The Lost City
China Box Office: ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Tops $150M, ‘The Lost City’ Scores Release Date
Hong Kong crime thriller Detective vs. Sleuths again topped China’s theatrical box office, taking $14.2 million during what was altogether a downbeat weekend of moviegoing in the country. The market generated just $40.6 million in total revenue during the frame, a modest total for what’s usually China’s busy summer blockbuster season. Ongoing Covid-19 controls across the country […]
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Sandra Bullock on ‘The Lost City’ Crossing $100M and Why She Turned It Down (At First)
When Sandra Bullock was first approached by Paramount about producing and starring in The Lost City, an action-adventure romantic comedy that’s an ode to a disappearing genre, she said thanks, but no thanks. However, she couldn’t stop thinking about the project and went back to the studio with a fix: Reverse the roles and make […]
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Paramount’s Marc Weinstock on Selling a Film in Tricky Times
Marc Weinstock arrived at Paramount to oversee global marketing and distribution in 2019 from Megan Ellison’s Annapurna, preceded by a standout stint at 20th Century Fox and Sony, where he shepherded the campaigns for such hits as Deadpool, The Kingsman: The Secret Service, Hidden Figures and The Revenant (he previously worked at Sony). Paramount had a […]
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‘Lost City’ Unearths Female-Fueled $31M Opening in Big Win for Box Office Recovery
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s The Lost City opened to a better-than-expected $31 million domestically from 4,252 theaters in a significant win for the box office recovery. Until now, males under the age of 35 have fueled the rebound, while titles depending upon older adults — particularly older females — have lagged. Paramount’s Lost City, […]
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Events of the Week: ‘Atlanta,’ ‘Moon Knight’ and More
As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at this week’s (non-Oscar) biggest premieres, parties and openings, including red carpets for Atlanta season three, Moon Knight, The Lost City and Everything Everywhere All At Once. The Lost City L.A. Premiere After debuting in […]
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Box Office: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum’s ‘The Lost City’ Discovers $2.5M in Previews
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s The Lost City had no trouble digging up $2.5 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office in a solid start for the female, adult-skewing comedy adventure that’s a throwback to the era of Romancing the Stone. Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame also stars in the Paramount movie, […]
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Sandra Bullock on Her Rom-Com(ish) Return, Plucking Leeches Off of Channing Tatum in ‘The Lost City’
With The Lost City, Sandra Bullock is returning to the romantic comedy genre she’s ruled for three decades: just don’t limit the adventure film to simply boy meets girl. “Rom-coms don’t get a great cinematographer, they don’t get a great budget; rom-coms don’t really get to be funny the way I like to be funny […]
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Sandra Bullock to Take a Break From Acting “for a While”
Sandra Bullock says she knew when filming her upcoming movie that it would be the last time fans will be seeing her on camera for a while. “I can be creative, I can be part of a community, but right now, work in front of the camera needs to take a pause,” the Lost City […]
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Sandra Bullock’s Hairdresser Helped Cast Brad Pitt in ‘The Lost City’
Sandra Bullock and Brad Pitt’s hairdresser Janine Thompson is to thank for getting the duo onscreen together in Bullock’s upcoming adventure comedy The Lost City. After the Paramount movie’s world premiere at SXSW, Bullock explained how Pitt came to be cast as Jack Trainer, the dashing ex-military who is enlisted to save Bullock’s romance writer, […]
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Paramount Pulls Upcoming Russia Releases Including ‘Sonic 2,’ ‘The Lost City’
Paramount is pausing its theatrical releases in Russia amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Its upcoming films that were scheduled to hit the country include Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (March 31) and Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock’s The Lost City (April 7). The move comes after Disney said it would pause its releases in Russia, […]
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‘The Lost City’ Big Game Preview Unites Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum are bringing a dose of romance to the Super Bowl in preview of their upcoming movie The Lost City. Bullock stars as Loretta Sage, a reclusive romance novelist who is kidnapped by a man (Daniel Radcliffe) who believes she can lead him to treasure in a mysterious lost city described […]
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