Less than two years after Hercule Poirot appeared on the big screen in Death on the Nile, Kenneth Branagh is back to direct and star in a new installment of his Agatha Christie adaptations. This time, he adapts Hallowe’en Party into A Haunting in Venice, a murder mystery movie set in a mansion on the … Read more
In a tighter-than-expected race, The Nun II narrowly overshadowed the debut of A Haunting in Venice, $14.7 million to $14.5M, per Deadline. For Haunting, the opening is higher than the $12.9M earned by Death on the Nile in 2022 but considerably less than the $28.7M raked in by 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express. Nile … Read more
In a photo finish, The Nun II managed to defeat A Haunting in Venice by just $200,000 in what is the second slowest weekend of 2023 It was a hard fought battle, but it appears The Nun II has won her fight against the famed detective Hercule Poirot with an estimated $14.7 million which represents … Read more
The third (and possibly final) entry in Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot franchise looks to open with around $14 million in receipts. Just a quick update for you today as numbers have begun rolling in for this third weekend of September (this is one of those rare five weekend months). Everything seems to be falling perfectly … Read more
Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice holds a magnifying glass up to $1.2M in Thursday Preview screenings. The third film in Kenneth Branagh’s re-imagined Hercule Poirot series, A Haunting in Venice, earned $1.2M at Thursday Preview screenings. The spooktacular adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s Hallowe’en novel could perform similarly to other chapters of Branagh’s Poirot films, with a weekend … Read more
It would be unsporting to say much about the rest of the plot. Reading the book won’t give anything important away because—even more so than in Branagh’s previous Poirot films—the kinship between source and adaptation is a bit like the later James Bond films, which might take a title, some character names and locations, and one … Read more
Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir speaks with JoBlo about her work in A Haunting in Venice and creating the score for the Joker. One of my favorite aspects of Kenneth Branagh’s latest, A Haunting in Venice, is the terrific score. As impressive as Branagh’s acting and directing skills, the atmospheric score gives the story a beating heart. … Read more
Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favorite follow-up Poor Things has taken the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival The winners for the 80th Venice International Film Festival are officially in, with Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things taking the coveted Golden Lion as the best film at the festival. Other winners include Italian director Matteo Garrone, … Read more
According to Deadline, A24 has officially delayed the theatrical release date for Sofia Coppola’s upcoming biographical drama Priscilla, starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi. Originally scheduled for an October 27 release, the biopic has been pushed back for a week, and will now arrive in theaters on November 3. This delay comes after Priscilla had … Read more
Everybody’s been concerned about inflation over the past couple of years, and the program is aware of it too: while it had been funding the three feature films it sponsors with 150,000 Euros, this year the filmmakers get 200,000. They hit Venice twice: first to workshop their projects, in director/producer pairs, then to present it … Read more