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Fandango and United Artists Releasing are holding early access screenings on Aug. 8 for MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic Respect. Tickets are now on sale on Fandango. The pic will preview at 500 theaters nationwide before its Aug. 13 release. Respect stars Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson as Franklin. The pic is…

As we told you over the weekend, Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow presales were set to outstrip that of Universal’s F9 at the same point in time before its opening weekend, and this morning Fandango has reported that the Cate Shortland-directed movie is their best pre-seller so far in 2021. Black Widow advance ticket sales…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s more specific details as to how the advance tickets sales are for Universal’s F9 heading into the weekend: The Justin Lin-directed sequel is bound to be the biggest pre-seller of 2021 to date for Fandango. Already, F9 is outpacing the opening weekend pre-sales of Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part…

Tickets are now on sale for the July 9 theatrical release of Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow. Despite the movie’s simultaneous availability on Disney+ Premier for $29.99 with its theatrical release, box office sources still believe the pic has a chance to open to $70M+. The question becomes how its legs will hold up as…

Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited feature adaptation of the Lin-Manuel Miranda/Quiara Alegría Hudes Tony-winning musical In the Heights finally hits theaters and HBO Max this Friday, and in a recent Fandango poll of 1,300-plus moviegoers, 96% of ’em say it’s the first movie they plan to see since the pandemic shuttered…

Some great news heading into Memorial Day weekend, when Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II and Disney’s Cruella are set to kick off the summer season: Fandango reports that, according to a recent poll of 4,000-plus ticket buyers, 64% will watch a movie or more movies in a theater, and 96% of all ticket buyers will see…

In yet another great sign that the domestic box office is returning to full steam, online ticket retailer Fandango has released some insight today on the advance ticket sales for Paramount’s long-awaited sequel A Quiet Place Part II, which kicks off the summer season on May 28 with Disney’s Cruella. Interesting…

Rotten Tomatoes has updated its criteria for designating “Top Critics” in what it calls a bid to “increase inclusion and recognize individual achievement in criticism.” Of the 170 newly approved Top Critics, 60% are women, an estimated 25% are people of color and 24% publish their reviews through video or…

As theaters start reopening, Fandango is looking to make the help moviegoers return to theaters confidently with a newly launched comprehensive program. Starting today, Fandango.com and Fandango mobile apps will begin rolling out new resources and product functionality, including social distance seating maps, a…

Netflix and Italian outfit Fandango are joining forces to develop a series based on The Lying Life Of Adults, the latest novel by Italian novelist Elena Ferrante. The novel charts a Neapolitan woman’s transition from childhood to adolescence in the ’90s. Released in Italy last November, the book will launch globally…

Vudu, the digital movie and TV unit of Walmart, is being acquired by NBCUniversal’s Fandango division. Founded in 2004 and acquired by Walmart in 2010 for $100 million, Vudu offers about 10,000 movie and TV titles through a free streaming service. It also offers some 150,000 titles for rent or purchase, including new…

Lionsgate, in conjunction with Fandango, YouTube and NATO, is launching Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies a four-consecutive Friday night live-stream of movies which kicks off on April 17 with The Hunger Games on the distributor’s YouTube page and Fandango’s Movieclips YouTube page.  Lionsgate's initial donation…