CRAZY RICH ASIANS goes strong a second straight week at the Box Office taking the top spot once again with $25.5 million from 3,526 theatres and a healthy $77.4 million over two weeks for Warner Bros.

In second spot is THE MEG surpassing the $100 million-mark for Warner Bros. in just three weeks, earning $11.6 million this weekend.

THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS opens in third with $10.2 million from 3,256 theatres for STX Entertainment/VVS Films. It gets 23% on the Tomatometer and a C- CinemaScore.

In fourth is MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT with $8.2 million, a total $194 million grossed five weeks domestically for Paramount Pictures.

A.X.L., centering on a robot dog, rounds-out the Top Ten for Global Road Entertainment/Open Road Films with $2.3 million from 1,710 theatres. It gets 26% on the Tomatoneter and a B+ CinemaScore.

Call it a homecoming! The Cast and Crew behind LITTLE ITALY brought it all back home for a festive bash at Scotiabank Theatre tonight in Toronto!  The Romantic-Comedy directed by Donald Petrie (Miss Congeniality, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days) took over the City last summer and Torontonians have been excited to see this pizza delivered!

Attending the event were Petrie himself and the Film’s stars, Emma Roberts, Hayden Christensen, Andrea Martin, Danny Aiello, Jane Seymour, Andrew Phung, Cristina Rosato, Vas Saranga, Linda Kash, Ava Preston and Nicky Cappella.  Producer Vinay Virmani (also a Co-Writer) also was in attendance, as was 6Dad Norm Kelly, Olympian Donovan Bailey and Jaleel White, known best for his iconic role as Steve Urkel in ABC Series Family Matters.

Little Italy centers on a couple who must deal with their feuding, pizza restauranteur families. The Film was show and is set in Toronto.

Our Team had the pleasure of being a part of the fun and in ways it was like seeing a nephew or niece grow-up. We had the joy of visiting the set last summer and it was a blast. We even shared pizza with Roberts! More here.

We ask Director Donald Petrie what makes Little Italy‘s love story so great. He tells us, “This isn’t a singular love story. A lot of the audience are gonna look at the poster and go ‘I know the ending! These two get together!’. And they’re right, they do! But there are a lot of surprise love stories along the way that they don’t know. It’s all about the journey and that’s what makes Little Italy great”.

Emma Roberts

Hayden Christensen with Roberts and also his Nonna

Jane Seymour

Vinay Virmani

Nicky Romero x Ava Preston (they play the younger versions of Christensen x Roberts)

Danny Aiello

Amrit Kaur

Andrew Phung

eOne Films x Mr. Will want to give Readers a chance to win Run-of-Engagement Passes to see KIN!

Synopsis:
Follows a recently released ex-con (Jack Reynor) and his adopted younger brother (Myles Truitt) who are forced to go on the run. Chased by a vengeful criminal (James Franco), the feds and a cadre of otherworldly soldiers, their only protection is a found weapon of mysterious ancestry.

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eOne Films release KIN Friday, August 31, 2018.

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It’s a new era! With audiences embracing inclusion and diversity more and more, CRAZY RICH ASIANS is the Movie of the Now, taking the top of the Box Office with $21.6 million from 3,384 theatres for Warner Bros. Not only are Critics in love with the Kevin Kwan Bestseller Adaptation, it gets an A CinemaScore from Audiences which should be enough to propel it in coming weeks with word of mouth. Directed by Jon M. Chu, it opened Wednesday  night, for a total $31 million over five days.

THE MEG continues to take a bit at the competition in second with $20 million from 4,118 theatres making it a Warner Bros. Top-Two. Over two weeks the shark Action-Thriller has made $82.6 million.

In third is MILE 22 with $14.3 million from 3,250 theatres for STX Entertainment/VVS Films.  The fourth collaboration between Director Peter Berg and star Mark Wahlberg, gets 20% on the Tomatometer and a B- CinemaScore.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT is in fourth with $10.9 million for Paramount Pictures, a total $181 million over four weeks.

ALPHA debuts in sixth with $9.4 million from 2,719 theatres for Sony Pictures. The story about the first friendship between man and wolf, gets 84% on the Tomatometer and a B+ CinemaScore.

MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN is in ninth with $3.5 million for Universal Pictures in in its fifth a week, a tally of $111.3 million made domestically.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION gets $3.4 million for Sony Pictures, a total $153 million over six weeks.

Alfonso Cuarón is back after the masterpiece known as GRAVITY, with TIFF ’18 selection ROMA!

Synopsis:
ROMA chronicles a turbulent year in the lives of a middle-class family in 1970s Mexico City. Cuarón, inspired by the women from his childhood, delivers an artful ode to the matriarchy that shaped his world.

A vivid portrayal of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil, ROMA follows a young domestic worker Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) from Mixteco heritage descent and her co-worker Adela (Nancy García), also Mixteca, who work for a small family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma. Mother of four, Sofia (Marina de Tavira), copes with the extended absence of her husband, Cleo faces her own devastating news that threatens to distract her from caring for Sofia’s children, whom she loves as her own. While trying to construct a new sense of love and solidarity in a context of a social hierarchy where class and race are perversely intertwined, Cleo and Sofia quietly wrestle with changes infiltrating the family home in a country facing confrontation between a government-backed militia and student demonstrators.

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Netflix Canada stream ROMA later this year.

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20th Century Fox Canada x Mr. Will want to take Readers to an Advance Screening of TIFF ’18 selection, THE PREDATOR! Screenings take place in Toronto, Montreal (English, French) and Vancouver as follows:

TORONTO
Monday, September 10
7:00PM
Silvercity Yonge + Eglinton

MONTREAL – ENGLISH
Monday, September 10
7:00PM
Cinema Banque Scotia

MONTREAL – FRENCH
Wednesday, September 12
7:00PM
Cinema Starcite Montreal

VANCOUVER
Monday, September 10
7:00PM
Scotiabank Vancouver

Synopsis:
A sequel to the 1987 sci-fi hit Predator, in which a team on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves relentlessly hunted by a terrifying extraterrestrial warrior.

In the sequel, a young boy named Rory McKenna (Jacob Tremblay) plays with the wrong “toys” and accidentally summons the deadly Predators to his small town. Rory’s father, Quinn McKenna (Boyd Holbrook), puts together a team of ex-soldiers to protect the human race from these threats to mankind.

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20th Century Fox Canada release THE PREDATOR Friday, September 14, 2018.

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Sony Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto a chance to see SEARCHING. Screening takes place on Thursday, August 23, 7PM @ Cineplex Cinemas Yonge & Eglinton.

Synopsis:
After David Kim (John Cho)’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern thriller told via the technology devices we use every day to communicate, David must trace his daughter’s digital footprints before she disappears forever.

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Sony Pictures Canada release SEARCHING Friday, August 31, 2018.

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Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will want to give Readers in Toronto a chance to see NIGHT SCHOOL. Screening takes place on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 – Cineplex Yonge & Dundas, 7 PM

Synopsis:
Star Kevin Hart and producer Will Packer, who partnered for the hit Ride Along and Think Like a Man series, bring their signature style to Night School. The Comedy from Director Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip) follows a group of misfits who are forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they’ll pass the GED exam.

Co-stars Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam and Romany Malco join Hart on-screen for the film that Hart produces for his Hartbeat Productions, and Packer via his Will Packer Productions.

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Universal Pictures Canada release NIGHT SCHOOL Friday, September 28, 2018.

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Success has happened quickly for lovelytheband. The Los Angeles Trio formed a couple years back meeting at a club and less than two years later, they find themselves atop the charts with their breakout hit in Broken. The catchy Pop tune simultaneously has found success on Alternative radio and to promote their debut Disc Finding It Hard to Smile, they just have embarked on a 30-city Tour beginning in Toronto last night at a sold-out Velvet Underground.

lovelytheband are: Mitchy Collins (lead vocals, guitar), Jordan Greenwald (guitar) and Sam Price (drums).

Check-out BROKEN!

The boys spent their time in Toronto wisely doing lots of Press including The Edge, KISS 92.5, Entertainment Tonight Canada and more. They even went to support their friends All Time Low at their show Tuesday night and Low member Jack Barakat returned the favour, coming out to enjoy their show.

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Their hit #Broken can be heard everywhere! Loved meeting L.A.’s #lovelytheband tonight and special guest, #Alltimelow’s #JackBarakat!

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lovelytheband support 5 Seconds of Summer this fall on tour.

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Taraji P. Henson knows what men want! Check-out this hot new Trailer for WHAT MEN WANT starring the Golden Globe winner!

Synopsis:
Ali Davis (Taraji P. Henson) is a successful sports agent who’s constantly boxed out by her male colleagues. When Ali is passed up for a well-deserved promotion, she questions what else she needs to do to succeed in a man’s world… until she gains the ability to hear men’s thoughts! With her newfound power, Ali looks to outsmart her colleagues as she races to sign the next basketball superstar, but the lengths she has to go to will put her relationship with her best friends and a potential new love interest (Aldis Hodge) to the test. WHAT MEN WANT is the latest comedy from director Adam Shankman (HAIRSPRAY) and producers Will Packer and James Lopez (GIRLS TRIP), co-starring Tracy Morgan, Richard Roundtree, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Josh Brener, Tamala Jones, Phoebe Robinson, Max Greenfield, Jason Jones, Brian Bosworth, Chris Witaske and Erykah Badu.

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Paramount Pictures Canada release WHAT MEN WANT Friday, January 11, 2019.

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