Where did everybody go? They certainly weren’t watching the Friday night Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. The audience dropped to about 17 million, down 37 percent from 26.5 million viewers for the Rio de Janeiro opening in 2016. (Though Saturday was better.) We know they weren’t at the movies. The box-office dropped 25 percent from last
Snake Eyes
FRIDAY AM Update: Refresh for updates Universal’s Old grossed $1.5M on Thursday night from 2,750 theaters that began showtimes at 7PM. This topped the Thursday night results for Paramount’s Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins which did $1.4M, also starting at 7PM at 2,662 theaters. Both titles are respecting a theatrical window. As far as who wins at the
EXCLUSIVE: We learned today that Paramount’s Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins is moving up from its October 22 release date to July 23. The G.I. Joe movies play younger and it only makes sense for the new stand-alone from eOne/Hasbro to play the summer. The first movie, 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, also played