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Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions comedy brand continues to reap healthy profits (despite consistently poor critical receptions for its film releases), but there have been signs in recent years that consumer fatigue is starting to set in.
- Hollywood Reporter: Netflix Boss Defends Adam Sandler Deal: "He's an Enormous International Movie Star"
- Deadline: Netflix’s Ted Sarandos On Adam Sandler, More ‘Arrested Development’ & Olsen Twins On ‘Fuller House’ – TCA
- Deadline: How Much Is ‘Pixels’ A Box Office Pickle For Adam Sandler? – Weekend Actuals
- The Wrap: ‘Pixels’ Continues Adam Sandler’s Box Office Losing Streak
- Thompson on Hollywood: Friday Box Office: Sandler's 'Pixels' Gets Mixed Response, 'Paper Towns,' 'Southpaw' Not Far Behind
- Variety: ‘Paper Towns’ Music Supervisor Season Kent on ‘Magic Mike,’ John Green and ‘Boom Clap’
- USA Today: 'Paper Towns' surprise: 'TFIOS' star cameos
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'Pixels,' 'Paper Towns' Stall; 'Southpaw' Overperforms
- Movies With Butter: Friday Box Office: "Pixels" Disappoints, "Southpaw" Draws Even, and "Paper Towns" Impresses
- MTV Movies Blog: ‘Paper Towns': 8 Big Changes Between The Book And The Movie
- HitFix: Box Office: 'Ant-Man' knocks out 'Pixels,' 'Southpaw' and 'Paper Towns' for no. 1
- The Playlist: Box Office: ‘Ant-Man’ Remains Big, ‘Southpaw’ & ‘Paper Towns’ Underwhelm
Adam Sandler’s Pixels failed to stomp on Ant-Man this weekend at the domestic box office, with the latest Marvel superhero to hit the silver screen edging out the largely panned retro games comedy.
In its second weekend Ant-Man banked a further $24.8 million at the box office, bringing its domestic total to over $106 million.
- Moviefone: Weekend Box Office: 'Ant-Man' Inches Past 'Pixels'
- Comic Book Movie: BOX OFFICE: ANT-MAN Expected To Stay At #1 This Weekend Ahead Of PIXELS
- HitFix: Box Office: 'Pixels' beats 'Ant-Man' on Friday but is it game over for the weekend?
- Screen Crush: Weekend Box Office Report: 'Pixels' Can't Catch 'Ant-Man'
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Ant-Man’ Tops Charts, ‘Pixels’ Opens to Lackluster $24 Million
- Digital Spy: Paul Rudd's Ant-Man remains number one, beats Pixels at US box office
- Cinema Blend: Weekend Box Office: Pixels Plays Second To Ant-man's Second Weekend As Player One
- Digital Spy: Game over for Adam Sandler at the US box office: Pixels debuts behind Ant-Man
- The Wrap: Adam Sandler’s ‘Pixels’ Tops ‘Ant-Man’ With $9 Million Friday but Won’t Break Out at Box Office
- The Wrap: Adam Sandler’s Punchless ‘Pixels’ Falls to ‘Ant-Man’ at Box Office
- Entertainment Weekly: Box office report: 'Ant-Man' beats 'Pixels'
- Movies With Butter: Weekend Box Office: "Southpaw" Emerges as Victor Over "Pixels" and "Paper Town"
- MovieWeb: 'Ant-Man' Barely Beats 'Pixels' with $24.7M Box Office Win
- Comic Book Movie: BOX OFFICE: ANT-MAN Towers Over PIXELS As It Passes $100 Million In North America
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'Pixels' Continues Adam Sandler's Losing Streak in the U.S.
- Hollywood Reporter: German Box Office: 'Minions' Rule Over 'Magic Mike XXL,' 'Ant-Man'
- JoBlo: Weekend Box Office Report: July 24-26, 2015
- ScreenRant: Weekend Box Office Wrap-up: July 25, 2015
- Empire Magazine: Ant-Man Maintains Its Place Atop US Box Office
- Coming Soon: Ant-Man Stomps on the Competition for 2nd Weekend at #1
- USA Today: 'Ant-Man' inches past 'Pixels' to No. 1
- Deadline: ‘Phoenix’ And ‘Samba’ Bow Decent As ‘Irrational Man’ And ‘Mr. Holmes’ Expand Solidly: Specialty Box Office
- Dark Horizons: "Ant-Man" Beats "Pixels" At Box-Office
- Variety: Lafayette Theater Shooting Inspires Safety Debate, But Has Limited Box Office Impact
- Vulture: Paul Rudd Beats Adam Sandler (at the Box Office)
- Variety: Korea Box Office: ‘Assassination’ Shoots Top Spot
- BoxOfficeMojo: Analysis: 'Ant-Man' Burgles 'Pixels'' #1
- Filmonic: Box Office: Jurassic World is the 3rd All-Time Highest Grossing Movie
- Dark Horizons: Review: Pixels
- Thompson on Hollywood: Top 10 Takeaways: Holdover 'Ant-Man' Tops Blah Week, Summer Slot for 'Southpaw' Pays Off
- Moviefone: 'Pixels' Bombs: Is It Game Over for Adam Sandler?
- Badass Digest: ANT-MAN And ALIEN NATION And PREDATOR 2 And Heaven!
- Moviefone: Ricky Gervais Now Casting 'Office' Spinoff Movie: David Brent Is Back
- ScreenRant: ‘Pixels': Josh Gad Talks Video Games & ‘Book of Mormon’ Movie
- Comic Book Movie: ANT-MAN Star Hints That We May Not Have Seen The Last Of 'Mitchell Carson' In The MCU
- ScreenRant: ‘Pixels': Canceled Post-Credits Scene Description & Cameo
- Comic Book Movie: New ANT-MAN Concept Art Reveals Early Designs For 'The Wasp,' 'Yellowjacket' And More
- ScreenRant: ‘Ant-Man': Thomas the Tank Engine Had to Stay Neutral in Battle
- SlashFilm: Sony Made ‘Pixels’ Script Changes to Appease Chinese Censors, Didn’t Make It Better
- Bleeding Cool: How Story Drove Product Placement In Ant-Man
- ScreenRant: ‘Ant-Man’ Concept Art Reveals Detailed Wasp Designs
- SlashFilm: ‘Ant-Man’ Concept Art Shows Off Alternate Costume Designs for The Wasp
- The Wrap: Adam Sandler’s ‘Pixels’ Fizzle Underscores Sony Pictures’ Identity Crisis
- Fandango Movie Blog: Father-Son Bonding Over 'Pixels' and Pac-Man
Weekend Box Office: "Southpaw" Emerges as Victor Over "Pixels" and "Paper Town"
While the major conceit of Pixels has to do with aliens invading Earth disguised as 8-bit arcade game characters and the has-been arcade game players (Adam Sandler, Josh Gad, and Peter Dinklage) who must defeat them, there are also a couple b-plots involving Kevin James as the president of the United States (and Sandler’s childhood friend) and Michelle Monaghan as Sandler’s romantic interest.
We recently sat down with Kevin James and Michelle Monaghan to talk about their roles in the movie, as well as whether or not Monaghan would ever be interested in reteaming with Shane Black,
- Chud: The Drew Reviews – ‘Pixels’ Could Be Good, But It’s Not
- Hollywood Reporter: Critic's Notebook: 'Pixels’ Puts Final Nail in Adam Sandler's Creative Coffin
- Cinema Blend: Why Pixels Cut Super Mario From Its Ending
- USA Today: The best critic slams of 'Pixels'
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Pixels’ Wins Friday, On Track for $25 Million Weekend
- Hollywood Reporter: After 'Pixels,' San Francisco Deserves Oscar, Says Mayor
- Deadline: ‘Pixels’ Chomps Abroad; Hits Records For Sony & Sandler In Argentina, France– Overseas B.O. Update
- Dark Horizons: Review: Pixels
- MTV Movies Blog: The Incredible Way ‘Pixels’ Brought ‘Donkey Kong’ To Life
- SlashFilm: Why This Super Mario Bros Post-Credits Scene Was Cut From ‘Pixels’
- HitFix: Chris Columbus on revisiting past glories in his career and onscreen in 'Pixels'
- MovieWeb: Why Did 'Pixels' Cut Super Mario Post-Credit Scene?
- ScreenRant: ‘Pixels': Josh Gad Talks Video Games & ‘Book of Mormon’ Movie
- ScreenRant: ‘Pixels': Canceled Post-Credits Scene Description & Cameo
- SlashFilm: Sony Made ‘Pixels’ Script Changes to Appease Chinese Censors, Didn’t Make It Better
The black Santas are still there, but what changed in "Paper Towns" when it went from book to screen?
- USA Today: 'Paper Towns': 5 big book-to-film changes
- Deadline: ‘Paper Towns’ Review: No Fault In The New Stars Of The Latest John Green Movie Adaptation
- Variety: Digital Tracking: ‘Pixels’ to Edge Out ‘Paper Towns’ at Box Office
- Thompson on Hollywood: Friday Box Office: Sandler's 'Pixels' Gets Mixed Response, 'Paper Towns,' 'Southpaw' Not Far Behind
- USA Today: How crazy was Cara Delevingne on 'Paper Towns'?
- Variety: ‘Paper Towns’ Music Supervisor Season Kent on ‘Magic Mike,’ John Green and ‘Boom Clap’
- USA Today: 'Paper Towns' surprise: 'TFIOS' star cameos
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: 'Pixels,' 'Paper Towns' Stall; 'Southpaw' Overperforms
- Filmonic: Margo, Quentin and a Few Clips From Paper Towns
- Movies With Butter: Friday Box Office: "Pixels" Disappoints, "Southpaw" Draws Even, and "Paper Towns" Impresses
Friday Box Office: "Pixels" Disappoints, "Southpaw" Draws Even, and "Paper Towns" Impresses
Paper Towns is another film that’s coming out today and it kind of escaped me up to this point, so here are few clips from the young-adult flick. If you know nothing of the source material (the novel “Paper Towns” by John Green), you might be wondering who Margo is and that’s exactly what this […]
Read Margo, Quentin and a Few Clips From Paper Towns on Filmonic.
- MTV Movies Blog: ‘Paper Towns': A Psychologist Explains Margo’s Need For Revenge
- Hollywood Reporter: Box Office: John Green's 'Paper Towns' Tops 'Pixels' Thursday Night
- Vulture: Paper Towns Finds Something Special Amid All of the Melodrama
- Deadline: ‘Paper Towns’ Review: No Fault In The New Stars Of The Latest John Green Movie Adaptation
- Variety: Digital Tracking: ‘Pixels’ to Edge Out ‘Paper Towns’ at Box Office
- USA Today: 'Paper Towns': 5 big book-to-film changes
- MTV Movies Blog: ‘Paper Towns': Here’s How To Find John Green’s Cameo
While the major conceit of Pixels has to do with aliens invading Earth disguised as 8-bit arcade game characters and the has-been arcade game players (Adam Sandler, Josh Gad, and Peter Dinklage) who must defeat them, there are also a couple b-plots involving Kevin James as the president of the United States (and Sandler’s childhood friend) and Michelle Monaghan as Sandler’s romantic interest.
We recently sat down with Kevin James and Michelle Monaghan to talk about their roles in the movie, as well as whether or not Monaghan would ever be interested in reteaming with Shane Black,
- Chud: The Drew Reviews – ‘Pixels’ Could Be Good, But It’s Not
- Hollywood Reporter: Critic's Notebook: 'Pixels’ Puts Final Nail in Adam Sandler's Creative Coffin
- Cinema Blend: Why Pixels Cut Super Mario From Its Ending
- USA Today: The best critic slams of 'Pixels'
- Variety: Box Office: ‘Pixels’ Wins Friday, On Track for $25 Million Weekend
- Hollywood Reporter: After 'Pixels,' San Francisco Deserves Oscar, Says Mayor
- Deadline: ‘Pixels’ Chomps Abroad; Hits Records For Sony & Sandler In Argentina, France– Overseas B.O. Update
- Filmonic: Pac-Man, Centipede, Chris Columbus and More From Pixels
- MTV Movies Blog: The Incredible Way ‘Pixels’ Brought ‘Donkey Kong’ To Life
- SlashFilm: Why This Super Mario Bros Post-Credits Scene Was Cut From ‘Pixels’
- HitFix: Chris Columbus on revisiting past glories in his career and onscreen in 'Pixels'
- MovieWeb: Why Did 'Pixels' Cut Super Mario Post-Credit Scene?
- ScreenRant: ‘Pixels': Josh Gad Talks Video Games & ‘Book of Mormon’ Movie
- ScreenRant: ‘Pixels': Canceled Post-Credits Scene Description & Cameo
PLOT: After an alien race misinterprets a NASA space capsule containing video feeds of classic circa-1982 arcade games as a declaration of war, a former gamer (Adam Sandler) and his arcade-obsessed friends are all that stand between the earth and total destruction.
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