TUESDAY UPDATE, WRITETHRU with actuals: Universal’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again made its debut at the international box office smorgasbord this weekend, belting out $42.9M in 41 markets. The summer sequel, directed by Ol Parker, topped the 2008 movie's start in 34 of those and danced to No. 1 in 24 openings. Combined…

After weathering a setback with Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper last weekend, Universal/Legendary is expected to take the upper hand at the weekend box office with Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which is poised to make between $30 million-$36 million at 3,200 locations. The first film 10 years ago worked, capturing all…

Editors Note: Katy Sullivan is an actor, athlete and bilateral above knee amputee whose credits include My Name Is Earl, Last Man Standing and NCIS: New Orleans as well as the upcoming indie pic Offside. She got her acting start starring onstage in Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Chicago production The Long Red Road, and this…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: After starting early offshore rollout Down Under two weeks ago, Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation checked into another 42 markets this frame, and topped the studio charts with $46.4M in 44 total hubs. The overseas tally is now $54.8M for a global total of $100.12M. The…

4th Update with Sunday AM Analysis: This weekend The Rock is getting squashed by a horde of bloodsucking vampires, as Sony Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is the prime destination for families, with a studio-reported $44.1. That knocks down Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper to third place, with a…

Sunday Update: Sony, the studio responsible for delivering Dwayne Johnson’s biggest movie of all-time at the domestic box office earlier this year, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($404.5M), beat the family action star’s Skyscraper this weekend with their family-animated film, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, $44…

In the war of box office real estate developers, Sony’s animated family threequel Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is expected to have the edge over family man Dwayne Johnson’s latest Universal/Legendary action pic Skyscraper. HT3 is eyeing a number one rank between $38M and the low $40Ms, while Skyscraper is…

In a notable turn of events, Legendary Entertainment has closed a $1B senior secured revolving credit facility led by JP Morgan and including a syndicate of top-tier entertainment banks. The studio, which is owned by China's Wanda, will use the funds to continue growing its content coffers across film and…

Universal/Legendary’s summer action thriller Skyscraper has secured a July 20 China release date, significantly opening in the throes of the (unofficial) annual blackout on Hollywood fare. That the film is backed by the Wanda-owned Legendary and takes place in Hong Kong likely were factors working in the Dwayne Johnson…

UPDATE, 10:32 PM: We got a 45-second tease of Skyscraper during The Big Game, but Dwayne Johnson brought the whole trailer with him to drop on The Tonight Show. The pic wonderfully looks like Die Hard on steroids. Johnson plays a former FBI guy who after a severe foot injury becomes a “glorified security guard” at The…

UPDATE: Turns out 20th Century Fox will be running a spot for their March 2 Jennifer Lawrence Russian spy pic Red Sparrow. The studio dropped a teaser for the trailer today which you can see below. Pic reteams Lawrence with her Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Mockingjay director Francis Lawrence with the pic based on…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Roland Møller has landed one of the main roles in the Legendary/Universal film Skyscraper, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell and Chin Han, the pic centers former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader (Johnson) on assignment in Hong Kong where he finds the…