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‘Thanksgiving’ opened theatrically in November and grossed USD 30 million globally; Roth wrote the screenplay along with Jeff Rendell

Director Eli Roth is returning for seconds of “Thanksgiving.” He’s cooking up a sequel to his holiday-themed slasher film, with the follow-up set to open theatrically in 2025. It’s unclear if which — if any — any cast members will be back. “BEEAKING NEWS! John Carver will kill again!” the director captioned a video on […]

It took a long time for the bird to cook on Eli Roth’s horror hit Thanksgiving, but the second helping is coming fast. Sony’s TriStar Pictures and Roth have the murderous John Carver to return in a sequel to the film that grossed $30 million globally in its first two weeks of release with an […]

Thanksgiving proved plentiful for Broadway last week, with box office – and ticket prices – up by nearly 30% over the previous week. With tourists packing New York City, theatergoers splurging on higher priced holiday seats and the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade trumpeting Broadway’s bounty, the 26 shows on the boards grossed a combined […]

SUNDAY AM: WRITETHRU after Saturday update…. Refresh for chart and more analysis Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes won Black Friday and Saturday at the box office respectively with $11.4M and $11.2M assailing above a Disney animated movie, which is typically the champ of Thanksgiving weekend, and big streamer Apple’s $200M […]

We’ve all heard of the first screenings for Oscar contending movies during Thanksgiving weekend, i.e. American Hustle and Joy in years past, however, to literally hold a glittery world premiere post-Turkey day is a rare feat. But that’s exactly what 32x Grammy winner Beyoncé did tonight with her AMC-distributed concert documentary movie Renaissance: A Film […]

The Black Friday box office saw “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” continue to stretch ahead of new releases like Disney’s animated adventure “Wish” and Apple and Sony’s historical epic “Napoleon.” Lionsgate’s young adult drama gobbled up another $11.4 million on Friday, adding onto the $13.2 million it nabbed across Wednesday and […]

SATURDAY AM: Refresh for chart and more analysis Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes won Black Friday at the box office $11.4M, essentially guaranteeing its lock on No. 1 throughout the entire 3-day and 5-day Thanksgiving stretch with respectively an estimated $27.7M and $41.1M. If the Francis Lawrence directed prequel doesn’t […]

“Best Thanksgiving Ever,” Will Smith captioned the post

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade packed a punch for NBC in its 99th edition. The New York holiday tradition delivered a record audience of 28.5 million viewers across airings Thursday on the network and its streaming sibling Peacock. In a good sign of the parade’s status as an American institution, more than two-thirds of that […]