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Timothée Chalamet and Wonka topped the box office charts for the third time in its four weekends in theaters. Warner Bros.’ family-oriented musical added $14.4 million in ticket sales according to studio estimates Sunday (Jan. 7), bringing its total domestic grosses to $164.7 million.
“Wonka is following in the tradition of a film like The Greatest Showman,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the senior media analyst for Comscore. That Hugh Jackman musical opened under $9 million in Dec. of 2017 and went on to gross $435 million globally.
“Wonka is a perfect crowd pleaser released at the perfect time and it’s going to ride that wave into January,” Dergarabedian said. “It’s an opportune time for it to be in the marketplace.”
After finishing 2023 on a high note, 2024 is getting off to a slower start than last year, down around 16%, with the Universal/Blumhouse horror Night Swim as the only major new offering in theaters. The movie stars Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon as a couple with a sinister, supernatural swimming pool.
Night Swim drew in an estimated $12 million in its first weekend in 3,250 theaters in North America against a reported $15 million production budget. Including international showings in 36 markets, Night Swim is heading towards a $17.7 million global debut.
“Not only did it perform really well at the box office, but it’s going to make us look at every swimming pool with a little more trepidation,” said Jim Orr, Universal’s head of domestic distribution.
Horror movies are largely critic-proof, but with fairly negative reviews and a C CinemaScore rating, it’s unlikely to repeat the viral success of last year’s demon doll movie M3GAN.
“We don’t have Avatar: The Way of Water, which totally dominated the box office a year ago, or M3GAN, which made that a bigger weekend,” said Dergarabedian. “But it’s a bit early to call it in terms of how the year is going to turn out.”
Warner Bros. and Universal placed third and fourth on the charts as well. Warner Bros.’ DC superhero movie Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom earned $10.6 million in its third weekend, bumping its domestic tally just over the $100 million mark. Universal’s animated Migration added $10.3 million, bringing its running domestic total to $77.8 million.
Sony’s Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney romantic comedy Anyone But You landed in fifth place with $9.5 million, up 9% from last weekend. The movie has grossed $43.7 million to date.
Cineplexes are full of awards contenders, including The Color Purple, The Iron Claw and Poor Things, and the Golden Globes broadcast Sunday night might help spread awareness for those and other films.
“The Golden Globes are like a 3-hour infomercial for the industry,” Dergarabedian said. “There’s no downside to having a very high profile telecast that puts a spotlight on the movies.”
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
Congratulations are in order for Halle Bailey and her boyfriend, DDG, who have welcomed their first child together.
On Sunday (Jan. 6), the 23-year-old Little Mermaid star revealed on Instagram that she and the rapper, 26, are now proud parents to a baby boy named Halo.
“Even though we’re a few days into the new year, the greatest thing that 2023 could have done for me, was bring me my son.. welcome to the world my halo,” Bailey wrote alongside a photo of the newborn’s tiny hand wearing a gold bracelet inscribed with the name “Halo.” “The world is desperate to know you.”
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DDG shared the same adorable snapshot on his Instagram page, writing, “My biggest blessing by far son son.. never been so in love baby halo.”
Bailey’s sweet post drew comments from numerous celebrities, including Nicki Minaj, Kylie Jenner, Kali Uchis, Rachel Zegler, and others.
“Welcome to earth, Halo. We’ve been expecting you. congrats, mama!” Minaj commented. “Congrats my love … I know you’ll be the best mommy,” Uchis wrote. “Welcome baby halo!!!!! and congratulations beautiful mama,” Zegler added.
Bailey and DDG have reportedly been dating for more than a year. The couple went Instagram official in March 2022 when DDG shared a post on The Color Purple actress’ birthday.
Bailey told People in May 2023 that the Zooted Music record label founder was her real Prince Charming.
“I think the best thing about young love is that you’re able to continue to find yourself through this journey of loving somebody else,” she said. “And you’re discovering new parts of yourself and maybe things that you didn’t notice before about your heart.”
See Bailey’s announcement about her son’s birth on Instagram below.
Barbie was the big winner at the 2024 Astra Film Awards, winning eight prizes including best picture and best original song. But the winning song was not Billie Eilish’s hypnotic ballad “What Was I Made For?,” which appears to be the Oscar front-runner, or Dua Lipa’s hit “Dance the Night,” both of which were also nominated, but rather Ryan Gosling’s big production number, “I’m Just Ken.” The song was written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. For good measure, Gosling also won best supporting actor.
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The award for best original score went to Ludwig Göransson’s score for Oppenheimer, which is shaping up as the Oscar front-runner. The late Robbie Robertson was also nominated for his work on Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
The ASTRA Film Awards, presented by the Hollywood Creative Alliance, were held on Saturday (Jan. 6) at the Biltmore Los Angeles and hosted by comedian Rick Glassman. The ceremony live-streamed on KNEKTtv and the HCA YouTube Channel.
Though Barbie beat Oppenheimer to take best picture, Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan beat Barbie director Greta Gerwig to take best director. And neither film won best cast ensemble. That award went to The Color Purple.
Gerwig and her husband, Noah Baumbach, won best original screenplay for Barbie, though the Academy announced last week that the script will compete for best adapted screenplay at the Oscars. Oscar nominations will be revealed on Jan. 23.
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie won best documentary feature, beating three music-based films — Taylor Swift’s Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, which made history as the top-grossing concert film of all time; American Symphony, about Jon Batiste; and Little Richard: I Am Everything, about the flamboyant rock legend.
Oppenheimer was second to Barbie in the awards tally with four wins, ahead of John Wick: Chapter 4 and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, with three each.
Daniel Pemberton, the composer of Spider-Man: Across the Spider: Verse, received an honorary award, the Artisan Achievement Award. Other honorary awards went to Abby Ryder Fortson (Star on the Rise Award), Danielle Brooks (Breakthrough Performer Award), Glenn Howerton (Game Changer Award), J.A. Bayona (Filmmaking Achievement Award), Jeffrey Wright (Acting Achievement Award), John Wick: Chapter 4 (Spotlight Award), and Willem Dafoe (Excellence in Artistry Award).
Here are nominees for the 2024 Astra Film Awards in 14 selected categories, with winners marked:
Best Original Song
“Camp Isn’t Home” from Theater Camp, Written by Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, and Mark Sonnenblick – Performed by Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Alexander Bello, Bailee Bonick, Donovan Colan, Jack Sobolewski, Kyndra Sanchez, Luke Islam, Madisen Lora and Quinn Titcomb (Searchlight Pictures)
“Dance the Night” from Barbie, Written by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Dua Lipa, and Caroline Ailin – Performed by Dua Lipa (Warner Bros. Pictures)
WINNER: “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie, Written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt – Performed by Ryan Gosling (Warner Bros. Pictures)
“Peaches” from The Super Mario Bros Movie, Written by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, and John Spiker – Performed by Jack Black (Universal Pictures)
“This Wish” from Wish, Written by Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, and JP Saxe – Performed by Ariana DeBose (Walt Disney Pictures)
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie, Written By Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell – Performed by Billie Eilish (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Score
Elemental, Thomas Newman (Disney/Pixar)
Killers of the Flower Moon, Robbie Robertson (Apple Original Films)
WINNER: Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson (Universal Pictures)
Poor Things, Jerskin Fendrix (Searchlight Pictures)
Saltburn, Anthony Willis (Amazon MGM Studios)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Daniel Pemberton (Sony Pictures)
Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol (PBS Distribution)
American Symphony (Netflix)
Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)
Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia Pictures)
WINNER: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple Original Films)
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (AMC Theatres Distribution)
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and The Heron (GKids)
Elemental (Disney/Pixar)
Nimona (Netflix)
WINNER: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Suzume (Sony Pictures/Crunchyroll)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures)
Best Voice-Over Performance
Ariana DeBose – Wish (Walt Disney Studios)
Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Disney/Marvel)
Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
WINNER: Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Jack Black – The Super Mario Bros Movie (Universal Pictures)
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Best Cast Ensemble
Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
WINNER: The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Best Supporting Actress
America Ferrera – Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Julianne Moore – May December (Netflix)
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)
Viola Davis – Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
Best Supporting Actor
Charles Melton – May December (Netflix)
Colman Domingo – The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry (IFC Films)
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
WINNER: Ryan Gosling – Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan – Maestro (Netflix)
Emma Stone – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Greta Lee – Past Lives (A24)
WINNER (TIE): Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
WINNER (TIE): Margot Robbie – Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Best Actor
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)
Bradley Cooper – Maestro (Netflix)
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Colman Domingo – Rustin (Netflix)
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
WINNER: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Best Original Screenplay
Air, Written by Alex Convery (Amazon MGM Studios)
Anatomy of a Fall, Written by Justine Triet & Arthur Harari (NEON)
WINNER: Barbie, Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Past Lives, Written by Celine Song (A24)
Saltburn, Written by Emerald Fennell (Amazon/MGM Studios)
The Holdovers, Written by David Hemingson (Focus Features)
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: American Fiction, Screenplay by Cord Jefferson (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Screenplay by Kelly Fremon Craig (Lionsgate)
Killers of the Flower Moon, Screenplay by Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese (Apple Original Films)
Oppenheimer, Screenplay by Christopher Nolan (Universal Pictures)
Poor Things, Screenplay by Tony McNamara (Searchlight Pictures)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Screenplay by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dave Callaham (Sony Pictures)
Best Director
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Ben Affleck – Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
Bradley Cooper – Maestro (Netflix)
Celine Song – Past Lives (A24)
WINNER: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn (Amazon MGM Studios)
Greta Gerwig – Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Picture
Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
American Fiction (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
WINNER: Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
Maestro (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Past Lives (A24)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
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“None of us were prepared for that level of success. I was younger, it was a little overwhelming, and a lot of us got caught up in our egos. There was a feeling of scarcity,” he explained. “We were writing about high school, so it’s very hard not to regress a little. It was a crucible.”
Working on the show, however, provided Falchuk and his fellow co-writers, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, a wealth of positive memories. “At the same time, we had so much fun and everyone got along so well. Things went to hell, and then everyone got along again,” he added. “It was chaotic. I’d never want to go back there, and then I’ll think, “Gosh, I’d love to go back there.” But the biggest learning from that show? Taking the ego out of everything and being an adult.”
With reboots being all the rage at the moment — see: the upcoming Mean Girls movie musical, The Little Mermaid remake, and more — Falchuk said he wouldn’t be opposed to hopping aboard a Glee revamp. “I’m sure everything is always on the table,” he said, but with a catch: “Is there a way to tell that story in a more modern way? So much of what Glee was about was really this transition from an old way of looking at representation to a new way. I’d never say no, but I wonder what the point would be — except it’d be a moneymaker.”
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Read Falchuk’s interview in full here.
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Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2024, a marathon, 5-1/2 hour production which eased ABC TV viewers into the new year, saw ratings increases in all four time quadrants measured, from the start of prime-time until late-late hours.
The show, which Dick Clark originated in 1972, has ballooned over the years in hours of programming, just as the title of the show has expanded. Clark’s name remains in the title nearly a dozen years after his death, a unique and rare show of respect from a network for a long-time network star.
Ryan Seacrest, 49, is six years older than Clark was when the show launched. Seacrest shared hosting duties this year with Rita Ora and Jeannie Mai.
Performers on this year’s show included Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion, Jelly Roll, Post Malone, Sabrina Carpenter, LL Cool J, Tyla, Ellie Goulding, Green Day, Janelle Monáe, Ludacris, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Paul Russell, Reneé Rapp with Coco Jones and Thirty Seconds to Mars.
First Primetime Segment
Airing at 8:00 p.m., the first primetime segment skyrocketed over last year’s broadcast by 35% in total viewers (7.0 million vs. 5.2 million) and by 33% among adults 18-49 (1.81 rating vs. 1.36 rating) to score three-year highs.
Second Primetime Segment
Airing at 10:30 p.m., the second primetime segment jumped over the prior year by 30% in total viewers (10.4 million vs. 8.0 million) and by 32% among adults 18-49 (2.93 rating vs. 2.22 rating) to hit three-year highs.
The Part 2 segment ranked as the highest-rated entertainment telecast on any network in primetime in nine months among adults 18-49 – since ABC’s broadcast of The Oscars on March 12, 2023.
Part 2 was the night’s No. 1 entertainment program in primetime in both total viewers and adults 18-49.
The two primetime segments made the programthe night’s No. 1 most social program across all of TV. It was also the No. 1 driver of social video consumption on the night. In addition, this year’s broadcast grew its video views count by 20% over last year.
First Late-Night Segment
Airing at 11:30 p.m., the first late-night segment attracted 18.0 million total viewers and averaged a 5.33 rating among adults 18-49. The special drew in 22.2 million total viewers and hit a 6.41 adult 18-49 rating in the midnight quarter-hour.
Part 1 of the late-night segment stood as the highest-rated entertainment special on any network in two years – since ABC’s 2021 broadcast of the same show.
Part 1 shot up over the prior year’s broadcast by 30% in total viewers (18.0 million vs. 13.8 million) and by 30% among adults 18-49 (5.33 rating vs. 4.11 rating).
Part 1 ranked as the No. 1 program on New Year’s Eve among adults 18-49.
Second Late-Night Segment
Airing at 1:09 a.m., the second late-night segment grew over last year’s broadcast by 19% in total viewers (5.1 million vs. 4.3 million) and by 14% among adults 18-49 (1.47 rating vs. 1.29 rating).
Sources: The Nielsen Company, Fast National Live+Same Day Program Ratings, 12/31/23 – entertainment excludes sports programming; SCR, Talkwalker.
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