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Chris Hemsworth's 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Run Time Is Shorter Than Expected

Mumbai, June 13 - Marvel Studios is ready for its next blockbuster feature film in the form of Chris Hemsworth's Thor: Love And Thunder. The movie, directed by Taika Waititi, is slated to release on July 8 in the USA while it will debut in Indian theaters a day earlier on July 7 in multiple languages. ## While the excitement for this superhero movie is high, the runtime of "Thor 4" might get criticism as it is reportedly shorter than expected. The recently released "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" was just 2 hours 6 minutes. Even though the film has had a blockbuster run at the box office, it received criticism for the length as audiences felt it should have been longer. ## "Thor Love and Thunder's" reported run time is very much in the range of "Doctor Strange 2". As per MCU Direct, the movie's run time is between 1 hour, 55 minutes, and 2 hours, 20 minutes - a range that could be the difference between disappointment and excitement.## As per the same report, the world's two largest theater chains, AMC and Cineworld, listed the runtime for "Thor: Love and Thunder" at 1 hour and 59 minutes. It is very much the official run time of the movie, which makes it the 7th-shortest Marvel Studios movie yet.## Interestingly, Thor movies have always been on the shorter side with only one movie from the first three Thor movies, ran over two hours. "Thor: Ragnarok" run time was 2 hours, 10 minutes and it is the biggest Thor movie. The first movie was just 1 hour, 55 minutes while "Thor: The Dark World" was even shorter with a run time of 1 hour, 52 minutes. ## "Thor 4" is set after the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019). Thor attempts to find inner peace but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie, Korg, and Jane Foster—who has become the Mighty Thor—to stop Gorr the God Butcher from eliminating all gods. It stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, Russell Crowe, and Natalie Portman.## Stay tuned...

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Jurassic World Dominion Scores Fantastic Opening Weekend In India; Near $400 Million At The Worldwide Box Office

Mumbai, June 13 - Universal Pictures' Jurassic World Dominion scored a fantastic opening weekend at the Indian box office, scoring 42.65 crores gross collection for all languages.## The sequel to "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" (2018), showed an upward trend over the opening weekend. The movie scored 11.47 crores net on Friday, including approx. 3.50 crores from Thursday previews. On Saturday, it showed a minor growth for 12.13 crores net, followed by 12.55 crores on Sunday, for a total of 36.15 crores net. ## The Chris Pratt-starrer was the second biggest movie in just concluded weekend after Kamal Haasan's sensational blockbuster "Vikram", which scored 36.25 crores net. The Lokesh Kanagaraj-directed movie has crossed the 300 crores mark at the worldwide box office and is now the second biggest outright Tamil movie of all time. ## Meanwhile, "Jurassic World Dominion" has crossed a whopping $400 million mark globally, at the time of writing this piece. The movie collected $389 million through Sunday, including $143.3 million at the domestic (North America) box office and $245.7 million internationally.## The critics' approval is not with the movie with a low 32% score on Rotten Tomatoes, however, the audience is loving it with A- CinemaScore. The opening weekend collection of "Jurassic World Dominion" is the 3rd biggest in the 6-films franchise. ## Directed by Colin Trevorrow, the film stars an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, BD Wong, Omar Sy, Isabella Sermon, Justice Smith, and Daniella Pineda reprising their roles from previous films in the franchise, and they are joined by DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Campbell Scott, Scott Haze, and Dichen Lachman.## Stay tuned...

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Tom Cruise's Blockbuster 'Top Gun: Maverick' Races Past $700 Million At The Worldwide Box Office

Mumbai, June 12 - Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick has refused to slow down at the box office and crossed the $700 million worldwide gross mark after its 3rd weekend. The worldwide collection now stands at an outstanding $747 million. ## At the domestic box office, the Top Gun sequel remained unaffected despite Jurassic World Dominion taking premium screens. It grossed an excellent $50 million in its 3rd weekend, pushing total domestic gross collection to $393 million. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the Paramount/Skydance film added another $52.7M in 64 overseas markets during its third weekend. This takes the international cume to $354 million. The $747 million worldwide cume of "Top Gun 2", makes it the second-highest-grossing film of Tom Cruise's career, behind $791 million of "Mission: Impossible - Fallout". ## "Top Gun 2" is on its way to becoming the first $1 billion grosser for Tom Cruise, and the second during the covid-19 pandemic.## The film stars Tom Cruise in the title role, and Val Kilmer reprising their roles from the original movie, with the addition of the new cast including Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, and Ed Harris in prominent roles.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Jurassic World Dominion Roars To Second Biggest North America Start of 2022

Los Angeles, June 11 - North Americans love Dinosaurs and it has proved again as Chris Pratt's Jurassic World Dominion roared with a fantastic $60 million Friday gross collection, including $18 million from Thursday previews at the domestic box office. ## The critics' approval is not with the movie with a low 32% score on Rotten Tomatoes, however, the audience is loving it with A- CinemaScore. The opening of the final movie in the "Jurassic World" franchise is the second-biggest of 2022 and 3rd biggest during the covid-19 pandemic era domestically.## The opening weekend of "Jurassic World Dominion" is projected to reach about $140 million, that's only around 5% off the debut of the last movie, "Fallen Kingdom", which opened to $148 million in 2018. The movie also posted with the second-biggest opening day for a Jurassic movie, behind 2015's "Jurassic World" ($81.9M).## Meanwhile, the movie is projected to reach about $385+ million worldwide through Sunday, as per Deadline. At the overseas box office, it has already grossed about $69 million from 15 markets and the running weekend is projected to reach $175 million after debuting in 57 new markets, including India. The opening weekend of the movie in India is expected to reach $5+ million. ## Directed by Colin Trevorrow, the film stars an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, BD Wong, Omar Sy, Isabella Sermon, Justice Smith, and Daniella Pineda reprising their roles from previous films in the franchise, and they are joined by DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Campbell Scott, Scott Haze, and Dichen Lachman.## Stay tuned...

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Tom Holland's Blockbuster 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' To Return In Theaters With Added Footage

Los Angeles, June 11 - Tom Holland's global blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home will be returning to theaters with new footage, which was not part of the original version, released in December last year. ## Entitled "Spider-Man: No Way Home - The More Fun Stuff Version" will be hitting US and Canada theaters on September 2, this year. It will also be released in some international countries which will be announced soon. ## The Marvel/Sony picture is already the 6th highest-grossing movie of all time at the worldwide box office with $1.89 billion. Domestically (North America), it is the 3rd highest-grossing total ever. ## The official Twitter handle of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" announced today, "You wanted more Spidey and you got it! #SpiderManNoWayHome: The More Fun Stuff Version swings into movie theaters in the US and Canada September 2! More countries to be announced soon!" ## The Twitter post also includes a video of the film's stars Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire all claiming to be the web-slinging Marvel superhero and inviting fans to check out the new cut. For the US and Canada viewers, the tickets will go on sale on August 9. You wanted more Spidey and you got it! 🕷🕷🕷 #SpiderManNoWayHome: The More Fun Stuff Version swings into movie theaters in the US and Canada September 2! More countries to be announced soon! pic.twitter.com/4Ux3AwdpfO— Spider-Man: No Way Home (@SpiderManMovie) June 11, 2022 ## Director by Jon Watts, the film also stars Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, and Benedict Wong.## Stay tuned...

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'Jurassic World Dominion' Is The Lowest Rated Film In The 'Jurassic World' Franchise

Los Angeles, June 11 - This time, the Dinosaurs are falling flat and getting hit right, left, and center by critics though the audience is saying otherwise. Chris Pratt's "Jurassic World Dominion", which hit North American theaters on June 10, is rejected by critics. ## The sequel to "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" (2018), "Jurassic World Dominion" has become the lowest-rated film in the entire Jurassic World franchise on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie has 32% critics score on the site from 273 reviews, however, the audience's score is on the positive side with 81 percent from 2500+ Verified Ratings. ## "Jurassic World Dominion" Rotten Tomatoes rating is the lowest in the 6-films franchise, followed by "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom", which has a 47% critics score. However, how the critics' scores will affect the movie is yet to see as the box office history of the franchise has completely been different. The last movie in the franchise, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom", despite a below-average rating, grossed $1.3 billion worldwide. ## Directed by Colin Trevorrow, "Jurassic World Dominion" has also taken a huge start at the domestic (North America) box office with an estimated $55 million on Friday, including an excellent $18 million Thursday previews. The opening weekend is projected to score $130+ million, which will make it the third biggest in the franchise. ## It is the final film in the Jurassic World trilogy, and the conclusion to the storyline started in the original Jurassic Park trilogy. The film is set four years after the events of Fallen Kingdom, with dinosaurs now living alongside humans around the world. ## The film stars an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, BD Wong, Omar Sy, Isabella Sermon, Justice Smith, and Daniella Pineda reprising their roles from previous films in the franchise, and they are joined by DeWanda Wise, Mamoudou Athie, Campbell Scott, Scott Haze, and Dichen Lachman.## Stay tuned...

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Dwayne Johnson's 'Black Adam' Receives An Official New Synopsis

Mumbai, June 9 - Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson unveiled the first full-length trailer of his highly-awaited DC superhero film, "Black Adam" on Wednesday. The film is intended to be a spin-off from Shazam! (2019) and the eleventh film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). ## Ahead of the trailer launch, Warner Bros. revealed the official synopsis for "Black Adam" and hints at what the movie is all about. ## "Nearly 5,000 years after receiving the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods and being imprisoned just as quickly, Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world", reads the official premise of the film. ## As per the DC Comics, Black Adam is one of the archenemies of the superhero Shazam and the nemesis of the Shazam Family. Black Adam first appeared as a one-time villain for the first issue of Fawcett Comics' The Marvel Family comic book (December 1945). ## However, Black Adam was revived as a recurring character after DC Comics first licensed and then acquired the Fawcett characters and began publishing Shazam (formerly Captain Marvel) Family stories under the title Shazam! in the 1970s. ## Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson plays the title role of Black Adam who, going by trailer, has to choose between being the savior and destroyer of mankind. It also stars Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Bodhi Sabongui, and Pierce Brosnan.## Jaume Collet-Serra has directed this film which is scheduled to release on October 21, 2022. In India, it will be released in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu languages day and date with the USA release. ## Stay tuned...

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'Deadpool 3' Will Keep The Same Tone As Previous Films, Says Writers

Los Angeles, June 8 - Disney may have been offering family-friendly films but its upcoming Marvel movie, "Deadpool 3", is going to be as tough as the previous two Deadpool films. ## The third installment of the "Deadpool" franchise will be the first made under Disney, which acquired Fox in 2019 after Fox found immense success with two R-rated "Deadpool" movies. Since the movie landed under Disney, Fans have been wondering how a Disney-backed "Deadpool" will look as it is known to deliver family blockbusters. ## Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick who are currently writing "Deadpool 3", have assured fans that despite the franchise landing at Disney, the movie will not be Disney-fied and it will keep the same tone as the previous two films. "It's these [Disney] people and these people do things their way", Reese recently told The Playlist (via Variety). ## "We were used to doing things our way, so there are differences, but I think the great part is that Marvel’s been incredibly supportive. They are gonna let Deadpool be Deadpool, you know? It's not like any particular joke may be the one that they say, 'You know, that's too far, that could happen, but to this point, it's been nothing but support", he added.## "We're gonna let Deadpool be Deadpool. We're not... this is not going to be the Disney-fied Deadpool", Reese added. When asked if the "Deadpool" franchise will remain rated R with the upcoming third movie, Reese responded, "Oh, absolutely. They're not gonna mess with the tone. I mean, I'd never say never, I guess there's an outside chance, but we've always been told it can be R-[rated] and we're proceeding as if it's R". ## Starring Ryan Reynolds in the title role, both "Deadpool" movies, released in 2016 and 2018, grossed $782 million and $785 million worldwide, respectively. These are the top-grossing "X-Men" films of all time. "Deadpool 3" is yet to start production and there is no release date set as of now. ## Stay tuned...

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Tom Holland's 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Wins Best Movie At The MTV Awards

Los Angeles, June 4 - Last year in December, Tom Holland-led final movie in the Spider-Man trilogy, Spider-Man: No Way Home was released and did something which no one was expecting or had very expectations. The movie was unleashed at the box office and grossed a whopping $1.89 billion worldwide, becoming the only film to top $1 billion during the covid-19 pandemic. ## Directed by Jon Watts, the movie did introduce the multiverse concept in the MCU and left the audiences wanting more. Such was the satisfaction of watching this film that many believed it should have been nominated for the Oscars, which, obviously didn't happen. It, however, got nominations in the Best Visual Effects category. ## While the Academy didn't honor the movie with a single award, "Spider-Man: No Way Home" beat all the others to take home the Best Movie award at this year's MTV Movie & TV Awards. "No Way Home" outdone Dune, Scream, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Adam Project, and The Batman to beg one of the top honors. ## "I did want to take the time to say a massive thank-you to all the fans around the world who voted for Spider-Man: No Way Home and voted for me", Holland, who also won Best Performance in a Movie, in a video message. "To be part of that film, to share that film with you, to be a part of the solidarity that was built up around the world is honestly a dream come true. So thank you so much for making that happen, and on behalf of everyone at Sony and everyone at Marvel, a heartfelt thanks, and I'll see you soon".## Stay tuned...

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'Doctor Strange 2' Passes $900M And Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun 2' Flies Past $500M At The Worldwide Box Office

Mumbai, June 6 - Marvel/Dinsey's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of The Madness has refused to slow down at the ticket window as it crossed the milestone of $900 million worldwide. The superhero movie has done this without a single penny from China, and Russia. ## The Sam Raimi-directed pic currently stands at an estimated $909.4 million through Sunday, as per Deadline. The worldwide cume of "Doctor Strange 2" includes $388.7M from domestic (North America) and $520.7M from the international box office. It reached the milestone in just 5 weeks. ## "Doctor Strange 2" could have crossed the $1 billion mark globally if released in China. When excluding China and Russia, the $909.4M worldwide cume makes Benedict Cumberbatch-starrer the No. 10 global and international MCU release out of 28 titles, surpassing "Spider-Man: Far From Home".## Meanwhile, Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick is putting up an insane performance at the domestic (North America) as well as international box office. This ace flying sequel continues to power beyond expectations and passed the $500 million mark globally. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, "Top Gun 2" witnessed the lowest second-weekend drop ever for a movie opening with $100 million and more at the domestic box office. It scored an estimated $86 million in the second weekend, the biggest during the covid-19 pandemic, for $291.6 million domestic cume through Sunday. Internationally, the movie has reached $257 million, pushing the global cume of the movie to $548.6 million. ## How far "Top Gun 2" will go at the box office is a mystery, after all, it has already proved trade Pundits wrong by performing exceptionally well. It will, however, face stiff competition from Chris Pratt's Jurassic World Dominion, which is opening this Friday. It has already been released in 15 international markets and grossed $56 million from there. ## Stay tuned...

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'Top Gun: Maverick' Becomes Tom Cruise's Biggest Domestic Grosser of All Time

Los Angeles, June 4 - The Paramount and Skydance tentpole, Top Gun: Maverick is putting remarkable legs at the domestic (North America) box office and doing expectational business in its second weekend. ## As per The Hollywood Reporter, the Joseph Kosinski-directed movie will score an estimated $85 million in its second weekend to see the smallest decline of all time with 33% for a movie opening domestically to $100 million and more. It scored the biggest 2nd Friday during the covid-19 pandemic domestically with an estimated $25 million, beating Spider-Man: No Way Home's $19.70 million in December last year.## "Top Gun: Maverick" currently stands at an estimated $230 million domestically, including the 2nd Friday collection. The full second weekend will take the movie to around $290 million. The 2nd Saturday collection of Top Gun 2 will make it the biggest domestic grosser ever for Tom Cruise, beating 2005's The War of the Worlds ($235 million), not adjusted for inflation. ## "Top Gun 2" also continues to fly high overseas, where it crossed the $200 million mark on Friday. As per THR, the movie scored $19.6 million internationally on Friday, pushing its overseas cume to $204 million. The worldwide total of the "Top Gun" sequel stands at $434 million through the second Friday. It will smash half a billion-dollar mark by Sunday. ## It is the joint best-rated movie of Tom Cruise's career with a 97% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and coveted A+ CinemaScore. The film stars Tom Cruise as test pilot Maverick, alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. Cruise and Kilmer reprise their roles from the first film. "Top Gun: Maverick" is dedicated to Top Gun director Tony Scott, who died in 2012.## Stay tuned...

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Amber Heard Can't Afford To Pay $10M To Johnny Depp, Says Her lawyer

Los Angeles, June 4 - The long legal battle between Johnny Depp and her ex-wife Amber Heard finally came to a conclusion in favor of Depp. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor had filed a defamation lawsuit against Heard for her 2018 Washington Post op-ed. ## The Virginia jury found that the article by Heard defamed Depp and ordered her to pay $10 million in compensatory damages. However, Amber's lawyer Elaine Bredehoft told 'Today' that the actress can't afford to pay such a huge sum to Depp. ## When asked by 'Today' if Heard would be able to afford the $10 million in damages that she's being ordered to pay, Bredehoft answered bluntly, "Oh no. Absolutely not". Bredehoft added that Depp's legal team worked to "demonise" Heard and was able to suppress "an enormous amount of evidence" in the defamation trial.## "A number of things were allowed in this court that should not have been allowed, and it caused the jury to be confused", Bredehoft added. "And the court found there, and we weren't allowed to tell the jury this, but the court found that Mr. Depp had committed at least 12 acts of domestic violence, including sexual violence against Amber".## Amber Heard has countered Depp for $100 million. While she lost most of the arguments, the jury awarded her $2 million after it found one statement by Depp defamatory against her. Bredehoft said that Heard wants to appeal the verdict.## Stay tuned...

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'Ready To Re-shoot If Shah Rukh Khan Wants To Be In Ms. Marvel', Say Writer, Directors of Series

Mumbai, June 4 - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has millions of fans, not just in India but also in the international arena. In the field of entertainment, SRK's popularity is no hidden secret and it continues to grow. His ever-growing fan-following also includes those who don super-power on screen. ## Marvel Studios' upcoming series on Disney Plus, "Ms. Marvel's" producer and writer Sana Amanat and directors Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi (who helmed episodes 1 and 2) are huge Shah Rukh Khan fans. Even the series, which has Iman Vellani playing the title role of Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel has a Bollywood reference and Kamala's heart is set on Bollywood, especially, on the King, Shah Rukh Khan.## During a recent interview with ETimes, Sana Amanat with Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi spoke about SRK. It was recently revealed that Shah Rukh's name and his popular films like "Baazigar" and "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" get a special mention in the Marvel show. When asked if there is SRK's cameo in the series, Sana answered excitedly. ## "If Shah Rukh Khan wants to be in this show, we will go film again! We'll go back to production, we're (definitely) going back to production! Call somebody!". Adil added, "We would want to make a Bad Boys 3 remake with Shah Rukh Khan", to which Sana suggested, "This will be the perfect pitch". ## "He is one of the biggest stars in the world, a legend", Billal added.## Despite coming from different origins, the three (Sana, Bilall, and Adil) were united by their love for SRK. When asked what the actor meant to them, Sana said, "As a Pakistani kid in Jersey, I loved Bollywood actors growing up. So having that integrated into Kamala's world makes it more global and real. It's really awesome and we are very excited about it".## "Shah Rukh, if you want to work with us, we are down for it," Sana added. In the event that this piece could manage to catch Shah Rukh's attention, Bilall and Adil made sure to leave behind their fan mail saying, "Yeah! We're here man... We're big fans!".## "Ms. Marvel" is slated to premiere on June 8 on Disney+Hotstar. Apart from Imam, the series also stars Aramis Knight, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman, Travina Springer, Nimra Bucha, and will also feature Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar in an important role.## Stay tuned...

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Marvel Studio Prepone 'Thor: Love and Thunder' Release In India

Mumbai, June 3 - Marvel Studios' big-ticket entertainer, "Thor: Love and Thunder", which was supposed to hit Indian theaters on July 8, will now be releasing a day earlier on July 7, Thursday. The reason for this sudden development is not known yet. ## Marvel India took to Twitter and announced the new release date with a poster. "Get ready for the ultimate 'THORSDAY'! 🤩 Marvel Studios' #ThorLoveAndThunder ❤️+⚡ arrives in cinemas in India a day before, on the 7th of JULY", read the caption. It will be released in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. ## Get ready for the ultimate 'THORSDAY'! 🤩Marvel Studios' #ThorLoveAndThunder ❤️+⚡ arrives in cinemas in India a day before, on the 7th of JULY. pic.twitter.com/59CnZnEpQr— Marvel India (@Marvel_India) June 3, 2022 ## Directed by Taika Waititi, "Thor: Love and Thunder" is intended to be the direct sequel to "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017) and the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor alongside Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Waititi, and Russell Crowe. Portman is making her comeback after missing out on two last Thor movies. ## In the film, which is set after the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Thor attempts to find inner peace but must return to action and recruit Valkyrie (Thompson), Korg (Waititi), and Jane Foster (Portman), who is now the Mighty Thor, to stop Gorr the God Butcher (Bale) from eliminating all gods.## Stay tuned...

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Top Gun: Maverick Passes Top Gun's Lifetime Domestic Box Office Collection

Los Angeles, June 2 - Skydance and Paramount Pictures' pandemic-delayed "Top Gun: Maverick" is on a 'marry me' run at the domestic (North America) box office. ## After scoring the biggest Memorial Day holiday weekend of all time with $160.5 million, the Tom Cruise-led actioner earned another $16 million on Tuesday, which is the biggest non-Marvel Tuesday in the month of May in North America. It helped the movie to reach $176.6 million in just 5 days. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, "Top Gun: Maverick" has surpassed its predecessor's lifetime domestic collection of $180 million, on Wednesday. Not only "Top Gun's" (1986) lifetime total, but the Wednesday collection of Top Gun 2 also takes it past "Mission: Impossible's" $181 million to become Tom Cruise's sixth-biggest domestic grosser of all time. ## "Top Gun: Maverick" is likely to become Cruise's biggest domestic grosser by the second Sunday. Currently, his "War of the Worlds" (2005) is the biggest grosser for him with $234 million in North America. At the worldwide box office, the latest blockbuster has scored over $320 million through Tuesday. ## The film stars Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a test pilot, alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. Cruise and Kilmer reprise their roles from the first film, and the film is dedicated to Top Gun director Tony Scott, who died in 2012.## Stay tuned...

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Johnny Depp Wins Multimillion Lawsuit Against Ex-Wife Amber Heard

Virginia, June 2 - The "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor Johnny Depp has won a multimillion defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, by a Virginia jury. ## The Virginia jury found that Heard's 2018 article against Depp, published in The Washington Post, was defamatory and ordered her to pay a whopping $15 million to Depp. The actor was awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, which was cut by Judge Penney Azcarate to Virginia's statutory cap of $350,000, according to The Hollywood Reporter.## Amber Heard had written an op-ed in The Washington Post in 2018 in which she called herself a domestic abuse survivor against Depp. The latter had sued Heard for $50 million after the article was published, in which she referred to herself as "a public figure representing domestic abuse". Heard too had issued a counter-claim for $100 million over statements calling her allegations a "hoax" made by her ex-husband's attorney which was published in Mail Online stories in 2020.## While Heard lost on two of her three claims, she won on one claim that a statement from Depp's lawyer was defamatory, in which he said that Heard set up an "ambush, a hoax", referencing a visit from law enforcement to the couple's house allegedly initiated by Heard. She was awarded $2 million in compensatory damages but none in punitive damages, reports THR. ## After the verdict was out, Amber Heard took to social to issue her statement. "The disappointment I feel today is beyond words", she said. "I'm heartbroken that the mountain of evidence still was not enough to stand up to the disproportionate power, influence, and sway of my ex-husband". ## On the other hand, Depp celebrated the verdict and said the decision "gave me my life back", in a statement shared on Instagram.## "From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome. Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that". ## Stay tuned...

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Tom Cruise Gives His First Reaction After Historic Opening Weekend of 'Top Gun: Maverick'

Los Angeles, June 1 - Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick waited for more than two years to release in theaters and once it was released, the audience made sure it become a memorable outing on the big screen as well as at the box office. ## Over the opening weekend, Top Gun 2 not only became the number 1 movie at the worldwide box office but also set a new record for Memorial Day weekend at the domestic box office, and also the biggest opening ever for Tom Cruise. The movie grossed a whopping $160.5 million over the 4-day weekend with coveted A+ CinemaScore. Worldwide, it has crossed $300 million in just 6 days, after approx, $140 million internationally. ## Overwhelmed with the historic opening of the movie, Tom Cruise gave his first reaction to the film's box office start via social media. He took to Twitter and thanked the audience for watching the movie in cinemas and making it a historic opening weekend. ## Thank you to everyone who saw #TopGun: Maverick and helped make it a historic opening weekend.— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) May 31, 2022 ## The opening weekend box office numbers of this 1986 movie's sequel aren't surprising, considering high critical acclaim. The movie has a near-perfect critic and audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes with 97% and 99% respectively. It is currently the joint top-rated movie for Tom Cruise. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the film stars Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a test pilot, alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. Cruise and Kilmer reprise their roles from the first film, and the film is dedicated to Top Gun director Tony Scott, who died in 2012.## Stay tuned...

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Top Gun: Maverick Takes Flight With A Career-Best Domestic And International Opening of Tom Cruise

Mumbai, May 30 - Tom Cruise has outdone himself, and that too with a long long margin. The Paramount/Skydance's actioner, Top Gun: Maverick, took off with a massive $252.70 million worldwide through Sunday. This is the biggest ever global opening of Tom Cruise's career on a like-for-like basis. ## At the domestic (North America) box office, the sequel to 1986's pic opened to the Cruise's career-best $126.7 million (Fri-Sun) also including $19.3 Thursday previews. The 4-day Memorial Day weekend reached $160 million. The opening of Top Gun 2 is almost double the War of the Worlds ($65M), which was the biggest opening for Cruise. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the movie opened in 62 international markets on the opening weekend and grossed a spectacular $126 million, which is the biggest ever for Cruise, surpassing Mission: Impossible: Fallout by 28 percent, as per Deadline. Among the international markets, it scored the biggest opening ever in 32 markets for the actor. ## The Top 10 overseas markets of Top Gun 2 are as follows, through Sunday - 1. the UK $19.4M, 2. France $11.7M, 3. Australia $10.7M, 4. Japan $9.7M, 5. Germany $6.5M, 6. Brazil $5.3M, 7. Mexico $4.6M, 8. Italy $4M, 9. Hong Kong $2.9M, and 10. Taiwan $2.7M. At the Indian box office, the movie witnessed an upward trend over the weekend and scored $2 million in the opening weekend. ## The film stars Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a test pilot, alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. Cruise and Kilmer reprise their roles from the first film, and the film is dedicated to Top Gun director Tony Scott, who died in 2012.## Stay tuned...

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Box Office: Top Gun 2 Scores The Biggest Opening Day of Tom Cruise's Career

Los Angeles, May 28 - Superheros are not the only North American box office rulers and they have finally competition in the form of Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick. The high-octane actioner set the tone for a massive opening weekend with a superstrong $19.3 million in Thursday previews.## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the sequel to Cruise's 1986's Top Gun, couldn't have bought more joy than taking the flight on the biggest opening day ever of the actor's career. Top Gun 2 grossed an earth-shattering $51.8 million on Friday, including $19.3 million in previews from record number of theaters in North America. ## The Paramount and Skydance pic is on track to score the best Memorial Day openings of all time with a projected three-day domestic haul of $123 million and $150 million for the four days, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is the current record holder with $139 million. ## The opening day collection of Top Gun 2 is almost 80% of Tom Cruise's biggest opening weekend grosser War of the Worlds, which is the biggest opening ever for him with $65 million in 2005. Top Gun 2 will become Cruise's biggest opening weekend grosser. The cinemagoers have bestowed the film with a coveted A+ CinemaScore. ## Internationally, Top Gun 2 collected $24.5 million on Friday, pushing the total international cume to $64.7 million. The U.K. led with $4 million to mark the highest opening day for a Cruise film and also for a live-action Paramount release. Japan followed with $2.6 million. Meanwhile, the movie has had a lukewarm response in India as compared to the previous Hollywood movies as its collection approx. $1.3 million through Saturday. ## The film stars Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a test pilot, alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. Cruise and Kilmer reprise their roles from the first film, and the film is dedicated to Top Gun director Tony Scott, who died in 2012.## Stay tuned...

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Top Gun: Maverick Is The Joint Best-Reviewed Movie Of Tom Cruise's Career

Los Angeles, May 28 - Tom Cruise's pandemic delayed actioner, Top Gun: Maverick took flight with an excellent $19.3 million in domestic (North America) Thursday previews, which is the highest-ever for Paramount Pictures and for the Memorial Day Holiday weekend. ## The film, touted as one of the finest sequels ever made in Hollywood, is one of the best-reviewed Hollywood movies and the joint best of Tom Cruise's prolific 5-decade long career. The movie presently sports a stunning 97% on Rotten Tomatoes from 306 reviews, the same score as Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018).## The Paramount and Skydance pic is way ahead of its preceder in terms of critics' reviews. While Top Gun (1986) was a huge box office success, it gained, however, only a 58% score on Rotten Tomatoes from 71 reviews. Cruise's lowest score on Rotten Tomatoes is 1988's Cocktail, 7 percent from 44 reviews.## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun 2 will become Cruise's biggest opener ever and very much on its way to top $100 million in its 4-day Memorial Day weekend at the domestic box office. Worldwide, the movie is tracking to take over $200 million in the opening weekend. ## Stay tuned...

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Jon Watts Reveals Title Of His Star Wars Series On Disney Plus To Be Headlined By Jude Law

Los Angeles, May 27 - Jon Watts, the director of Tom Holland's Spider-Man trilogy, has boarded actor Jude Law to headline his upcoming Star Wars series, titled Skeleton Crew. ## The news was revealed on May 26 amidst a plethora of Jedi and Rebel Alliance info dropped at the 2022 Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim. There had been speculations for weeks that Law would be in the series, and now he has officially been confirmed by LucasFilm. ## Taking place in the same timeline as The Mandalorian, and Book Of Boba Fett, Jon Watts reveals that Skeleton Crew is about "a group of kids who are about ten years old who gets lost in the Star Wars universe. It stars four kids but it's not a kids show".## Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni will executive produce Skeleton Crew. There are not much details revealed about the series but according to the Star Wars Celebration announcement, Skeleton Crew will start filming soon and will hit Disney+ next year. ## Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, an Original series starring Jude Law, from executive producers Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, is streaming in 2023 only on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/cEP3uXO4Aw— Star Wars (@starwars) May 26, 2022 ## Stay tuned...

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Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick' Creates All-Time Record Ahead Of Its Big Release

Los Angeles, May 27 - It has been a long wait for the sequel to Tom Cruise's Top Gun and it finally hits theaters after 36 years with flying colors in the form of Top Gun: Maverick. Touted as one of the finest sequels ever made in Hollywood history, Top Gun 2 is in the race for all-time records at the box office. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun: Maverick, is all set to take the biggest opening ever of Cruise's career and it has begun with extraordinary advance sales. According to the ticketing website Fandango, the movie created an all-time record for Crusie by selling more tickets on the platform prior to release than any other film throughout Cruise's entire career. ## Fandango didn't reveal the numbers but it announced that the movie is indeed now the biggest pre-sales record-holder. Cruise's previous biggest pre-seller was Mission Impossible: Fallout. Not only on the ticket window, but Top Gun 2 is also the joint best-reviewed film of Cruise on Rotten Tomatoes and has the best ever audience score. ## Oh, but there's more! Currently, #TopGunMaverick is tied w/ M:I FALLOUT as being the best-reviewed film of Cruise's career on @RottenTomatoes. Both are at 97%. And the current audience score of 99% is the best of Cruise's entire career, too. So, in conclusion - GO SEE THIS MOVIE! pic.twitter.com/D9nVkplMQh— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) May 26, 2022 ## According to a Hollywood trade analyst, Top Gun 2 is tracking to earn between $100M - $125M in the 4-day opening weekend at the domestic (North America) box office and about $180 million worldwide. It is by far the biggest ever start in Cruise's career. It has also created the record of the widest ever release in the Hollywood history, by crossing Lion King## The film stars Tom Cruise as test pilot Maverick, alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. Cruise and Kilmer reprise their roles from the first film. "Top Gun: Maverick" is dedicated to Top Gun director Tony Scott, who died in 2012.## Stay tuned...

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'Sonic 2' Set To Beat Marvel Studios' 'Black Widow' At The Box Office

Los Angeles, May 26 - Paramount Pictures' action-adventure comedy film, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is all set to beat Marvel biggie Black Widow at the domestic (North America) as well as the overseas box office. Based on the video game franchise published by Sega, Sonic 2 is putting strong legs at the North American box office despite it having started streaming on Paramount Plus. ## Directed by Jeff Fowler, the sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) grossed $380K on its 7th domestic Tuesday, which helped the movie to reach $182 million. As per the Hollywood industry trackers, the film will beat Marvel Studios, Black Widow's lifetime domestic total of $183.6 million by Saturday to become the 6th biggest Hollywood movie in North America during the covid-19 pandemic. ## Sonic 2 was released in theaters on April 8 and scored the biggest opening weekend for a video game movie at the domestic box office by grossing a massive $72 million. At the worldwide box office, the movie so far has grossed approx, $376 million. It will also beat the lifetime worldwide total of Black Widow, which had grossed $379.7 million in July last year. ## It has also become the highest-grossing video movie in USA history, after it overtook its predecessor on Saturday (April 30). Sonic the Hedgehog, which was released in 2020, had grossed $146 million in its lifetime run but it garnered praise which paved the way for its successor to go big at the box office.## Paramount Pictures guarantees its movies at least 45 days exclusively in theaters before making them available to stream on Paramount Plus. In the case of Sonic 2, the movie followed an exactly 45-day timeline before becoming available to stream on its 46th day. ## Sonic 2 stars Ben Schwartz reprising his role as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, alongside James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Natasha Rothwell, Adam Pally, Shemar Moore, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Lee Majdoub, Idris Elba, and Jim Carrey. The film follows Sonic and Tails, who team up to find Master Emerald before Dr. Robotnik and Knuckles the Echidna do, while also contending with the military organization G.U.N. Stay tuned...

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Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun: Maverick' Set For The Widest Ever Release In The Hollywood History

Los Angeles, May 25 - Hollywood's biggest action star, Tom Cruise's big-screen return Top Gun: Maverick is getting bigger and better with each passing day. The movie recently opened at the Cannes Film Festival where it got 5 minutes standing ovation as it has been touted as one of the finest sequels ever made in Hollywood. ## While the blockbuster reviews are pouring in for this much-awaited movie, it is set to get the widest ever release in Hollywood history. According to the Hollywood trade expert and the founder of Box Office Guru, Gitesh Pandya, the high octane actioner is looking to open in 4735 theaters in North America, edging out the record 4725 theaters of 2019's Lion King. ## Official North American theater count for the opening wknd of #TopGunMaverick is 4,735. Breaks the all-time Hollywood record for widest release ever! #TopGun #TomCruise #boxoffice— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya) May 26, 2022 ## The release of the long-awaited sequel to the iconic 1986 movie is poised to be a defining moment for the box office recovery in Hollywood, which is so far driven by the superhero movies since the covid-19 pandemic broke out the early in 2020. ## Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Top Gun 2 is easily on its way to the biggest opening ever of Tom Cruise's career at the domestic (North American) box office, with a four-day gross of at least $92 million, according to official tracking (via THR). There is a high possibility that the opening weekend numbers could soar well north of $100 million domestically. ## For the record, 2005's War of the Worlds is Tom Cruise's top domestic opening with a three-day gross of $65 million, followed by 2018's Mission: Impossible: Fallout at $61 million, as per THR. Top Gun 2 is looking far ahead and will comfortably set new records for Cruise's movies. ## The film stars Tom Cruise as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a test pilot, alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. Cruise and Kilmer reprise their roles from the first film, and the film is dedicated to Top Gun director Tony Scott, who died in 2012. ## Stay tuned...

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