Variety critic Guy Lodge damned 'American Made' with faint praise, likening the "sweat-slicked, exhausting but glibly entertaining" CIA adventure starring Tom Cruise as the kind of film he could have made at almost any time in the last 30 years.
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'M3GAN' and 'Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre' each enjoyed healthy debuts over the weekend, though 'Avatar: The Way of Water' remains far and away the main attraction at the box office.
Testament to the undimmed star power of Tom Cruise, the sixth edition of the 22-year-old 'Mission: Impossible' franchise dominated ticket sales around the world last weekend.
Sam Mendes’ WW1 epic '1917', which ranks fourth in the betting for the best picture Oscar, opened in top spot in Australia last weekend and was No. 1 in the US.
Warner Bros’ King Kong reboot, 'Kong: Skull Island', has stomped on its box office competition, debuting on $4.7 million from 401 screens; an average of $11,759.
The sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 thriller 'Sicario' has a new director but no Emily Blunt, which may partly explain why 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' posted modest opening figures in the US and Australia last weekend.
Sony Animation’s 'Spider-Man' reboot swung into Australian cinemas last weekend but trailed Universal/Illumination’s 'The Grinch' which ruled again in its third frame.
With Sydney's cinemas still shuttered, a snap lockdown in effect in South East Queensland, Victorian and South Australian theatres just reopening, and the Olympics competing for eyeballs, it wasn't going to be smooth sailing for Disney's 'Jungle Cruise'.