EXCLUSIVE: Stampede, the indie media company founded by former Warner Bros Pictures President Greg Silverman, has acquired bestselling author Ragnar Jonasson’s Icelandic thriller The Darkness and will adapt it as a local-language series. The competitive acquisition heading into the London Book Fair marks Stampede’s…

5TH UPDATE, MONDAY, 2:35 PM: The final tallies are in and Disney/Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War dropped 59% in its second weekend to gross $72.6 million, bringing it total domestic cume to $295.9.M. Today, it will become the third $300M+ film from Disney this quarter, along with its animated Zootopia and Jon…

This weekend, two newcomers try to carve out their niche of box office receipts in a weekend that will once again be dominated by Disney/Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. Sony’s Money Monster, which just enjoyed a star-studded screening and ovation at Cannes, pulled in $600K last night with previews that started at…

This weekend the box office will again be dominated by Captain America: Civil War, which should bring in an estimated $75 million to $80 million for Disney and Marvel. The film has grabbed more than $700M worldwide to date — $104.6M of that from China — and it’s not slowing down. Its Monday box office of $13.3M is…

Whenever a mother utters those words about her young son, as heard here in The Darkness trailer, you know there’s reason to be concerned. But add in the fact that Michael is dripping blood from his mouth, leaving dirty handprints everywhere and setting fires around the house, and, as a parent, you should just be damn…