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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: CHALLENGERS- L.A. PREMIERE VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at the L.A. premiere of MGM/Amazon Studios’ CHALLENGERS.
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “SUMMER SNEAKS #1” — VIDEO
Now playing below — “SUMMER SNEAKS #1″…a quick look at what’s coming to the boxoffice this summer…today featuring “DESPICABLE ME 4,” “DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE,” “THE WATCHERS” & “BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE.”
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MARTIN GROVE’S FILM FLASHBACK: VALLEY GIRL OPENS 4/29/1983
If movies are based on something, it’s usually books, plays or magazine articles, but VALLEY GIRL was inspired by a song. Although VALLEY’S inspiration was Frank & Moon Unit Zappa’s 1982 record “Valley Girl,” it wasn’t actually based on it because Zappa wouldn’t let a teen exploitation film be made about his song’s valley girl…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “THE FALL GUY” – BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam behind the scenes look at Universal/87 North’s “THE FALL GUY,” opening 5/3. Directed by David Leitch, it stars Ryan Gosling & Emily Blunt.
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE” – PREVIEW #2 VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam early look at Marvel Studios’ “DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE” where Wolverine/Hugh Jackman is recuperating from injuries when Deadpool/Ryan Reynolds turns up seeking his help to fight a mutual foe. Opening in theatres 7/26. ZAMM CAM PREVIEW – “DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE”
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MARTIN GROVE’S WEEKEND BOXOFFICE BUZZ – VIDEO LOOK AT WHAT’S OPENING
Now playing below — a quick look at the coming weekend: “ALIEN” is back for a 45th anniversary reissue from 20th Century Studios. They can’t hear you scream in space, but they sure will at the multiplexes! For Universal’s “THE MUMMY,” it’s a 25th anniversary reissue. We’re back in Hamunaptra — just as the mummy accidentally…
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MARTIN GROVE’S HOLLYWOOD REPORT FOR 4/21/24
Between them, this weekend’s three openings pumped just $24M into the multiplexes. It was another blah frame for exhibitors eager to see signs of life at the boxoffice. Hollywood handicappers are buzzing that it could start 5/3 with Universal/87North’s PG-13 action comedy drama directed by David Leitch (JOHN WICK) and starring Ryan Gosling & Emily…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “ABIGAIL” — L.A. PREMIERE
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at the Westwood Village/L.A. premiere of Universal/Project X Entertainment’s horror thriller “ABIGAIL”…on the red carpet with Abigail, herself, the pretty-in-pink Alisha Weir.
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE” – NYC PREMIERE – VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at the New York premiere of Lionsgate/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ “THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE”…as Henry Cavill talks about working with director Guy Ritchie.
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MARTIN GROVE’S FILM FLASHBACK: PET SEMATARY OPENS 4/21/1989
After most authors sell their books’ movie rights, they have no rights at all when they’re adapted to the screen. That wasn’t, however, the case with Stephen King’s 1983 novel PET SEMATARY. The best-selling horror novelist’s contract specified that he’d write the PET screenplay and that it would be followed faithfully in production, which would…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ — “TRAP” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam early look at Warner Bros.’ mystery thriller TRAP, from acclaimed director M. Night Shayamalan, where a father takes his teenage daughter to a big event pop concert…which unexpectedly turns dark and sinister. Opening in theatres 8/9.
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “TRANSFORMERS ONE” – PREVIEW – VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Paramount/Hasbro/Bay Films’ “TRANSFORMERS ONE,” the untold origin story of Optimus Prime & Megatron — once close friends, but sworn enemies today. Opening in theatres 9/20, it’s already generating the kind of early buzz exhibitors like to hear.
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ – “TODAY’S MOVIE SCENES” – VIDEO
Now playing below — our “TODAY’S MOVIE SCENES” look at two upcoming May releases…Disney/20th Century Studios’ “KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES” (5/10), directed by Wes Ball (THE MAZE RUNNER) & Lionsgate/Fifth Element Productions’ “THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1” (5/17), directed by Renny Harlin (CLIFFHANGER).
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MARTIN GROVE’S TRACKING BUZZ: “IF” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Paramount/Maximum Effort’s family dramedy IF, directed by John Krasinski & starring Ryan Reynolds, has just hit the tracking and looks very promising. This could be the hit Paramount needs right now as bidding heats up to take over the legacy studio. IF’s best first choice score is with under-25 men, who are six points over…
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MARTIN GROVE’S WEEKEND BOXOFFICE BUZZ: FOR 4/19/24 — PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — a quick look at the coming weekend…Moviegoers can choose between three wide openings…The R rated thriller “ABIGAIL”…the R rated war drama “THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE”…and the PG-13 anime action comedy “SPY X FAMILY CODE: WHITE.”
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MARTIN GROVE’S STREAMING BUZZ: “DARK MATTER” — PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Apple TV+’s sci-fi thriller series “DARK MATTER,” starring Joel Edgerton & Jennifer Connelly, a man is living the perfect life or so it seems. Streaming on Apple TV+ starting 5/8.
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MARTIN GROVE’S HOLLYWOOD REPORT FOR 4/14/24
There was CIVIL WAR at the multiplexes this weekend, but no battle for first place. A24’s R rated action thriller about America in yet another dystopian future easily captured the top spot on the boxoffice chart with $25.7M as the major studios sat this weekend out. That seems like especially bad timing since they just…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “SPEAK NO EVIL” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Universal/Blumhouse Productions’ “SPEAK NO EVIL” where a family invited for a relaxing country estate weekend see their dream holiday turn into a living nightmare. Based on a Danish psychological horror thriller, it stars James McAvoy and open in theatres 9/13.
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MARTIN GROVE’S FILM FLASHBACK: WISE GUYS OPENS 4/18/1986
When directors look back at movies they made decades ago, they usually have some good memories to share, but that’s not how Brian De Palma remembers WISE GUYS. The crime comedy, which opened April 18, 1986 via MGM, was produced by Aaron Russo from a screenplay by George Gallo. Danny DeVito & Joe Piscopo starred…
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MARTIN GROVE’S CINEMACON BUZZ: “JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Warner Bros./DC/BRON Studios’ “JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX,” starring Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Gaga…the sequel to the 2019 “JOKER,” which grossed $1.1B worldwide. Opening 10/4.
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MARTIN GROVE’S TRACKING BUZZ: “KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Disney/20th Century Studios’ “KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES” has just hit the tracking and is already a safe bet to find gold in the boxoffice jungle. Its best first choice score is with over-25 men, who are 10 points over norm. Next best demo: over-25 women (four points over norm). Definite interest scores…
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MARTIN GROVE’S CINEMACON BUZZ: “THE WILD ROBOT” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Universal/Dreamworks Animation’s “THE WILD ROBOT” where an intelligent robot stranded on an uninhabited island survives by bonding with the island’s animals. Opening 9/20.
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MARTIN GROVE’S CINEMACON BUZZ: “KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Disney/20th Century Studios’ “KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES” where a tyrannical ape builds an empire and a young ape questions all he knows of the past, making choices to define the future for apes — and humans. Opening 5/10.
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MARTIN GROVE’S CINEMACON BUZZ: “KILL” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Lionsgate/Sikhya Entertainment’s “KILL” where a train to New Delhi becomes a combat zone when two commandos take on a band of bandits. Opening 7/4 in U.S. and 7/5 in India. ZAMM CAM PREVIEW – “KILL”
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MARTIN GROVE’S CINEMACON BUZZ: “BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of WB/Plan B Entertainment’s fantasy horror comedy “BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE” from director Tim Burton, opening in theatres 9/6.
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MARTIN GROVE’S CINEMACON BUZZ: “ABIGAIL” – VIDEO PREVIEW
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Universal/Project X Entertainment’s “ABIGAIL” a young ballerina is kidnapped — but she’s not a normal little girl. Opening 4/19. ZAMM CAM PREVIEW – “ABIGAIL”
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MARTIN GROVE’S CINEMACON BUZZ: “DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Disney/Marvel’s “DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE” where the MCU Is jolted back to life by Deadpool/Ryan Reynolds & Wolverine/ Hugh Jackman. Opening 7/26. ZAMM CAM PREVIEW – DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
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MARTIN GROVE’S CINEMACON BUZZ: “DESPICABLE ME 4” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Universal/Illumination Entertainment’s “DESPICABLE ME 4” where Gru faces a new archenemy and the family is forced to flee. Opening 7/3.
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: MONKEY MAN” – HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at the Hollywood premiere of Universal/Bron Studios’ critically acclaimed “MONKEY MAN”…on the red carpet with director, co-writer and star Dev Patel.
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: THE FIRST OMEN – SPECIAL LAUNCH EVENT VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at Disney/20th Century Studios’…special launch event in L.A.’s Westwood Village for THE FIRST OMEN…on the red carpet with Bill Nighy.
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MARTIN GROVE’S HOLLYWOOD REPORT FOR 4/7/24
With no monster openings, GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE ruled the Hollywood jungle with $31.7M. Between them, the weekend’s two new arrivals, MONKEY MAN & THE FIRST OMEN, pumped $18.5M in ticket sales into the multiplexes. While that’s a far cry from what grosses looked like in pre-pandemic/pre-streaming days, those soft launches still filled…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “THE FIRST OMEN” – VIDEO PREVIEW
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at Disney/20th Century Studios’…special launch event in L.A.’s Westwood Village for THE FIRST OMEN…on the red carpet with Bill Nighy.
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “MONKEY MAN” — L.A. PREMIERE – VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at the Hollywood premiere of Universal/Bron Studios’ critically acclaimed “MONKEY MAN”…on the red carpet with director, co-writer and star Dev Patel.
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MARTIN GROVE’S FILM FLASHBACK: INDECENT PROPOSAL OPENS 4/7/1993
Slams from the critics and blasts from feminists didn’t keep moviegoers from making INDECENT PROPOSAL one of 1993’s top hits. The big lure was Robert Redford & Demi Moore starring in Amy Holden Jones’ adaptation of Jack Engelhard’s 1988 novel where a millionaire stranger offers a young couple $1M if the wife will spend the…
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MARTIN GROVE’S STREAMING BUZZ: “STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE” – VIDEO PREVIEW
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Lucasfilm’s “STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE” for Disney+…a six-episode animated journey into the fearsome galactic empire as seen through the eyes of two warriors on divergent paths in different eras. Starts streaming on Disney+ 5/4. ZAMM CAM PREVIEW – “STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE”
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MARTIN GROVE’S STREAMING BUZZ: “STEVE! (martin)” – PREMIERE VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at Apple TV+’s NYC premiere of the two part documentary “STEVE! (martin)” on the red carpet as Steve Martin talks about being the subject of director Morgan Neville’s new documentary…streaming now on Apple TV+.
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE” — PREMIERE VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at the Hollywood premiere of WB/legendary Entertainment’s “GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE.”
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MARTIN GROVE’S HOLLYWOOD REPORT FOR 3/31/24
Exhibitors’ prayers for an Easter weekend mega-hit were answered as GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE opened to an over-performing $80M. This weekend’s boxoffice sizzle is further proof that the theatrical exhibition model on which the movie business has been based for over a century is still the way to go. The legacy studios’ misguided…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of WB/Plan B Entertainment’s fantasy horror comedy BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE from director Tim Burton, opening in theatres 9/6.
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MARTIN GROVE’S FILM FLASHBACK: THE PLAYER PREMIERES 4/3/1992
Michael Tolkin didn’t want his novel THE PLAYER to be adapted to the screen, but it was — by him! Tolkin wrote his 1988 novel about moviemaking and murder as a transition from screenwriting to more serious book writing. Although he wasn’t keen on PLAYER becoming a movie, he changed his mind after legendary producer…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE” – BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look behind the scenes at WB/legendary Entertainment’s “GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE.” Hollywood handicappers are projecting a domestic launch of $50M to $60M. EMPIRE, which reportedly cost $135M to produce, is tracking through the roof today (3/28) with men under 25 (22 points over norm). Next best…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: “GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE” – PREVIEW VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of WB/legendary Entertainment’s “GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE” where a deadly hidden peril threatens not just Kong & Godzilla, but our own species.
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MARTIN GROVE’S STREAMING BUZZ: “X-MEN ’97” – VIDEO PREVIEW
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Marvel Animation’s “X-MEN ’97” on Disney+, a 10 episode continuation of the 1990’s series where mutants protect a world that hates them. It’s streaming now on Disney+, where its premiere scored 4M views in its first five days. That makes it the most watched full-length animated…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE – NYC WORLD PREMIERE – VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam look at the NYC world premiere at the AMC Lincoln Square of Sony/Bron Studios’ GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.
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MARTIN GROVE’S HOLLYWOOD REPORT FOR 3/24/24
Moviegoers proved once again this weekend, they’ll go to the multiplexes to see films they want to see — like GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE, which they opened to over $40M. It was a spring thaw at theatres that augers well for the upcoming Easter Weekend when WB’s launch of GODZILLA X KONG is widely expected to…
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MARTIN GROVE’S BOXOFFICE BUZZ: GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE – VIDEO – PREVIEW
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Sony/Bron Studios’ GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE.
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MARTIN GROVE’S FILM FLASHBACK: “PRETTY WOMAN” OPENS 3/23/1990
Richard Gere & Julia Roberts are dream casting today for PRETTY WOMAN, but in 1989 Disney wanted Sean Connery & Meg Ryan. Neither Gere nor Roberts were close to topping the studio or director Garry Marshall’s (BIG) lists to star in the rom-com by J. F. Lawton, which originally was a dark story about pay-for-sex…
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MARTIN GROVE’S STREAMING BUZZ: “STEVE! (martin)” – VIDEO
Now playing below — our ZAMM Cam Preview of Apple TV+’s two part documentary “STEVE! (martin)” in which director Morgan Neville looks at comedian/actor Steve Martin’s life and career. “STEVE! (martin)” starts streaming on Apple TV+ 3/29. #streaming #martingrove #stevemartin
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MARTIN GROVE’S HOLLYWOOD REPORT FOR 3/17/24
You know things aren’t great when a weekend sees two holdovers in a close race for #1 and the winner takes it with just $30M. That’s Hollywood’s yo-yo distribution strategy at work, making it feast or famine at the boxoffice every other weekend. Last year’s strikes are blamed for today’s lack of big movies —…
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MARTIN GROVE’S FILM FLASHBACK: “BASIC INSTINCT” OPENS 3/20/1992
Iconic movie scenes live on forever in moviegoers’ memories and one of them is certainly Sharon Stone’s interrogation in BASIC INSTINCT. Anyone who’s seen the Paul Verhoeven thriller, which opened March 20, 1992 via TriStar Pictures, knows why the scene is unforgettable. Stone uncrossing her legs wasn’t in Joe Eszterhas’s original script. He wrote it…