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UPDATE, writethru: Disney/Marvel's Eternals has come in ahead of projections with an opening weekend of $90.7M at the international box office, and $161.7M global when paired with domestic. This gives the Chloé Zhao-directed film bragging rights to the second-biggest worldwide opening for a Hollywood title in 2021…

China has dated a trio of studio movies for the early part of November, just as MGM/Eon/Universal's No Time To Die bows today and with Warner Bros/Legendary's Dune having opened last weekend. Notably, Disney's Jungle Cruise will sail into the massive market on November 12. Before that, Paramount's Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe…

UPDATE, writethru: As with domestic, a pair of new studio offerings opened at the international box office this weekend. However, the biggest grosses came from local pics in China where upcoming release dates for Hollywood continue to be a frustrating question mark. Getting to the studios first, in a 23-market…

Hasbro hit cinema screens with its G.I. Joe franchise in 2009, when Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum starred in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, with Tatum returning as Duke opposite Dwayne Johnson in the 2013 sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Now, eight years later, the series is back in a new way, spinning off the popular…

Paramount’s Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins and Universal’s M. Night Shyamalan thriller Old, both wide releases respecting the theatrical window, will face off this weekend at the domestic box office. Each are eyeing a mid-teens opening frame, making the winner too early to call. Previews for both titles begin Thursday…

Nothing beats a live Comic-Con with the scream of the audience, the thunder of Hall H, and the social media wattage that shines out of San Diego. I’ll never forget the first time that Marvel walked the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy from the Hilton over to the Convention Center. The fans went so crazy, you’d think…

Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Skydance have released the first trailer, poster and images from its forthcoming Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, an action spin-off from the G.I. Joe franchise. The film, set to bow July 23, stars Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, a tenacious loner who is welcomed into…

EXCLUSIVE: We learned today that Paramount’s Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is moving up from its October 22 release date to July 23. The G.I. Joe movies play younger and it only makes sense for the new stand-alone from eOne/Hasbro to play the summer. The first movie, 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, also played the…