Movie:the Jungle Book

  • EntertainmentNick Schager

    Jon Favreau on Path From 'Swingers' ('I Went From Outsider to Insider') to 'Jungle Book' ('A Film You Could Only Make Now')

    In advance of his Sunday appearance on El Rey Network’s 'The Director’s Chair,' a chat about his career in movies

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    'The Jungle Book' Star Neel Sethi Has a Pitch for a Marvel-DC Crossover Movie

    It involves an energy blast...

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    Andy Serkis Says His 'Jungle Book' Will Be Scary and 'Quite Dark'

    When Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book came out earlier this year and won glowing reviews and staggering box-office receipts, many wondered what the point was of Andy Serkis directing his own version of the Rudyard Kipling book for Warner Bros. Yes, it’s got a great cast including Cate Blanchett and Benedict Cumberbatch, and Planet of the Apes veteran Serkis is a motion-capture pioneer, but what can it bring to the table that Favreau’s didn’t already? “It’s a PG-13, more a kind of Apes movie, a sli

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    'The Jungle Book' Tops 'Keanu' and 'Mother's Day' at the Box Office

    In its third weekend, the movie continued to exceed expectations, grossing $42.4 million in North America to crush new offerings Mother’s Day and R-rated feline comedy, Keanu. Heading into the frame, most thought Jungle Book would earn around $35 million, but numbers kept being revised upwards Saturday and Sunday. Jungle Book, which fell a scant 30 percent domestically, has now earned $684.8 million globally.

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    'The Jungle Book' Crushes 'Mother's Day,' 'Keanu' at the Box Office

    On Friday, the R-rated feline comedy Keanu opened to $3.5 million from 2,658 theaters at the North American box office, enough to beat Garry Marshall’s star-studded Mother’s Day, which grossed an estimated $2.7 million from 3,035 theaters. Neither, of course, were able to beat holdover The Jungle Book, which earned another $10.3 million to jump the $600 million mark globally for Disney and director Jon Favreau. Disney will enjoy world domination this weekend between Jungle Book and Captain Ame

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    'The Huntsman' Flops With $20M at the Box Office, While 'Jungle Book' Roars to $61M

    Without Kristen Stewart as Snow White, Universal’s The Huntsman: Winter’s War flopped at the North American box office, grossing $20.1 million from 3,792 theaters despite a net budget of $115 million. Rather, The Jungle Book remained king of the multiplex as it raced past the $500 million mark globally. Jungle Book’s performance further solidifies Disney’s prowess in spinning classic tales into live-action tentpoles.

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    'The Jungle Book' Scores Huge $103.6 Million U.S. Debut at the Box Office

    By Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book opened to a massive $103.6 million at the North American box office in another win for Disney’s live-action studio as it spins classic titles into modern-day tentpoles. Overseas, the family friendly movie is also doing enormous business, grossing $136.1 million over the weekend for a foreign total of $187.4 million and early global tally of $291 million (it began rolling out in some territories a week ago). In North Ameri