Miranda Priestly Knocked Mario Off No. 1 in Korea by Less Than $100K

Miranda Priestly Knocked Mario Off No. 1 in Korea by Less Than $100K

The South Korean box office spent the weekend of May 8–10 in a photo finish nobody saw coming. The Devil Wears Prada 2 edged out The Super Mario Galaxy Movie for No. 1, pulling in $1.3 million from 195,513 admissions — a 28.08% revenue share — according to KOBIS, the Korean Film Council's tracking service. Mario landed just $100,000 behind at $1.2 million.

The rest of the chart told its own story. Local horror hit Salmokji: Whispering Water crossed 3 million admissions in third place, earning $1 million over the weekend and $21 million total — proof Korean audiences are still showing up hard for homegrown scares. Ryan Gosling's sci-fi epic Project Hail Mary sits at $21.4 million since its March 18 release, and the historical juggernaut The King's Warden — now in its 14th week — has crossed 16.8 million admissions and $110.5 million, inching toward the all-time attendance record as the second most-watched film in Korean history.

The catch: the market's total weekend gross collapsed to $4.9 million, down from $12.2 million the previous weekend. A high-fashion sequel, a Nintendo movie, a horror breakout, and Ryan Gosling — all fighting over a much smaller pie.

Gobble's Take: If you needed proof that sequels still rule theaters, here it is — but only if you show up dressed better than the competition.

Source: Variety

Two Real Cops Are Suing Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Because Their Netflix Movie Made Them Look Dirty

Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, two officers in the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, have filed a lawsuit against Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's production company, Artists Equity, over The Rip — the Joe Carnahan-directed Netflix crime drama that dropped in January. Their complaint, as reported by Entertainment Weekly, alleges the movie and its advertisements "imply misconduct, poor judgment, and unethical behavior in connection with a real law enforcement operation," causing "substantial harm to their personal and professional reputations."

Here's the wrinkle: neither officer is named anywhere in the film. But Smith and Santana say the movie's use of specific details from a real June 29, 2016 investigation — in which they seized more than $21 million — combined with the Miami-Dade setting and a narcotics-team storyline, creates what they call "a reasonable inference" that the fictional cops are based on them. The film opens with the phrase "inspired by true events," which is doing a lot of legal heavy lifting. Affleck plays a detective sergeant who, in one scene, kills a DEA agent. After the film launched, the officers' attorneys reached out to Artists Equity, who reportedly responded that "the concerns are unfounded because the film did not expressly name Sergeant Smith and there was no implication that the Plaintiffs engaged in any misconduct." That answer, apparently, wasn't good enough.

Smith and Santana are asking for a public retraction, a prominent disclaimer added to the movie, plus compensatory and punitive damages. The next time a studio slaps "inspired by true events" on a title card, it may need a lawyer in the room to explain exactly which events those are.

Gobble's Take: "Inspired by true events" is the four words that just became the most expensive disclaimer in Hollywood.

Source: Variety

Cannes Is Going All-In on Horror — and One of the Films Is About a Creepy Convent in 1750

Cannes' Fantastic Pavilion is running seven gala screenings from May 12–18 at the Marché du Film, and the lineup reads like a very good midnight-movie dare. It opens with El Convento, a Spanish period horror-thriller set in 1750, following two young women who enter a cloistered religious institution and uncover a dark secret tied to its leadership. It closes with the psychological horror House of Atreus. In between: Hinter, The Endless, The Trail of the Wolf, Key of Bones, and Last Chance Motel.

Pablo Guisa Koestinger, the section's executive director, said this year's slate "leans heavily into psychological and atmospheric horror," with multiple projects exploring "grief, isolation and belief systems through high-concept frameworks." His pitch to buyers is direct: "Every year, without exception, films that screen at the Fantastic Galas go on to sell better. That's not a coincidence — it's the ecosystem working exactly as it should."

These aren't art-house exercises with no commercial ambition — the whole point is films "built to travel," packaged for international buyers who want something strange that can still sell. If you've been sleeping on Cannes sidebars, this is your wake-up call: the most genuinely exciting genre cinema of the year may be hiding in a festival pavilion, and it is very into haunted institutions.

Gobble's Take: Cannes knows exactly what gets people talking — a creepy convent, a roadside nightmare, and just enough prestige to make the scares feel expensive.

Source: Variety

YouTube's Most-Watched Non-Music Video — 4.6 Billion Views — Is Finally Getting a Movie

The creator of Masha and the Bear, Oleg Kuzovkov, is producing the franchise's first-ever feature film after regaining creative control following the expiration of his license with Animaccord, the studio he originally built from the ground up in 2008. To put the scale of this IP in perspective: one episode alone — "Recipe for Disaster" — has racked up more than 4.6 billion views on YouTube, making it the platform's most-watched non-music video.

Kuzovkov has launched a new independent animation company, Studio MiM, with offices in both Los Angeles and Moscow. He's calling the film a clean break from the Animaccord series: "The creative team will introduce global audiences to a rebooted vision of the characters as they explore new adventures in their unique kind-hearted comedy manner," the studio said. The target is to complete production on the first feature by the end of 2028.

A cartoon that lives in the bloodstream of toddlers on every continent — and it has taken until 2026 to even announce the movie. Whatever the behind-the-scenes history, the kids who grew up on that bear are now old enough to take their own children to see it.

Gobble's Take: When a YouTube cartoon has more views than most countries have people and still no movie, that's not a franchise — that's a sleeping giant that just opened one eye.

Source: Variety

An Australian Artist Was Detained at the Canadian Border and Missed His New York Show Because of It

Singer Keli Holiday — the solo project of Adam Hyde from Australian electronic duo Peking Duk — says he spent the day detained at the U.S.-Canada border following shows in Toronto, ultimately denied re-entry into the United States despite, in his words, having "the proper visa documentation in place." The casualty: his closing show at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn.

"I have spent all day detained at the Canadian border and denied entry back into the U.S. despite having the proper visa documentation in place," Holiday wrote on Instagram. "I'm still trying to get clarity on the situation myself." A representative confirmed he has since returned to Australia, where he has upcoming dates across New South Wales and Victoria. The incident lands as his album Capital Fiction opens at No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart — his highest solo chart position yet.

The broader context makes this hit harder: the incident comes amid growing discussion about tightened U.S. border processing for international touring artists, including proposed changes to the ESTA program that have sparked concern in Australia and New Zealand. Your favorite international act's tour schedule is now one border agent's decision away from disappearing.

Gobble's Take: Nothing turns a sold-out Brooklyn show into a canceled Instagram post faster than a border crossing with no explanation attached.

Source: Billboard

Quick Hits

• MUNA beats Charli xcx for Song of the Week: LA indie-pop trio MUNA's new album Dancing on the Wall — their first release since their breakout 2022 self-titled record — topped Billboard's weekly fan poll, edging out Charli xcx's heavily anticipated rock-pivot single "Rock Music." Billboard
• Ken Carson stepped in as Rolling Loud Orlando headliner after NBA YoungBoy dropped out four days before the show — and turned it into a showcase for his new The Xperiment era, with surprise appearances from Playboi Carti, Young Thug, Destroy Lonely, and Lil Tecca. Billboard
• Netflix quietly killed A-Z browsing: In an unannounced update, Netflix removed alphabetical and other sorting filters from its desktop website, leaving power users with no clean way to browse the catalog outside the algorithm. r/television

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