WONDER WOMAN 1984 MAKES HUGE STREAMING DEBUT: The box office start for Wonder Woman 1984 was tepid, but WarnerMedia‘s decision to release it on HBO Max simultaneously brough millions of eyeballs to the small screen, Nielsen reports. The Gal Gadot-topliner racked up the most viewing time yet for a feature film, per Nielsen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO Max users spent 2.25 billion minutes watching Wonder Woman 1984 the week it dropped, the equivalent to about 14.9 million complete plays of the movie. It's 580 million minutes more than Nielsen's previously reported No. 1 for the week, Pixar's Soul on Disney+ (1.67 billion minutes), and the third highest weekly total for any title since Nielsen began releasing weekly streaming numbers in August 2020.
ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE SETS DEBUT: Zack Snyder‘s extended cut of Justice League will drop on March 18 on HBO Max. Justice League was finished by Joss Whedon after Snyder had a family tragedy and had to step away.
DAISY RIDLEY, JAMES MCAVOY SIGN ON FOR CELEBRITY BAKE OFF: X-Men stars James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, musician Dizzee Rascal and Little Mix singer Jade Thirlwall are among those luminaries participating in a celeb version of The Great British Bake Off.
FRIDAY THE 13th SUES WARNER BROS.: Friday the 13th producer Sean Cunningham has launched a suit against Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures over net profits from the horror franchise. “This lawsuit presents the latest chapter of Defendants 'Hollywood accounting,'” writes attorneys led by Neville Johnson.
