#BOXOFFICE: “WICKED: FOR GOOD” MAKES A RECORD-BREAKING DEBUT

It’s a record-breaking opening for WICKED: FOR GOOD, which proves too good for its opposition, with a smashing $151.5 million opening from 4,115 theatres for Universal Pictures. This installment now holds the title of biggest opening ever for a feature Broadway adaptation – besting its predecessor which previously held the same distinction. This bests the previous film in the Franchise which opened last year with $112.5 million. It gets a 70% on the Tomatometer.

Second up is last week’s champ, NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T, taking $9.4 million for Cineplex Pictures/Lionsgate. It grosses $37.1 million over two weekends domestically.

Third is PREDATOR: BADLANDS with $6.2 million, a total $76.2 million for 20th Century Studios, over three weekends.

THE RUNNING MAN takes $6 million, a two-week run of $27.2 million for Paramount Pictures.

RENTAL FAMILY debuts in fifth with $3.2 million for Searchlight Pictures. Starring Brendan Fraser, this gets 87% on the Tomatometer.

#FIRSTLOOK: “RENTAL FAMILY” OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE SET

tiff50 selection RENTAL FAMILY opens in theatres officially November 21, 2025.

Synopsis:

Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.

Directed by: 

HIKARI

Screenplay by: 

HIKARI, Stephen Blahut

Produced by: 

Eddie Vaisman, p.g.a, Julia Lebedev, p.g.a, HIKARI, p.g.a, Shin Yamaguchi, p.g.a

Cast: 

Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman, and Akira Emoto

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW “RENTAL FAMILY” POSTER

Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.

Searchlight Pictures release RENTAL FAMILY November 21, 2025.

(Photo/video credit: Searchlight Pictures)

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “RENTAL FAMILY”

It’s giving a bit of LOST IN TRANSLATION energy! Brendan Fraser stars in TIFF ’25 selection RENTAL FAMILY. Today, we get a new Trailer for this Hikari film!

Set against modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexitiesof his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.

Directed by: HIKARI

Screenplay by: HIKARI, Stephen Blahut

Produced by: Eddie Vaisman, p.g.a, Julia Lebedev, p.g.a, HIKARI, p.g.a, Shin Yamaguchi, p.g.a

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman, and Akira Emoto