8TH UPDATE: Monday 5:31PM. Warner Bros.’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicemight come up $3.7M million short of breaking even in its global theatrical run. However, the first title in DC features 2.0., which was blasted by critics with a 29% Rotten score and given a B CinemaScore from audiences, likely will turn a…
4th UPDATE, WRITETHRU Monday 3:58 PM: Warner Bros’ Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice defied the critics and had a massive $254M international opening this weekend, making it the No. 5 biggest bow ever at overseas turnstiles, and the No. 4 globally with $424.1M. There’s more detail on the WB/DC phenom below, and even…
When the first movie makes $245 million in the U.S. alone, it’s only natural to expect a sequel. But it’s been 14 long years between 2002’s certified smash My Big Fat Greek Wedding and its follow-up. What has changed in the meantime? Apparently not much as My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 from writer-star Nia Vardalos…
Finally. Thirty-two months after the project was announced at Comic-Con, Warner Bros’ Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justiceis seeing the light of day in every corner of the world with an estimated global opening of $350M on 35,000 screens. Worldwide, that would make BvS the second-best pre-summer and Easter debut…
Proof that not all blockbusters need superheroes or space wizards to make a splash, when the first trailer for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2dropped back in November, the Internet exploded (and so did pageviews on our post.) Clearly, people want to see it. Yet, since then, there’s been nary a peep about the film…
“A long time ago, I had a big, fat Greek wedding,” Nia Vardalos says at the beginning of this trailer. Yes it was — 2002, to be exact. That’s when her one-woman stage show was transformed into one of the biggest indie juggernauts of all time. Fast-forward 13 years, and here comes My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, which…
Universal has slotted My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 for a March 25 release. The sequel to the smash 2002 indie romantic comedy from writer-star Nia Vardalos will face off against Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Warner Bros’ anticipated sequel to Man Of Steel starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill. Right now it’s just…
Universal Pictures has joined the party for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, the feature film sequel to the 2002 indie hit romantic comedy from writer-star Nia Vardalos. Gold Circle, HBO, and Playtone announced their plans to head back to the altar in May and have now tapped Nanny McPhee and What to Expect When You’re Expec…
Some 12 years after it was released and became one of the biggest independent films of its era, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is getting a feature sequel from Gold Circle,HBO and Playtone. Nia Vardalos, who wrote the first, has scripted the second installment and will star with John Corbett, her groom in the original Joel…