"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed an astounding $140.7 million at the box office this weekend, exploding most industry expectations en route to the biggest autumn opening weekend in history and the third biggest three-day debut ever, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office. ("The Dark Knight" still retains the record for the biggest weekend debut with $158.4 million, and "Spider-Man 3" is second with $151.1 million.)
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed an astounding $140.7 million at the box office this weekend, exploding most industry expectations en route to the biggest autumn opening weekend in history and the third biggest three-day debut ever, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office. ("The Dark Knight" still retains the record for the biggest weekend debut with $158.4 million, and "Spider-Man 3" is second with $151.1 million.)
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" opened Friday and immediately ripped through a box office record.
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has told CNN that Indian cinema needs to move beyond traditional song-and-dance musicals amid increasing international competition in the Mumbai studios' domestic market.
There's an innocence to Jessica Biel, she says.
The second installment in the "Twilight" saga, starring Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as his star-crossed love and Taylor Lautner as the wolfboy who loves her, has already ripped through a box office record.
A number of CNN iReporters made sure to get in line for screenings of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," and their reaction can be summed up in one word: "More!"
James Van Der Beek has filed for divorce from his wife of nearly six years, actress Heather Ann McComb, Los Angeles court records show.
The sleaze, drugs and desperation allowed to fester in the heart of New York City in the 1970s and '80s may not have done much to foster civic pride, but it sure proved fertile ground for the movies, from the relative respectability of "Taxi Driver" to the low-budget schlock produced by Larry Cohen ("Q: The Winged Serpent").
Are they or aren't they a couple? That's the multimillion-dollar question fueling the "Twilight" franchise.
Melissa Buttigieg, 23, saw "Twilight" 15 times in the theater. Hassina Ford, 19, watched it on the big screen 10 times, and Aimee Murphy, 22, watches the DVD every day.
Are they or aren't they a couple? That's the multimillion-dollar question fueling the "Twilight" franchise.
It's a long night's journey from the bald, clawed bloodsucker of "Nosferatu" to the stylish coif and sculpted abs of Edward Cullen.
Not everyone is as psyched for Friday's "New Moon" release as the "Twi-hards," the "Twilight" series' hard-core fans.
They don't call it "Twi Crack" for nothing.
Break out the Bordeaux, the whoopee cushions and the bangin' Keith Richards guitar solos.
Nothing like a good disaster movie to bring in a lot of coin at the box office.
This is how the world ends -- at least at the multiplex this month.
Writers Nora and Delia Ephron know their way around a punch line.
She's one of the biggest actresses in the world right now, but Kristen Stewart said she's still the same old girl she was before she and the "Twilight" vampires took a bite out of Hollywood.
Fifty story-high tidal waves engulfing entire cities, miles-wide meteors on a collision course with Earth, homicidal alien invaders with pulverizing technology -- nothing beats a good old disaster epic.
The life story of Michael Oher sounds like something out of a movie.
A little knowledge stretches a long, long way in the latest blockbuster from disaster-prone director Roland Emmerich ("Godzilla," "The Day After Tomorrow").
"Pirate Radio," set during the swinging '60s of pop music when giants like the Kinks and the Who roamed the earth, was called "The Boat That Rocked" in its original UK release.
One movie, more than any other, has planted its flag in the sand as the movie industry gears up for the awards season.
It may be only the first week of November, but Disney's "A Christmas Carol" got the holiday season started by spiriting $31 million at the box office, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Part of the great power of movies is that they can take us perilously close to the life of someone we might otherwise feel perilously far from.
There is a special place reserved in the history of film for the gothic kitsch of "Hammer horror."
A hearing has been scheduled for next month in director Roman Polanski's effort to win dismissal of the 1977 sexual assault case that led to his arrest in September.
It may seem stranger than fiction, but George Clooney's latest film, paranormal comedy "The Men Who Stare at Goats," was inspired by real events.
The custody clash between Jesse James and ex-wife Janine Lindemulder over their 5-year-old isn't over, but James says his current wife isn't part of it.
In "The Men Who Stare at Goats," George Clooney, as one of the founders of a crackpot U.S. military unit, wears a mustache that makes him look like Dennis Farina, and he does his best to act cool, calm, and collected -- which sets him in marked contrast to all the flakes and hysterics around him.
"The Fourth Kind" isn't the kind that Nome, Alaska, wants around.
Christmas comes earlier and earlier every year, doesn't it?
There has been a resurgence of interest in horror recently, with zombies and vampires in particular colonizing our cinema screens in ever greater numbers.
Sandra Bullock and her husband, Jesse James, are still caught in the web of one messy -- and increasingly public -- custody battle.
Ebenezer Scrooge has been haunting the holiday season ever since Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was published in 1843 and the miserly old geezer has also been "bah humbug-ing" the big screen for decades.
Film-maker Joss Whedon says he wants to buy the rights to the multi-million dollar "Terminator" franchise -- not for millions, or hundreds of thousands of dollars, but for ten grand.
Philadelphia-based artist Mark Khaisman has proved you don't need suitcases of cash for successful movie remakes -- he simply raided the stationery cupboard.
Actor-director Mel Gibson and his girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, are the new parents of a daughter named Lucia, his spokesman confirmed to CNN.
Robert Pattinson would like to set the record straight, once and for all, on any supposed romantic link between him and his "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart.
Halloween audiences picked beats over blood this weekend, pushing "Michael Jackson's This Is It" to the top spot, while horror phenomenon "Paranormal Activity" scored a strong second-place finish.
Halloween audiences picked beats over blood this weekend, pushing "Michael Jackson's This Is It" to the top spot, while horror phenomenon "Paranormal Activity" scored a strong second-place finish.
Like the pop icon himself, Michael Jackson's "This Is It" has become an international hit.
Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his manager Sam Maydew said Friday.
Yes, you probably want to see this.
"The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind ... and another ..."
Although his name is synonymous with horror, Christopher Lee says he doesn't have much desire to see pictures that fall under that genre these days.
There was a time when the name Julia Roberts would have drawn a blank stare from movie fans.
"Hotel Rwanda" star Don Cheadle got a first-hand view of horror when he traveled to the devastated Darfur region of Sudan in 2005.
Acclaimed film director Paul Haggis's decision to leave the Church of Scientology shines a further public spotlight on the organization.
With "New Moon" ready to rise in theaters November 20, director Chris Weitz wants it known: He is going to try to make you cry.
It is an understatement to say that Elizabeth Taylor likes the new Michael Jackson movie "This Is it."
See ya, Saw. According to early estimates from Hollywood.com Box Office, the new big kahuna in horror is officially "Paranormal Activity," which conjured $22 million in its first weekend with a full wide release, clawing its way to the top of the box office after a full month in theaters.
"The Cove" is a controversial documentary about dolphin slaughter that reveals the distressing secrets behind the multi-billion dollar industry in captive dolphins.
"Amelia" is a frustratingly old-school, Hollywood-style, inspirational biopic about Amelia Earhart that doesn't trust a viewer's independent assessment of the famous woman pictured on the screen.
An infant falls to his death from a second-story window while his parents are making love.
Believe it or not, perpetual bachelor George Clooney sees lots of children in his future.
A Swiss court has refused a request from director Roman Polanski to be released on bail pending an extradition battle, saying he poses a high flight risk, according to court documents.
U.S. Embassy officials in Bern, Switzerland, formally submitted an extradition request for Roman Polanski to the Swiss government on Thursday night, but a lawyer for the film director said his client will continue to resist deportation.
Actor Michael Jai White thinks the negative connotation surrounding the term "blaxploitation film" is a bunch of jive.
Actor John Travolta and his legal team are dismayed that the alleged behavior of a juror led to a mistrial in the case of two people accused of attempting to extort millions from Travolta, his representative said.
In her first interview since Swayze's September 14 death, Lisa Niemi, 53, who was married to the actor for 34 years, will join Elizabeth Edwards and Susan St. James, both of whom suffered the loss of children in accidents.
"Amelia" is a frustratingly old-school, Hollywood-style, inspirational biopic about Amelia Earhart that doesn't trust a viewer's independent assessment of the famous woman pictured on the screen.
The man who caused a mistrial in John Travolta's extortion trial is to appear before a judge next week, the prosecutor said Friday.
An infant falls to his death from a second-story window while his parents are making love.
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, Swiss authorities said Friday.
Budgets spiraling out of control; cast and crew on the verge of collapse; sets destroyed: Just a few of the catastrophes to afflict the ill-fated productions in The Screening Room's Top 10 movie shoots from hell.
Actor John Travolta and his legal team are dismayed that the alleged behavior of a juror led to a mistrial in the case of two people accused of attempting to extort millions from Travolta, his representative said.
Actor Michael Jai White thinks the negative connotation surrounding the term "blaxploitation film" is a bunch of jive.
A jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of two people accused of attempting to extort $25 million from actor John Travolta.
Parents may have fond memories of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, "Where the Wild Things Are." But if their social-networking postings are any indication, some are not pleased with the movie.
A Swiss court has refused a request from director Roman Polanski to be released on bail pending an extradition battle, saying he poses a high flight risk, according to court documents.
After a long and troubled production, Warner Bros.' "Where the Wild Things Are" found its supper waiting, and it was hot to the tune of $32.5 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
"The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind ... and another ..."
A paramedic accused of plotting to extort $25 million from actor John Travolta after his 16-year-old son died in the Bahamas told a jury Wednesday the boy had been dead for some time before the ambulance service was called.
Believe it or not, perpetual bachelor George Clooney sees lots of children in his future.
Get your wolf suit out, channel your inner child and get ready to howl -- it's time for the wild rumpus to start.
Vince Vaughn got engaged to Canadian realtor Kyla Weber on Valentine's Day this year, but before you get all giddy with romantic cliches, he told Ellen DeGeneres that he picked that particular day so he'd never forget the date.
The new horror movie "Paranormal Activity" could be filling movie studio marketing departments with fear.
George Lucas didn't get to be a billionaire by delegating.
Elizabeth Taylor said Thursday that her heart surgery was successful, adding that "it was like having a brand new ticker."
Remember "You're money, baby"? Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau making the L.A. bar scene in "Swingers" back in 1996?
We've always known -- and loved -- Vince Vaughn as a bachelor, on and off the big screen.
England doesn't yet swing in the transporting, ruefully tender coming-of-age drama "An Education."
Tyler Perry has, for the first time, revealed graphic details about the sexual, physical and emotional abuse he says he suffered as a child.
With comedy stars like Brooke Shields and Jim Belushi aboard, even a plane landing can be funny.
There's nothing funny about Tyler Perry's latest work: a revealing account of the horrific abuse he suffered as a child.
The arrest warrant used to detain filmmaker Roman Polanski in Switzerland was valid, the Swiss Justice Ministry said Tuesday, making clear it will fight the director's appeal against his detention over a 1977 sex case.
Videotapes secretly recorded by John Travolta's attorney were played Monday at the trial of two people accused of trying to extort millions of dollars from the actor after his son died in the Bahamas in January.
The Los Angeles Times' headquarters aptly sits where the U.S. Army corralled camels during the Civil War, when Southern California was a desert with no natural resources.
Roman Polanski in 1993 agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a damage claim she filed against the fugitive film director, according to court papers released Friday.
"Whip It!" suggests what might have happened if Juno had gone to a high school as poky as Napoleon Dynamite's and decided that although her mother wanted her to be a beauty queen like Little Miss Sunshine, she'd rather just strap on roller skates.
The Academy-Award winning British producer and (briefly) Columbia Pictures head David Puttnam used to have a placard on the wall of his office. It read: "Hello, he lied."
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