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G.I. JOE WOUNDED ON SUNDAY Suggesting that “Mission accomplished!” may have been declared prematurely over the weekend debut of G.I. Joe, final box office figures indicated on Monday that Paramount’s estimate for the movie’s ticket sales on Sunday was off by some $1.5 million. The studio’s final count for the weekend was therefore $54.7 million, rather than its original estimate of $56.2 million. (On Sunday afternoon all major studios issue a weekend estimate based upon actual ticket sales for Friday and Saturday and an “educated guess” on what their releases will earn on Sunday....

A BOURNE LEADER Matt Damon’s latest movie proved that it was a Bourne leader at the box office over the weekend. In fact, The Bourne Ultimatumled all movies ever released in August as it drew an estimated $70 million and helped lift the overall box office 35 percent over the same weekend a year ago. The original Bournemovie, The Bourne Identity, registered $27.1 million in 2002. It was followed in 2004 with The Bourne Supremacy,which took in $52....

CHINA TO ALLOW HOUSEWIVES TO AIRChina, which has never previously appeared desperate to add racy content to its TV offerings, will debut Desperate Housewives on Monday in a marathon presentation that will see three episodes airing back-to-back each night and the entire first season airing during one week. The series has been dubbed into Mandarin. Today’s (Friday) Daily Varietyobserved that Disney and China’s state-run CCTV8 had finalized a deal last summer and had originally indicated that it would go on the air in September....

OLYMPIC RATINGS SKID DOWNHILLThe Winter Olympics’ ratings slide could turn out to be costly for NBC if it continues unabated through next week, several analysts have commented. The network guaranteed advertisers a final average rating of between 12 and 14. As of Thursday, the average stood at 12.5. If viewers continue to flee the telecasts, the network will have to provide “make goods” to advertisers – free ads in other NBC programs....

THUMBS DOWN FOR HITCHER Only one film, the horror flick The Hitcher, debuted in wide release at the box office over the weekend, and it performed weakly, taking in an estimated $8.3 million on 2,831 screens ($2,932 per screen). Meanwhile, some of the Golden Globe winners that had previously been seen in only a handful of theaters moved into wider distribution and performed strongly.Pan’s Labyrinth spread into 609 theaters and took in $4....

ONLINE TRAILERS GROWING UP For the first time, Hollywood studios are beginning to show movie trailers online that do not come with the so-called green band of the Motion Picture Association of America, tagging them as approved for all audiences, the New York Timesobserved today (Wednesday). The newspaper reported that a new yellow tag permits movies rated PG-13 or stronger to be shown on sites either frequented mainly by adults or accessible between 9:00 p....

ELEPHANT STALKERS There’s no consensus among box-office prognosticators on which film will likely emerge as the top box-office draw over the weekend. Four new films will be entering the fray, hoping to displace Horton Hears a Who!, which has held the top spot for the past two weeks and could do so again, with many kids winding up their Easter-week holiday. No film is expected to take in more than $20 million in ticket sales, however....

SHARKS BITE RATINGS Despite the fact that television news programs devoted virtually no time this year to shark attacks – there was only one fatal one in 2007, in the South Pacific, and only one so far this year, near San Diego – a record number of viewers clicked on to Discovery Channel during its annual Shark Week. The channel said Tuesday that its 21st lineup of shark programming drew 29....

POLITICO FALLOUT For the second time in two weeks, the recently launched Politico.com website, which has partnered with CBS News for political coverage, has found itself having to backtrack after issuing what appeared to be poorly sourced reports. On Thursday, it reported that Sen. John Edwards had decided to suspend his presidential campaign after learning that his wife had been diagnosed with a recurrence of cancer. The report was quickly picked up by other media outlets before it was quashed by Edwards himself, who declared, “The campaign goes on....

TV-INTERNET CONVERGENCE SPEEDS UP The number of viewers watching television on their computers (or on computers hooked up to TV sets) is growing at an exponential rate, according to a survey by the nonprofit Conference Board released Tuesday. The survey concluded that nearly one out of four households watches TV online – up from 20 percent a year ago. “Consumers are moving away from “appointment” TV, preferring to watch programs whenever they choose....

It’s a matter of time before the next live-action Superman flies back onto the big screen, but the biggest question that fans have is who will wind up playing the famous superhero. Many fans of Henry Cavill have been holding out hope for a Man of Steel sequel, though there hasn’t been any indication that such a project is in consideration at Warner Bros. Meanwhile, Cavill has been keeping himself busy with other major roles as the star of The Witcher along with roles in the upcoming films Enola Holmes 2 and Argylle....

Diane Lane has signed on to play Martha Kent in the upcoming Superman reboot, starring opposite Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are aiming to get the pic into production this summer and made this announcement: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced today that Oscar®-nominated actress Diane Lane will play Martha Kent, the only mother Clark Kent has ever known, in the new Superman movie to be directed by Zack Snyder....

IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced that Superman Returns grossed $108 million at the domestic box office in 4,065 locations over the extended fourth of July weekend, and that Superman Returns: An IMAX 3D Experience contributed $6.83 million, representing a record seven-day per-screen average of $89,804. The film shattered every opening week record for an IMAX Hollywood simultaneous release, playing to sell-out crowds and strong audience satisfaction. The film also opened on 11 IMAX(R) screens internationally and will launch on 24 more in coming weeks....

In celebration of the release of Tales from the Crypt: The Complete Sixth Season this week on DVD, we’re giving away copies of the DVD set to some lucky horror fiends here at the site! CLICK HERE to enter today! The Cryptkeeper is back with the bloodcurdling Tales from the Crypt: The Complete Sixth Season from Warner Home Video on DVD July 24, 2007. Keep entertained this summer with 15 fright-fully fun episodes on three discs including a Virtual Comic Book that will leave you dying…for more....

Okay Crypt fans, the Cryptkeeper returns on October 31st with a whole new batch of terror in Tales from the Crypt: The Complete Fifth Season! Television viewers got a fright in 1989, when Tales From the Crypt made the transition from EC comic book to TV show. Hosted by the Cryptkeeper, each episode of the show offered a new, ghoulish tale for the audience to sink their teeth (or fangs) into....

Few stars have shown their versatility quite like Daniel Craig has. While he could’ve been known only as James Bond for the rest of his life after Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre, and No Time To Die, he managed to do the impossible and embody another character just as iconic with the Gentleman Sleuth Benoit Blanc in Knives Out and Glass Onion. People primarily love Craig for either his role as Bond or Blanc....

British fantasy author Terry Pratchett was nothing if not prolific, authoring over 40 novels in a glittering literary career before his untimely death from complications resulting from Alzheimer’s disease in 2015. Several of the dozens of books in his acclaimed Discworld series have already been adapted for the screen, including some animated versions from the late 1990s. MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY But Pratchett’s work for children is a different matter....

Season three of The Boys has now been fully released, and it has definitely shaken things up for our intrepid squad of heroes trying to keep those pesky Supes in check. While we wait for season four, which Karl Urban claims will begin shooting in August 2022, let’s have some fun and examine what possible storylines the next season could potentially follow. The following will contain spoilers for season three, so if you haven’t seen all of it yet, turn back now....

We reported a few days ago that Rose McGowan had joined the cast of Marcus Nispel’s new film Conan and now filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has given an update on the status of another delayed McGowan film. MTV Splash Page recently spoke with Rodriguez at the South by Southwest Film Festival, where he explained why his film Red Sonja, which Rose McGowan is set to star in, hasn’t been moving forward....

The instant cult classic Sharktopus is coming home to Blu-ray and DVD on March 15th. Reaching legendary status the moment it aired on the Syfy Network, this mutated monster is half-shark, half-octopus, and all stomach. Legendary producer Roger Corman has provided an audio commentary on the release, and we have an exclusive clip from this great chat session. Check out a scene from Sharktopus below with thoughts from Roger Corman....