April 9, 2026‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’, ‘You, Me & Tuscany’, & ‘Michael’ Should All Add Up To A Big April Box Office For Universal – Kat Coiro’s & Will Packer’s Destination Romantic Comedy Movie Was Produced On A Reported $18M Budget.
April 9, 2026Lionsgate’s Film Chairman Adam Fogelson On ‘Michael’ Part 2: “We Have Really Good Shot At Being In A Position To Deliver When The Right Moment Comes.” Also Says They’re A Pure-Play Content Creation Company That Showed Resilience & Sees Opportunities To Scoop Up Many Movies Not Made By Other Studios.
April 9, 2026ZOOTOPIA 2 debuted with a monster 1.7B minutes viewed in its first five days on Disney+, per Nielsen. (per Matt Belloni)
April 9, 2026Tracking for Animal Farm (pre-cinemacon) is low w/ current pace of presales matching ~ films that opened to ~$2.5M (presales to date more on par with a $$3.5M-4M OW). Given Animal Farm will have better walkups than faith based films (presale heavy as a genre), I’m thinking $2.5M-$5M.
April 9, 2026Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth Returns in 3D for 20th Anniversary from Cineverse and Fathom Entertainment on October 9
April 9, 2026Disney / Pixar’s Hoppers grossed $719K on Wednesday (from 3,290 locations), which was a 31% decrease from the previous Wednesday. Total domestic gross stands at $152.39M.
April 9, 2026Amazon MGM Studios’ Project Hail Mary grossed $3.07M on Wednesday (from 3,907 locations), which was a 30% decrease from the previous Wednesday. Total domestic gross stands at $229.07M.
April 9, 2026Project Hail Mary will be getting a daily late evening screening at many domestic IMAX locations this weekend.
April 9, 2026Universal’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie grossed $8.74M on Wednesday (from 4,252 locations). Total domestic gross stands at $231.18M.
