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Spider-Man: Brand New Day has already spun its way to the billion-dollar mark at the global box office. Sony Pictures announced Tuesday that the superhero movie, starring Tom Holland, Zendaya and Sadie Sink, has grossed $1.05 billion in its first six days. This makes it the second-fastest film to achieve this milestone, behind only Avengers: Endgame, which launched with $1.2 billion worldwide in its opening weekend in April 2019. After appearing to be neck-and-neck with Endgame for best domestic opening weekend in history, Sony confirmed Monday that Brand New Day had swung ahead to claim the title with $360 million.…

There is a brand new title topping the list for the all-time biggest domestic opening weekend at the box office, as Spider-Man: Brand New Day‘s debut has been adjusted in final numbers and will now surpass Avengers: Endgame, which previously led the way. Sony Pictures‘ new movie earned $360 million from 4,487 North American screens in Monday actuals, which is up from the $355 million that the studio had projected on Sunday. This leaps past Avengers: Endgame’s previous record of $357.1 million in its domestic opening from April 2019, a start that for years had seemed to be an impossible…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day received quite the friendly welcome in its opening weekend, as Sony Pictures‘ superhero feature starring Tom Holland and Zendaya got off to a spectacular start at the box office. The movie scored a head-spinning $355 million from 4,487 North American screens to land as the second-biggest domestic launch ever. Analysts had been holding their collective breath all weekend in a photo finish between Spidey and Avengers: Endgame, as the latter’s $357.1 million opening from April 2019 ultimately hung on to retain its title as the No. 1 all-time domestic opening frame. That said, the situation could…

Richard L. O’Connor, an Emmy-winning producer who served as an executive in charge of production on films including On Golden Pond, The Muppet Movie and Across 110th Street, has died. He was 96. O’Connor died July 22 in Palm Desert, his family announced. He received his Emmy for outstanding children’s program in 1990 for producing the NBC telefilm A Mother’s Courage: The Mary Thomas Story, starring Alfre Woodard. O’Connor also was an executive in charge of production on Hickey & Boggs (1972), Stanley Donen’s Movie, Movie (1978), Borderline (1980), Raise the Titanic (1980), Hard Country (1981) and Barbarosa (1982), among…

Magenta Edge Films, the new specialty label from Bob Yari’s Magenta Lights Studios, has picked up Sabrina Greco’s dark comedy Lockjaw. Greco’s first feature about life with your mouth wired shut bowed at Slamdance last year and is set to hit theaters from Aug. 8, before a VOD and digital release on Sept. 8. “Magenta Edge Films moved quickly to bring Lockjaw into its early slate following its festival run. The film heralds a bold and witty voice in independent cinema that immediately stood out to us. The film is genuinely funny, with a sharp comedic voice and a confidence…

Sony Pictures Classics has snapped up Andy Garcia‘s Diamond, taking worldwide rights to the actor-director’s long-gestating Los Angeles noir following its buzzy Cannes Film Festival premiere. The deal covers all territories except France, Germany, Italy and CIS. Written, directed, produced by and starring Garcia, Diamond transports a 1940s-style gumshoe into present-day Los Angeles. Garcia plays Joe Diamond, a private detective who dresses in vintage three-piece suits, narrates his days in hardboiled voiceover and carries a traumatic past. He’s an urban legend with a knack for cracking cases the LAPD can’t. When a wealthy widow (Vicky Krieps) hires him to prove she…

Those scholarly folks at TCM have done it again. The network has unveiled its latest franchise, “Films on Film,” which will feature a documentary followed by a selection of movies that gives viewers an opportunity to delve deeper into and further appreciate the subject. (Check out the promo here.) Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz and running on Fridays starting at 5 p.m. PT, “Films on Film” kicks off with the broadcast premiere of Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause (2025), a portrait of the deliciously droll actor. That will be followed by screenings of four of his movies: Martin Brest’s Midnight…

Tony Gilroy‘s Pedro Pascal starrer Behemoth! will have its world premiere as the centerpiece selection of the 2026 New York Film Festival. The Searchlight film, set to hit theaters in December, stars Pascal as a cellist, a former child prodigy from a well-known musical family, who has left his position with a Chicago orchestra, fleeing a bad relationship (Olivia Wilde), and returned to Los Angeles to record film scores and deal with family business. The cast also includes Eva Victor, Alexa Swinton, Kaya Ralls, Erik Griffin, JoBeth Williams, Margarita Levieva, Hank Azaria and Will Arnett. The NY Film Festival calls…

When I park five stories down past an executive’s assigned space and walk into an office to find a dude in a quarter-zip and box-fresh Allbirds, I can tell there will be a problem before the meeting even starts. This person does not know what a movie executive is supposed to look like. This person does not dress like the movies. This person does not watch the movies. This person does not love the movies. I have been in these rooms before. After another viral music video, another festival hit, another short, I’m back in the office of some producer,…

The Odyssey’s box office journey is not slowing down as it sailed past $600 million globally this weekend. After notching $123.5 million domestically last weekend, the Christopher Nolan epic brought in another $87 million million at the domestic box office. That’s a decline of just 30 percent, an extremely good hold for a blockbuster. In terms of holds, that’s the third best ever for a film that opened to more than $100 million, behind only Wicked and Top Gun: Maverick. It’s $87 million sum is the second best weekend two ever for an R-rated film, behind Deadpool & Wolverine‘s $97…