#BOXOFFICE: “NOVOCAINE” EDGES “MICKEY 17” FOR TOP SPOT

NOVOCAINE debuts atop the Box Office this weekend with $8.5 million from 3,365 theatres for Paramount Pictures. The Action Comedy starring Jack Quaid gets 81% on the Tomatometer, his second acclaimed release this year, the other being COMPANION.

MICKEY 17 takes top spot again at the Box Office on a slower weekend, with $7.6 million from 3,807 theatres for Warner Bros., taking it to $33.3 million over two weeks.

Steven Soderbergh‘s BLACK BAG debuts in third with $7 million from 2,705 theatres, with a very impressive 97% on the Tomatometer, for Focus Features/Universal Pictures.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD gets fourth spot with $5.3 million, taking the Disney/Marvel release to $185 million.

THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE rounds things out, debuting with $3.1 million, a tally of $41 million for Warner Bros. It gets 86% on the Tomatometer.

#BOXOFFICE: “MICKEY 17” DEBUTS IN TOP SPOT

MICKEY 17 illustrates the starpower of Robert Pattinson, debuting atop the Box Office this weekend with $19 million from 3,807 theatres for Warner Bros. This latest effort from Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho gets an 85% on the Tomatometer.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD after three weeks on-top, slips to second with $8.5 million, taking it to $175 million for Disney/Marvel over four weekends.

Third goes to LAST BREATH with $4 million from 3,090 theatres for Focus Features/Elevation Pictures, taking it to $14.4 million over two weekends.

Fourth is THE MONKEY with $3.9 million for NEON/Elevation Pictures with 31 million over three weekends.

PADDINGTON IN PERU gets fifth, with $3.8 million for Sony Pictures, a tally of $36.9 million.

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SCREENING DETAILS

Toronto	03/03	7:00 PM	Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Montreal	03/03	7:00 PM	Cineplex Banque Scotia Montreal
Vancouver	03/03	7:00 PM	Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver
Calgary	03/03	7:00 PM	Cineplex University District

SYNOPSIS

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, “Mickey 17” stars Robert Pattinson (“The Batman,” “Tenet”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”), Steven Yeun (“Nope”), with Academy Award nominees Toni Collette (“Hereditary”), and Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things”). 

The film is produced by Dede Gardner (Oscar winner for “Moonlight,” “12 Years a Slave”), Jeremy Kleiner (Oscar winner for “Moonlight,” “12 Years a Slave”), Bong Joon Ho and Dooho Choi (“Okja,” “Snowpiercer”). It is based on the novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. The executive producers are Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins. The director of photography is Darius Khondji (Oscar nomination for “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” “Okja”). The production designer is Fiona Crombie (Oscar nomination for “The Favourite,” “Cruella”). It is edited by Yang Jinmo (Oscar nomination for “Parasite,” “Okja”). The visual effects supervisor is Dan Glass (“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”). The costume designer is Catherine George (“Okja,” Snowpiercer”). 

Warner Bros. Pictures presents An Offscreen Production / A Kate Street Picture Company Production, A Film By Bong Joon Ho: “Mickey 17.” The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theatres only nationwide on March 7, 2025. 

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Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release MICKEY 17 in theatres March 7, 2025.

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#FIRSTLOOK: OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR “MICKEY 17”

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living. Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, “Mickey 17” stars Robert Pattinson (“The Batman,” “Tenet”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”),

Steven Yeun (“Nope”), with Academy Award nominees Toni Collette (“Hereditary”), and Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things”). The film is produced by Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Oscar winners for “Moonlight” and “12 Years a Slave”), Bong Joon Ho and Dooho Choi (“Okja,” “Snowpiercer”). It is based on the novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. The executive producers are Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins. The director of photography is Darius Khondji (Oscar nomination for “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” “Okja”). The production designer is Fiona Crombie (Oscar nomination for “The Favourite,” “Cruella”). It is edited by Yang Jinmo (Oscar nomination for “Parasite,” “Okja”). The music is by Jung Jaeil (“Parasite,” “Squid Game”). The visual effects supervisor is Dan Glass (“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”). The costume designer is Catherine George (“Okja,” Snowpiercer”).

Warner Bros. Pictures presents A Plan B Entertainment Production, An Offscreen Production / A Kate Street Picture Company Production, A Film By Bong Joon Ho: “Mickey 17.” The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theatres only nationwide on March 7, 2025.

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW CANADIAN TRAILER FOR “MICKEY 17”

From the Academy Award-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.” The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, “Mickey 17” stars Robert Pattinson (“The Batman,” “Tenet”), Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”), Steven Yeun (“Nope”), with Academy Award nominees Toni Collette (“Hereditary”), and Mark Ruffalo (“Poor Things”).

The film is produced by Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Oscar winners for “Moonlight” and “12 Years a Slave”), Bong Joon Ho and Dooho Choi (“Okja,” “Snowpiercer”). It is based on the novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton. The executive producers are Brad Pitt, Jesse Ehrman, Peter Dodd and Marianne Jenkins. The director of photography is Darius Khondji (Oscar nomination for “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” “Okja”). The production designer is Fiona Crombie (Oscar nomination for “The Favourite,” “Cruella”). It is edited by Yang Jinmo (Oscar nomination for “Parasite,” “Okja”). The visual effects supervisor is Dan Glass (“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw”). The costume designer is Catherine George (“Okja,” Snowpiercer”).

Warner Bros. Pictures presents A Plan B Entertainment Production, An Offscreen Production / A Kate Street Picture Company Production, A Film By Bong Joon Ho: “Mickey 17.” The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, in theatres only nationwide on January 31, 2025, and internationally beginning on 28 January 2025

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TEASER FOR “MICKEY 17”

Academy Award-winning Director Bong Joon-Ho and Robert Pattinson team-up on MICKEY 17. While the intriguing collaboration doesn’t hit theatres till 2024, today we get a little Teaser!

Synopsis:

Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17,” starring Robert Pattinson, will arrive in theaters March 29, 2024. Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that the next feature film from Oscar-winning writer/director/producer Bong Joon Ho (“Parasite,” “Snowpiercer”) will release in theaters around the world March 29, 2024. The film, “Mickey 17,” is currently in production and is directed, produced and scripted by the filmmaker; it is based on the novel entitled Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton.

(Photo/video credit: Warner Bros. Pictures)