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After debuting early last weekend, Universal’s The Fall Guy expanded to 78 overseas markets during its sophomore session, adding $25.4M for a running total of $36.9M at the international box office. That's in line with Bullet Train and above The Lost City at the same point in release. Globally, the David…

Luca Guadagnino believes filmgoers will endorse his Zendaya movie Challengers because it delivers "a canon of Hollywood golden age comedy – seductive fun with queerness." The movie's “big sell” is a shot of Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor kissing one an…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Challengers. Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers opened at the top of the U.S. box office, and one scene from the movie went viral on social media. The particular scene involves Josh O’Connor’s Patrick and Mike Faist’s Art eating churros. At this…

UPDATE: Universal/DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 4 has topped the half-century mark globally, now with $503.5M worldwide. Of that, $318.5M is from the international box office. Passing $500M makes KFP4, directed by Mike Mitchell (and co-directed by Stephanie Ma Stine), only the fourth animated title…

SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU: Amazon MGM Studios’ Challengers is being called at a $15M opening, which is officially the biggest opening ever for Oscar-nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino. It’s also the best we’ve seen from Zendaya for a live-action, original, non-IP movie. Friday/previews are $6.2M, Saturday was…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Challengers. Luca Guadagnino, director of Challengers, inadvertently linked his latest film to the Spider-Man universe by having Zendaya be that connection. Zendaya plays MJ opposite Tom Holland in the latest Spider-Man movies, and she is…

Zendaya’s latest movie Challengers is on boyfriend Tom Holland’s weekend agenda, he said in an Instagram post. Today, the Marvel star shared the movie's poster on Instagram, which features a close-up of Zendaya as tennis star Tashi Duncan. Her on-screen love interests, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor…

Warner Bros, the studio who just might win it all this year, can celebrate $1.2 billion being grossed around the world between Legendary’s Dune: Part Two, which just crossed $700M, and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire surpassing $500M. The moment comes as the studio re-released Dune: Part Two this weekend…

A central scene in director Luca Guadagnino's Challengers wasn’t in Justin Kuritzkes’ original script. In the film, Zendaya plays Tashi Duncan, a force of nature who makes no apologies for her game on and off the court. Married to a champion, Art (West Side Story's Mike Faist), on a losing streak…

With his new highly-anticipated film Challengers bowing this weekend, Mike Faist looks to have found a new agent and manager as he as signed with WME and Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation. He will continue to work with former agent Samantha Stoller, who transitioned to management in…

Zendaya wonders why her kissing scenes get a lot of attention when she’s just doing her job. While promoting her upcoming film Challengers, in which she co-stars with Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, the Euphoria star said, “It’s very odd” that when she does a kissing scene, it seemingly gets a lot of…

Who loves Zendaya? Show of hands? Well if you do — and Amazon MGM Studios is betting that plenty of 18- to 24-year-olds do — you can watch the Euphoria Emmy winner in Imax in Amazon MGM Studios Challengers this weekend, then sit around and watch her again in Legendary/Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two…