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Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Two Disney tentpoles, “Mufasa: The Lion King” and “Moana 2,” are crossing major box office milestones. “Mufasa” has surpassed $500 million globally after four weeks of release, while “Moana 2” is poised to swim past the $1 billion mark with ticket sales currently at $989.9 million.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor If watching “Nosferatu” makes you feel uneasy and uncomfortable, that’s exactly what filmmaker Robert Eggers had in mind. Eggers and cinematographer Jarin Blaschke played with the idea of confusion in this gothic horror retelling of F. W.

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Nosferatu,” a gothic horror remake inspired by Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” sunk its teeth into $100 million at the global box office. What’s impressive is the film, from Focus Features and director Robert Eggers, surpassed the milestone after 10 days of release. Very few arthouse movies have crossed that benchmark at all in post-pandemic times.

The movie Nosferatu has been a major success at the holiday box office and it stars Bill Skarsgard as the villain Count Orlok, though there were other actors considered for the role before him.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Nosferatu, Focus Features‘ gothic horror from writer-director Robert Eggers. Set in 1830s Baltic Germany, Eggers reimagines the tale with Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, a fictional character who originally appeared in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror directed by F.W. Murnau.

Harper’s Bazaar, the “Nosferatu” star, 25, said she watched her famous dad’s movies as a child, but one in particular has stuck with her for years — the 1990 hit film “Edward Scissorhands.”“I was traumatized by it,” she told the outlet. “Not because I thought he was scary, but because everyone was being so mean to him and I got really upset.”The film, directed by Tim Burton, centers around an unfinished humanoid who boasts scissor blades for hands.The three-time Academy Award nominee shares Lily-Rose with his ex Vanessa Paradis.

From killer clowns to ancient vampires and back again, Bill Skarsgård isn’t worried about being typecast.

William Earl SPOILER ALERT: This article contains mild spoilers about “Nosferatu,” now playing in theaters. Robert Eggers’ horror film “Nosferatu” has been getting high praise for its craft, from the costumes to the cityscapes, boats and carriages. Yet Bill Skarsgård‘s transformation into the horrific Count Orlok has been the biggest topic of conversation. David White, the prosthetic makeup effects designer on “Nosferatu,” spilled the secrets behind Skarsgård’s look, as well as the inspirations that haunted him and a breakdown of the film’s indelible final image.

New Year’s Day 2025 rang in an estimated $42.9M for all movies, the best result for the holiday post-Covid. New Year’s Day 2022 grossed $40.2M, led by Spider-Man: No Way Home ($23.1M).

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” and Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” are duking it out for first place at the North American box office with each of the family friendly films bringing in roughly $60 million over the five days since Christmas. Based on estimates, “Sonic 3” was ever-so-slightly ahead during the traditional weekend ($38 million between Friday and Sunday; $59.8 million from 3,769 venues since Christmas Day on Wednesday) while “Mufasa” claimed No. 1 over the five-day stretch ($37.1 million between Friday and Sunday; $63.9 million from 4,100 theaters since Wednesday).

according to The Numbers.The action-adventure flick surpassed $100 million in sales in North America in its first eight days of release, according to Variety.Paramount Pictures is already making plans for a fourth installment of the series, based on the Sega video games, which is slated to be released in 2027.“Mufasa: The Lion King” remained in second place, with earnings of $12 million. The Walt Disney Pictures musical drama — which cost a whopping $200 million to make — is projected to earn $58 million over the five-day holiday weekend.Gothic horror “Nosferatu,” which was released on Wednesday, took third, with sales of $7.25 million.The remake of the 1922 silent film of the same name stars Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Willem Dafoe and Lily-Rose Depp, the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis.The Post called the film a “skin-crawling remake” that “comes in at about 98% dread” and praised its casting as “a fang of beauty.”Landing in fourth was “Wicked,” moving down a notch from last week and taking in $6.83 million on its sixth Friday in theaters.“Moana 2” fell down one spot to fifth, with a $6.3 million-dollar take.The family adventure has made history, becoming one of the top 20 highest-grossing PG movies of all time, as per Collider.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor When Robert Eggers decided to reimagine F. W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic “Nosferatu” with his new remake, he wanted everything to be as practical and authentic as possible.

Refresh for more…Mufasa continued to get from the count on Thursday, beating Sonic The Hedgehog 3, $12M to $11.55M. The 3-day and 5-days on these two family movies are expected to be close. Mufasa is currently looking to be the stronger at $58M. Running total through yesterday on Mufasa is $76.4M while Sonic 3 stands at $99.55M.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Christmas moviegoers visited the Pride Lands, propelling Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to the top of the box office. The family friendly adventure was the holiday’s highest-grossing release, earning $14.7 million. That pushed its domestic tally to $64.3 million.

William Earl SPOILER ALERT: This article contains mild spoilers about “Nosferatu,” now playing in theaters. Robert Eggers‘ fourth film — “Nosferatu,” in theaters today via Focus Features — is a bold, starry reimagining of F. W. Murnau’s 1922 masterful silent film of the same name.

Nicholas Hoult is showing fans what Nosferatu co-star Bill Skarsgard‘s prosthetic member looked like on set!

“Ask Me Anything” video interview with Elle and were asked what they took from the set of the new horror film directed by Robert Eggers.“I have Count Orlok’s prosthetic penis framed at home,” Hoult revealed.“There’s a scene where Bill Skarsgård is slurping my blood and Robert Eggers asked, ‘How was that for you?’ And I said, ‘I could feel his prosthetic penis on my leg,'” the actor recalled. Hoult explained that “as a wrap gift,” Eggers, 41, got the prosthetic penis “framed and he sent to my house.”“But the frame had broken when it got there, so I had to take it to a local frame shop and I had to be like, ‘Hey, dude, can you fix this?’” Hoult told Depp, 25.“He kind of didn’t even blink the first time,” the actor continued, “and then when I went back to pick it up, I think he had clocked how weird it was, what I was framing, potentially, like, this vampire penis? And he was like, ‘Is this some kind of collector’s piece?’”Depp added, “You’re like, ‘Yes it is.'” “I was like, ‘Yeah, you could say that,'” Hoult responded with a laugh.“Nosferatu” is a remake of the 1922 silent film, which was unofficially adapted from Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula.”Hoult and Depp play husband and wife Thomas and Ellen Hutter in the horror flick, while Skarsgård, 34, plays the titular monster.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The Czech Republic, the location for Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu,” starring Bill Skarsgård, Willem Dafoe and Lily-Rose Depp, has given a major boost to its production incentives. An amendment to the country’s Audiovisual Act has upped the incentive for live-action projects from 20% to 25%. Added to that an incentive of 35% for digital production and animation, excluding live-action sequences, has been introduced.

Nosferatu, director Robert Eggers has thanked an unlikely source for the enduring interest in the iconic vampire.The movie, which is set to release on December 25 in the US and January 3 in the UK, is a remake of the 1922 film of the same name, which in turn was based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It stars the likes of Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Emma Corrin.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday (December 12), The Northman director was made aware that Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob had introduced its young viewers to kids to the iconic vampire – also known as Count Orlok – several times in the show.Director Robert Eggers thanks SpongeBob for introducing younger people to #Nosferatu pic.twitter.com/HQgmQ4WEMR— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 13, 2024He said he was familiar, explaining: “There was a show called Muppet Babies when I was a kid that would play little clips of Lon Chaney’s Phantom of the Opera and early versions of Cyrano de Bergerac and stuff; that weird cartoon gave me exposure to a lot of movies that I watched when I was a little older with memories from Muppet Babies.

Nicholas Hoult had to wade through thousands of rats while filming Nosferatu, the actor recalled on The Graham Norton Show last week.Hoult plays Thomas Hutter in the movie, a remake of the classic 1922 horror of the same name, based on Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. He’s alongside the likes of Lily-Rose Depp, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and Willem Dafoe in an ensemble cast.He joked to Norton that the movie had a “big rat budget,” explaining: “I think we had like 5,000 rats. Some of them were trained as well.

The stars of the new horror film Nosferatu stepped out together for the L.A. premiere!