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Box Office: Another Down Weekend; ‘Spy’ #1

Time and again and again, during the doldrums of 2014’s awful box office year, we were assured and reassured that 2015’s awesome slate would make up for everything. Halfway into the year, that is proving to not be the case.

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Clooney’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Looks Like a Historic Box Office Catastrophe

“J0hn Carter,” “Jupiter Ascending,” “Speed Racer,” Cowboys and Aliens,” “The Wolfman,” and … “Tomorrowland”? Unless something supernatural happens in Brazil and Japan, the only two territories where director Brad Bird’s left-wing “Tomorrowland” has yet to open, Disney’s Global Warming screed

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Box Office: ‘Furious 7’ Could Hit Record $150 Million

The franchise that started out as a throwaway B-movie, and limped through two in-name-only sequels before catching blockbuster fire in its fifth installment, is now breaking the bank with chapter seven. “Furious 7” opened to a massive $16 million Thursday

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Disney’s ‘Cinderella’ Debuts with $70.1 Million Weekend Box-Office Haul

Disney’s recent streak continued over the weekend with the $70.1 million North American debut of its traditional, sumptuously costumed fairy tale adaptation “Cinderella,” according to studio estimates Sunday. Interest in the film, directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Lily James of “Downton Abbey”, was boosted by a “Frozen” short, “Frozen Fever,” that played before the feature.

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‘American Sniper’ Takes 2014 Box Office Crown

For more than a decade Hollywood lied to the American people in order to justify a string of critical and box office flops aimed at undermining our troops and then-President George W. Bush’s efforts in the ongoing War on Terror.

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5 Reasons Johnny Depp’s Career Is Not Even Close To Over

The box office belly-flop of “Mortdecai” has launched a number of “Is Johnny Depp’s Career Over?” think-pieces. The thinking is that after the combined failures of “The Lone Ranger,” “Transcendence,” and “Dark Shadows,” Depp’s career is now on the bubble,

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Every Film Purchased at Sundance Last Year Flopped

The Sundance Film Festival begins this week and you know what that means: a coming onslaught of oppressive, non-stop coverage from the entertainment media about dozens of films no one will ever see … ever. Deadline published a fine illustration

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‘American Sniper’ Shatters Records with $105 Million Weekend

Deadline Hollywood reports that Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper—the film adaptation of U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s autobiography of the same name, starring Bradley Cooper—has broken multiple January box-office records, grossing over $100 million its first weekend of wide release. One studio executive described the critically-hailed film as a Marvel movie made for adults.

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Oscar Snubs Box Office Hits

It wasn’t just Oprah Winfrey‘s “Selma” and the late-Roger Ebert who felt Oscar’s snub after Thursday morning’s announcement of this year’s Oscar Nominations, so too did all of mainstream America.  Other than director Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper,” which is expected

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Hollywood Box Office Down 5% From 2013

It’s been a rough year for the Hollywood film industry, even before Sony Pictures’ decision to pull The Interview from its scheduled December 25 release date in the wake of a massive cyberattack.

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