The AMC-distributed Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour concert movie, according to the company, is eyeing a domestic opening of $95M-$97M, but the official numbers are still being tallied. EntTelligence says 4.8M Swifties or people went to see The Eras Tour this weekend, having paid an average of $20.75 for a ticket (across all formats). Anything above Joker‘s $96.2M opening would set a record for the month of October.
But here’s the thing: rival distributors, who have access to all box office data, are expecting the pic to post the second-best October opening at around $94.3M. AMC, in their first wide-release rodeo here, should be careful not to get over their skis, as team Swift will be tracking every nickel. Saturday is still estimated at $32.3M, which is a hair below Joker’s Saturday of $32.4M. AMC has projected a Sunday decline of only 15%, but the consensus is that it likely fell in the range of 25%.
“Even if tracking is broken, this is a fantastic opening in a post-pandemic world,” said one studio box office analyst today.
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Fleabag EPs Harry and Jack Williams have said they wanted to “go back to something simple and primal” with upcoming BBC series Boat Story. Here, the Williams talk about the motivation for that change, the show's plot and the downside of Peak TV. >>> Read The Interview |
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James Franco is starring in a Middle Eastern TV crime drama penned by Shades of Blue creator Adi Hasak. Check out a teaser below. Alongside a cast of actors who hail from the MENA region, the Oscar-nominated 127 Hours star recently wrapped on Karantina, which is being shopped at Mipcom Cannes this week.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent has cast an all-Canadian ensemble. The series has added Aden Young (Rectify), as Detective Sergeant Henry Graff, Kathleen Munroe (City on Fire) as Detective Sergeant Frankie Bateman, Karen Robinson (Schitt’s Creek) as Inspector Vivienne Holness, K.C. Collins (The Cleaning Lady) as Deputy Crown Attorney Theo Forrester, Nicola Correia-Damude (Shadowhunters) as Forensic Pathologist Dr. Lucy Da Silva and Araya Mengesha (Nobody) as tech expert Mark Yohannes.
Rick and Morty Season 7 premiered, and the voice actors taking over the lead roles have been revealed. Ian Cardoni is now the voice of Rick Sanchez while Morty Smith will be voiced by Harry Belden. This is the first time the Adult Swim animated series is being produced without co-creator and star Justin Roiland, who voiced both titular characters.
Monsters at Work executive producer Kevin Deters revealed the second season guest cast at New York Comic Con. Guest stars reprising their roles from the Monsters Inc. franchise include Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus) as Claire Wheeler, Nathan Fillion (ABC’s The Rookie) as Johnny Worthington III, and Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live) as Chet Alexander. Additional guest cast includes Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus), Rhys Darby (Our Flag Means Death), Janelle James (Abbott Elementary), Jenifer Lewis (ABC’s black-ish), Ali Wong (Beef), Bowen Yang ( Saturday Night Live) and more. |
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More News 🏈 The NFL is serious about expanding the American version of football’s influence to the international market. So serious, it’s seriously thinking about a Super Bowl in London. “It is not impossible, and it is something that has been discussed before,” league commissioner Roger Goodell said last week.
✍️ Co-Chairman of Disney Entertainment Dana Walden sent a memo to staff calling the terrorist strikes on Israel “the worst attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.” That came after a group of entertainment players collectively condemned the recent attacks on Israel by Hamas. The group includes Haim Saban, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Eli Roth; producers Jonathan Glickman, Lawrence Bender, Roger Birnbaum and Rick Yorn; Spyglass Media Group chairman and CEO Gary Barber; UTA co-founder Jim Berkus; CAA’s Chris Silbermann; Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz and Paramount’s Brian Robbins.
🚨 The BBC’s London headquarters were doused in red paint this weekend in apparent protest at the broadcaster’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Journalist Victoria Derbyshire shared a video of her arrival at the building in central London this weekend which showed red paint splashed across the revolving glass doors and walls of its facade.
🕯 Fans of the celebrated Iranian film director Dariush Mehrjui woke Sunday to the shocking news of his murder at home by an unknown assailant. He was 83. State media reported that Mehrjui and his wife Vehideh Mohammadifar were stabbed to death inside their home in a suburb west of the country’s capital, Tehran. |
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Trending  Saturday Night Live departed from its usual cold open with a surprisingly powerful message from Pete Davidson about Israel’s war with Hamas, which featured his reflections on his father's death on 9/11.
🔻 Kevin Spacey’s attempted career comeback has suffered a blow, with a London cinema dropping its offer to host the premiere of his new film. Reports say the Prince Charles Cinema, a big supporter of independent film in the center of London’s film district, withdrew its offer to host Welsh thriller Control once it was made aware of Spacey’s involvement. |
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OBITUARIES
🕯 Piper Laurie, whose impressive work in the films Carrie and The Hustler made her a screen icon, died Saturday morning in Los Angeles. She was 91 and had been ill for some time. Nominated nine times for an Emmy and three times for an Academy Award, Laurie was known for TV dramas The Days of Wine and Roses and Twin Peaks, and was Oscar-nominated for her role as the broken love interest of Paul Newman in Robert Rossen’s The Hustler. 🕯 Reuters videographer Issam Abdullah was killed in southern Lebanon on Friday while covering skirmishes along its border with Israel. The Beirut-based journalist was close to the Lebanese border village of Alma al-Shaab, overseeing a live view shot when his camera took a direct hit. 🕯 Shirley Jo Finney, a theater director and the star of Wilma (1977), has died. She was 74. The Fountain Theatre announced Finney’s death on social media writing in an Instagram post, “With broken hearts, we share the sad news that director Shirley Jo Finney, a beloved member of our Fountain Family, passed away yesterday after a long illness.”🕯 Gail O’Neill, a top fashion model who became one of the original correspondents on CBS’ The Early Show, died October 10. She was believed to be 61. No cause of the death has been released. 🕯 Mark Goddard, the actor who made a lasting impression on young sci-fi fans as the daring, forever impatient Major Don West on CBS’ 1965-68 series Lost In Space, died of pulmonary fibrosis on October 10 in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was 87. 🕯 Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2023: Photo Gallery & Obituaries |
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Blonde Ambition - Suzanne Somers, who died over the weekend at the age of 76, first found fame on Three's Company. She went on to build a fitness empire through TV informercials for the ThighMaster. She and husband Alan Hamel amassed a fortune estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars from the toning products. There followed two dozen books on wellness, weight loss and sex. |
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