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The Wizard of Oz is available on many different platforms online. The 1939 fantasy musical is adapted from the L. Frank Baum children's novel of the same name, starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, and Margaret Hamilton. It was both a commercial and critical success, grossing $29.7 million against its $2.8 million budget and going on to win two Oscars, for Best Score and Best Original Song (for the iconic tune "Over the Rainbow"), in addition to three other nominations, including Best Picture.

The success of The Wizard of Oz has led to the creation of many sequels, prequels, remakes, and follow-ups in the nearly 90 years since its premiere. This includes 2024's Wicked, which is an adaptation of the stage musical adapting the prequel novel by Gregory Maguire, as well as the 1978 musical adaptation The Wiz, the 1985 sequel Return to Oz, the 2013 Sam Raimi prequel Oz the Great and Powerful,...

Glee premiered in 2009, running for six seasons with 121 episodes, starring breakout triple-threat actors. The series remains popular thanks to its music and characters, leading to questions about a potential reboot. Notable cast members like Lea Michele, Jane Lynch, and Matthew Morrison made Glee a memorable musical show.

The musical-comedy drama season Glee premiered on Fox in 2009 and ran for six seasons with 121 episodes, creating breakthrough roles for many young, talented triple-threat actors. Though its been almost a decade since the series ended in 2015, Glee still gets rewatched and watched often thanks to its popularity on streaming services and its lasting prevalence in pop culture. As a musical show, the Glee cast covered hundreds of songs and even sang 25 original songs written for the series.

Someone who might have never seen the series might have heard Glees most famous performance, Dont Stop Believing, or seen one of the many viral social...

Explore the Glee Cast’s Net Worth and Careers Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang – $14 Million Net Worth Lea Michele as Rachel Berry – $12 Million Net Worth Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester – $10 Million Net Worth Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester – $9 Million Net Worth Chris Colfer as Kurt Hummel – $8 Million Net Worth Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson – $5 Million Net Worth Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen-Chang – $4 Million Net Worth Heather Morris as Brittany S. Pierce – $4 Million Net Worth Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray – $4 Million Net Worth Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury – $3 Million Net Worth

From the halls of William McKinley High School to center stage, the Glee cast captured our hearts with their musical talents and infectious energy.

This beloved musical comedy-drama took the world by storm over a decade ago, leaving fans craving for more until its final bow in 2015.

Glee is a beloved musical comedy-drama that ran from May 19, 2009 to March...

Kenya Barris is working on a new, modern version of "The Wizard of Oz" for Warner Bros. According to an Aug. 15 Deadline report, Barris isn't sharing anything else about the film, except that it's an updated version of the musical. Warner Bros. didn't immediately respond to Popsugar's request for comment.

Barris, who created "Black-ish," continues to be one of the busiest people in Hollywood. He's executive producer of the upcoming Netflix series "Entergalactic," an animated show starring Kid Cudi, Jessica Williams, and Timothée Chalamet. He's also directing his first movie, "You People," for Netflix, to be released sometime later this year. Barris also serves as a writer on the upcoming "White Men Can't Jump" remake starring Jack Harlow and Sinqua Walls.

Of course, "The Wizard of Oz" has received a myriad of adaptations since the first book, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," was published in 1900. Perhaps the most famous one...

May 2022 represents the calm before the storm for Amazon Prime Video. Early June will see the arrival of the much-hyped third season of The Boys. Before all that, however, Prime has some other streaming goodies to tide you over.

This month is highlighted by a handful of intriguing original series. Season two of Amazon’s sleeper hit The Wilds premieres on May 6. This pulpy mystery series about a group of teenage girls marooned on an island is Prime Video’s version of Lost or Yellowjackets so give it a watch if that kind of thing sounds up your alley. Also arriving on May 6 is the true crime docuseries The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith.

Canada’s finest comedy goobers The Kids in the Hall return in a rebooted version of their sketch series on May 13. The week after that J.K. Simmons will try his hand at sci-fi once again...

An original sci-fi series starring two Oscar winners, the second season of a buzzworthy teen show and the return of a beloved cult comedy series are just some of the new additions to Amazon Prime Video in May.

Below, you can peruse a full list of the movies and TV shows that are being added to Amazon Prime Video in May 2022. The second season of the Prime Video original series “The Wilds” debuts on May 6, telling the story of a group of girls who have been stranded on an island as part of an experiment.

And on May 13, the iconic Canadian sketch comedy troupe “The Kids in the Hall” return for a slew of new episodes, reunited for the first time in years.

If it’s original sci-fi you’re into, J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek play a couple who have a portal in their backyard in the new series “Night Sky,...

2017-04-24T13:52:17-07:00Lea Michele Shares Topless Bedroom PhotoDid she wake up like this? Lea Michele shared an intimate snap with her 4 million–plus Instagram followers Sunday, April 23. The Scream Queens star took a selfie from her bed, apparently topless but in full makeup. “Bed series,” she captioned the shot, taken during a multiday trip to London. The Glee alum, 30, isn’t shy about sharing her form. She kicked off 2017 with a nude Instagram and has posted other “bed series” entries in New York City and the morning of the Grammys in L.A.

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Read the rest of this article at Us Weekly. Lea Michele has also appeared in Sons of Anarchy and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return.

Well, it's finally August, and while the summer movie season isn't completely over it might as well be. This article was a difficult one to put together, because there just isn't much to recommend this month. But you know what, that's okay, I think I managed to pull together five solid titles for the "must-see" section, and lucky for us the fall festival season is just around the corner, which means things are about to heat up exponentially on the prestige movie front just in time to compensate for things cooling down outside as the seasons change. (I should note here, it is currently 106 degrees fahrenheit here in the desert, and the thought of things cooling down is marvelous, but also very premature.) We are coming off what turned out to be a pretty solid month last month, in my opinion, as I settled back into my routine after a...

Kirk Cameron was the biggest winner at last night's (February 21) 35th annual Razzie Awards, which celebrated the worst achievements in film in 2014.

The 44-year-old and his Christian comedy Saving Christmas won four out of the six categories they were nominated for, including Worst Picture and Worst Actor.

Cameron Diaz was also honoured at the ceremony, receiving the award for Worst Actress for both her roles in The Other Woman and Sex Tape.

The actress was nominated for two other awards, including 'Worst Supporting Actress' for her stint as Coleen Hannigan in the Annie remake and 'Worst Screen Combo' with Jason Segel in Sex Tape, but lost to Megan Fox (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Kirk Cameron and his ego (Saving Christmas) respectively.

Despite leading this year's nominations, Transformers: Age of Extinction only won one award on the night - Worst Director for Michael Bay.

Other winners include Annie in the Worst Prequel,...

Well, this could mean trouble for Cell as it was announced this morning Clarius Entertainment has acquired domestic distribution rights to the film based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. So far Clarius has had an awful track record at the box office with the releases of And So It Goes, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return and most recently the Nicole Kidman starrer Before I Go To Sleep, the three of which combine for a grand total of only $26.8 million at the domestic box office. The budget of the Oz feature alone was $70 million while the other two haven't even been reported. Perhaps, however, this will be a turn for the better as the film, directed by Tod "Kip" Williams (Paranormal Activity 2), stars John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan) and Stacy Keach centers on a powerful signal broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, resulting in...

<< Continued from "'Sniper' to Easily Fight Off Weak Competition This Weekend"Opening at 2,648 locations, Mortdecai will likely be Johnny Depp's latest misfire at the domestic box office. He stars as the title character, a "debonair art dealer and part time rogue" who goes on a mission to recover a stolen painting.Marketing has positioned the movie as a broad slapstick comedy, and there's been a heavy emphasis placed on Mortdecai's silly-looking mustache. That includes a series of posters that feature each of the main stars, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Olivia Munn, wearing a similar mustache. While this quirky choice has helped differentiate the movie, it seems too slight to really translate in to ticket sales.In general, this is a pretty odd project. It's adapted from a series of novels by British author Kyril Bonfiglioli, which were originally published in the 1970s; while they surely have some fans,...

The official nominations aren't announced for another two weeks, but Gold Derby has posted a leaked shortlist of contenders for this year's Razzie Awards which celebrate the worst in cinema.

Both Sony's controversial comedy "The Interview" and Kirk Cameron's much-lambasted "Saving Christmas" dominate the list and will compete with the likes of "Transcendence," "A Million Ways to Die in the West," "Atlas Shrugged Part III," "The Legend of Hercules," "Sex Tape," "A Haunted House 2," "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "Left Behind," "Transformers: Age of Extinction" and "I, Frankenstein" for the 'Worst Picture' award.

Other films to score noms include "Noah," "The Expendables III," "Pompeii," "Exodus: Gods and Kings," "Endless Love," "Annie," "Blended," "Trannies 4," "Walk of Shame," "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return," "Sabotage," "Tammy," "The Other Woman" and "Before I Go To Sleep".

The full list of this year's nominees can be found here.

The Interview has been performing well in its limited theatrical and online VOD release, taking in more than $15 million from online sales and rentals. The comedy has already expanded to cable VOD, Playstation, Vudu and more theaters nationwide. Despite its early success, The Interview has not been received well by at least one organization, The Golden Raspberry Awards, a.k.a. The Razzies, which has released its "short list" of nominees. The Interview is listed in several categories including Worst Picture, Worst On-Screen Combo (James Franco and Seth Rogen) and Worst Actor (both James Franco and Seth Rogen). Voting for the Razzie Awards ends on January 10, with the nominations to be announced January 14, one day before The Academy Awards nominations are announced.

Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, which was already voted the worst movie of all time by IMDb users, is also prominently featured on the short list, with nominations for Worst Picture,...

Most Hollywood studios have gotten smart about their film budgets, lowering them quite a bit over the past year. Which means we saw fewer box office bombs in 2014. Almost all of the big releases made at least a little bit of their money back, except maybe Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return. It only earned $18.6 million worldwide against it's $70 million budget. Winter's Tale and Vampire Academy were also big money losers over the past twelve months, but seeming disasters like Transcendence and I, Frankenstein actually managed to recoup their costs overseas. That doesn't mean these were good movies by any means. And some of the biggest blockbusters of the year shouldn't be considered masterpieces of cinema by any stretch of the imagination. In 2014, we couldn't really judge a movie by its earnings. But we could judge them by their critical and fan responses. Which is where Rotten Tomatoes comes in handy.

Netflix streaming is upping the ante this December, adding enough high-profile TV shows and movies to more than make up for last month's lackluster offerings.

On the movie side, highlights include Will Ferrell and gang in "Anchorman 2," the Heath Ledger-starring "A Knight's Tale," Cameron Crowe classic "Almost Famous," Oscar-winning "American Beauty," and horror hits "Oculus" and "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones." Oh, and let's not forget '80s classic "Troop Beverly Hills," '90s cult favorite "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion," or Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Wolf of Wall Street."

And there's plenty to love about what's coming on the TV front: "American Horror Story: Coven" finally gets its day on Netflix, "Sharknado 2" storms its way to streaming, and Brit hit "Broadchurch" finally lands stateside. Oh, and December sees the premiere of the hotly anticipated Netflix Original series "Marco Polo" on the 12th.

Here's a much...

There are still six movies I need to add to the database, but today the Academy announced 20 movies that will compete for up to at least five nominations for Best Animated Feature at the 2015 Oscars. I've been tracking these for some time now and currently have Big Hero 6 at the top of the charts, but I'm beginning to think this may be The Lego Movie's award to lose. It's a difficult category to predict right now considering my personal opinion of those two top contenders and having not yet seen the likes of Studio Ghibli's The Tale of the Princess Kaguya or Song of the Sea, both of which could be top contenders, or Laika's The Boxtrolls, which has done modest business at the box office, hoping to crack $100 million worldwide by next weekend. Anyway, here's the complete list and I'll get the six I don't have in...

With weekend actuals reporting, Ouija narrowly held on to first place ahead of Nightcrawler over Halloween weekend. Meanwhile, Before I Go To Sleep and the Saw 10th anniversary re-release each bombed.The Top 12 earned just shy of $80 million, which makes this one of the slowest weekends of the year. That can partly be attributed to the "Halloween effect": moviegoers were preoccupied with other activities on Friday, which set the weekend back quite a bit. This is a chicken-and-egg sort of thing, though: fearing this Halloween effect, the big studios avoided the date entirely. Had someone stepped up to the plate with a broadly appealing offering, the aggregate box office wouldn't be nearly as low.Sunday estimates had Nightcrawler and Ouija tied with $10.9 million. Open Road Films had Nightcrawler earning $9,000 more than Ouija, though other sources suggested Ouija came out on top. When actuals reported on Monday actuals, Ouija had...

<< Continued from "Weekend Forecast""If it's Halloween, it must be Saw." Lionsgate is banking that moviegoers will remember that old adage this weekend, when the 2004 horror classic is re-released in to over 2,000 theaters.The original Saw opened to a surprising $18.3 million on this weekend 10 years ago, and spawned a franchise that ruled the next four Halloweens. The first sequel (Saw II) was the highest-grossing installment with $87 million; grosses progressively declined to Saw V, which earned $56.7 million.All good things must eventually end, though, and Saw VI got stomped by word-of-mouth sensation Paranormal Activity in October 2009. The movie dropped around 50 percent from the previous installment, which led to a franchise-low $27.7 million gross. The following year, Saw 3D recovered to $45.7 million, though that was thanks to the addition of 3D pricing (during 3D's peak) and a "final chapter" bump.Re-releases have been a hit-or-miss endeavor lately. 3D re-releases for The Lion King,...

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Belle (period romance based on the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle; Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Miranda Richardson; rated PG) Brick Mansions (action; Paul Walker, RZA; rated PG-13) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Marvel superhero sequel; Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Anthony Mackie; also available in 3D; rated PG-13) Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (animated family film; voices...

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This week’s new Blu-ray releases include the latest season of one of the most popular shows on TV, a musical classic on Criterion, one of the year’s underseen dark comedies, and more. Check them out below: The Walking Dead: Season 4 [Blu-ray] - $29.99 (63% off) The Walking Dead: Season 4 Limited Edition [Blu-ray] - $79.99 (38% off) The Double [Blu-ray] - $12.26 (59% off) All That Jazz (Blu-ray + DVD) - $35.96 (10% off) Normal Heart [Blu-ray] - $21.24 (15% off) Sons of Anarchy: Season 6 [Blu-ray] - $29.99 (57% off) Blended (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD UltraViolet Combo Pack) - $22.99 (36% off) Belle [Blu-ray] - $19.99 (29% off) Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return [Blu-ray] - $15.00 (50% off)

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All That Jazz (Criterion Collection) I've only seen Bob Fosse's All That Jazz once and I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it a lot for its excellent photography, but I'm not sure I feel any need to purchase it. I didn't even ask for a review copy, but I will say were it to come on television I'm pretty sure it would be an easy movie to sink back into. One thing I will add, however, is Roy Scheider crushes this performance; a stand out, dripping with intensity performance that's certainly worth seeing. This new Criterion release comes loaded to the gills, here are the features: New 4K digital restoration, with 3.0 surround DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray Audio commentary featuring editor Alan Heim Selected-scene audio commentary by actor Roy Scheider New interviews with Heim and Fosse biographer Sam Wasson New conversation between actors Ann Reinking and Erzsebet Foldi...

Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week

"Belle"

What's It About? This 18th century English romance is about Dido Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), a biracial woman raised by her aristocratic great uncle and aunt, Lord and Lady Mansfield. She grows up alongside her cousin Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) as equals and best friends, but as they come of age, their differences become all too apparent -- to each other and to their would-be suitors. Meanwhile, Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) is facing a trial as Lord Chief Justice of England that could change the future of slavery. Will Dido find love on her own terms?

Why We're In: It's an elegant period piece perfect for Jane Austen fans, and it's a subtle but effective examination of the intersection of class and race in 18th century England. Mbatha-Raw is fantastic, and director Amma Asante has an excellent eye for detail.

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Scarlett Johansson easily out-muscled Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson on the final weekend of a very weak month at the box office.In another big win for Universal Pictures, Lucy took first place with over $43.9 million. Meanwhile, Hercules had to settle for runner-up with a lukewarm $29.8 million debut.Overall, the Top 12 earned $136.8 million this weekend; that's down 13 percent from the same frame last year.Lucy's opening weekend didn't quite match similar movies like Wanted ($50.9 million) or Taken 2 ($49.5 million). The fact that it even came close, though, is a fairly remarkable feat for this moderately-budgeted original action movie. Among other similar titles, it crushed The Bourne Legacy ($38.1 million) and Salt ($36 million).It's also the fourth Universal Pictures release to open north of $35 million this year; the other three are Lone Survivor, Ride Along and Neighbors. This is even more impressive considering all four titles are "original" (i.e. not sequels,...

The $33 million tracking for Luc Besson's Lucy seemed crazy. It was a rated-r movie with Scarlett Johansson in the lead role, a position she isn't typically known for. Add to that, Besson's largest opening for one of his films was $17 million back in 1997 with The Fifth Element and I'm not sure I saw any press for the film, after all, Johansson is busy with Avengers: Age of Ultron and if I'm not mistaken, it was only Morgan Freeman huffing helium with Jimmy Fallon when it comes to the film's late night press. And yet, it's number one at the box office in a big way. With $44 million, Lucy is your number one film at the box office this weekend. Budgeted at $40 million the film will likely do well internationally, though I think we should expect a 60-65% drop next weekend, if not more, thanks to the "C+" CinemaScore and...

Summer is four months long now, at least in the movie world. Here are the dates and films to look forward to seeing:

May

May 2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2  (PG-13):  Peter Parker returns, facing a triple challenge with The Rhino, Electro, and the Green Goblin all posing a major threat.

May 9. Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (PG): An animated Dorothy goes back to Oz, this time to save the Emerald City.

May 16. Million Dollar Arm (PG): A struggling sports agent is determined to turn two Indian cricket players into baseball legends in less than a year.

May 16.  Godzilla (PG-13): The gigantic kaiju is back, and this time he's taking out his fury on the citizens of New York.

May 23. X-Men: Days of Future Past (PG-13): Wolverine must go back in time and convince a young Charles Xavier that only he can prevent a war on mutants.

Thanks to two major comic book sequels and a highly-anticipated monster movie, May box office wound up over $1 billion for the fourth year in a row. Without any of those movies truly breaking out, though, overall business was at its lowest level since 2010.Those three movies*The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past*all opened over $90 million. That's only the second time that's ever happened: the first was in May 2007, when three titles debuted north of $110 million.Unfortunately, all three of the May 2014 blockbusters dropped off at least 60 percent in their second weekends: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Godzilla are going to struggle to reach $200 million, while X-Men: Days of Future Past will fall short of its franchise record.With over four weeks of theatrical engagements, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 led the box office in May with $191.6 million. The movie opened to $91.6 million on the first weekend of the month,...

With the month almost in the books, it's time for Rolling Stone movie critic Peter Travers to bring out his handy scum bucket, tossing in the "10 scummiest movies of the merry month of May." It's an especially gross list this time around, so our critic brought along a special guest – monster-movie legend Godzilla – to help digest the waste.

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Fittingly, the creature's Bryan Cranston-starring reboot is up first at Number 10. While Travers isn't too harsh on the flick, saying...

X-Men: Days Of Future Past | Fading Gigolo | Heli | Blended | The Punk Singer | Run & Jump | Postman Pat: The Movie | Legends Of Oz: Dorothy's Return

As he did with the first X-Men movies, Singer proves he can handle the serio-comic tone, the lavish effects and the sprawling cast expertly, though he gives himself a lot to do here. The two generations of X-Men actors are united in a time-travel plot that sends Wolverine back to the 1970s and possibly fans back to their X-Men back issues. It's complicated, but fun.

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Tim here. By now, you've undoubtedly all heard the biggest news of the summer movie season so far: there’s a conspiracy by Big Hollywood to bury the little cartoon indie that could, Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return.

“Legends of which, now?” I can already hear some of you asking.

Exactly the point! As producer-fundraiser Greg Centineo so sagely put it:

We’re nobodies in this industry. And we stepped into a deep, deep ocean with some very, very big sharks. Some of those mainstream critics have not just trashed the movie, but literally tried to crush it… You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out something is wrong there.”

Damn straight!

It's a well-established fact that critics and audiences tend to agree about 100% of everything, and the movies with the best reviews always make the most money. Surely only a shadowy cabal of self-sabotaging distributors and...

This weekend at the box office was kind of a no brainer.  With Gareth Edwards' highly anticipated Godzilla reboot finally hitting theaters (with many postive reviews behind it), many assumed it would have a large opening.  Even so, it blew past all predictions (nearly topping The Winter Soldier's opening) and landed a massive lead over every other film this weekend.  Come inside to check out the full breakdown!

Over the last couple weeks, many analysts were reporting that Godzilla was heading towards a $68-76 million weekend, which in itself would have been very good.  So it's really awesome to see that it made $93 million instead, blowing past all predictions and nearly topping the charts for 2014 so far.  With the positive buzz behind the film, it's likely to keep going strong (though X-Men will take a chunk out of it).  Neighbors dropped to number 2, with Amazing Spider-Man 2 still trailing...

Here are your three-day box office returns (new releases bolded): 1. Godzilla - $93.2 million ($93.2 million total) 2. Neighbors - $25.9 million ($91.5 million total) 3. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $16.8 million ($172.1 million total) 4. Million Dollar Arm - $10.5 million ($10.5 million total) 5. The Other Woman - $6.3 million ($71.6 million total) 6. Heaven Is for Real - $4.4 million ($82.2 million total) 7. Rio 2 - $3.8 million ($118.0 million total) 8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $3.7 million ($250.6 million total) 9. Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return - $1.95 million ($6.5 million total) 10. Mom's Night Out - $1.90 million ($7.3 million total) The Big Stories A 60-year-old franchise grossed nearly as much as sequels to a pair of major...

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Weekend Box Office:

1$93.2 million

Neighbors $25.9 million

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $16.8 million

Million Dollar Arm $10.5 million

The Other Woman $6.3 million

Heaven Is for Real $4.4 million

Rio 2 $3.8 million

Captain America: The Winter Soldier $3.7 million

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return $1.95 million

Moms' Night Out $1.9 millionGodzilla94%MovieWeb:   6 reviews73%Rotten Tomatoes:   25 reviews2Neighbors100%MovieWeb:   3 reviews74%Rotten Tomatoes:   39 reviews3The Amazing Spider-Man 290%MovieWeb:   15 reviews53%Rotten Tomatoes:   42 reviews4Million Dollar Arm50%MovieWeb:   1 reviews61%Rotten Tomatoes:   8 reviews5The Other Woman80%MovieWeb:   2 reviews26%Rotten Tomatoes:   23 reviews6Heaven Is for Real60%MovieWeb:   1 reviews49%Rotten Tomatoes:   22 reviews7Rio 287%MovieWeb:   3 reviews47%Rotten Tomatoes:   39 reviews8Captain America: The Winter Soldier98%MovieWeb:   11 reviews89%Rotten Tomatoes:   25 reviews9Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return100%MovieWeb:   2 reviews14%Rotten Tomatoes:   1 reviews10Moms' Night OutMovieWeb:   0 reviews14%Rotten Tomatoes:   31 reviews...

Godzilla has debuted at the top of the Us box office with an impressive $93.2 million.

The Gareth Edwards remake - which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bryan Cranston - scored the second biggest opening weekend of 2014 behind Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier.

Godzilla spoilers thread: What did you think of monster blockbuster?

Hollywood's latest take on the kaiju icon also claimed the sixth biggest opening weekend ever for a non-sequel.

Zac Efron's Bad Neighbors fell to second place, taking $25.9m on its second weekend.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 took $16.8m in third place, dropping 52.7% from last weekend. The superhero sequel's domestic total now stands at over $172m.

Disney's Million Dollar Arm - starring Mad Men's Jon Hamm - debuted in fourth place with $10.5m, while Cameron Diaz's The Other Woman slipped to fifth place with $6.3m.

Heaven Is for Real dropped two places to six with $4.4m.

Lea Michele is setting the record straight!The "Glee" star stopped by "The Late Show with David Letterman" on Friday, where she explained what's really happening on set between her and Naya Rivera. "It's really unbelievable the amount of things that can just be completely made up," the 26-year-old actress told the late night host. "And it's really frustrating," she added in reference to rumors that Rivera may be getting fired over a feud with Michele. The "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return" star went on to say "the way people like to pit women against each other … is really annoying and it's sad." To her credit, Michele laughed the whole thing off and told Letterman that if there were ever a catfight on set, it wouldn’t be a secret. “You’d know, because I’d get a ring and I’d put Jell-o in it and I would make it,...

No drama here! Lea Michele dispelled rumors of a cat fight between her and Glee costar Naya Rivera during an interview on The Late Show with David Letterman airing Friday, May 16. "It's really unbelievable the amount of things that can just be completely made up," the 26-year-old actress told the talk show host. "And it's really frustrating," she added in reference to rumors she and Rivera didn't get along on set of the hit Fox musical series. The Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return actress, who stunned in [...]...

Predicted Weekend Box Office:

1$76.8 million

Neighbors $28.6 million

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $15.4 million

Million Dollar Arm $14.5 million

The Other Woman $5.5 million

Heaven Is for Real $4.9 million

Captain America: The Winter Soldier $3.2 million

Rio 2 $3 million

Moms' Night Out $2.2 million

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return $2.1 millionGodzilla93%MovieWeb:   5 reviews72%Rotten Tomatoes:   19 reviews2Neighbors100%MovieWeb:   3 reviews74%Rotten Tomatoes:   39 reviews3The Amazing Spider-Man 290%MovieWeb:   15 reviews53%Rotten Tomatoes:   42 reviews4Million Dollar Arm50%MovieWeb:   1 reviews59%Rotten Tomatoes:   3 reviews5The Other Woman80%MovieWeb:   2 reviews26%Rotten Tomatoes:   23 reviews6Heaven Is for Real60%MovieWeb:   1 reviews49%Rotten Tomatoes:   22 reviews7Captain America: The Winter Soldier98%MovieWeb:   11 reviews89%Rotten Tomatoes:   25 reviews8Rio 287%MovieWeb:   3 reviews47%Rotten Tomatoes:   39 reviews9Moms' Night OutMovieWeb:   0 reviews14%Rotten Tomatoes:   31 reviews10Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return100%MovieWeb:   2 reviews14%Rotten Tomatoes:   43 reviews...

Universal got a little bullish with their $51 million estimate for Neighbors as the box office actuals have rolled in and the R-rated comedy finished with $49 million, but we're still looking at a tremendous result for the $18 million-budgeted feature. Of course, when it comes to reader predictions that's a big slide that pretty much changes those point standings. Same goes for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which came in $1.5 million less than it was estimated, finishing its second weekend with $35.5 million, down a whopping 61.2% from its opening weekend, which is sure to draw even more scrutiny for the second installment in what Sony hopes will be a massive Spidey universe. Luckily for them, blockbuster cinema is now global and the $250 million film (plus $180 million for marketing) is just shy of $550 million worldwide. As for the weekend's two other new wide releases, Moms' Night Out limped in with $4.3 million and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return finished with $1.7 million.

This weekend's box office winners and losers defied expectations in extreme ways; with its estimated $51.1 million debut, the R-rated comedy "Neighbors" knocked "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" off its perch and earned $10 to $15 million more than anyone predicted, while the animated musical "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return" barely managed an eighth-place debut with an estimated $3.7 million, about a half to a third of what many pundits predicted. But both movies have something in common: they're examples of the importance of booking the right number of theaters.

"Neighbors" had a lot going for it: it was well-marketed, it follows the trend of raunchy comedies doing well in the summer, it had weak competition, and even critics liked it. Still, Universal was wise to book it on 3,279 screens and no more. "Spider-Man 2" is playing on nearly 1,000 more screens, but it was due for a big fall (almost 60 percent) in its second week,...

After debuting to $92 million in its first weekend, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" already lost the top spot at the domestic box office by grossing only $37 million. In total, the superhero film earned $148 million domestically, but thanks to foreign ticket sales, it grossed $550 million worldwide so far. Unfortunately, the sequel still has a lousy 54% fresh rating on RottenTomatoes. The first place went to "Neighbors," a new comedy starring Seth Rogen and Zac Efron. The film earned an impressive $51.1 million domestically, the fourth highest opening of all time for an R-rated comedy, behind "The Hangover II" ($85.9 million), "Sex and the City" ($57 million) and "Ted" ($54.5 million). The movie also performed well overseas, grossing an additional $34.4 million for a worldwide debut of $85.5 million. "Neighbors" cost only $18 million to make, which means that it's already a huge success. The new movie, which is Rogen's best opening for a live-action film, has a 74% fresh rating. Meanwhile,...

Amir here, with the weekend's box office report. Three new films were released, all of which surprised with their numbers but in different directions. Neighbors, the Seth Rogen/Zac Efron comedy beat The Amazing Spider-Man 2 to first place, and while that isn't surprising in and of itself, the fact that it raked in $51m certainly is. I quite like Seth Rogen, at least compared to other dudebro-y comedians of the moment, and Rose Byrne is a treasure, but I couldn't find the enthusiasm to drive to their neighbourhood just yet. Maybe when the film is out DVD...

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return turned out to be a flop of catastrophic proportions, the likes of which I don't think I've ever seen. It managed a paltry 1.4k per screen average. Mom's Night Out is yet another "faith-based" film, this time dressed as a comedy - not that Heaven Is For Real...

Here are your three-day box office returns (new releases bolded): 1. Neighbors - $51.1 million ($51.1 million total) 2. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $37.2 million ($147.9 million total) 3. The Other Woman - $9.2 million ($61.7 million total) 4. Heaven Is for Real - $7.0 million ($75.2 million total) 5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - $5.6 million ($244.9 million total) 6. Rio 2 - $5.1 million ($113.1 million total) 7. Mom's Night Out - $4.2 million ($4.2 million total) 8. Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return - $3.7 million ($3.7 million total) 9. Divergent - $1.7 million ($145.0 million total) 10. Brick Mansions - $1.4 million ($18.3 million total) The Big Stories Should Sony be embarrassed that its big summer kickoff was dethroned in just one...

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Seth Rogen and Zac Efron hosted a party at the movies this weekend, and audiences showed up in droves for it.Playing at 3,279 locations, Neighbors opened to an incredible $49 million. That's one of the biggest debuts ever for an original R-rated comedy.Meanwhile, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 fell hard in its second outing. Still, the superhero sequel is making up for its domestic shortcomings with strong overseas earnings.Among original R-rated comedies, Neighbors trailed Ted ($54.4 million) and Sex and the City ($57 million, and debatably "original"). At the same time, it was ahead of major R-rated hits like The Hangover, The Heat and 21 Jump Street. It's also the biggest debut ever for a live-action Seth Rogen movie ahead of The Green Hornet ($33.5 million).From its first preview, Neighbors looked like a hit. The comedy had a relatable, clearly-articulated premise ("Family vs. Frat") that was hammered home in all of the marketing material.

Bad Neighbors has debuted at top of the Us box office this weekend with $51m.

Starring Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron, the film known to Us audiences as Neighbors, knocks The Amazing Spider-Man 2 off the top spot.

The comic book sequel drops to second place with $37.2 million. Its has earned $147.9m since debuting at number one.

The two films are followed by The Other Woman in third place. The comedy, starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, earned $9.2m.

The Other Woman, with a total earning of $61.7m, is another former number one.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier remains in the top ten, landing in fifth place with $5.6m. It has earned approximately $244.9m so far.

Elsewhere, Mum's Night Out debuts at seven with $4.2, followed by Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return in eighth with $3.7m.

Divergent is slowly slipping out of the top ten, dropping from...

The first surprise hit of the summer arrived this weekend as the R-rated comedy "Neighbors" partied hard for a monster $51 million opening. Actually, anyone who had seen the Nick Stoller directed flick since its debut at the SXSW Film Festival in March could have told you it would be a hit, but a $50 million plus opening? That had to be a dream scenario for distributor Universal Pictures.  Instead, Seth Rogen and Zac Efron can now credit the flick for their biggest live action openings ever.  And for Efron, in particular, "Neighbors" success proves he really does have longterm leading man potential. Universal's gain was Sony Pictures's loss as last week's champ, "Amazing Spider-Man 2," fell and it fell it hard.  The second installment in the Spidey "reboot" dropped 59.4% (it could be 60% by the time Monday's actuals come in) and earned an estimated $37.2 million for $147.9 million to date.  With "Godzilla" and...

Weekend Box Office:

1$51 million

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $37.2 million

The Other Woman $9.2 million

Heaven Is for Real $7 million

Captain America: The Winter Soldier $5.6 million

Rio 2 $5.1 million

Moms' Night Out $4.2 million

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return $3.7 million

Divergent $1.7 million

Brick Mansions $1.4 millionNeighbors100%MovieWeb:   3 reviews74%Rotten Tomatoes:   30 reviews2The Amazing Spider-Man 290%MovieWeb:   12 reviews54%Rotten Tomatoes:   38 reviews3The Other Woman80%MovieWeb:   2 reviews26%Rotten Tomatoes:   23 reviews4Heaven Is for Real60%MovieWeb:   1 reviews49%Rotten Tomatoes:   22 reviews5Captain America: The Winter Soldier98%MovieWeb:   11 reviews89%Rotten Tomatoes:   25 reviews6Rio 287%MovieWeb:   3 reviews47%Rotten Tomatoes:   39 reviews7Moms' Night OutMovieWeb:   0 reviews16%Rotten Tomatoes:   28 reviews8Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return100%MovieWeb:   2 reviews13%Rotten Tomatoes:   41 reviews9Divergent83%MovieWeb:   7 reviews39%Rotten Tomatoes:   2 reviews10Brick Mansions80%MovieWeb:   2 reviews29%Rotten Tomatoes:   16 reviews...

I'm sure brand new distributor Clarius Entertainment is hoping for a better result with And So It Goes than they saw with this weekend's animated turd Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, which will forever enjoy suffering one of the worst all-time openings ever. Luckily for And So It Goes it has a little juice when it comes to its cast in that it stars Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton and is directed by Rob Reiner. Then again, this isn't the mid-90s and since Reiner directed A Few Good Men and The American President he hasn't exactly been hitting home runs let alone singles or doubles. He did find a little success with The Bucket List, which seems to be what this film will be trading off of (not to mention As Good as It Gets in title and tone) as it centers on a self-centered realtor (Douglas) who enlists...

I'm not sure what a "B" CinemaScore means when it comes to an R-rated comedy. Considering it didn't show any signs of slowing after a whopping $19.6 million, I'd say it doesn't mean much as Neighbors rocked the box office with $51 million, more than $11 million over its tracking, not to mention another $34.4 million coming in from overseas. For comparison, in 2012 Ted opened with $54.4 million in June and went on to make over $218 million domestically. I don't see those kinds of legs for this one as Neighbors is a little more of a straight-forward comedy, but given the $18 million production budget this is a very impressive result. Perhaps the CinemaScore will show its effect next weekend. One thing going for it is it was driven by a 53% female audience, pretty good for a movie targeting men and perhaps that helps explain that CinemaScore a little more. When it comes to The Amazing Spider-Man 2...

Seth Rogen and Zac Efron have bested the web-slinger at the box office.

Rogen and Efron's family-versus-fraternity comedy "Neighbors" was the top draw for moviegoers this weekend, unseating last week's champ, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."

According to studio estimates Sunday, the R-rated "Neighbors" debuted with $51 million in ticket sales, pushing Spidey to second place with $37 million.

The Cameron Diaz-Leslie Mann comedy "The Other Woman" held onto third place in its third week of release, while "Heaven Is for Real" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" rounded out the top five.

Top 10 at the Weekend Box Office

1. "Neighbors" - $51.1 M

2. "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" - $37.2 M

3. "The Other Woman" - $9.3 M

4. "Heaven is for Real" - $7.0 M

5. "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" - $5.6 M

6. "Rio 2" - $5.1 M

7. "Moms' Night Out" - $4.2 M

8. "Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return" - $3.7 M

9. "Divergent" - $1.7 M

10. "Brick Mansions" - $1.5 M

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Well, there is no doubt Neighbors will be taking the #1 spot this weekend after an estimated $19.6 million Friday, crushing The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which fell 72% compared to last Friday, taking in an estimated $10.1 million. The dip is on par with drops from other superhero movies, including Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but when you consider the $250 million budget (and $180 million spent on marketing) you have to begin to wonder why they don't spend a couple of those millions investing in better screenwriting. Of course, the film will be crossing $500 million worldwide, but given the future prospects Sony has for this franchise, that number just isn't big enough. Spider-Man will continue, but perhaps a new motto over at Sony should be, "Make a Better Movie." A couple of other new films also did very poor business with Moms' Night Out earning an estimated $1.25 million from 1,044 theaters and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return...

Neighbors got off to a raucous start at the box office on Friday. Meanwhile, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 kicked off its second weekend with a steep drop.Playing at nearly 3,279 theaters, Neighbors opened to a fantastic $19.6 million on Friday. That's bigger than The Hangover ($16.7 million), and barely below Ted ($20.6 million). It's also the best start ever for a live-action Seth Rogen movie ahead of Superbad ($12.3 million). For the weekend, it should earn at least $50 million.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 dropped to second place with an estimated $10.1 million. That's off 71 percent from last Friday, which is identical to Spider-Man 3's drop at the same point. The superhero sequel could wind up as low as $34 million this weekend.Despite facing tough competition from Neighbors, Cameron Diaz comedy The Other Woman only dropped 41 percent on Friday. The movie added $2.82 million for a new total of $55.3 million.Heaven is for Real took fourth place with $1.65 million,...