker trying to rebuild his life after his wife’s death. A complaint letter to a vending machine company leads to a series of…

Sierra/Affinity has sold out worldwide on Demolition, the romantic drama from Dallas Buyers Club helmer Jean-Marc Vallee starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts. Gyllenhaal plays an investment banker rallying to rebuild his life after a family crisis with the help of a struggling mother and her unusual son. Fox Search…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Cooper has just been set to star alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts in Demolition, the next film by Dallas Buyers Club helmer Jean-Marc Vallee, whose new film Wild with Reese Witherspoon debuted at Toronto. Deadline revealed back in June that Gyllenhaal would star in and Vallee would helm Demoli…