As the temperatures drop, so are ticket sales at the Box Office this weekend.  IT from Warner Bros. continues to terrify audiences across North America in a tight three-way finish earning $17.4 million in its fourth weekend on-top, totaling a stellar $290 million in its run to date.

After debuting in second last weekend, KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE remains unchanged with $17.1 for 20th Century Fox. Over two weeks it has grossed $67 million across North America.

Debuting in third is AMERICAN MADE starring Tom Cruise, with $16.1 million for Universal Pictures.  It plays in 3,024 theatres domestically. It gets a solid 87% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.

THE LEGO NINJAGO MOVIE is in fourth this weekend with $12 million for Warner Bros. It has made $35 million in two weeks.

Sony Pictures’ FLATLINERS Reboot, filmed here in Toronto, debuts in fifth with $6.7 million from 2,552 theatres. It gets a B- CinemaScore and shocking 0% on the Tomatometer critically.

TIFF ’17 selection BATTLE OF THE SEXES is in sixth for Fox Searchlight with $3.4 million, expanding to 1,192 theatres in its second week.

Rounding-out the Top Ten is mother!, earning $1.3 million for Paramount Pictures. In three weeks it has made $16.2 million.

Fox Searchlight x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to see GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN in Toronto (October 11), Vancouver (October 16) and Calgary (October 25).

Synopsis:
GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin (Will Tilston), whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie-the-Pooh.  Along with his mother Daphne (Margot Robbie), and his nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald), Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War.  But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?

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Fox Searchlight release GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN in Toronto Friday, October 13, 2017. Addition cities to follow.

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Elevation Pictures x Mr. Will want to give Readers want to give Readers a chance to win Run-of-Engagement Passes to see THE FLORIDA PROJECT. The Film premiered at TIFF ’17 to rousing reception and has a tremendous amount of Awards Season buzz!

Synopsis:
Warm, winning, and gloriously alive, Sean Baker’s The Florida Project is a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood. Set on a stretch of highway just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, The Florida Project follows six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in a stunning breakout turn) and her rebellious mother Halley (Bria Vinaite, another major discovery) over the course of a single summer. The two live week to week at “The Magic Castle,” a budget motel managed by Bobby (a career-best Willem Dafoe), whose stern exterior hides a deep reservoir of kindness and compassion. Despite her harsh surroundings, the precocious and ebullient Moonee has no trouble making each day a celebration of life, her endless afternoons overflowing with mischief and grand adventure as she and her ragtag playmates—including Jancey, a new arrival to the area who quickly becomes Moonee’s best friend—fearlessly explore the utterly unique world into which they’ve been thrown. Unbeknownst to Moonee, however, her delicate fantasy is supported by the toil and sacrifice of Halley, who is forced to explore increasingly dangerous possibilities in order to provide for her daughter.

Cast: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Bria Vinaite, Mela Murder and Christopher Rivera

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Elevation Pictures release THE FLORIDA PROJECT Friday, October 13, 2017 in Toronto, Friday, October 20, 2017 in Vancouver, Friday, October 27, 2017 nationwide.

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Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to take Toronto Readers to see THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. The Screening takes place Wednesday, October 25, 2017.

Synopsis:
DreamWorks Pictures’ Thank You for Your Service follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they’ve left the battlefield.

Starring an ensemble cast led by Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Amy Schumer, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey and Jayson Warner Smith, the drama is based on the bestselling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Finkel.

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Universal Pictures Canada release THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE Friday, October 27, 2017.

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This looks amazing and if you’re not sold already on the Cast, maybe this new Teaser for ANNIHILATION will!

Synopsis:

Based on Jeff VanderMeer‘s best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy, Annihilation stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodgriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny and Oscar Isaac. It was written and directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later).

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Paramount Pictures Canada release ANNIHILATION Friday, February 23, 2018.

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Prince Harry continues to make the rounds in support of his Invictus Games and attended a Reception with several athletes at famed landmark the CN Tower tonight. The Royal last visited the venue as a child in 1991. Fans lined barricades set-up from Bremner Boulevard to the Tower’s entrance hoping for a glimpse of him.

Arriving shortly before 7:30 PM EST after a busy day of golf St. George’s Golf Club and watching Cycling at High Park, Prince Harry took his time shaking hands with Torontonians and reminding to support the Games. While selective whom he took photos with, insisting that others take the photo versus a Selfie, Harry was more than kind to engage despite being in a rush to head off to his next appearance at Mattamy Athletic Centre.  Unfortunately, no sign of potential Princess Meghan Markle tonight.

Despite rushed, we got in a quick hello with the Prince as he walked the line!

See our Snaps. Hover left and right in slideshow at bottom to navigate.

Finally got a quick “hello” in with #PrinceHarry, arriving at a reception for the #InvictusGames!

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(Swipe left!) #PrinceHarry greeting #Toronto masses at #CNTower arriving at a reception for the #InvictusGames2017! #InvictusGames

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Harry is scheduled in the City the remainder of the Games which conclude this Saturday in a Closing Ceremony at Air Canada Centre.

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This romance is so lit!  As the temperatures continue to scorch Toronto in an abnormal late September heatwave, Prince Harry and Actress Meghan Markle also are igniting some serious flames of their own. With the Invictus Games well under way in the City, Prince Harry as enthusiastic as ever is doing his rounds raising awareness for the Games saluting sick and wounded war personnel. Today however was extra special.  That is, while Markle and Harry have been dating for over a year now, today at Nathan Phillips Square the couple for the first time ever walked hand in hand and appeared together publicly!

About 10 minutes prior to a scheduled Wheelchair Tennis match, the Couple walked over with a few handlers entering quietly from a bridge connected to Sheraton Hotel, across the road from the landmark.  The appearance was low-key as they sat by the City’s famed namesake sign watching the match all smiles.  Equally quiet was their exit post-match walking a couple flights of stairs back over to the Hotel as onlookers raised their cell phones for a memento.

Harry is to remain in Toronto for the remainder of the Invictus Games.

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(Swipe left!) More #PrinceHarry + #MeghanMarkle in their first ever public appearance at the #InvictusGames today in #Toronto. #InvictusGames2017 #PrinceHarryMeghanMarkle

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With #MeghanMarkle and #PrinceHarry in their first ever public appearance together at the #InvictusGames! They’re holding hands! 👫

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It’s the Horror nobody asked for but nobody can resist! LEATHERFACE will get a limited theatrical release and hits home right in time for Halloween!

Synopsis:
In Texas, years before the events of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in the early days of the infamous Sawyer family, the youngest child is sentenced to a mental hospital after a suspicious incident leaves the sheriff’s daughter dead. Ten years later, the Sawyer teen kidnaps a young nurse and escapes with three other inmates. Pursued by authorities including the deranged sheriff out to avenge his daughter’s death, Sawyer goes on a violent road trip from hell, molding him into the monster now known as Leatherface.

Stephen Dorff and Lili Taylor star in Leatherface.

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In Canada, you can catch Leatherface for a limited time at the following:
Toronto – Yonge & Dundas
Oakville – Winston Churchill
Halifax – Park Lane
Vancouver – The Park
Calgary – Eau Claire
Ottawa – South Keys
Peterborough – Galaxy
Windsor – SilverCity
Winnipeg – McGillivray
Sudbury – SilverCity
Montreal – Latin Quarter (English only)

VVS Films release LEATHERFACE Friday, October 20, 2017 in select theatres and on-demand.

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from this Franchise with the wait for its injured star Dylan O’Brien on the path to wellness, but at long last comes a new Trailer for MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE!

Synopsis:
In the epic finale to the Maze Runner saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

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20th Century Fox Canada release MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE on Friday, January 26, 2018.

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Fame came fast and furious for Ali Wong, the Funnywoman in Toronto to headline the Just for Laughs Festival, selling-out four shows at both Wintergarden Theatre and Sony Centre for the Performing Arts.

After honing her craft for many years as an Actress (credits include Oliver Stone‘s Savages and Inside Amy Schumer), a Stand-Up Comedian cutting her teeth before the tough-to-please New York crowd and a Writer (she has penned three seasons of ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat), San Francisco-born Wong gained much popularity through her 2015 Netflix Special, Ali Wong: Baby Cobra.  Almost unheard-of she taped the Special covering several provocative topics, while seven months pregnant.

Wong at Wintergarden Theatre just recorded an upcoming special for Netflix, footage to be taken from two back-to-back shows debuting new material including her new-found perspective as a mom.  She appeared tonight at Sony Centre, her final of four sold-out appearances with hilarious opener Kevin Camia. More here.

While airing her grievances about giving childbirth, she heard the cries of a baby in the audience and a fan with her six-month-old baby came forward to the stage. Wong joked that the point of the Show was to escape babies and questioned whether she was really hearing a baby or if it was actually PTSD!

Not apologizing for taking a pic of this! Amidst sharing her grueling experience as a new mom at #JFL42, a baby starts crying! Someone literally brought their six-month-old to see #AliWong tonight. Brilliant, gut-busting jokes!

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Love this girl, who sold-out an impressive four shows headlining #JFL42! Funnywoman #AliWong is Comedy’s new sensation and after her first hit special on Netflix in 2015, she taped her next one tonight here at Winter Garden Theatre. Wong also is the Series Writer on ABC’s #FreshOffTheBoat. Two Wongs truly make a right! #JustForLaughs

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