New Line/MGM/Warner Bros’ summer counter-programmer Me Before You crossed $200 million at the worldwide box office today. Not bad for a weepy with only about a $20M budget. Based on Jojo Moyes’ 2012 bestseller, the film from director Thea Sharrock has now grossed $200.7M. The breakdown is $144.4M international and…
Once the noisiest studio in town, MGM has become the quietest, but also — to the surprise of many — one of the most consistently profitable. As such, it reflects the personality of its CEO, Gary Barber, a modest South African who believes that CEOs should be seen but not heard — well, not seen too much either. In its…
UPDATE, WRITETHRU Final Monday, 2:30 PM: There was a hodgepodge of action movies at the international box office this weekend as debut films muscled in and holdovers found new rewards to reap. In the latter category, it’s Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse which is No. 1 overseas for the frame coming off a muscular $59.5M start…
5TH UPDATE, Sunday AM: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows saw a 4% uptick over Friday in its Saturday grosses with $12.9M, sending its Paramount-reported opening to $35.3 million. Most of the industry sees it in this range as well. The sequel’s worldwide debut is $69.3M after a 40-market launch.
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UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Legendary and Universal Pictures' Warcraft expanded to eight more markets this frame, after debuting with $31.8M in 20 last weekend which included key plays like Russia and Germany. The sophomore session brings the total markets in release to 28 with an estimated $29M to be added through Sunday…
Fans of JoJo Moye’s 2012 bestseller Me Before You will likely be in heaven over her screenplay adaptation of the book, which stays faithful to the initial idea of a love story with an edgy message about the right to die. As I say in my video review (click the link above to watch), there could be controversy — as there…
EXCLUSIVE: MGM has acquired the Katie Silberman spec script Set It Up, and the studio has moved quickly to attach Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke. MGM has high hopes for Me Before You, an adaptation of the JoJo Moyes novel which Clarke stars in with Sam Claflin. MGM is teamed on the film with New Line and Warner…
UPDATED, 7:34 PM: A Friday night release-date change on behalf of Warner Bros: Turns out they’ve had second thoughts and are moving the MGM romantic drama Me Before You back to its original June 3 release date. Warner Bros was hoping to bank on young women on spring break in March. Now, they plan to go after that demo…
Stepping up efforts to mine literature for new projects, New Line Cinema has created the new internal position of Literary Scout, and the company has tapped Jake Bauman, formerly of Chernin Entertainment, for the job.
Bauman will serve as the studio’s primary liaison with the publishing industry, and in that capacity…
It was on, it was pushed and now it is finally getting a release date. The directorial debut of theatre director Thea Sharrock, Me Before You, has now been set by Warner Bros. to bow on June 3, 2016. It had previously been scheduled for August 21, 2015 release and then was pushed to undated in 2016. There is nothing…
EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Who‘s Jenna Coleman and Game Of Thrones‘ Charles Dance have been set for Me Before You, the Thea Sharrock-directed adaptation of the Jojo Moyes bestseller for MGM and New Line. They join GOT‘s Emilia Clarke and Hunger Games‘ Sam Claflin. Sharrock is the acclaimed theater director of Broadway’s Equus…
EXCLUSIVE: MGM is negotiating with Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin to star in the Thea Sharrock-directed Me Before You, the adaptation of the Jojo Moyes best-selling novel. Karen Rosenfelt is producing Sharrock's feature debut. MGM is partnered with New Line and Warner Bros, which has dated the movie for August, 2015…
