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EXCLUSIVE: It’s been said that some movies aren’t necessarily born, rather they fight their way to life. A lot of that responsibility falls on the shoulders of a film’s producer, who well after the cameras have turned off, and the set striked, sees a movie through to its endgame. That person in the case of 101 Studios…

Update Sunday AM: Focus Features is calling Let Him Go‘s opening weekend at $4.1M after a Saturday that was up 6% over Friday with $1.56M. Sunday is being figured at $1.07M. Talking about how the specialty label released an older adult skewing (66% over 35) feature in the pandemic marketplace, leaning toward women 52%…

Of the titles debuting in the specialty box office space this weekend, Well Go USA’s Synchronic had a decent showing, opening in 326 theaters to the tune of an estimated $225,070, averaging $690 per theater for its opening weekend. Set in New Orleans, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's sci-fi pic follows two best…

The specialty box office was fairly quiet this weekend with The Kid Detective being the new theatrical release posting numbers. The Stage 6 Films comedy starring Adam Brody and Sophie Nélisse banked an estimated $135,000 on its opening weekend. The movie debuted in 865 theaters and took in $45,000 on Friday, $57,000…

As 101 Studios’ family comedy The War With Grandpa dominated the box office with an estimated $3.6 million in 2,250 theaters, Diane Paragas’ Yellow Rose starring Eva Noblezada, Lea Salonga and Princess Punzalan made its debut at theaters and drive-ins to earn an estimated $150K from 900 locations, bringing its total…

2nd Update Sunday AM final: 101 Studios’ War With Grandpa has ended Tenet‘s domestic marathon run, beating the Christopher Nolan movie in its 7th weekend, $3.6M to $2.1M. Tenet currently stands at $48.3M stateside, $323.3M WW. Tenet stateside is booked at 2,215 theaters. War With Grandpa grossed $1.1M on Friday and…

Filmmaker Garrett Bradley is known for tackling pressing issues facing the Black community with her work. Her documentary short America painted a portrait of how Black people are represented in American culture while Alone, investigated the impact of mass incarceration on the modern Black family through the eyes of a…

The last time Robert De Niro was the title star in a movie about a grandpa my review headline said: “The Worst Film of Robert De Niro’s Career (Or Anybody Else’s).” That was in 2016, upon the release of the truly dreadful trainwreck called Dirty Grandpa. I am happy to report the grandpa phase of the great actor’s…

“This will never be spoken of,” says the naked grandpa whose protective towel just fell to the floor. “No idea what you’re talking about,” replies his adult son-in-law who witnessed the carnage. Here are a couple of clips from The War with Grandpa, starring Robert De Niro as a man with no plan who moves in with his…

Grandpa moves in and is given the 12-year-old’s room. “Kid, lookit,” Gramps tells the put-upon boy, “I didn’t want it to be this way either.” Relegated to the attic, said preteen sends a missive to the interloper. “Declaration of war: Give me back what is mine or face the consequences.” And it’s on. Here’s the first…

UPDATED, 10:15 AM: 101 Studios is moving The War with Grandpa to Oct. 9. The Robert De Niro family comedy moves off the Sept. 18 weekend, where it was against Disney/20th Century Studios’ The King’s Man and to a weekend where there aren’t any wide releases. Given how movie theaters are reopening with auditorium…

While the Weinstein Company deals with a few internal matters, it has pulled three films from their 2018 release dates — likely in anticipation of the company changing hands. Robert De Niro-Christopher Walken starrer The War with Grandpa had been set for February 23, Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart’s The Intouchables…