Sydney Sweeney opened up about some of her biggest projects while sampling spicy wings on the new episode of Hot Ones.
08.01.2024 - 02:09 / deadline.com
Sony Motion Picture Group Chairman has a few things to celebrate this weekend: Between the studio’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and the studio’s R-rated comedy No Hard Feelings, the studio counts four Golden Globe noms. But then there’s Sony movie, Anyone But You, which reps a return for romantic comedies to the big screen; that Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell title saw a 9% jump in its third weekend at the B.O. which is unprecedented for any title in the post-holiday season.
To date, Anyone But You has posted a 7x multiple off its 3-day domestic $6M opening for a gross to date of $43.7M. Worldwide, the $25M production, co-financed by SK Global Entertainment and TSG Entertainment, has racked up $58.4M.
“The movie went up this weekend, and every other movie went down,” beamed Rothman on the Golden Globes red carpet at the Beverly Hilton.
For quite some time, romantic comedies have been relegated to streaming services.
“I don’t think the audience for romantic comedies ever went away,” says Rothman about what the movie’s recipe for-success, “Studios just stopped believing in them. If you build it, they (audiences) will come.”
“What happened with this movie isn’t something I haven’t seen in a long time; a movie that has gotten better and better each weekend.”
With Marvel and DC getting pummeled at the box office in Q4, many in town believe superhero fatigue has set in. “No, I don’t think there is,” says Rothman tossing that cynical theory aside. Read, Sony had the third highest grossing movie last year, sixth highest worldwide with Spider-Man: Across the Universe ($381.3M domestic, $690.5M WW), an animated Marvel movie that continued to breathe new life into the tired comic-book genre.
“I think the audience has
Sydney Sweeney opened up about some of her biggest projects while sampling spicy wings on the new episode of Hot Ones.
Natasha Bedingfield‘s ‘Unwritten’ has entered the UK Top 20 again after featuring in Anyone But You.The song initially peaked at Number Six when it was released on November 29, 2004. However, after its appearance in the rom-com Anyone But You starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, ‘Unwritten’ has now charted for the first time in 19 years at Number 18.Commenting on the news, Bedingfield said: “I’ve had songs in movies before but this time I really love the way it’s been used in such a special way that it makes you feel joyful. People are actually singing it as they leave the theatre!“Over the years ‘Unwritten’ has somehow become an anthem to sing at the top of your lungs.
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell‘s new film Anyone But You has become the highest-grossing R-rated romcom for nearly a decade.The new film sees the pair play Bea and Ben – two people who hate each other. However, they decide to pretend to be a couple during a destination wedding in Sydney, Australia.According to Deadline, Anyone But You has now crossed $100million (£78.6million) globally since its release last month.That makes it the highest-grossing R-rated romcom since British classic Bridget Jones’s Baby in 2016 – the latter sequel took $211.9million (£166.6million) worldwide across its run.Meanwhile, Powell admitted in December that he “almost died” filming a nude scene for Anyone But You, explaining that filming on a cliff presented a big safety risk.“You just have to grip it and rip it on a scene like that,” he told Variety.
Can an undercover officer separate fact from fiction? “Hit Man” follows one man’s confusing journey into a world he thought he knew. The film comes from respected director Richard Linklater, whose previous works include “Boyhood” and ‘Before’ trilogy.
Glen Powell is opening up about his experience with rom-coms, and offering some details on what’s next for him!
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Glen Powell and his “Hit Man” co-writer and director Richard Linklater stopped by the Variety Studio presented by Audible at the Sundance Film Festival, where Powell celebrated his role in reviving the romantic-comedy genre. “Anyone But You,” his Sony-backed rom-com with Sydney Sweeney, has earned $64 million at the domestic box office and crossed the $100 million mark worldwide. It’s a huge win for the $25 million movie at a time when many people were writing off the genre as dead.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic The U.S. government decided to make an example of Reality Winner, giving the former NSA translator a five-year prison sentence. So it’s only fair that director Susanna Fogel should be able to make an example of her, too — only this time, to very different ends.
Jon Hamm has revealed whether he felt any competition with Tom Cruise while the two actors were filming “Top Gun: Maverick.” During his appearance on Friday’s episode of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?” (now streaming on Max), Hamm, 52, said, “What I really learned was that I loved every bit of working with Tom.”“He is the consummate professional. He pushes himself to a level that almost seems superhuman and then invites you,” he continued. “It’s not a competition with him.
William Earl Variety is returning to the Sundance Film Festival this year with its annual Interview Studio, presented by Audible, the leading creator and provider of premium audio storytelling. Throughout the festival, videos from the interview studio will be distributed across Variety.com as well as Variety and Audible’s social media channels (Instagram: @audible, @Variety; Twitter: @audible_com, @Variety; TikTok: @audible, @VarietyMagazine).
Puck News. The new installment would see the “Mission Impossible” star, 61, return to his role of naval aviator Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, as well as his “Top Gun: Maverick” co-stars Miles Teller and Glen Powell.
Even though Tom Cruise inked a non-exclusive pact at Warner Bros earlier this week, it looks like he’ll continue to be busy with Paramount for some time. Reports tonight are that Top Gun 3 is in development at Paramount with Top Gun:Maverick co-writer Ehren Kruger currently writing a draft.
Sony has moved Wayfarer Studios’ feature take of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, It Ends With Us from Feb. 9 to June 21.
The Directors Guild of America has unveiled the television and documentary nominations for its 76th annual DGA Awards, which will be handed out next month. See the full list below.
Once upon a time, you could attend a dozen afterparties following a Golden Globes ceremony and never leave the Beverly Hilton estate, they were all under one roof. Cities were constructed up on the actual roof or atop the parking lot.
Yorgos Lanthimos celebrated his Golden Globes win by giving a shoutout to Bruce Springsteen.
Golden Globes.Having just turned 22 a few weeks ago, Billie Eilish won her second Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song on Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.After she and her brother, producer and co-writer Finneas triumphed for the Bond theme “No Time to Die” in 2022, the siblings came up golden again for the “Barbie” single, “What Was I Made For?”The moody meditation, which tapped into the existential crisis that the iconic Mattel doll faces in Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster, beat out two other “Barbie” tunes: Dua Lipa’s “Dance the Night” and Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken.”The track — which is also up for both Record and Song of the Year at the Feb. 4 Grammys — bested Bruce Springsteen’s “Addicted to Romance,” from “She Came to Me”: Jack Black’s “Peaches,” from “The Super Mario Bros.
that was awkward.The Hollywood Reporter mistook “Top Gun: Maverick” star Glen Powell for Justin Hartley on the red carpet at Sunday’s 2024 Golden Globe Awards.“Glen Powell has arrived for tonight’s 2024 #GoldenGlobes ceremony,” the Hollywood Reporter posted on its X account (formerly Twitter).The caption was alongside a photo of Hartley dressed in a tan tuxedo and a black bow tie.Hartley, the former “This Is Us” star, is launching his new drama series, “The Scout,” Feb. 11 after the Super Bowl on CBS.Powell quickly jumped on the gaffe.“I think this is the perfect time to announce that @justinhartley and I will be starring in the most boring body-swap movie of all time,” he playfully retorted on X.THR’s post seems to have vanished shortly thereafter, though it did post two tweets about Harley’s arrival with his wife, Sofia Pernas.“Sometimes I feel beat up by it.
BreAnna Bell The newly formed Golden Globes Foundation honored this year’s crop of organizations who received significant grant awards with a celebratory toast alongside Hollywood’s stars including Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Jon Hamm. This year, the foundation (now under the leadership of Board Chair Earl Gibson III) donated $5 million to 96 nonprofit organizations serving disadvantaged communities, several universities and colleges, film restoration projects throughout the world, and programs providing aid to journalists across the globe.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kate Hudson appeared on “The View” and reflected on the recent 20th anniversary of her iconic romantic comedy “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” The genre has lost much its box office dominance in the decades since Hudson first linked up with Matthew McConaughey to the tune of $105 million at the domestic box office and $177 million worldwide. For comparison’s sake, the just-released rom-com “Anyone But You,” starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, has earned a decent $38 million and counting worldwide.
Glen Powell is opening up about some advice he got that changed his perception of starring in a romantic comedy.