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Awkwafina is leaving Twitter for now.  The actress whose real name is Nora Lum Tweeted release a statement earlier today addressing the criticisms for her use of African American Vernacular English (AAVE). She starts the apology by stating, "There is a sociopolitical context to everything, especially the historical…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Coming off of its $151M opening last weekend, Universal/Amblin's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom added a further $173.6M this session in 51 markets. Those include China where the dino-dollars are $111.9M (RMB 715M) for the 3-day, repping Universal’s 2nd biggest bow ever in the market, behind The Fate…

EXCLUSIVE: In addition to its stellar female ensemble, one of the other stunning characters in Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s Ocean’s 8  that takes its chic sensibility to a whole other level is its snappy ’70s jazz funk score written by Daniel Pemberton, a British composer who is fast becoming a go-to musician for…

Every four years, the world tunes into the World Cup — or at least the most soccer-loving nations do, including pretty much all of Europe and Latin America. As with other major sporting events, this provides a long-lead challenge to distributors with regards to scheduling and counterprogramming at the international…

EXCLUSIVE: Industry veteran Peter Schlessel has been elected to the board of directors of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group. He joins as Ocean’s 8, Village Roadshow’s 100th film, just released to a franchise-topping domestic result and a strong early start overseas. Schlessel has had a traditional and…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment's Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has come in above yesterday's estimates with $151.1M in its international box office opening. T-Rex banged a gong in 48 markets this weekend with the J.A. Bayona-directed JWFK No. 1 in each, including some record debuts. The…

4th UPDATE, Sunday AM: Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s Ocean’s 8 is sailing in with a $41.5M opening, still the best debut for the franchise and a solid start for what will be a good piece of counter-programming in the event-filled marketplace. When it comes to gender-swapping an established franchise, it’s also safe…

Before Disney/Pixar’s Incredibles 2 and Universal’s Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom arrive to stomp and completely own the June landscape, Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s gender twist Ocean’s 8 is poised to be a solid piece of counter-programming at the summer box office. Warner Bros. is estimating low to mid-$30 mil…

It all started in 1960 with the memorable Rat Pack Vegas heist picture Ocean’s 11, and then continued with a trio of reboots starting in 2001. Ocean’s 11, 12 and finally 13 were (mostly) male-driven con job movies masterminded by director Steven Soderbergh and producer Jerry Weintraub. When Clooney, Pitt, Damon & Co…

While Thursday night is typically preview night for any major wide release, Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s Ocean’s 8 is going a night early on Wednesday in AMC Theatres for a special “Girls’ Night Out.” AMC Patrons can purchase tickets to watch the movie two days in advance before its opening this Friday. Though it’s…

Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s gender swap all-star heist comedy Ocean’s 8 arrived on tracking this morning with industry projections indicating that the pic could open to $45M when it opens on June 8. Some tracking firms have the all femme pic at $30M,  but it will come as no surprise if Ocean’s 8 debuts at the…

“In 3 1/2 weeks, the Met will be holding its annual ball — and we are going to rob it,” Debbie Ocean tells her co-conspirators. “$16.5 million in each of your bank accounts five weeks from now.” There’s just one problem: “This is the most sophisticated security in the world.” Oh yeah? Bring it on. Here’s the new…