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5th Update, Sunday AM FINAL: Universal’s Night School maintained its No. 1 spot over the weekend with an improved 3-day $28M after a great Saturday of $11.2M that was up 18% over Friday. Know that percentage was even greater because if you take out Thursday’s $1.35M previews from Friday’s $9.5M; the jump is really 38%…

While yucks haven’t translated into bucks at the box office for quite some time, the comedy genre is expected to come alive this weekend with Universal’s PG-13 rated Malcolm D. Lee-directed feature Night School which is set to ace a $30M-plus opening; the highest debut for a comedy, well, since last July’s Girls…

Six Flags Entertainment and CBS Films have teamed up to scare the bejeezus out of theme park visitors all the while promoting CBS and Lionsgate's latest horror flick, Hell Fest. In collaboration with the movie’s creators, Six Flags and CBS Films are launching new haunted attractions based on the film at three theme…

Folks love those Halloween-themed amusement parks — the ones where ghouls dart out of the shadows and monsters lie in wait to scare the bejeezus out of their quarry. But what if a maniacal killer decides to up the realism factor to 11 while the patrons it’s all part of the show? Here is the first teaser trailer for…

EXCLUSIVE: Tooley Entertainment has closed a deal to co-finance with CBS Films Hell Fest, the horror thriller that has wrapped production. Pic follows a masked serial killer who turns a horror themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe…

CBS/Lionsgate’s Hell Fest is going two weekends sooner this fall, on September 28 instead of its original October 12 date. The pic now faces off against Warner Bros’ animated title Smallfoot, Universal’s Kevin Hart-Tiffany Haddish comedy Night School, and Focus Features’ Boy Erased. Directed by Gregory Plotkin, Hell Fe…