Paramount’s ‘Regretting You’ Tops Dismal Halloween Weekend Box Office
Paramount Pictures’ mother/daughter drama Regretting You could have been about the lack of moviegoers over the Halloween weekend box office. The movie’s second-weekend box office tally hovered around $8.1 million, edging out the third weekend offering of Universal/Blumhouse sequel Black Phone 2 at $8 million. Netflix’s re-release of Sony Pictures Animation’s KPop Demon Hunters finished … Continue reading “Paramount’s ‘Regretting You’ Tops Dismal Halloween Weekend Box Office”
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The Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor was No. 1 on Samba TV’s list of top streaming programs for the week of Oct. 20 to 26. The film, which premiered on the streamer Oct. 10, uses police bodycam footage to recount the death of a Florida woman who was shot by her neighbor, and explores the …
With 55% of U.S. households continuing to access television through broadcast (22.3%), cable (22.3%), and other channels (10.2%), according to Nielsen, separate data from Parks Associates finds that traditional pay-TV providers still serve about 42% of U.S. internet households. But TV access over the internet, including virtual multichannel video program distributors (vMVPDs), is closing the …
Netflix’s board of directors Oct. 30 approved issuing a 10-for-1 share reverse stock split, effective Nov. 14. At that time, shareholders of record (as of Nov. 10) will receive an additional nine shares for every share previously owned. The SVOD behemoth’s shares have been trading $1,089 per share after falling more than 12% following the …
Acorn TV will release a feature-length special of the crime drama “Harry Wild” Nov. 24. The special will wrap up season four of the series where, after an apparent poisoning occurs at Vicky’s (Danielle Ryan) and Cormac’s (Muiris Crowley) wedding, Harry (Jane Seymour) springs into action, alongside the FBI. But when the assassin’s target flees, …
Oscar–winning director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) is back on top with the most-viewed content on Netflix for the week ended Oct. 26. The director’s critically-acclaimed thriller, A House of Dynamite, generated 22.1 million views in its first three days of release to rank No. 1 over all and on the English-language Top 10 chart. …
MVD Entertainment Group will release the DVD/CD Earth Quake — Live at Rockpalast 1978 on Oct. 31. Earth Quake was among the musical figureheads of the successful U.S. label Beserkley Records (1973-1986) from Berkeley, Calif., alongside Greg Kihn, The Tyla Gang, Rubinoos, and Jonathan Richman. Former A&M Records in-house producer and A&R scout Matthews King …
Sony Pictures/Crunchyroll’s Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc took the top spot at the North American box office with more than $17 million in projected revenue through Oct. 26. “Chainsaw Man” is the second consecutive anime title in two months to lead the box office, and the third biggest R-rated anime opening behind Demon …
HDR10+ Technologies LLC will administer a new certification program for Eclipsa Audio, based upon the IAMF (Immersive Audio Model and Format) open-source specifications created by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), which is comprised of nearly 40 leading technology companies. The Eclipsa Audio certification program helps to ensure uniform immersive audio performance on compatible televisions …
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, the latest ‘R’-rated anime movie from Sony/Crunchyroll, is projected to top the weekend box office with $17 million in ticket sales through Oct. 26. The movie sold $3 million in Thursday (Oct. 23) preview screenings. One of four new releases this weekend, Reze Arc is expected to surpass …