It’s a box office debut fit for a king. Christopher Nolan’s action epic “The Odyssey” grossed $124.5 million in 3,919 domestic theaters over the weekend, defying expectations and setting the R-rated spectacle for a long, long journey in theaters. These ticket sales are notable as Nolan’s biggest debut since 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises” ($160
On today’s episode of the “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’Brent Lang details the full report he delivered with Rebecca Rubin on the summer box office rebound and what Hollywood and exhibitors need to do to keep it moving forward. Lang, who is VarietyThe executive editor who oversees all film coverage, emphasizes
In “Moana,” the Polynesian heroine sings about the gravitational pull she feels upon returning to the water. Disney, the studio behind the 2016 live-action remake of the animated musical, might have done well to ignore the urge to return to the sea… at least this soon. Arriving a decade after the original and just two
On today’s episode of the “Daily Variety” podcast, in our weekly box office segment, VarietyDisney’s Rebecca Rubin looks at what went wrong with Disney’s live-action remake of “Moana.” And Jon Erwin, the filmmaker behind “Young Washington,” explains how his Wonder Project brand is making independent films work like a business. The box office dynamics around
Disney’s live-action version of “Moana” shot straight to the top of the South Korean box office over the weekend of July 10-12. According to data from KOBIS, the Korean Film Council’s tracking service, the film grossed $3 million with 403,931 admissions over the three days, securing a 36.53% share of the weekend market. Since its
There was apparently no call for “Moana,” which grossed just $52 million in its international box office debut. Disney’s latest live-action remake struggled to make a splash with $43 million domestic and $95 million worldwide, a catastrophic start given the film cost $250 million to produce. Heading into the weekend, Disney was projecting a launch
