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With an estimated production cost of $40M before P&A, Fox 2000’s Keeping Up With the Joneses may not go down as the biggest box office disaster of all-time, but the film is a disaster nonetheless with an estimated opening of $5.6M this weekend. Booked at 3,022 locations, Joneses is one of the lowest debuts for a…

FINAL UPDATE, Monday, 2:29 PM: Tim Burton’s latest fantasy entry Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children ruled the roost this weekend after a better than expected Sunday. The film catapulted over two other newcomers — Deepwater Horizon from Lionsgate/Summit and Participant Media and Relativity’s misfire Masterminds…

So far at the fall domestic box office we’ve seen a slew of misfires out of the gate including Blair Witch, Bridget Jones’s Baby, Snowden, The Light Between Oceans, Morgan, The Disappointments Room and The Wild Life. Even though some wide product has moved off the fall schedule, it’s still a vicious…

It was a long time coming after having been shelved a few times because of Relativity’s financial turmoil and subsequent bankruptcy proceedings, but the heist comedy Masterminds — produced by Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn and starring Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis and the Ghostbusting trio of Kristen Wi…

It’s been more than a year since we got a new trailer for Masterminds, the action comedy that had been mired in Relativity purgatory. But here it is: Average guy David Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis) drives an armored car for a mundane living, with his only hint of excitement being a work crush on Kelly Campbell (Kristen…

Netflix’s plans to put Relativity’s Zach Galifianakis-starring Masterminds and the Kate Beckinsale-starring The Disappointments Room up on its streaming service next month were unplugged today by a federal judge. But the streaming service intends to challenge the ruling by Judge Michael Wiles ASAP, I hear. Netflix…

Four Relativity Media films are making their way back on the schedule in the wake of the entertainment company formerly emerging from Chapter 11 last month. All of these titles have endured some sort of shell-game maneuvers on the calendar and legal battles as Relativity has tried to get its house in order. The Kate…

Relativity Studios has announced 2016 release dates for a quintet movies that some thought might never see the inside of a theater – at least under the Chapter 11’d company’s banner. Weeks after the Ryan Kavanaugh-led Relativity Media promised a seven-film slate over 18 months beginning in January, its film unit today…

Relativity’s most vocal critic in its effort to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection will get a separate day in court later this week. RKA Film Financing wants U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Michael Wiles to let it go in to Relativity and seize unreleased films used as collateral for unpaid loans. The hearing on…

EXCLUSIVE: In a process that is hitting a lot more potholes on the road to Chapter 11 auction than the Ryan Kavanaugh-run Relativity likely anticipated, RKA Film Financing may be prove to be the biggest bump in the ride. With two lawsuits in New York State Court against Kavanaugh over $115 million in unpaid P&A loans…

At least 10 movie productions appear among 145 debtors listed in Relativity’s bankruptcy filing so far. The limited companies’ names mimic titles of the films in question. The movies vary from specialized fare such as Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s feature directing debut Don Jon to major releases like Mirror Mirror…

Amidst the turbulence that Relativity Media has experienced in Ryan Kavanaugh’s fight to hang on to the film and TV company–and the rumored lack of funds to pay for the marketing campaign–the studio has pushed its best chance for a hit, the Jared Hess-directed Masterminds, out of its late-summer slot. Its the third…