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Eddie The Eagle, which garnered an A CinemaScore in the U.S., is doing quite well across the pond in the UK. The Dexter Fletcher-helmed audience favorite opened big with $3.9M, marking the biggest opening of a British film since the James Bond movie Spectre opened in October 2015 with $80.4M. Eddie The Eagle debuted…

6th UPDATE, Monday, 1:40 PM: The final domestic grosses are in and it appears that Gods of Egypt ended up with only $14.1M. Added to the international total, it’s worldwide launch this weekend made a mere $38.3M but it still has many large markets to open in overseas, including China yet to come. Still, this film was…

No god of Egypt, Olympic ski jumper or corrupt cop squad can topple Deadpool from its No. 1 perch this weekend as 20th Century Fox’s Marvel superhero film looks to make $30M in its third sesh. Through Tuesday, Deadpool has collected $246.5M and is expected to clear $300M during the first weekend in March. Of the three…

Suddenly the Olympic Games are hot stuff in the movies. No sooner did we have last week’s Race about track and field star Jesse Owens’ triumph in winning four gold medals at Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics, than this week we have an Olympic saga of a very different stripe. No one wins any medals in Eddie The Eagle. In…

EXCLUSIVE: After launching the Taron Egerton-Hugh Jackman-starrer Eddie The Eagle with a sneak Sundance screening, 2oth Century Fox is going all in with a spot to play during Super Bowl 50. Even though The Eagle sometimes crashed after he soared, Fox marketing president Marc Weinstock said the film’s subject…

As Deadline revealed days ago, Eddie The Eagle landed at the Sundance Film Festival tonight. Fox took the secret “townie” screening berth as an opportunity to launch the Dexter Fletcher-directed Fox film about the British ski jumping folk hero. In tow for the Library Theatre premiere were Taron Egerton, who played the…

EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that Eddie The Eagle will be the top secret screening tomorrow at the Library Theater. The Dexter Fletcher-directed film stars Kingsman: The Secret Service‘s Taron Egerton as Eddie Edwards in the story of Great Britain’s first ski jumper to compete in the Winter Olympics. Hugh Jackman co-stars…

Fox has dropped the first trailer for director Dexter Fletcher’s Eddie The Eagle, the feel-good drama about Michael "Eddie" Edwards, Britain's first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics. From the producing team behind Kingsman: The Secret Service, the film stars Kingsman‘s Taron Egerton as Eddie with Hugh Jackman…

Making its first move into the TV business, Lionsgate UK has taken a 25% equity stake in indie Kindle Entertainment. A BAFTA-winning producer, Kindle makes drama and comedy series across family, kids, primetime and young adult. Among its credits are 2012 Sky/Syfy mini Treasure Island; Henry Winkler series Hank Zipzer…

Lionsgate UK has set an April 1, 2016 release date for Eddie The Eagle, no foolin'. Dexter Fletcher directs the story of Great Britain's first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics. Kingsman: The Secret Service's Taron Edgerton stars as the eponymous Eddie Edwards with Hugh Jackman as his coach Bronson Peary. Fox pre…

EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Walken is joining Kevin Spacey in EuropaCorp's high-concept comedy Nine Lives directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, written by Daniel Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin. In the pic, a workaholic businessman (Spacey) must figure out how to redeem himself after a terrible accident leaves him trapped in the body…

Lionsgate UK has acquired UK rights to Dexter Fletcher’s Eddie The Eagle, the story of Great Britain’s first ski jumper to enter the Winter Olympics. The film has just gone into production in the Alps and will move to the UK next month. Lionsgate is planning a spring 2016 release. The news comes just days after Fox boa…