#Box Office Fusion: ‘Barbie’ Heads for Staggering 5M-Plus Opening, ‘Oppenheimer’ Eyes M

#Box Office Fusion: ‘Barbie’ Heads for Staggering $155M-Plus Opening, ‘Oppenheimer’ Eyes $77M

The summer box office just went nuclear. Filmmaker Greta Gerwig’s female-fueled Barbie started off with a stupendous $70.5 million on Friday, including $22.3 million in previews. If early modeling is correct, the Warner Bros. movie is headed for a historic $155 million-plus opening domestically, a threshold usually reserved for male-driven superhero fare or marquee IP…

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#‘Mission: Impossible’ Stars, Director on Latest Film’s “Very Timely” Villain: “People Are Scared”

#‘Mission: Impossible’ Stars, Director on Latest Film’s “Very Timely” Villain: “People Are Scared”

[The following story contains spoilers from Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One. The below interviews were all conducted at the Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One U.S. premiere in New York on Monday, July 10, prior to the start of the SAG-AFTRA strike.] In Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom Cruise and his…

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#‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Director Says He Considered De-Aging Tom Cruise for Scene in Film

#‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Director Says He Considered De-Aging Tom Cruise for Scene in Film

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One nearly followed in the footsteps of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in de-aging its iconic lead actor. During a recent interview with GamesRadar+ and Total Film, director Christopher McQuarrie revealed that the Mission: Impossible 7 creative team looked into using the technology on Tom Cruise for one…

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