Colleen Hoover’s ‘Reminders of Him’ Impresses With $18 Million, ‘The Bride!’ Craters By 70% as ‘Hoppers’ Remains No. 1 Box Office

Colleen Hoover is once again showing she's good at making movies that do well at the box office. Her latest book, "Reminders of Him," became a movie and did really well. It made $18.2 million from 3,402 theaters in the U.S. on its first day. That's more than the expected $10 million to $12 million. The film also made $10 million in other countries, totaling $28.2 million worldwide. That's pretty good for a movie that only cost $25 million to make.

Hoover wrote the story for "Reminders of Him," which is about a single mom who comes back home after five years in prison for a big mistake.

 People had mixed feelings about the movie, giving it a "B" rating on CinemaScore.

This is part of Hoover's success with movies like "It Ends With Us" and "Regretting You," showing that there's a lot of interest in stories with strong female characters.

 Women made up 80% of the people who saw the movie on opening weekend. Her next movie, "Verity," with Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway, will be out in October from Amazon MGM.

An analyst said Hollywood isn't making enough adult romantic movies.

 Colleen Hoover's movies are filling that gap.

"Reminders of Him" came in second place behind "Hoppers," a Disney and Pixar animated movie that stayed on top with $28.5 million in its second week.

 "Hoppers" is doing well, down just 36% from its first showing. It has made $86 million in the U.S. and $77.9 million overseas, totaling $164.7 million. This is helping Pixar, which hasn't had an original hit since 2017's "Coco."

Meanwhile, "The Bride!"

 directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, didn't do as well. It made only $2.1 million in its second week, dropping to sixth place. The movie didn't get good reviews and people didn't like it much. It has made $11.3 million in the U.S. and $21 million worldwide. It's not making money for Warner Bros. which spent a lot on producing and advertising it.

Third place went to "Undertone," a horror movie from A24.

 It made $9.3 million from 2,570 theaters on its first day. That's a strong start, especially for a low-budget movie. The movie follows a podcast host who finds scary recordings when she moves back to care for her dying mom. People gave it a "C" rating, which is common for horror movies.

A box office expert said "Undertone" shows the kind of fresh horror stories that make the genre interesting.

Another horror movie, "Scream 7," made $8.3 million in its third week.

 Despite mixed reviews, it has made $107 million in the U.S. and $176.9 million globally. It's now the highest-grossing "Scream" movie in the series.

This weekend's movie attendance was much higher than last year, but still lower than before the pandemic.

 Movie theaters are expected to get a big boost when "Project Hail Mary," a space adventure starring Ryan Gosling, comes out in March. Then Universal's "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" in April will also bring more people to the theaters.

BAFTA Games Awards Nominations Unveiled

The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards were announced in London on Thursday, featuring 42 games across 17 categories, selected by over 1,700 BAFTA members. Established in 2004, the awards honor "creative excellence in video games and the people who make them."

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads with 12 nominations, followed by Dispatch with nine, Ghost of Yōtei with eight, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach with seven, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle with six.

Aaron Paul, Charlie Cox, and Jeffrey Wright are among the first-time performance nominees.

Awards Season: The Whiffs, the Wins and the Wet Blankets

A total of 255 games were considered by BAFTA members this year, released between November 16, 2024, and November 14, 2025.

 BAFTA had revealed the longlists in December.

Tara Saunders, chair of BAFTA's Games committee, said: "This year’s nominations reflect an industry reshaping itself—with a vibrant mix of established studios standing alongside a wide range of independent studios and a number of development teams earning nominations for the first time.

 The exceptional craft, artistry, and innovation behind these titles shines through. A nomination is an extraordinary achievement, and I extend my warmest congratulations to every nominee for their innovation, hard work, and resilience."

The winners will be announced at the BAFTA Games Awards on April 17.

Check out the nominations below.

ANIMATION

BATTLEFIELD 6 Development Team – Battlefield Studios/Electronic Arts

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Laurie Jezequel – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HADES II Craig Harris, Nikita Taranduke, Jen Zee – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DISPATCH Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry

SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

ARC RAIDERS Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

BEST GAME

ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

BRITISH GAME

ATOMFALL Development Team – Rebellion/Rebellion

CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller

MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY Development Team – Hangar 13/2K

MONUMENT VALLEY 3 Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games

POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab

TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA

DEBUT GAME

BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC

DESPELOTE Development Team – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic

DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

THE MIDNIGHT WALK Development Team – MoonHood/Fast Travel Games

EVOLVING GAME

FALLOUT 76 Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda

HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HITMAN WORLD OF ASSASSINATION Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive

NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games

VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle

WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Dmitry Grigorenko, Oliver Hollis-Leick, Anatolii Koruka – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment Publishing

FAMILY

DONKEY KONG BANANZA Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Wholesome Games Presents

LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions

MARIO KART WORLD Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo

POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab

TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios

AND ROGER Yona, Yasuhiro Nakashima – TearyHand Studio/Kodansha

CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller

CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC

DESPELOTE Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL Development Team – GSC Game World/GSC Game World

GAME DESIGN

BALL X PIT Kenny Sun – Kenny Sun & Friends/Devolver Digital

BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HADES II Amir Rao, Gavin Simon, Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games

SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

MULTIPLAYER

ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

DUNE: AWAKENING Marcos Pereira, Paul Vallet, Hugo Gonçalves – Funcom/Funcom

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN Development Team – FROMSOFTWARE INC./BANDAI NAMCO

LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions

PEAK Development Team – Aggro Crab & Landfall/Aggro Crab & Landfall

SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

MUSIC

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Woodkid, Ludvig Forssell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DISPATCH Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

GHOST OF YŌTEI Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Christopher Larkin – Team Cherry/Team Cherry

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Gordy Haab, Pete Ward, Christoffer Larsson – MachineGames/Bethesda

NARRATIVE

THE ALTERS Tomasz Kisilewicz, Katarzyna Tybinka – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios

BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Guillaume Broche, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Kenji Yano, Ray Khalastchi – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II Development Team – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver

NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios

ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Robert Sammelin – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

DISPATCH Pierre Shorette, Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios

SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

AARON PAUL as Robert Robertson in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

BEN STARR as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

ERIKA ISHII as Atsu in Ghost Of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

JENNIFER ENGLISH as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

TOM MCKAY as Henry Of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver

TROY BAKER as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle -MachineGames/Bethesda

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

ALIX WILTON REGAN as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture – NEOWIZ/NEOWIZ

CHARLIE COX as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

JANE PERRY as Lia Cain in Dead Take – Surgent Studios/Pocketpair Publishing

JEFFREY WRIGHT as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio

KIRSTY RIDER as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive

TROY BAKER as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

ARC RAIDERS Robert Träffe, Martin Singh-Blom – Embark Studios/Embark Studios

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Akio Sakamoto, Neil Johnson – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DOOM: THE DARK AGES Development Team – id Software/Bethesda

GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

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AMC announced on Friday that "The Vampire Lestat" will start on Sunday, June 7.

 To celebrate, AMC released a new song called "All Fall Down" at midnight. It's from the musical third season of "Interview With the Vampire."

The description says, "In the upcoming rock and roll-themed season, Vampire Lestat goes on an exciting multi-city tour while dealing with 'muses' from his wild and rebellious past.

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Bradley Cooper Eyed to Direct ‘Ocean’s 11’ Prequel and Star With Margot Robbie

Bradley Cooper, who is currently talking about starring with Margot Robbie in a new "Ocean's 11" prequel, is now also being considered to write and direct the Warner Bros. movie.

This update follows the recent exit of "Twisters" director Lee Isaac Chung, who left after Jay Roach, who had also been involved, stepped down.

 If Cooper takes on the director role, produced by Robbie's LuckyChap, the project could still shoot before the end of the year. This would be Cooper's fourth movie as a director, including "A Star Is Born," "Maestro," and last year's "Is This Thing On?"

The story is expected to take place before the events of the 2001 original "Ocean's Eleven" film, which starred George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts.

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 The movie was directed by Steven Soderbergh and had two sequels: "Ocean's Twelve" in 2004 and "Ocean's Thirteen" in 2007. A reboot, "Ocean's Eight," came out in 2018 with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, and Rihanna. Clooney is also working on a new "Ocean's" movie, featuring Roberts, Damon, Pitt, and Don Cheadle, focusing on the group as older criminals.

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 "They've lost a step, and they need to find a way to work around their limitations," he told Variety.

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Lian Ray Pictures Co., Ltd.

China Film Co., Ltd.

Shen Dingge Wenhua Chuanmei (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.

Beijing Weimeng Chuangke Network Technology Co., Ltd.

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March 13, 2026

Running time 111 minutes

Country China

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James Van Der Beek

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companies

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Core 4 Films

Distributed by

Lionsgate Premiere

Release dates

February 24, 2026 (Los Angeles)

March 13, 2026 (United States)

Country

United States

Language

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