Thursday, April 25, 2024

Business

What Year is It? Nearly a Third of the iTunes Top 100 Taken By Oldies, New Releases Not Catching On

What year is it, again? Nearly a third of today's iTunes top 100 is taken up by oldies. And some are not so golden. The actual...

Box Office Boffo Opening for “Scream 5” Looking to Scare Up $40 Mil Weekend

For Neve Campbell, this is a real "Party of Five." The fifth edition of "Scream" scared up $10 million on Friday night. Adding that to...

“Scream” Reboot Scores Huge $3.5 Mil Preview Night But Its Roots Are with the Weinsteins

The new "Scream" movie scored $3.5 million on Thursday night in previews. That's a big number and it points to a huge weekend. This is...

Broadway: “To Kill a Mockingbird” Hibernating, Will Return in Smaller Nest, “Girl of the North Country” Shutting Down

Broadway is suffering. The theaters are half full. Last week's total gross was $18 million. It's supposed to be $32 million. At least. Now "To...

Box Office: “Spider Man: No Way Home” Sinks “Titanic,” Moves Up to 6th Place, Eyes “Infinity War” Next

So... "Spider Man" is starting to drain, but not fast. Peter Parker and pals had a boffo $14 million Saturday night and will clear $668...

Revlon’s Ron Perelman Was Quietly Canceled by Princeton University After Reneging on $65 Mil Pledge

Ronald Perelman, chairman of Revlon, never made a single payment toward a $65 million pledge to Princeton University for a new residential college bearing...

Three Hour Japanese “Drive My Car” Wins National Society of Film Critics, Group Seeks to Make Awards Even More Irrelevant

I wish I knew what the point was of all this: the National Film Society of Critics voted Best Picture to "Drive My Car,"...

“Spider Man” On His Way Home: The Web Starts to Unravel as Mega Hit in Daily Box Office Decline

The great, dizzying success of "Spider Man: No Way Home" is coming to an end. Yesterday the mega hit earned just $3.925 million, which is...