Coyote vs. Acme’ Snags No. 2 With $15.4M as ‘Spider-Man’ Nears ‘Avatar 2’; ‘Dog Stars’ Put to Sleep

It wasn't the big box office success that Looney Tunes fans were hoping for after Coyote vs.Acme almost became a tax write-off for Warner Bros., but the movie still did well enough over the weekend to come in second, just behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day.Meanwhile, Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars didn't do as well and was not well received.

Coyote vs. Acme was shown in 3,575 theaters across North America and made $15.4 million for the weekend, with $5.3 million on Friday alone.Viewers gave the movie an A CinemaScore, and it mixed animation with live-action.The story follows Wile E.Coyote suing Acme Corporation over their broken products, with Will Forte, Lana Condor, and John Cena in leading roles.

This was Ketchup Entertainment's biggest opening ever, beating their previous best for a Looney Tunes movie, The Day the Earth Blew Up, which made $3.5 million in March last year.

Coyote vs.Acme didn't start as strongly as some other hybrid films, which average around $23.2 million, but it might make back its costs through other markets like TV and streaming.

There was some news in late 2023 that Warner Bros.

had put Coyote vs.Acme aside because it was too expensive to make profitable.But after people on social media protested, Ketchup bought the movie for $50 million.The film has been well-reviewed, with 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, and The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck called it a "hilarious delight."

In fifth place was The Dog Stars, starring Jacob Elordi, with $8 million in the U.S.

from 3,300 theaters.The movie is based on a book about people surviving a virus and includes Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, and Guy Pearce.Critics gave it a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 70 audience score.The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney said the film was "minor-key to a fault." For Ridley Scott, this was his lowest box office opening since 2021's The Last Duel, which only made $4.8 million.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day was the top movie for the fifth week in a row, making $22.2 million to reach a total of $891.5 million in the U.S.

Tom Holland stars in this movie, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.It's the second-highest-grossing movie in the U.S., behind 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Brand New Day also moved up to No.

4 in global box office, with $2.332 billion worldwide.The movie is now behind Ne Zha 2, which made $2.27 billion, and just below Avatar: The Way of Water with $2.334 billion.

The Odyssey was third in North America, making $14.3 million to bring its total to $563.8 million after seven weekends.

Sony's Insidious: Out of the Further was fourth, making $10.1 million in its second weekend, which is a 59% drop.

Roadside Attractions' horror-comedy Buddy was sixth, making $5.3 million in its first weekend from 1,258 theaters.

Casper Kelly's movie features Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace, and Keegan-Michael Key.

Rooney said the film doesn't go far enough to be as extreme or scary as it tries to be.

As the 2026 summer movie season is coming to an end, the movies shown this weekend earned about $97 million, according to FranchiseRe, which is less than the $130.5 million from last weekend.

Rentrak predicts that all the movies this summer will make around $4.444 billion by Sunday.That would make this season 25.5 percent better than last year's, but it's still in fourth place behind the summers of 2013, 2016, and 2015, in that order.

Zack Snyder’s ‘The Last Photograph’ to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival

Zack Snyder is moving from the big DC superhero world to the Toronto Film Festival with a special screening of his personal film, *The Last Photograph*.

This jungle-set indie film will be shown for the first time at TIFF as an acquisition title, since no studio or streaming company has bought the rights yet.

The movie will be shown to festival attendees and possible buyers on Sunday, September 12, at the John Bassett Theater, which is part of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.This theater is also where the festival's first official content market takes place, on Front Street.

*The Last Photograph* is a long-time project for Snyder, and it doesn't include zombies, superheroes, or space battles, which are usual parts of his big Hollywood films.

The movie stars Stuart Martin and Fra Free.It follows a former DEA agent who is trying to get revenge in a South American jungle.Here, dangerous environments and his own inner struggles create a lot of tension and drama.

A 2025 summary from the film’s producers, released as production started, described the movie as: "An ex-DEA operative must return to the mountains of South America in an effort to find his missing niece and nephew, following the brutal murders of their diplomat parents.

Enlisting the help of a washed-up junkie war photographer, the only person to have seen the face of the killers, he sets out, determined to find the children and the truth, but soon learns he must also face the ghosts of his past.Their journey into the unknown takes them further and further away from civilization, bringing into question everything they believe, while slowly eroding the distinction between real and surreal."

Both Martin and Free previously starred in Snyder’s *Rebel Moon* films.

Snyder came up with the idea for *The Last Photograph* based on his own story and had been working on the war drama since the mid-2000s, after the success of *300*.

In the early 2010s, Christian Bale and Sean Penn were considered for starring roles in the long-in-development project, before Snyder shifted focus to his DC movies.

The script for *The Last Photograph* was written by Snyder and longtime collaborator Kurt Johnstad, who worked together on *300* and *Rebel Moon*.

Naya Rivera and Ryan Dorsey’s 10-Year-Old Son, Josey, Lands First Film Role

 Naya Rivera and Ryan Dorsey's son, Josey Dorsey, is about to appear in his first major movie.He has been cast in Evan Coury's film called *The Burning Valley*, as listed on IMDB.com.Ryan Dorsey is also in the movie, so the father and son might appear together in the film, which is Josey's acting debut.

Evan Coury explained that the movie is about a steelworker who loses his job after the plant shuts down.

This leads him to travel around his hometown in the Rust Belt area.

This film is also Coury's first time as a director.

He has worked as an actor before, including in a 2015 short film called *Adopted* and a 2022 movie called *Dear Zoe*, which stars Sadie Sink.

Filming for *The Burning Valley* started in August in places around Pennsylvania, where Coury grew up, like Brackenridge and Arnold.

He said his goal is to show the history of his region through the story of one man's experience.

Other actors in the movie include Tyler Miles, J.B.

Brown, Joseph Ducar, Whip Hubley, Patrick Jordan, Sam Lothard, Joseph Mazza, and Sheila McKenna.

The Hollywood Reporter has tried to contact Josey's representative for more details.

According to KTVB, Josey was in a local play called *Seussical Jr.* in West Virginia in 2024 when he was 8 years old.

People reported that Josey and his dad moved from Los Angeles to West Virginia in 2023.

Ryan Dorsey has appeared in TV shows like *Yellowstone*, *Ray Donovan*, *Justified*, and *Palm Royale*.

Josey's mother, Naya Rivera, was known for her role in *Glee*.

She passed away in a drowning accident in 2020 while on a boat trip with Josey, who was 4 at the time, in Lake Piru, California.

Naya and Ryan married in 2014 and were together for two years before they divorced.

‘Pokémon: Wild Card’ Movie Sets 2027 Release Date, Drops Anime Teaser Starring Trading Card Game Player

 It's time to catch 'em all again because Pokémon is returning to the big screen.The popular trading card and video game series is coming back with a new movie called "Pokémon: Wild Card," which will be released worldwide in 2027.The movie was announced during the closing ceremony of the 2026 Pokémon World Championships in San Francisco.A short teaser also showed a glimpse of the upcoming film, featuring a trading card game player and a ghostly Pokémon named Mimikyu.

The mysterious teaser introduced the trading card player, who is dressed in a yellow hoodie similar to Mimikyu.

Mimikyu is a ghost and fairy type Pokémon introduced in "Sun" and "Moon," the seventh generation games in the Pokémon series.It disguises itself as a Pikachu, the mascot of the Pokémon series, but its real form is hidden beneath the yellow rag it wears.

Katsuhiko Kitada, who has worked on anime films and shows like "The First Slam Dunk," "Attack on Titan," and "Naruto: Shippuden," will direct "Pokémon: Wild Card." Character design is handled by Akemi Hayashi, who has worked on "Banana Fish," "Lazarus," and other anime.

The film will be produced by CloverWorks, the Japanese animation studio behind titles like "Spy X Family" and "Bocchi the Rock."

"Wild Card" is the first Pokémon movie since 2020's "Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle," which was released in Japan and on Netflix worldwide in 2021.

The last Pokémon film to be shown in theaters globally was 2018's "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us," which had a limited release outside of Japan through Fathom Events.

Next year, the 10th generation of Pokémon titles, "Winds" and "Waves," will also be released.

The Pokémon franchise celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2026.

Watch the teaser below.

The Boomerang Bro Gets Grounded Movie: Back in Military School Movie

The Boomerang Bro Gets Grounded Movie: Back in Military School

2026 | TV-14 | 1h 27m

Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Director

CartersVHSCorner

Writers

Ryan CalderonCarter Farr

Cast

Oddcast Alan

Voiceforge Dallas

Carter Farr

Producers

Ryan Caldarone

produced by

Carter Farr

produced by

Julianna Brumfield

executive producer

Desirray Sainz

executive producer

Cassie Awesome

supervising producer

Alvin Hung

animation producer

Andrés Lozano

co-producer

Jason Russell

co-producer

Joey Simon

line producer

SmashKing Awesome

supervising producer

Composer

Jason Russell

music by

Cinematographers

Julianna Brumfield

filmed by

Carter Farr

filmed by

Desirray Sainz

filmed by

Editor

Carter Farr

lead editor

Release date

August 31, 2026 (United States)

Countries of origin

Canada

United States

Language

English

Also known as

Boomerang Bro Gets Grounded Film: Back in Military School

Filming locations

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA(main location)

Production companies

Carter's VHS Corner Productions

Comedy Central

Korea’s Showbox Launches Microdrama Label Showbite, Sets Sights on Global Markets (EXCLUSIVE)

Showbox, a Korean film and content company, has started a new microdrama line called Showbite. They'll begin releasing original short-form content in September. The content will cover many different genres, including romance, comedy, revenge, action-thriller, period dramas, fantasy, mystery, and horror.

In the romance category, there's "Taste of You," a BL enemies-to-lovers story set in a cooking competition world.

There's also "Love in Thailand," a romantic comedy at a golf resort.Other romance titles include "The New Hire Is Too Hot to Handle," which is an office romance with a unique setup; "Love, Again," which follows a second-chance romance with lost memories and a reunion; and "My Ex-Bias Problem," a romantic comedy about an arrogant K-pop idol whose life changes after being sent to a remote village.

Showbite's revenge-themed projects include "The Fallen Heiress Returns Wicked," "They Messed with the Wrong Daughter-in-Law," and "Contract Marriage: The Heir's Hound." The label will also release the action crime-thriller "Asura: Return of the Reaper."

The lineup also includes historical and fantasy stories.

"The Secret Wife Exchange" is a period drama set in Joseon society, and "Her Royal Queen Energy" is a reincarnation fantasy set in an alternative modern Korean monarchy.

Mystery and horror are also heavily featured.

"Bridal Shower: The Missing Bride" is a mystery comedy with lots of twists, while "The Fallen Idol Is Possessed!" mixes K-pop, romance, and supernatural elements. "Lucky Horror Live Show" is a horror thriller about a livestream that becomes frightening.

Showbox says Showbite is meant to combine its storytelling experience with the fast pace of short-form dramas, bringing Korean stories to a global audience.

Showbite will be at Broadcast Worldwide in Seoul and the Busan International Film Festival's Asian Contents & Film Market, where it plans to meet with partners both locally and internationally to grow its distribution network.

The label will start official TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube accounts under the Showbite name in early September, with updates on upcoming projects shared through these platforms.

Melinda French Gates Doubles Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Donation Sum Bringing Total to $20 Million

Olivia Rodrigo shared on Friday that Daisy Chain Fields had collected $10 million for women-focused charities.Soon after, Melinda French Gates added another $10 million, making the total donation reach $20 million.

Before her main performance on Saturday night, Rodrigo took the stage to thank all the musicians who helped with the festival.

She said, “I’m really thankful that they took time from their very busy schedules to come and do this festival for free.Because of that, and because of all of you who came to be here today, I can stand here and say we are donating $10 million to 10 amazing charities.”

She continued, “I really believe that helping women make their own choices and live healthy lives without violence or discrimination is the best way to improve the world.

And I don’t know many people who show that idea more than Melinda French Gates.”

Rodrigo praised Melinda, saying, “She’s one of the most inspiring women I’ve ever met.

She has spent her life helping women and girls who might not have had much support.She’s generous and brave, and she has done so much good in the world.I’m really amazed that she not only came here tonight but also promised to double every dollar we raised today, bringing the total to $20 million.I’m so thankful!”

The 10 organizations that will receive equal shares of the funds are Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Center for Reproductive Rights, FreeFrom, Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Institute for Reproductive Health, National Women’s Law Center, and Planned Parenthood.

2026 was the first year of Daisy Chain Fields, announced in June.

At a press conference on Friday, Rodrigo shared that $10 million had been raised for partner nonprofits.

She said, “The organizations we’ve worked with are doing very important work every day in the U.S.

and around the world.I’m thankful to everyone who bought a ticket, every artist who gave up their fee, every sponsor who supported a brand-new festival, and every donation that helped reach $10 million to support women and girls.”

Other performers included Chappell Roan, Mitski, Doechii, Bikini Kill, the Breeders, Garbage, Eli, Quiet Light, Rachel Chinouriri, Devon Again, and Not For Radio.

Special guests were Stevie Nicks, Karen O, and Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan.Katseye was originally part of the lineup but had to withdraw on Thursday due to an injury to member Megan.