ALIEN: ROMULUS is out of this world with a $40 million debut this weekend from 3,885 theatres for 20th Century Studios. This installment from Director Fede Alvarez, gets 81% on the Tomatometer. Highest franchise opening belongs still to 2012’s PROMETHEUS with $51 million.

Second is DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE with $28 million from 3,960 theatres, for Marvel/Disney. This brings its run to $545.7 million in North America.

Third is IT ENDS WITH US with $23 million from 3,739 theatres, exceeding all expectations and likely bolstered by all the controversy of a feud among its star Blake Lively and Director Justin Baldoni. This takes it to $96.7 million in its second weekend for Sony Pictures.

In fourth is TWISTERS with $8.4 million from 3,483 theatres for Universal Pictures, a total run of $237 million domestically.

Rounding it off is CORALINE‘s re-release with $10.4 million from 1,523 theatres for Focus Features. This brings the 2009 release’s total gross to $92 million.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE completely dominate their third frame, taking $55 million from 4,230 theatres this weekend for DIsney/Marvel edging real close to the $500 million-mark in North America.

In second is IT ENDS WITH US with $49 million from 3,611 theatres, giving real-life Hollywood power couple Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively a rare one-two punch! Despite getting 57% on the Tomatometer, audiences are hungry for female-led stories and fans of the book on which this is based by Colleen Hoover, came out in droves.

Third is TWISTERS with $15.4 million for Universal Pictures, taking it to $222 million domestically.

DESPICABLE ME 4 takes fourth with $10 million, also for Universal Pictures, bringing its tally to $322 million.

Debuting in fifth is BORDERLANDS with $9 million for Cineplex Pictures/Lionsgate. This latest from Eli Roth gets 10% on the Tomatometer from Critics.

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE continues to devastate the competition, taking the top spot again with $94 million from 4,230 theatres. This takes its two week tally to a stellar $392.5 million for Disney/Marvel.

Second is TWISTERS with $22 million from 4,009 theatres, a total $194.9 million over three weekends for Universal Pictures.

TRAP debuts in third with $16 million from 3,181 theatres for Warner Bros. This latest from M. Night Shyamalan gets 48% on the Tomatometer. Do note that screening access was limited for this title and this score is based on 88 reviews only on Rotten Tomatoes. By contrast, other wide releases like the top two had well over 340+ reviews each.

Fourth is DESPICABLE ME 4 with $11.1 million from 3,369 theatres for Universal Pictures, a total $313.8 million over five weekends.

INSIDE OUT 2 rounds things out with $6.7 million from 2,615 theatres over eight weekends for Disney. Its total North American run is brought to $626.8 million.

Marvel Studios’ DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE debuts in a lively manner with a record-setting $205 million from 4,210 theatres for Marvel/Disney. It gets a great 80% on the Tomatometer from Critics, and easily becomes the highest opening ever for the Deadpool franchise, besting 2016’s first film in the series which took off with $132 million. Wolverine’s highest franchise opening was 2009’s X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE with $85 million.

In second is TWISTERS with a $36 million second weekend for Universal Pictures, a total run domestically, of $155 million.

DESCPICABLE ME 4 is in third with $14.5 million for Universal Pictures, taking it to $291 million.

INSIDE OUT 2 takes $15 million for fourth spot, bringing its run to $613.7 million for Disney.

Fifth is LONGLEGS with $6.9 million for NEON/Elevation Pictures, a three week total of $58 million. This now has become American distributor NEON‘s highest grossing film ever, surpassing Best Picture winner PARASITE‘s $53 million.

TWISTERS blows right by the competition with a smashing opening weekend, debuting with $80.5 million from 4,151 theatres for Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. It gets 78% on the Tomatometer. By comparison, its 1996 predecessor opened with $41 million from 2,808 theatres.

DESPICABLE ME 4 gets $21.5 million from 4,112 theatres and by the end of the weekend it will have grossed $257 million domestically already over three weekends.

Third is INSIDE OUT 2 with $11 million from 3,625 theatres for Disney, taking it to $594 million.

LONGLEGS is in fourth this weekend with $10.2 million, taking it to a great $43 million over two weekends for NEON and Elevation Pictures.

Rounding things off is A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE with $5.5 million, taking its run to $127 million in North American for Paramount Pictures.

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Synopsis:

This summer, the epic studio disaster movie returns with an adrenaline-pumping, big-screen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature’s most wondrous—and destructive—forces. 

From the producers of the Jurassic, Bourne and Indiana Jones series comes Twisters, 

a current-day chapter of the 1996 blockbuster, Twister. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar^® nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing), Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick)and Anthony Ramos (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) as equal forces, with opposing motivations, who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes.

Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Carter, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Ramos)to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better.

As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler, Javi and their crews find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

Twisters features an exciting new cast, including Nope’s Brandon Perea, Golden Globe winner Maura Tierney (Beautiful Boy), Sasha Lane (American Honey), Harry Hadden-Paton (The Crown), David Corenswet (We Own This City), Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders), Tunde Adebimpe (Leave the World Behind), Katy O’Brian (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania), Nik Dodani (Atypical), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and Paul Scheer (Black Monday).

From Amblin, Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and is produced by Oscar^®nominee Frank Marshall (Jurassicand Indiana Jones franchises) and by Patrick Crowley (Jurassicand Bourne franchises). The screenplay is by Mark L. Smith, writer of the Best Picture nominee The Revenant, from a story by Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion), based on characters created by Michael Crichton & Anne Marie Crichton. The executive producers are Academy Award^® winner Steven Spielberg, Thomas Hayslip and Ashley Jay Sandberg. Twisterswill be distributed by Universal Pictures domestically and by Warner Bros. Pictures internationally. 

Genre: Disaster Epic

Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane, Harry Hadden-Patton, David Corenswet, Daryl McCormack, Tunde Adebimpe, Katy O’Brian, Nik Dodani, Kiernan Shipka, Paul Scheer

Director: Lee Isaac Chung

Screenplay by: Mark L. Smith

Story by: Joseph Kosinski

Based on characters created by Michael Crichton & Anne Marie Crichton

Producers: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley

Executive Producers: Steven Spielberg, Thomas Hayslip, Ashley Jay Sandberg

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Universal Pictures Canada release TWISTERS in theatres July 19, 2024.

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Atlantic Records is proud to announce Twisters: The Album, the star-studded musical companion to the new adrenaline-pumping, big-screen thrill ride, Twisters, from Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures and Amblin Entertainment. Twisters, a current-day chapter of the 1996 blockbuster, stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, and an exciting ensemble cast that includes Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane and more. Twisters: The Album is now available for pre-order HERE and arrives in stores and at all online retailers on Friday, July 19th in conjunction with the theatrical release of the film.

The soundtrack campaign kicks off today with an exhilarating first single “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” from country superstar and 2x CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Combs. “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” arrives alongside a thrilling official video featuring a special cameo from NASCAR driver John Hunter Nemechek – Watch HERE:

From the label that brought you soundtracks such as Barbie The Album, The Greatest Showman, Suicide Squad and more, and the studio that brought you the Fast & Furious, Despicable Me and Jurassic World franchises, Twisters: The Album will feature new tracks from an electrifying lineup of artists including Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Jelly Roll, Lainey Wilson, Bailey Zimmerman, Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett, Megan Moroney, Shania Twain, Tyler Childers, and more. See below for full tracklisting.

Twisters: The Album was produced and overseen by multi-GRAMMY® Award Winner, 6x GRAMMY® Award Nominee, and Atlantic Records West Coast President, Kevin Weaver. The album was also produced by Brandon Davis (GRAMMY® Award Winner, EVP and Co-Head of Pop/Rock A&R, Atlantic Records), Ian Cripps (SVP of A&R, Atlantic Records), and Joseph Khoury (GRAMMY®-Nominated Soundtrack Producer, SVP of A&R and Marketing, Atlantic Records). Additional key players involved on the project include Soundtrack Album Producers and Music Supervisors Rachel Levy (EVP, Film Music, Universal Pictures) and Mike Knobloch (GRAMMY® Award Nominee and President, Music & Publishing, NBCUniversal), as well as Soundtrack Album Executive Producers Lee Isaac Chung (Twisters Director) and Ashley Jay Sandberg (Twisters Executive Producer).

This summer, the epic studio disaster movie returns with an adrenaline-pumping, big-screen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature’s most wondrous—and destructive—forces.

From the producers of the Jurassic, Bourne and Indiana Jones series comes Twisters, a current-day chapter of the 1996 blockbuster, Twister. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar® nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing), Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) and Anthony Ramos (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts) as equal forces, with opposing motivations, who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes.

Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Carter, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Ramos) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better.

As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler, Javi and their crews find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

Twisters features an exciting new cast, including Nope’s Brandon Perea, Golden Globe winner Maura Tierney (Beautiful Boy), Sasha Lane (American Honey), Harry Hadden-Paton (The Crown), David Corenswet (We Own This City), Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders), Tunde Adebimpe (Leave the World Behind), Katy O’Brian (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania), Nik Dodani (Atypical), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and Paul Scheer (Black Monday).

From Amblin, Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and is produced by Oscar® nominee Frank Marshall (Jurassic and Indiana Jones franchises) and by Patrick Crowley (Jurassic and Bourne franchises). The screenplay is by Mark L. Smith, writer of the Best Picture nominee The Revenant, from a story by Joseph Kosinski (Oblivion), based on characters created by Michael Crichton & Anne Marie Crichton. The executive producers are Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, Thomas Hayslip and Ashley Jay Sandberg. Twisters will be distributed by Universal Pictures domestically and by Warner Bros. Pictures internationally.

Genre: Disaster Epic

Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane, Harry Hadden-Patton, David Corenswet, Daryl McCormack, Tunde Adebimpe, Katy O’Brian, Nik Dodani, Kiernan Shipka, Paul Scheer

Director: Lee Isaac Chung

Screenplay by: Mark L. Smith

Story by: Joseph Kosinski

Based on characters created by Michael Crichton & Anne Marie Crichton

Producers: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley

Executive Producers: Steven Spielberg, Thomas Hayslip, Ashley Jay Sandberg

This summer, the epic studio disaster movie returns with an adrenaline-pumping, seat-gripping, big-screen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature’s most wondrous—and destructive—forces. In theatres July 19, 2024.

From the producers of the Jurassic, Bourne and Indiana Jones series comes Twisters, a current-day chapter of the 1996 blockbuster, Twister. Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the Oscar® nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters stars Golden Globe nominee Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing, Normal People) and Glen Powell (Anyone But You, Top Gun: Maverick) as opposing forces who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes.

Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Golden Globe nominee Anthony Ramos, In the Heights) to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens (Powell), the charming and reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures with his raucous crew, the more dangerous the better.

As storm season intensifies, terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed, and Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

Twisters features an exciting new cast, including Nope’s Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane (American Honey), Daryl McCormack (Peaky Blinders), Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Nik Dodani (Atypical) and Golden Globe winner Maura Tierney (Beautiful Boy).

From Amblin Entertainment, Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung and is produced by Oscar® nominee Frank Marshall (Jurassic and Indiana Jones franchises) and by Patrick Crowley (Jurassic and Bourne franchises). The screenplay is by Mark L. Smith, writer of the Best Picture nominee The Revenant. Twisters will be distributed by Universal Pictures domestically and by Warner Bros. Pictures internationally.

Genre: Disaster Epic

Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Maura Tierney, Brandon Perea, Daryl McCormack, Sasha Lane, Kiernan Shipka, Nik Dodani

Director: Lee Isaac Chung

Screenplay by: Mark L. Smith

Producers: Frank Marshall, Patrick Crowley