movies

• Fandango is starting to sell movie tickets through a TikTok integration
• Cinemark expands Sam and Colby’s spooky ‘Legends of the Paranormal’ docu from 260 screens to 350 thanks to fan demand

  After selling out 168 Cinemark theaters with the first two episodes of their Conjuring house documentary series in October 2023, daring YouTube duo Sam and Colby are back to celebrate Halloween with a second Cinemark partnership. This time, they're releasing an exclusive, 97-minute film, The Legend of Skinwalker Ranch.

  
• Minecraft’s gotten more than a trillion views online. Can it champion the box office?

  Since coming out in 2011, Minecraft has sold more than 300 million copies and gotten more than a trillion views on YouTube. Its early popularity helped shape the platform (and others in the gaming space, like Twitch) into what they are today, and despite challengers like Fortnite and Roblox, Minecraft is still one of the internet's most popular games, with top creators netting hundreds of millions of views each month.

  
• Yes, TikTok is actually getting people to movie theaters

  Hollywood has increasingly been looking to digital platforms and online fandoms to fill theaters, with TikTok's new Spotlight tool nudging users toward buying movie tickets and streaming subscriptions, and Roblox's Warner Bros. x Fandango partnership aiming to get butts in seats to see Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.

  
• Can Michael Bay make Skibidi Toilet the next cinematic universe?
• Wendigoon and Evan Royalty’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R. film is the latest creator project to hit theaters
• Fandango properties Movieclips and Rotten Tomatoes have united to form a YouTube network
• Insights: Could The Streaming Services Killing Movie Theaters Save Them Instead?
• FaZe Clan To Release Movie Slate Beginning This Year In Pact With ‘Invisible Narratives’
• YouTube Now Offering 100 Films, Including ‘Rocky’ and ‘Legally Blonde’, For Free
• Amazon Studios’ Top Film Executive Is Departing Amid Strategic Shift
• Kian Lawley Lands Next Starring Role In Horror Feature ‘Monster Party’