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By @HolocronJosh for @FilmCodex Godzilla vs. Kong’ is heading to a pandemic record debut this holiday weekend. The film, which released in theaters and in HBO Max, earned $48.5 Million from Wednesday to Sunday. On Saturday alone, the latest chapter in the monster-verse franchise took in $11.6 million from 3,064 locations. On these record domestic […]
by George Bate for @FilmCodex If you watch Godzilla vs. Kong to see (as the title suggests) Godzilla fight Kong in a movie full of unhinged destruction and mayhem, you’re likely to enjoy the newest installment in the Monsterverse. Buildings are destroyed, punches are thrown, Titans butt heads, plots don’t really matter, and human characters
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By @HolocronJosh and @HolocronGeorge for @FilmCodex Bob Odenkirk’s ‘Nobody’, an action movie about a timid father who unleashes his inner rage on a group of Russian enemies who wronged him and his family, debuted to top of the domestic box office this weekend, heavily boosted by the reopening of Los Angeles theaters. In its opening
By @HolocronGeorge for @FilmCodex In recent years, there has been an influx of grounded action movies starring a middle aged star in which the lead character systematically fights and takes down seemingly everyone around him. There is no greater example of this than the John Wick franchise, as Keanu Reeves seeks revenge, and to protect
by Josh Bate for @FilmCodex Raya and the Last Dragon, the latest Disney film that opened with a hybrid theaters/streaming model, topped the box office once again this weekend. Raya dropped 9% from last week to earn another $5.2 million from 2,261 theaters. Overall, Raya has now taken in $23.4 million domestically, not including the
by Julie Catherine for @FilmCodex Movie theaters are beginning to reopen. Recently, theaters in Los Angeles, California, and New York state opened for the first time, albeit this year under limited capacity restrictions. Because of this, more films are making their debut theatrically, instead of the VOD model that was used for the majority of
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by George Bate for @FilmCodex The nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards were revealed on Monday. The ceremony, scheduled to be held on April 25, saw a dramatic increase in diversity amongst the nominees, with more than one woman nominated for Best Director for the first time in Oscar history. Chloe Zhao, one of these
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More than just a director’s cut, Zack Snyder’s Justice League excels in virtually every department.
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by George Bate for @FilmCodex Tom Holland and the Russo brothers team up once again, except this time the superheroes and visual effects are left behind in exchange for a harrowing and uniquely told tale about the effects of PTSD and substance abuse. Tom Holland stars as an unnamed man, whose life is looking up
by Julie Catherine for @FilmCodex Avatar once again claimed the top spot at the all time box office this weekend, earning $21.1 million from a China rerelease to push it to over $2.8 billion worldwide, above Avengers: Endgame. Endgame previously dethroned Avatar after a staggering box office showing in the summer of 2019, with the
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