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Drew Barrymore dropped out of hosting the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards in solidarity with the writers strike. However, the opening bit that was pretaped before the WGA strike still aired during the telecast and Never Been Kissed fans were treated to the actor reprising her role of Josie…

Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theatres closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studio’s respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that pandemical brink, the m…

Paramount Pictures has hammered a multi-year, first-look deal with Parker Finn to write, produce and direct features.  Paramount took Finn’s Smile, which was destined for its streaming platform Paramount+, and turned it into a theatrical success, making it the No. 1 original horror movie of 2022…

Warner Bros/New Line/DC's Black Adam handily crossed $300M global this frame, landing so far at $182.3M from the international box office and $319.7M worldwide. The movie has seen some strong holds both domestically and overseas in its first weekends, down just 35% offshore this session, but will be…

Paramount's Parker Finn-directed horror pic Smile has laughed all the way past the $200M mark worldwide. After six weeks in release – and with scary strong holds – the split through Sunday is $99.1M domestic and $103.8M from the international box office for a global cume of $202.9M. This original…

Paramount Global shares slid in pre-market trading Wednesday after the media company reported third-quarter financial results below Wall Street’s expectations. While streaming service Paramount+ reached 46 million subscribers, up 4.6 million from the previous quarter, the broader picture was less…

UPDATE, writethru: Warner Bros/New Line DC's Black Adam in its second offshore frame saw a strong hold, down just 45%. It added $39M from 76 offshore markets to take the running international box office total to $139M for a global cume through Sunday of $250M. While superhero movies are typically…

Saturday Night Live reimagined the Democratic Party’s 2024 Presidential candidate search as a trailer for a horror movie “from the producers of Smile and the twisted minds of Morning Joe.” In it, a group of friends in a house together at night are horrified by the prospect of President Joe Biden…

UPDATE, with actuals: Black Adam came in higher than Sunday's estimates with $75.9M from 76 international box office markets. That lifts the global opening to $142.9M. In like-for-like markets, the Dwayne Johnson-starrer's bow was 32% above Shazam! through Sunday. Looking at individual markets, the…

UPDATE, writethru: Horror ruled at the global and international box office again this session with Universal/Blumhouse's Halloween Ends bowing to $17.2M in 77 overseas markets for a $58.4M worldwide launch. Last week's champ, Paramount's Smile, put in another scary strong performance, dropping just 16%…

SUNDAY AM Writethru after Saturday AM Update: There’s about $10M missing from the current theatrical marketplace this weekend. Projections for Universal/Blumhouse/Miramax/Trancas’ Halloween Ends were expected to come in around $55M and the 13th sequel in the franchise originally created by John…

Paramount's Parker Finn-directed horror pic Smile has laughed its way across the $100M mark globally. And it did so in under two weeks of release. Through Tuesday, the gross is $102.3M worldwide, made up of $55.5M domestic and $46.8M from the international box office.  From Paramount Players and…