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Aug
28
2021
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By Troy Warren
Box Office: ‘Candyman’ to Scare Up $20M-Plus Debut, ‘Free Guy’ Looks at No. 2 Spot

Box Office: ‘Candyman’ to Scare Up $20M-Plus Debut, ‘Free Guy’ Looks at No. 2 Spot

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BY MIA GALUPPO | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment The horror film from director Nia DaCosta and writer-producer Jordan Peele earned $9.1 million in Friday night ticket sales. As the delta variant continues to surge across much of the country — and after theNational Association of Theater Owners descended on Las Vegas for CinemaCon— the box office enters another weekend in uncertain times, but with a big debut. The only new wide release, R-rated horror Candyman, opens on roughly 3,400 screens in North America after it was delayed three times over the course of the COVID-19 shutdown. The movie, which was produced by…
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Aug
22
2021
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By Troy Warren
Box Office: ‘Free Guy’ Still No. 1 Hero With $19M, ‘PAW Patrol’ Opens to Solid $13M

Box Office: ‘Free Guy’ Still No. 1 Hero With $19M, ‘PAW Patrol’ Opens to Solid $13M

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BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment 'Free Guy' enjoys a pandemic-era record hold as it crosses $100 million globally in its first 10-days. Elsewhere, new offerings 'The Protege' and 'Reminiscence' fall apart in their box office debuts. It’s official: 20th Century and Disney’s Free Guy is a box office hit despite the ongoing pandemic and Hurricane Henri in the Northeast. The family-friendly action-comedy, starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Shawn Levy, fell a mere 34 percent in its second weekend to $18.8 million for a 10-day domestic total of $58.8 million. Free Guy, sporting the lowest decline of any film opening north of $10…
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Aug
08
2021
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By Troy Warren
The Low-Key Hustle of ‘Free Guy’ Filmmaker Shawn Levy: “I’m Willing to Outwork Anybody”

The Low-Key Hustle of ‘Free Guy’ Filmmaker Shawn Levy: “I’m Willing to Outwork Anybody”

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BY TATIANA SIEGEL | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment With Disney's Ryan Reynolds starrer finally hitting theaters after multiple COVID-related delays, the prolific director-producer — he now has 15 projects lined up at Netflix — has quietly become one of Hollywood’s most dependable hitmakers. Shawn Levy is sipping iced coffee with a hint of milk on a scorching hot summer day in Boston. The industrious director-producer is in town with Ryan Reynolds to host a private cast-and-crew screening of their upcoming film Free Guy for the locals at the AMC Boston Common. It has been a long journey for the Disney tentpole, which shot in…
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