Browsing: Weekend

It took a pair of witches and the brew of nostalgia to finally knock Spider-Man out of his six-week run at the top of the box office. And to the top of the box office it actually goes, which is the big story this weekend. But it is not the only film to break a…

Piers McGrail is an IFTA-winning Irish cinematographer whose work spans film and television, with credits including Calm With Horses, Ordinary Loveand It Is In Us All, for which he won the IFTA for Best Cinematography.

Spider-Man made more money. Ho-hum. That was kind of the attitude behind the headlines this week in box office news as all eyes were on the unbelievable backstory of Coyote vs. Acme and how wonderful it was finally getting its day in theaters. The company that rescued it set a new record for themselves (not…

This year’s summer box office has already well passed last year’s. After this weekend, it has surpassed $4 billion, passing the 2023 “Barbenheimer” year ($4.039 billion), and August just started. Thanks to Spider-Man, The Odyssey, Toy Story 5, and many other successes, the 2026 summer box office is going to be comparable to the pre-pandemic…