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1 week ago | 
collider.com | Rahul Malhotra
As it did when it debuted in theaters earlier this year, Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's Warfare dropped on streaming with a bang. The war thriller, which sort of underperformed at the box office but earned excellent reviews, beat a Denzel Washington blockbuster in its first two days of release on Prime Video. Featuring an ensemble cast of young male stars, Warfare was based on a real-life incident experienced by Mendoza, who served in the Iraq War.
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1 week ago | 
collider.com | Rahul Malhotra
Passing the coveted $500 million mark at the worldwide box office would be an occasion to celebrate for virtually any movie under the sun, but for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, this was just the first step of an incredible climb towards the $800 million mark. This is the number it needs to hit in order to break even, because it cost a reported $400 million to produce.
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1 week ago | 
collider.com | Rahul Malhotra
Released in the summer of 2009, only a year after the culture-altering success of The Dark Knight, Terminator Salvation made headlines for being one of the most expensive independent productions of all time. The sequel film starred Christian Bale in the role of John Connor, and boldly became the franchise's first installment not to feature Arnold Schwarzenegger in the titular role. Directed by McG, Terminator Salvation underperformed at the box office, shutting down all possibility of a sequel.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Rahul Malhotra
4 hours agoJimmy Kimmel spends 3 minutes ripping Trump's T1 smartphone to shreds"The phone appears to be a reskinned version of a Chinese phone." Donald Trump's newly announced Trump Mobile network and T1 smartphone have been roundly mocked by Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert, and in the video above Jimmy Kimmel joins in. "Their website was a mess from the get-go.
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1 week ago | 
collider.com | Rahul Malhotra
Directed by Gus Van Sant, the drama film Good Will Hunting is best remembered for having established Matt Damon as a movie star, and for winning him and his childhood buddy Ben Affleck the Best Original Screenplay Oscar. Affleck played a supporting role in the film, which recently landed on the Paramount+ streaming service and immediately drew attention.
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1 week ago | 
collider.com | Rahul Malhotra
It's no secret that Joe and Anthony Russo have had a rough time after their (first) stint with Marvel Studios ended in 2019. It's also no secret that they re-energized the franchise when they originally signed on over a decade ago, and delivered some of its most successful (and acclaimed) movies. The Russos' made their MCU debut back in 2014, with the hit film Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
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1 week ago | 
collider.com | Rahul Malhotra
It isn't unusual for filmmakers who work on mega-budget projects to step away from them for a while before jumping back in. Michael Bay made the mid-budget 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi after directing three Transformers movies. Jon Favreau went even smaller with Chef, after directing two Iron Man films. But Peter Jackson stayed in the blockbuster sandbox after pulling off one of the most ambitious film projects in history: the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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1 week ago | 
collider.com | Rahul Malhotra
Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Here is a simplified version of the story contents: Can a movie be classified as both underwhelming at the box office and still successful? Karate Kid: Legends recently hit the $90 million mark at the worldwide box office, which means that it has now officially broken even, considering its reported budget of $45 million. It will also likely pass the coveted $100 million mark this weekend, cementing its status as a hit. But in comparison to...
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1 week ago | 
collider.com | Rahul Malhotra
Having completed three full weeks of release, Paramount's Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning celebrated a major achievement recently. The mega-budget action film passed the coveted $500 million mark at the worldwide box office, as it aims to clear the unreasonably high bar for success that it has set for itself.
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1 week ago | 
collider.com | Rahul Malhotra
Among the most acclaimed movies of 2023, the epic drama The Promised Land opened to a blockbuster response on the Paramount+ streaming service a few weeks ago. In fact, it was so successful that it ended up outperforming every film in the Mission: Impossible franchise. And it did this when Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning drew additional interest in the series. Starring Mads Mikkelsen in the lead role, The Promised Land is still among the five biggest movies on Paramount+.
