The film industry did slightly better in its depiction of LBGT characters and issues last year than the year before, but it's still way behind TV, according to GLAAD's third annual Studio Responsibility Index. The LGBT media watchdog group released its annual report card today, and it gave Sony Pictures and Walt Disney…

Universal’s Furious 7 is revving its engines at the box office with its international rollout starting tomorrow, followed by its domestic blast-off with previews Thursday. When F7 crosses the finish line Sunday, insiders are estimating that the global bow will range from $225 million-$275 million. As is typical with…

UPDATE, 8:15 PM Monday: DreamWorks Animation’s Home and Disney’s Cinderella both pulled in better than projected grosses from their overseas markets this past weekend, with Home tipping its worldwide take just past $100M. Despite better-than-expected numbers on its domestic frame, Wall Street continues to be wary of en…

Most of the weekend actuals in the top 10 were down from their Sunday estimates with the exception of Christian drama Do You Believe? which made about $150K more than expected with $2.3M.  Also, The Gunman came in on target with $2M in 10th. However, the lower figures didn’t throw off the records that DreamWorks/20th C…

Final Update, Sunday 10 AM: Star power actually worked at the box office this weekend. For weeks, we’ve seen stars who couldn’t open films with their names: Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson and Vince Vaughn. The films failed for an array of reasons from mismatched genres to fatigued formulas. But this weekend, it was clear…

Warner Bros’ R-rated Will Ferrell-Kevin Hart comedy Get Hard had a great Thursday, grossing $1.8M. That figure beats the $1.1M generated by Hart’s Ride Along during its Thursday preview in January 2014. That film went on to make $41.5M over three days during its MLK weekend bow. In addition, Get Hard outstrips…

The play for students on spring break continues this weekend with the R-rated Will Ferrell-Kevin Hart comedy Get Hard in 3,175 theaters facing off with DreamWorks Animation’s Home from 20th Century Fox in 3,707. Each is expecting grosses from the low to mid $30Ms, making it a tough call for No. 1, however, some…

After its premiere at SXSW earlier this month, the new raunchy comedy Get Hard, teaming Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart, drew outraged cries of racism, homophobia, pushing negative stereotypes – you name it. In other words, just another day at work for these guys. This kind of R-rated raunchfest is meant to press buttons…

Funny Or Die is holding “The Funny or Die Hideout” at SXSW this year on March 15-16. The humor website’s lineup includes that Sunday’s world premiere party for Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart’s Warner Bros. comedy Get Hard, which is bowing at the fest ahead of its March 27 release. The Sunday event includes The Super Serio…

Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart are two of the biggest comedy draws going at the box office these days — so why not team them for a sort of anti-buddy comedy? Warner Bros figured that out too, and now comes Get Hard, about a newly minted white-collar criminal (Ferrell) who hires Hart’s Darrell Lewis to prep him for his…

Upcoming  comedies such as Paul Feig’s Spy with Melissa McCarthy, Warner Bros.’ Will Ferrell-Kevin Hart combo Get Hard and a rough-cut of the Judd Apatow-directed comedy Trainwreck are just some of the big studio titles that are part of this year’s 22nd annual  South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival…

EXCLUSIVE: Rapper-actor Tip “T.I.” Harris has landed a role opposite Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart in Warner Bros’ Etan Cohen-directed comedy Get Hard. In the Gary Sanchez-produced pic, the self-professed King of the South will play Joaquin, Hart’s streetwise cousin who helps Hart prep Ferrell’s millionaire fraudster…