MOVIES

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Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch has made history this Memorial Day weekend, dancing its way to a record-breaking $183 million in the U.S. over four days, and $341.7 million globally. The film’s explosive debut outperformed Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning, which earned $77 million domestically, and marks a new high point for the beloved 2002 animated classic.

Guy Ritchie’s new Apple TV+ film Fountain of Youth dropped on the platform on May 23, 2025, with John Krasinski and Natalie Portman as bickering siblings on a globe-trotting quest for the legendary fountain of eternal youth. The film blends myth, high-stakes adventure, and slick visuals, but despite its credentials, it’s been given a cool reception.

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Protagonist Pictures, the UK-based sales, finance, and production outfit behind independent films that have won awards, unveiled a boutique label, Protagonist Picks. The new label was launched shortly before the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and will introduce distinctive, globally relevant storytelling through a responsive, nimble strategy. Isabel Ivars, a seasoned industry executive, has been promoted to Director of Sales, overseeing both Protagonist Picks and the company’s extensive library.

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Neeraj Ghaywan’s latest film Homebound premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the “Un Certain Regard” sidebar this week with a rousing nine-minute standing ovation. It is a big return for Ghaywan, who made waves on the Croisette for the first time in 2015 with Masaan, a film that dealt with caste and loss with sensitivity on the banks of the Ganges.

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Pixar gold once more. The animation studio’s sequel Inside Out 2 is 2024’s highest-grossing movie, taking Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster Tournament for the year with a projected $650 million net profit. The movie’s record-breaking performance not only revitalized Pixar’s box office prospects but also redefined what success in the current theatrical landscape looks like.

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Christopher Nolan is once again pushing cinematic boundaries. His upcoming film The Odyssey will be the first feature-length movie ever filmed entirely with IMAX cameras, a groundbreaking achievement confirmed by IMAX and first revealed during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

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Director Guy Ritchie is set to direct Road House 2, the follow-up to Amazon MGM Studios’ breakout remake of the 1989 cult classic. Jake Gyllenhaal returns to reprise bouncer-turned-boxer Elwood Dalton’s explosive presence from the original movie. The follow-up tells the unlikely success story of a movie that courted controversy but went on to smash streaming records.