Paramount’s ‘Novocaine’ No. 1 Debut Can’t Dull Disastrous Box Office Weekend
Paramount Pictures’ action comedy Novocaine, starring Jack Quaid as a man who feels no physical pain, topped the weekend box office despite a low projected $8.7 million in ticket sales through March 9. The tally, which was below modest projections around $10 million, included $1.5 million in sneak Thursday screenings, means that just $7.2 million … Continue reading “Paramount’s ‘Novocaine’ No. 1 Debut Can’t Dull Disastrous Box Office Weekend”
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Paramount Home Entertainment’s Gladiator II debuted at No. 1 on the Circana VideoScan chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc chart the week ended March 8. Director Ridley Scott’s sword-and-sandals sequel tells a new story of a soldier-turned-slave seeking revenge against the rulers of the Roman Empire. … 
Anora has ignited a firestorm, sweeping the Oscars with five prestigious awards and sparking intense debate. Sean Baker’s film, centered on a young woman navigating “transactional intimacy,” has become a cultural touchstone, reflecting our complex relationship with agency, exploitation, and the allure of online visibility. The sheer volume of Anora‘s Oscar victories underscores the Academy’s … 
The Chinese comedy Life Hotel is available now on Blu-ray Disc from BayView Entertainment. In the film, newly released from prison, an ex-con (Huang Xuan) is provided with an opportunity by his past underworld colleagues: take a position at a “Life Hotel” and inform on the owner (Liu Yan). With pressing family obligations, he takes … 
Wonder, owner of Blue Apron and Grubhub, is acquiring independent media company Tastemade, which operates food and lifestyle free ad-supported streaming (FAST) television channels. By integrating Tastemade’s content studio and audience reach across social and streaming, Wonder will continue to build its vision of the super app for mealtime, according to a press release. Wonder … 
Mexico’s action thriller Counterattack remained atop Netflix’s Top 10 most-streamed chart and foreign language movie chart with 22 million views through March 9. The movie held off Plankton: The Movie, the latest film in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise produced by Nickelodeon Animation, debuting No. 1 on the English-language movie chart with 14.3 million views. Mindy … 
Warner Bros. Pictures’ two-time Oscar winner Dune: Part Two was the most-streamed Oscar-nominated/winner movie from March 2-9, reaching 337,000 households, according to new data from Samba TV, which tracks viewership through smart data and ranks streaming programs based on U.S. household reach. Separately, Best Picture winner Anora, and Best Adapted Screenplay winner Conclave generated 301,000 … 
Amazon MGM Studios March 8 released the world premiere of The Accountant 2, the Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal follow-up actioner to the 2016 original, at the 2025 South by Southwest Film Festival through March 15 in Austin, Texas. In attendance was the movie’s director director Gavin O’Connor, star and producer Affleck, stars Bernthal, CynthiAddai-Robinson, Daniella Pineda, Allison … 
Hulu political drama “Paradise” topped all weekly streaming content in the U.S., according to new data from Reelgood.com, which aggregates real-time, anonymized viewership data from millions of users across all streaming platforms, using proprietary tracking technology to rank the most-watched titles based on actual engagement—not self-reported metrics. Sterling K. Brown plays a Secret Service agent … 