Broadway Box Office Slips A Bit In Pre-Tony Run-Up: Total Weekly Receipts At $31M

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” kicked off at the international box office with $110 million from 68 markets, including a decent $40 million start in China. The seventh installment in Paramount’s action franchise also pulled in $60 million in its North American debut, bringing its worldwide tally to a solid $170 million. Overseas audiences will be key to the theatrical success of “Transformers,” which cost $200 million. Prior entries in the 16-year-old series have earned as much as 70% of overall box office returns outside of the U.S. and Canada. At the international box office, ticket sales for “Rise of the Beasts” are pacing 32% below “Bumblebee,” which is the most recent entry in the series. The newest chapter has managed to set franchise records in eight smaller markets, including Indonesia, Argentina and Peru. The Autobots will take the box office milestones where they can get them.

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Ashlyn would be so proud! After Julia Lester made her mark on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, she had her sights set on Broadway.

Strictly Come Dancing pro Janette Manrara has shared some adorable bump pictures as she posed alongside former Pussycat Dolls star Ashley Roberts.  Janette, 39, is pregnant with her first child with husband Aljaž Škorjanec and as her due date approaches, Janette has shared the snaps on Instagram. She and Ashley looked like firm friends as they stood back to back, before Ashley placed a sweet kiss on Janette's growing bump.

Lea Michele has enjoyed monumental success since formally joining the cast of the Broadway hit Funny Girlin September 2022.But while she's earned praise for deftly portraying the coveted role of the beloved character Fanny Brice, there's a simple reason why she's not eligible for a Tony Award. According to the Tony Awards' rules and regulations under eligibility requirements, «in order to be eligible, an actor or actress must perform in the role on the production's opening night and must perform in the minimum number of performances to which the producer of such production must invite and make tickets available to Tony voters as required by Rule 2(a)vi).»And therein lies the issue — the original actress who performed on opening night was Beanie Feldstein, who left in the wake of the show being at risk of closing due to poor reviews and lackluster ticket sales. That all changed after Michele formally replaced Feldstein in September.Michele and the cast of are still set to take the stage during Sunday night's ceremony as one of the evening's running list of performers.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Spider-Man put up a good fight, but the Autobots came out on top. After an unusually close box office battle, Paramount’s “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” pulled ahead of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” debuting in first place to $60.5 million from 3,678 theaters. Sony’s animated “Spider-Verse sequel still managed a mighty second weekend, landing in second place with $55.4 million from 4,332 theaters. Initial ticket sales for “Rise of the Beasts,” which is the seventh installment in the “Transformers” franchise,” were notably better than the prior two entries, 2018’s “Bumblebee” ($21.6 million) and 2017’s “The Last Knight” ($44.68 million). It’s an encouraging sign that Paramount’s action series isn’t yet running on fumes. That’s been a concern because the more recent chapters brought back diminishing returns after softer starts. Reviews for “Rise of the Beasts” were mixed, but audiences embraced the film with an “A-” CinemaScore.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Elizabeth Olsen is currently on a break from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and she’s definitely enjoying it. During a conversation with “The White Lotus” star Meghann Fahy as part of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series, Olsen got honest about not missing her Scarlet Witch days. “Do you miss doing Wanda?” Fahy asked. “No, I don’t,” Olsen responded. “I think it’s been almost 10 years of playing her. And I’ve loved it. And I think the reason why I am not calling Kevin Feige every day with ideas is because I’m really proud of what we were able to do. I think ‘WandaVision’ was a really surprising opportunity.”

Broadway’s best stepped out in style for the 76th Annual Tony Awards on Sunday, June 11, at United Palace in New York City.

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History in the making! J. Harrison Ghee received their first Tony Award nomination in May 2023, marking the first time a nonbinary actor earned such an honor.

Almost time! Sara Bareilles is gearing up for the 76th annual Tony Awards by working to ignore her past body image struggles before hitting the red carpet.

Danielle Armstrong and her husband, Tom Edney, received "tattoos" from their daughter as they played in the family kitchen together.The TOWIE star and her husband of one year spent their Saturday, 10 June, keeping cool from the warm weather and allowing their three year old daughter to get creative with some "ink".Talking to her 1.3 million Instagram followers, Danielle revealed that little Orla was over the moon that her dad got a "matching" tattoo to her. Alongside a carousel of candid family photographs, the reality TV star wrote: "Heavily pregnant with a toddler there was no way I was even attempting to go anywhere." "So we had a fun day at home," Danielle continued alongside a home and sun emoji.

Outlander is back, and nothing will ever be the same for the Frasers. Having seen the first four episodes of the new season, I can say that it's the same Outlander you love, but as the first few episodes unfold, it begins to feel like . Change is uncomfortable, and there's going to be a lot of it this season, but it also energizes the series in a really thrilling—and poignant—way. “It's explosive.

Manchester United icon Paul Scholes has expressed his concern about facing former teammate Nani at Soccer Aid on Sunday evening.

Glastonbury Festival 2023.The Spider will be returning to the Arcadia area for this year’s edition of the festival, which will feature a range of electronic music heavyweights on its line-up.The Chemical Brothers, Skepta, Floating Points, Daphni, Dubkasm, Plastician and more will all play in the spider across the weekend. Find the full list of artists here.Ahead of the festival, Arcadia has announced that it will run entirely on recycled biofuels for the first time, including cooking oil and chip fat.Explaining the initiative, Arcadia co-founder Bertie Cole told DJ Mag: “With the current infrastructure that festivals run on it was clear one of the more efficient ways it could be done is by using a waste fuel to power all those bits of machinery.“But until quite recently, a lot of the biofuels that were available didn’t really have the provenance of components, like some of them had palm oils etc.

With the sun shining and temperatures rising, nothing quite screams summer more than soaking up the good weather with a picnic. Whether you head to a local park or keep things closer to home with a backyard affair, rolling out the picnic blanket with some friends and family is the perfect way to pass the time. But while it may be tempting to dash to the shops to pick up packets of pies, rolls and dips, there’s plenty of picnic food that can be made from scratch at home.

The Met Office has issued a further yellow thunderstorm warning covering Greater Manchester this week.

The hero oldest sister of four indigenous children who disappeared into the depths of the Amazon rainforest has told how she kept her three brothers alive for 40 days.

As the weather hots up, so do the passions of several star signs this week. It's all systems go for Aquarians in the love department, while Sagittarians have more than enough nous to fix a faltering relationship. Elsewhere, Ariens realise that some subjects are off limits, Geminians need to keep the lines of communication open and Leos have to navigate a storm in a teacup.

Norway legend John Arne Riise has no worries that Erling Haaland has delayed his preparations to face Scotland to party with Champions League winners Manchester City...because the ex-Liverpool star did exactly the same.

Crowds "clapped and cheered" as the life of an unloved shopping precinct came to a dramatic end.