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8TH UPDATE, 7:30 AM Wednesday: Aquaman had a huge Christmas Day, earning $22M to make it one of six films to gross north of $20M on Christmas after Star Wars pics The Force Awakens ($49.3M), The Last Jedi ($27.4M) and Rogue One ($25.8M), along with Sherlock Holmes ($24.6M), and Avatar ($23M). This takes the James…

Between last weekend and Christmas, ten wide releases carrying a combined near production cost of $913M will vie for business in a box office marketplace that one distribution source describes as a “game of chutes of ladders; there will be winners and there will be losers.” The multiple factor is wild, and many…

UPDATED 8:48AM with revised estimates: The Christmas box office menu of Warner Bros’ Aquaman, Paramount’s Bumblebee, Disney’s Marry Poppins Returns, Universal’s Welcome to Marwen and STX’s Second Act hit tracking today, and for many of these movies, it’s about the long road instead of the traditional three-day…

Jennifer Lopez’s romantic comedy Second Act from STX is moving out of the crowded Thanksgiving Eve frame of Wednesday Nov. 21 to Dec. 14. This puts the Peter Segal-directed film in a pre-Christmas weekend as counterprogramming to Universal’s fantasy pic Mortal Engines and Sony’s fanboy animated feature Spider-Man: Into…

When a smug, male co-worker and rival for a promotion tells Jennifer Lopez, out loud and with witnesses no less, that getting the job won’t be easy “for a woman your age,” you know Second Act promises the kind of workplace comeuppance fantasyland that fueled Working Girl and Lopez’ own Maid in Manhattan. And you…

 STXfilms had dated Jennifer Lopez’s romantic comedy Second Act for a Nov 21 release. The pic directed by Peter Segal also stars Milo Ventimiglia, Leah Remini, Vanessa Hudgens and Treat Williams. Second Act is billed in spirit of Lopez’s Maid In Manhattan, and the Mike Nichols’ movie Working Girl.  When a big-box…

Sex and the City and Californication alum Evan Handler has joined Foster Boy, the Youssef Delara-directed indie drama based on a script by Jay Paul Deratany. The film stars Matthew Modine as Michael Trainer, whose life as a condescending, elitist corporate attorney is turned upside down when he's ordered to take on a…

Actress and comedian Charlyne Yi will co-star opposite Jennifer Lopez in STXfilms' romantic comedy Second Act, directed by Peter Segal. It’s based on an idea by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Justin Zackham, both of whom penned the screenplay. The story follows a big-box store employee (Lopez) who reinvents her life and…

Treat Williams and Larry Miller have joined the cast of STXfilms' romantic comedy Second Act starring Jennifer Lopez and Leah Remini. They also join Vanessa Hudgens and Masters of Sex actress Annaleigh Ashford in the film that will be directed by Peter Segal. The project was put together by STX and Lopez based on an…

Milo Ventimiglia of NBC’s audience and critically adored series This Is Us has come aboard the Jennifer Lopez-starring comedy, Second Act, to play her long-time boyfriend, Trey. The pic, which hails from STXfilms and director Peter Segal, follows a big-box store employee (Lopez), who is given the chance to prove to…

Skyler Bible is lacing up his space boots for Universal Pictures’ Damien Chazelle-directed Neil Armstrong film First Man, joining Ryan Gosling, Jason Clarke, Brian D’Arcy, Claire Foy, Pablo Schreiber, Jon Bernthal, and Kyle Chandler. Bible will play Astronaut Richard Gordon, the backup pilot for Armstrong on Gemini 8…

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Bucatinsky has signed on to the cast of Second Act, the romantic comedy at STXfilms toplined by Jennifer Lopez, Leah Remini and Vanessa Hudgens. Peter Segel is directing the script from Justin Zackham and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. In the vein of Maid In Manhattan meets Working Girl, the film follows a…