warfare
#BOXOFFICE: “MINECRAFT” DOMINATES A SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK
It’s all MINECRAFT again this weekend bringing in a stellar $80 million for Warner Bros. from 4,289 theatres, bringing its tally to $280 million already over two weekends. Even with several new releases out for the crown, it very easily defends the throne!
Second is THE KING OF KINGS with $17 million from 3,200 theatres. This gets a 63% on the Tomatometer for Angel Studios.
Third is a debuting THE AMATEUR with $15 million from 3,300 theatres for 20th Century Studios, with 62% on the Tomatometer.
WARFARE opens in fourth with $8 million from 2,70 theatres for A24. Co-directed by former U.S. NAVY Seal Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, this gets 93% on the Tomatometer.
Rounding things out is Thriller DROP, opening with $7 million from 3,085 theatres and a great 83% on the Tomatometer.
#SPOTTED: D’PHARAOH WOON-A-TAI, ALEX GARLAND AND RAY MENDOZA IN TORONTO FOR “WARFARE”
WARFARE relives former U.S. Navy Seal Ray Mendoza‘s experience overcoming an incredibly harrowing experience in Iraq. It is a painstaking 90 minute journey told by him and visionary Co-Writer/Director Alex Garland with unflinching realism. The two last worked together on acclaimed Box Office success CIVIL WAR, where Mendoza served as a military advisor, and this time around he gets to tell his own story.
This is a powerful and compelling story and a tremendous Ensemble including our v. own D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Charles Melton, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Michael Gandolfini, and more.
Toronto was so blessed to get a special Advance Screening of the A24 release with Woon-A-Tai making a return home, along with Garland (just here last year for CIVIL WAR), and also Mendoza. Norm Wilner moderated a Q&A at Scotiabank Theatre, following the Screening. Mendoza tells us about the complexity of filming this very personal story with some of the actual people at the center of it on-set working with the Actors. He also tells us about an unexpected connection he has made while touring the Film, with widows and children of soldiers who lost their husbands and fathers.
A24 release WARFARE in theatres April 11, 2025.
Highlights from the night here:
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)
#GIVEAWAY: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN PASSES TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF ALEX GARLAND’S “WARFARE”
Touchwood PR x Mr. Will want to give Readers in TORONTO, MONTREAL and VANCOUVER a chance to see Alex Garland‘s WARFARE!
Screenings are as follows:
TORONTO
Date: Wednesday, April 9th
Time: 7:30 PM
MONTREAL
Date: Wednesday, April 9th
Time: 7:30 PM
VANCOUVER
Date: Wednesday, April 9th
Time: 7:30 PM
Synopsis:
Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.
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IMAX exclusive early access screenings will take place on April 9, 2025 and then will be nationwide on April 11, 2025.
(Photo/video credit: A24)
#FIRSTLOOK: “WARFARE” EARLY ACCESS SCREENINGS
A24 and IMAX are teaming up to bring the highly anticipated release of WARFARE to IMAX theatres nationwide.
IMAX exclusive early access screenings will take place on April 9, 2025 and then will be nationwide on April 11, 2025.
Fans can see the film early with tickets here imax.com/warfare.
First reactions from critics and audiences are calling it one of the most “immersive” and “visceral, unfiltered and unflinching” war films that “must be experienced in theatres.”
About the film: Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it. The film stars D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Taylor John Smith, Michael Gandolfini, Adain Bradley, Noah Centineo, Evan Holtzman, Henrique Zaga, with Joseph Quinn and Charles Melton.
About A24 and IMAX: A24 and IMAX have partnered to bring some of the most unique experiences of the past several years to audiences a first of its kind Monthly Screening Series to showcase A24 classics never-before-seen in IMAX including “Spring Breakers”, an exclusive launch of Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense”, “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “Everything, Everywhere All At Once”, “Beau is Afraid,” “The Brutalist,” as well as a live event and nationwide screenings for the 25th anniversary of Darren Aronofsky’s “Pi.”
About IMAX Corporation
IMAX, an innovator in entertainment technology, combines proprietary software, architecture, and equipment to create experiences that take you beyond the edge of your seat to a world you’ve never imagined. Top filmmakers and studios are utilizing IMAX systems to connect with audiences in extraordinary ways, making IMAX’s network among the most important and successful theatrical distribution platforms for major event films around the globe.
About A24
A24 is an acclaimed global entertainment company known for producing and distributing films, television series, documentaries, music, publishing, and consumer products. Established in New York in 2012, A24 has cultivated a library of over 150 films and 50 TV series, earning critical and commercial acclaim with more than 21 Oscars, 14 Golden Globes, and 18 Emmys. Renowned for groundbreaking hits like Moonlight, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Uncut Gems, as well as television successes such as Euphoria, Beef and Ramy, A24 has developed a passionate fanbase and expanded into ventures like Half Magic and the Cherry Lane theater. Upcoming projects include Bring Her Back from The Philippou Brothers, Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow, The Drama starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt, Materialists starring Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal and Dakota Johnson and Eddington starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, and Emma Stone, among others.
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