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One of Disneyland’s most iconic rides, Space Mountain, is getting a major overhaul at one of the company’s popular parks. The attraction at Tokyo Disneyland Park will close in 2024 and reopen in 2027 after the renovation. The park’s Tomorrowland will also get an all-new plaza. The total cost of the makeover is…

Tomorrowland Winter, one of the largest dance music festivals in the world, is to be livestreamed via Insight TV. It marks the first time that the winter edition of the festival, which takes place in France’s Alpe de’Huez Grand Domain Ski Resort and features artists including Afrojack and Charlotte De Witte, is being…

UPDATED, MONDAY, 9:18 AM, 11:26 AM and 1:20 PM PT: Market breakdowns for Jurassic World, which broke records around the world this morning, are in below as is Disney, Fox and Warner Bros.’s titles such as San Andreas. Internationally, JW's final gross ended up with a $315.3M tally, which means it officially passed Harr…

4th UPDATE, 1:39 PM, PT: Universal Pictures’ Jurassic World, which is expected to make a large international footprint, will open in 66 markets, including China and France in only a couple of days, on Wednesday, June 10. As we wait, this weekend’s San Andreas opened in China to $51M after six days, marking the highest…

6TH UPDATE, 3:42 PM: The San Andreas opening weekend B.O. quake finally has stopped shaking, and here’s how the film stands: $54.59M final three-day. B.O. industry naysayers last week were predicting $30M. Warner Bros always knew it would be higher for the New Line pic. Warner Bros’ whirlwind frame of San Andreas, Mad…

UPDATE, 12:44 PM, PT, Monday: Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s San Andreas cracked well over the $60M mark internationally this weekend to help boost its worldwide cume to $118.5M, just in front of its China bow tomorrow. The George Clooney, Britt Robertson-starring  Tomorrowland also logged a better than expected…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: Movie misfires are all too common, but some merit a closer look. Tomorrowland is one of those films. A $180 million budget…

Memorial Day weekend might be over, but it’s still summer for the major studios. With close to 27% of schools K-12 out this Friday, and growing each weekend, multiplex lobbies should continue to see some foot traffic. Despite any ennui from the lackluster Memorial Day weekend, distrib execs firmly believe it’s a…

6th UPDATE, Tuesday 4:15 PM: Disney’s Tomorrowland came in slightly higher than what was reported with $42.679M for the 4-day. With a global weekend of $74.7M, the B.O. for Tomorrowland reps anywhere from 39% to 42% of its lofty $180M-$190M budget. Not a good start. Furthermore, among Memorial Day bows, it’s way down…

Updated with latest Disney, Warner Bros, Uni and Fox figures, Tuesday 3:51PM: Walt Disney's sci-fi adventure Tomorrowland came in first among new releases overseas with a $32.1M from 65 territories representing roughly 56% of the international marketplace. Combined with its North American 4-day tally of $42.6M that…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. BART: Talk about culture clash: You just got back from Cannes, Mike, where attention is focused on Carol and Cate (Carol is the movie…

UPDATE, Friday 7:52 AM: Disney just reported for Tomorrowland with $725K from its limited run in what they’ve been calling 701 “premium/palace locations” (which means IMAX and PLF screens) with a nice $1,077 per screen average. Had they played the film on a greater number of screens — in the 2,500 to 3,000 range…