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“Dune: Part 2” topped the weekend box office, grossing $81.5 million domestically and $178.5 million worldwide. This exceeds the $40.1 million grosses of 2021’s Dune, which had the unique circumstance of simultaneously airing on HBO Max during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first Dune earned $108.8 million in North America and $433.7 million overall.
The movie “Bob Marley: One Love” took second place with $7.4 million, followed by “Ordinary Angels” with $3.8 million, “Madame Web” with $3.2 million and “The Chosen”: Season 4, Episodes 7-8 rounds out the top five with $3.1 million.
In the national box office, Inside Out 2 outperformed two leaders in terms of opening weekend grosses ($155 million): “The “richest” film of 2024, Denis Villeneuve’s second Dune, and the previous year’s box office giant, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. International (with another $140 million) – brought the cartoon the title of the best animated opening of […]
Eight dismissed SpaceX engineers have filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk alleging sexual harassment and retaliation. The U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a case against the company. “Musk knowingly and intentionally created an unwanted hostile work environment based on his behavior of inserting disgusting sexual photos, memes, and comments that demeaned women […]
A documentary by Anton Ptushkin, a well-known Ukrainian travel blogger and former host of the “Heads and Tails” program, dedicated to the rescue of animals during the Russian invasion, was screened in Canada. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. The film, titled “We, Our Pets and the War,” tells the […]
Warner Bros. Discovery and its CEO, David Zaslav, have announced a new movie in the Lord of the Rings universe, titled The Hunt for Gollum, scheduled for release in 2026. Peter Jackson, the director of the famous Tolkien adaptations, will resume his collaboration with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens to produce the new project and […]
The first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place today in Malmö, where 15 participants will compete for the right to represent their country in the final. Ukraine will be represented in this semifinal by the duo alyona alyona & Jerry Heil with the song “Teresa & Maria,” and their performance is […]
A South Korean woman says she met Musk through Instagram, where he allegedly selectively communicates with fans. “On July 17 last year, Musk added me as a friend on Instagram. Although I became a big fan of his after reading his biography, at first I doubted whether it was real,” the woman told journalists of […]