Melissa Benoist and her production banner Three Things Productions has renewed its overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group as the former Supergirl star officially joins HBO Max series The Girls on the Bus . Deadline revealed in February that Benoist was in talks to reunite with Berlanti Productions for the political campaign drama series. It’s confirmed that she will star as Sadie McCarthy, a journalist who romanticizes Tim Crouse’s Boys on the Bus book and who scrapped her whole life for her own shot at covering a presidential campaign for the paper of record. Sadie hits the trail and eventually bonds with three female competitors. Despite their differences, the women become a found family with a front-row seat to the greatest soap opera in town: the battle for the White House. The series comes from executive producers and writers Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, inspired by a chapter in Chozick’s book Chasing Hillary . Benoist will serve as a … [Read more...] about Melissa Benoist Renews Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV As She Officially Boards ‘The Girls On The Bus’
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‘The Batman’ $134M Opening Reps Warner Bros’ Biggest During Pandemic Era, Best Debut For Matt Reeves – Monday AM Update
MONDAY AM: Rival studios easily saw Batman doing in the mid $130Ms yesterday AM, and today Warner Bros . is reporting $134M after a $34.1M Sunday, -21% from Saturday. Presales were strong throughout the weekend. Look for Batman to ease 50% in weekend 2 with an estimated $67M. Batman doesn’t encounter any studio wide competition until March 25, when Paramount opens its Sandra Bullock-Channing Tatum-Brad Pitt-Daniel Radcliffe adventure romantic comedy The Lost City, which is getting ready to blast off at SXSW next weekend. iSpot shows that in U.S. TV ads alone, Warners spent more than other studios to date during 2022 (it is a big film), with close to $30M across the Winter Olympics, NFL games, NBA games, Good Morning America, The Bachelor, as well as shows on Fox, USA and CBS. All in 920M TV ad impressions. Worldwide came in at $258M when adding in $124M from abroad. SUNDAY AM UPDATE : In another clear sign that moviegoing is alive and well despite … [Read more...] about ‘The Batman’ $134M Opening Reps Warner Bros’ Biggest During Pandemic Era, Best Debut For Matt Reeves – Monday AM Update
‘The Batman’ Lights Up $124M Overseas For $258M Global Bow – International Box Office Update
MONDAY UPDATE, with The Batman actuals : Warner Bros/DC’s The Batman has flown even higher with actuals now counted. The international box office total for opening weekend came in at $124.2M , per the studio (up $4.2M from Sunday’s projection). Combined with domestic’s updated take of $134M through yesterday, this brings the global debut on the Robert Pattinson -starrer to $258.2M — a nearly $10M increase on the Sunday estimates. With the updated figures, like-for-like overseas comps at today’s rates have moved in The Batman ‘s favor. The opening is now 5% below The Dark Knight Rises , 14% ahead of Justice League , 48% over Wonder Woman , 50% above The Dark Knight and 152% over pandemic release Godzilla Vs Kong . There were slight shifts in individual market cumes within the Top 5 which includes the UK at a confirmed $18.1M, followed by Mexico at $12.1M, Australia at $9.3M, Brazil with $8.8M and France at $8.4M. Sunday’s … [Read more...] about ‘The Batman’ Lights Up $124M Overseas For $258M Global Bow – International Box Office Update