Anthony covers box office, breaking film news, awards-season features and festival news. His first job in the film industry was at Savoy Pictures' headquarters in New York where he worked in film distribution. In the summer of 1999, he was hired by Variety and moved to Los Angeles, and remained in the newsroom covering numerous parts of the industry, including box office, for about a decade. Prior to arriving at Deadline in the fall of 2011, where he co-edited the site's sister publication Awardsline, Anthony covered the box office beat for Indiewire's Thompson on Hollywood. He also co-produced Matt Walsh's film "A Better You."
SATURDAY AM WRITETHRUafter Friday post… Rainstorms in Los Angeles aren’t getting in the way of moviegoing, nor is two-to-five inches of snow in NYC as 20th Century Studios’ James Cameron Avatar: Fire and Ash is leading, of course, the final weekend of 2025 with a second frame around $60M over…
The domestic box office is forecasted again to hit $9 billion in 2026.
Wait, we said that last year about this year. What happened? With 2025 expected to file between $8.8 billion-$8.9 billion, essentially, it’s the difference of one tentpole not working, so, take your pick: Paramount’s Running…
UPDATED including Christmas Day business: Yes, Virginia, it was a great Christmas with all titles raking in an estimated $68.4M, the best the post-Covid period has ever seen for the holiday.
Christmas Day outstripped that of 2023’s, the previous high, which fell on a Monday and minted $62.3M…
Universal’s Wicked: For Good will hit PVOD on digital platforms on Dec. 30 in what is a 43-day exclusive theatrical window. Last year, Wicked hit PVOD on Dec. 31, in what was a 39-day window, that movie raking in $70M in its first week on PVOD; $26M in day one alone.
The Jon M. Chu directed…
Disney Studios continues to show the power of the theatrical window as the Burbank, CA lot is officially crossing the $6 billion worldwide threshold today.
Broken out that’s $2.3B domestic, the best for any major motion picture studio stateside YTD, and $3.65B in international B.O.
We…
EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Emmy nominee Matt Walsh (Veep, Ghosts), Jonathan Lipnicki (Sarah’s Oil, Jerry Maguire) and Geneva Carr (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Bull) have wrapped production in Oklahoma on writer-director Adam Seidel’s sophomore feature, Williston.
The psychological thriller follows three…
Despite what’s expected to be a better holiday stretch from Christmas Eve though New Year’s Eve than last year’s stretch of $396.3M (per Comscore), the 2025 annual box office is expected to come up short from its anticipated $9 billion with about $8.8B-$8.9B per distribution sources.
That’s…
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, which was greenlit by the previous Paramount Animation administration, won’t be getting a theatrical release. Rather, it’s headed to Paramount+ next fall.
The movie’s most recent release date was Oct. 9, 2026. It had jumped around the calendar, first set…
Yes, Virigina, there will be Chris Evans as Steve Rogers in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday. The Disney studio label and the Russo brothers delivered an early Christmas gift to fans that Captain America is returning, but he’s a father now with a little baby. The question is whether or not he puts…
Following the success of the Safdie brothers’ Uncut Gems, the siblings were ultimately drawn in different directions as filmmakers, with Benny gravitating toward the Dwayne Johnson MMA project The Smashing Machine and Josh, along with the duo’s scribe collaborator Ronald Bronstein, to an original…
Before 2025 closes out, Disney has made some date shifts to next year and beyond.
Searchlight’s Ready or Not 2: Here I Come moves up to March 27, demonstrating a big confidence in the horror sequel from its April 10 release date in 2026. The new release date for the Radio Silence directed movie…
MONDAY AM: The weekend opening for James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash is slightly higher both domestic and worldwide respectively with $89M and $347M. Sunday came in better stateside with an estimated $24.5M than the $23M Disney called it at; yesterday holding at -13% from Saturday. That’s better…