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Daily Mail
04-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Thunderbolts dethrones Sinners' box office winning streak while Snow White continues to plummet
Thunderbolts soared to the top of the box office over the weekend, dethroning the previous champ, Sinners, according to The latest Marvel entry starring Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, the sister of Black Widow Natasha Romanoff, leading a band of rag tag anti-heroes, earned $76 million in ticket sales domestically with another $86.1 million internationally. The global total for the action adventurer was $162.1 million, putting it well on its say to cover the $280 million in costs for production and marketing. The film received high marks from critics and audiences alike. The consensus on Rotten Tomatoes was an 88-percent score from reviewers, while audiences gave it an enthusiastic 94-percent rating. Also in the cast are Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barns, David Harbour as Yelena's 'dad' Alexei Shostakov and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, reprising her role as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. The vampire thriller Sinners dropped to second place, after two weeks at the top. Michael B. Jordan takes on a dual role as twin brothers who return to their hometown for a new start, but find a far more dangerous situation than they could have imagined. The blues infused fright flick earned $33 million over the weekend, adding to its current total of $236.7 million worldwide. A Minecraft Movie starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa still has legs, coming in third place it's fifth week at the box office. The live action romp based on the popular video game raked in $13.7 million over the weekend. So far the family friendly film has collected more than $873.4 million globally. Ben Affleck in The Accountant 2 dropped to fourth place. The Oscar winner stars as a neurodivergent man with a head for numbers and a way with a gun in this successful sequel. The Accountant 2 earned more than $9.4 million in ticket sales over the weekend. So far, the thriller has collected some $54.3 million worldwide. The spooky Until Dawn about a group of friends caught in a deadly time loop remained at number five its second week in theaters. The thriller starring Ella Rubin and Michael Cimino suffered a big hit in ticket sales, scaring up some $3.8 million as the target audience filled seats at Thunderbolts screenings across the country. The Amateur starring Rami Malek as a CIA analyst who goes rogue in his desire for revenge after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack landed in sixth place with a score of $1.8 million. Easter was a few weeks ago, but the religion based King of Kings from Angel Studios also made the top 10. The spooky Until Dawn about a group of friends caught in a deadly time loop remained at number five its second week in theaters scaring up some $3.8 million The animated adventure which focuses on the life of Jesus earned $1.65 million over the weekend and landed in seventh place. So far, the film has earned $57 million domestically and another $4.6 million internationally. Warfare, focusing on a group of Navy SEALS in Iraq, marched into eight place. The drama starring D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter and Cosmo Jarvis captured $1.27 million in ticket sales. Ninth place went to HIT: The Third Case. The Telugu-language action adventure starring Indian actor Nani as a HIT officer investigating a brutal murder collected $955 thousand at 590 theaters across the US. The historical drama, Guru Nanak Jahaz, rounded out the top 10. The Punjabi-language offering starring American actor Mark Bennington and popular Punjabi actor Bharat Bharial debuted with $685,000 in its coffers. Snow White continued to plummet at the box office, coming in 13th, with only $236,000 in ticket sales. The musical starring Rachel Zeglar and Gal Gadot is expected to debut on Disney+ in June or July.
The Star
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Star
'Dallas' actress Priscilla Pointer, mother of Amy Irving, dies at 100
Priscilla Pointer, an actress known for Dallas and the mother of actress Amy Irving, has died. She was 100. Photo: Priscilla Pointer, an actress known for Dallas and the mother of actress Amy Irving, has died. She was 100. Writer-director and USC professor David Irving, her son, said Pointer died Monday (April 28) at an assisted living facility in Ridgefield, Connecticut, the United States. Pointer was born May 18, 1924, in New York City. She began her acting career on theatre stages in New York in productions like A Streetcar Named Desire , often under the direction of husband Jules Irving. She also appeared in the 1970 Broadway revival of Camino Real and the 1973 revival of Street Car . Pointer and Irving met in Europe after an army production of Brother Rat . The couple went on to start The San Francisco Actor's Workshop. 'Instead of using babysitters, Mama would put us in the front row where she could watch us from the stage,' Irving said in a 1994 interview with the Los Angeles Times . Pointer played Irving's mum in Brian DePalma's horror classic, and Stephen King adaptation, Carrie and appeared with her daughter in six other movies, including A Show Of Force and Micki + Maude – which also starred Pointer's second husband Robert Symonds. She starred in three of her son's feature films, Rumpelstiltskin – which starred sister Amy – C.H.U.D. II: Bud The Chud and Goodbye, Cruel World . She also played Kyle MacLachlan's in David Lynch's Blue Velvet and in Sean Penn's cold war-thriller The Falcon And The Snowman . Pointer had a recurring role on soap opera Dallas as the mother of Pamela Ewing, played by Victoria Principal. Other credits include Mommie Dearest , A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors , Twilight Zone: The Movie and ER . Pointer 'died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100, hopefully to run off with her 2 adoring husbands and her many dogs. She most definitely will be missed,' Amy Irving wrote on Instagram alongside a carousel of images of her mum. She is survived by her three children, David, Katie and Amy. – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
