Coming in at #2 is another new film, Paddington in Peru, the third film in the Paddington series, which brought in $16 million.
Rounding out the top 5 are last week’s #1, Dog Man, at #3 with $12.6 million, followed by Heart Eyes, which brought in $11 million to land at #4, and the Chinese animated film Ne Zha 2 at #5 with $8.3 million.
Here are the top 10 films at the box office:
1. Captain America: Brave New World – $100 million 2. Paddington In Peru – $16 million 3. Dog Man – $12.6 million 4. Heart Eyes – $11 million 5. Ne Zha 2 – $8.3 million 6. Mufasa: The Lion King– $5.2 million 7. Love Hurts – $4.75 million 8. One of Them Days – $3.35 million 9. Companion – $2.14 million 10. Becoming Led Zeppelin – $2.13 million
Kristen Wiig and Bill Murray are joining forces in the upcoming odd-couple comedy film Epiphany. Deadline reports that the pair will star in the new film from director Max Barbakow, who will direct from a script by Scrooged screenwriter Mitch Glazer. The film will follow an heiress, played by Wiig, who embarks on a two-week search for a rich husband after her fortune evaporates overnight. She then meets an eccentric billionaire, played by Murray, who needs her spontaneity like she needs his money …
Focus Features will handle the release of Wes Anderson‘s latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, the studio has announced. The movie, which is described to follow the story of a family and a family business, will get a limited theatrical release on May 30 and a wider expansion on June 6. Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton and Michael Cera star in the film, which also features Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis and Benedict Cumberbatch …
Amy Adams will lead the Cape Fear series in the works at Apple TV+, Variety reports. She joins Javier Bardem in the show, which will have 10 episodes. According to the series’ logline, it follows a storm that “is coming for happily married attorneys Anna (Adams) and Tom Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.” The show will be based on the John D. MacDonald novel The Executioners, as well as the 1962 film Cape Fear and its remake, which was directed by Martin Scorsese in 1991 …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the short lists in 10 award categories on Tuesday: best documentary feature film, best documentary short film, best international feature film, best original score, best original song, best makeup and hairstyling, best visual effects, best animated short film, best live action short film and best sound.
Some of the films on the short lists that may receive nominations at the 97th Academy Awards include Emilia Pérez, Dune: Part Two, Mufasa: The Lion King, Gladiator II and Wicked.
Ahead of the official Oscar nominations announcement on Jan. 17, each short list was determined by members of each corresponding branch, except for international feature film and live action short film lists. For those two categories, Academy members from all branches who have “met a minimum viewing requirement” were invited to participate in the preliminary round of voting.
The 2025 Oscars will take place Sunday, March 2. The ceremony will air live from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on ABC and, for the first time ever, stream live on Hulu.
See the short lists for best documentary feature, best international feature and best visual effects below:
Best documentary feature film The Bibi Files Black Box Diaries Dahomey Daughters Eno Frida Hollywoodgate No Other Land Porcelain War Queendom The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Sugarcane Union Will & Harper
Best international feature film Brazil, I’m Still Here Canada, Universal Language Czech Republic, Waves Denmark, The Girl with the Needle France, Emilia Pérez Germany, The Seed of the Sacred Fig Iceland, Touch Ireland, Kneecap Italy, Vermiglio Latvia, Flow Norway, Armand Palestine, From Ground Zero Senegal, Dahomey Thailand, How to Make Millions before Grandma Dies United Kingdom, Santosh
Best visual effects Alien: Romulus Better Man Civil War Deadpool & Wolverine Dune: Part Two Gladiator II Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Mufasa: The Lion King Twisters Wicked
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Get ready to head back to the world of Little House on the Prairie.
Netflix announced Wednesday that fans can look forward to a “reimagining” of Laura Ingalls Wilder‘s famous book series, which also spawned a massively popular series in the ’70s and ’80s.
“Part family drama, part survival tale, and part origin story, the series will offer a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the American West,” read an X post from the streamer.
Rebecca Sonnenshine is the showrunner for the new Little House on the Prairie series.
“I fell deeply in love with these books when I was 5 years old,” Sonnenshine told Tudum. “They inspired me to become a writer and a filmmaker, and I am honored and thrilled to be adapting these stories for a new audience.”
Wilder published eight installments in her semi-autobiographical Little House on the Prairie book series between 1932 and 1943.
Those books served as the inspiration for the television series of the same name, which ran for nine seasons between 1974 and 1983 and starred Michael Landon, Karen Grassle, Melissa Gilbert and more.
