#BOXOFFICE: “SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME” RECLAIMS TOP SPOT WITH RE-RELEASE

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME reclaims the throne this weekend at the Box Office for Labour Day weekend. The re-release of the former #1, contains 11 minutes of added footage, gets $7 million from 3,935 theatres for Sony Pictures, taking its total North American run to $810 million. It was released 29 weekends ago originally.

Second goes to TOP GUN: MAVERICK with $4.5 million from 3,113 theatres for Paramount Pictures, a total $699.3 million, slowly making its way to $700 million.

In third we have BULLET TRAIN with $4.6 million from 3,117 theatres for Sony Pictures, a tally of $86.4 million domestically.

DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS is in fourth with $4.1 million, bringing its total to $80.4 million.

BEAST rounds it all out with $4 million for Universal Pictures, its run at $26.6 million.

#BOXOFFICE: “THE INVITATION” ARRIVES ON-TOP

THE INVITATION comes out of nowhere to take the top spot at the Box Office in its opening weekend on a quiet weekend. The Horror from Sony Pictures takes $7 million from 3,114 theatres and gets 29% on the Tomatometer.

In second this weekend is BULLET TRAIN with $5.5 million from 3,513 theatres for Sony Pictures, a total $78 million in its fourth weekend out.

Third is TOP GUN: MAVERICK with $4.9 million from 2,962 theatres for Paramount Pictures. This brings its total to $691 million domestically.

DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPER HERO is in fourth this weekend after a debut in top spot for Crunchyroll with $4.8 million, a total $31 million over two weekends.

BEAST rounds-out our Top Five with $4.3 million for Universal Pictures, a tally of $19.5 million in its second weekend.

#BOXOFFICE: “DRAGON BALL” IS SUPER IN OPENING

This is huge for the world of Anime! DRAGON BALL SUPER: SUPER HERO debuts at #1 at the North American Box Office with $21 million from 3,007 theatres. From Distributor Crunchyroll, the Animated Feature gets a phenomenal 92% on the Tomatometer.

In second is Idris Elba-fronted BEAST with $10.1 million for Universal Pictures, from 3,743 theatres. It gets 68% on the Tomatometer.

BULLET TRAIN is in third with $7.1 million from 3,781 theatres for Sony Pictures, a total run of $68.6 million.

TOP GUN: MAVERICK gets fourth with $5.6 million for Paramount Pictures, a total $683 million earned domestically to date.

Fifth is DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS with $4.8 million for Warner Bros., a total $66.5 million over four weekends.

#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ADVANCE PASSES TO SEE “BEAST”

Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto and Montreal a chance to attend an Advance Screening of BEAST starring Idris Elba.

Screenings are as follows on Wednesday, August 17, 2022:

• Toronto: Scotiabank Theatre at 7 pm
• Montreal: Scotiabank Theatre at 7 pm 

Synopsis:

Sometimes the rustle in the bushes actually is a monster.

Idris Elba (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, The Suicide Squad) stars in a pulse-pounding new thriller about a father and his two teenage daughters who find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savannah has but one apex predator. 

Elba plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a recently widowed husband who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with their daughters to a game reserve managed by Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley, Russian Doll series, Maleficent), an old family friend and wildlife biologist. But what begins as a journey of healing jolts into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now sees all humans as the enemy, begins stalking them. 

Iyana Halley (The Hate U Give, This is Us series) plays Daniels’ 18-year-old daughter, Meredith, and Leah Sava Jeffries (Rel series, Empire series) plays his 13-year-old, Norah. 

From visceral, experiential filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, the director of Everest and Universal Pictures’ 2 Guns and Contraband, Beast is produced by Will Packer, the blockbuster producer of Girls Trip, the Ride Along franchise, and ten movies that have opened No. 1 at the U.S. box office, including Night School, No Good Deed and Think Like a Man, by James Lopez, president of Will Packer Productions, and by Baltasar Kormákur. The film is written by Ryan Engle (Rampage, Non-Stop) from an original story by Jaime Primak Sullivan and is executive produced by Jaime Primak Sullivan and Bernard Bellew.

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Universal Pictures Canada release BEAST August 19, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “BEAST”

Idris Elba stars in BEAST! See the brand-new Trailer.

Synopsis:

Sometimes the rustle in the bushes actually is a monster.

Idris Elba (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, The Suicide Squad) stars in a pulse-pounding new thriller about a father and his two teenage daughters who find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the savannah has but one apex predator. 

Elba plays Dr. Nate Daniels, a recently widowed husband who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with their daughters to a game reserve managed by Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley, Russian Doll series, Maleficent), an old family friend and wildlife biologist. But what begins as a journey of healing jolts into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now sees all humans as the enemy, begins stalking them. 

Iyana Halley (The Hate U Give, This is Us series) plays Daniels’ 18-year-old daughter, Meredith, and Leah Sava Jeffries (Rel series, Empire series) plays his 13-year-old, Norah. 

From visceral, experiential filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, the director of Everest and Universal Pictures’ 2 Guns and Contraband, Beast is produced by Will Packer, the blockbuster producer of Girls Trip, the Ride Along franchise, and ten movies that have opened No. 1 at the U.S. box office, including Night School, No Good Deed and Think Like a Man, by James Lopez, president of Will Packer Productions, and by Baltasar Kormákur. The film is written by Ryan Engle (Rampage, Non-Stop) from an original story by Jaime Primak Sullivan and is executive produced by Jaime Primak Sullivan and Bernard Bellew.

Universal Pictures Canada release BEAST in theatres August 19, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

#SUNDANCE18: “BEAST” REVIEW

Review by Amanda Gilmore for Mr. Will Wong

Beast is a compelling Thriller about a young woman (Jessie Buckley) who falls for a mysterious outsider (Johnny Flynn) who becomes a suspect in a series of violent murders.

Writer-Director Michael Pearce crafts an ambitious and impressive first Feature. He creates steady suspense throughout with his direction until the explosive climax. Pearce writes extremely complex characters that swerve in and out of protagonists and antagonists.

These characters evolve over the course of the Film due to the tremendous cast. Buckley is a magnetic force playing the perplexing Moll who brings her character from quiet and refrained to assertive and uninhibited effortlessly. While Flynn makes his Pascal a humorous, mysterious and often questionable man. The pairing of Buckley and Flynn is golden and enhances the compelling script.

Beast screens at Sundance on Jan. 19 at 6PM at Tower SLC, Jan. 22 at 3PM at Sundance Resort, Jan. 23 at 6PM at PC Library, and Jan. 27 at 10PM at Redstone 2 PC.