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Adam Sandler continues to disappoint in a very weak weekend Story by Matt Cummings In one of the closest Box Office races this year, Marvel Studios' Ant-Man held on to the number 1 spot, narrowly beating the competition, with an estimated $24.65 million. The Adam Sandler comedy Pixels arrived in second with $24m. But even as the battle raged all weekend - with Pixels beating Ant-Man on Friday, then the positions flip-flopping at least one more time between the days - it became clear box office hauls across the board were lower than expected. But the sting behind Sandler's latest disappointment is particularly pronounced. Stilted by a juvenile script and sadly familiar characterizations of hot women needing ugly, stupid men, Pixels has been lambasted by both critics (earning only 19% on Rotten Tomatoes) and receiving only a 'B' on Cinemascore. Its $24m haul is among the lowest Sandler-led films and perhaps a warning that his stature has finally

Dino sequel might be summer's only dino-sized opening. By Brandon Wolfe Deadline reports that Universal’s Jurassic World , opening June 12, is tracking for a domestic opening weekend of between $100-130 million, roughly in line with Man of Steel ’s opening gross of $116 million. Awareness for the film is presently in the 90% range, higher than San Andreas , which opens next week. Interestingly enough, though Jurassic is one of the summer’s earlier releases, it could be one of the last films of the summer to gross more than $100 million in its first three days. Only Universal’s other big summer release, Minions , is expected is join that club. Though there are other big films in the pipeline, the Terminator and Mission: Impossible franchises have, historically, not performed to that level straight out of the gate, and Marvel’s Ant-Man isn’t expected to do traditional Marvel-sized business. Discuss this story with fellow SJF fans on Facebook . On Twitter, follow us at @Sa

The newest episode of Inside the Bucket is online! Revel in the digital mastery! After the engineering disaster that was our previous show, Episode 54 of  Inside the   Bucket  returns with a vengeance, as Matt is joined by John, Brandon, and David, as they deliver the best movie and television news from our website  SANDWICHJOHNFILMS.COM .   This week, they break down the teaser trailer for  Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and discuss why CW's The Flash  is perhaps the best superhero television show ever made.  Please check out these and other stories which we've included below.   Later, Matt, John, and Brandon present their Rants and Raves, where they bitch and complain about all the things they're watching, following, and have their panties in a bind about from the week.     Finally, they review  The Gunman  starring Sean Penn, Idris Elba, and Javier Bardem and wonder why these kinds of movies are still getting made.  Brandon then steps aside to get

The newest Ethan Hunt adventure releases a teaser trailer and poster. Story by Matt Cummings This week has brought us plenty of spy-related news, from a SPECTRE character poster to Adi Shankar's gritty PreViz of In Service of Nothing . Sunday brought us yet another tidbit, this time from the Tom Cruise Mission: Impossible franchise. This shouldn't come as a shock, since the Christopher McQuarrie-directed flick was moved up to July to avoid competition from Star Wars: The Force Awakens , which means we have less than four months before its premiere. First up is the title card which we premiered above. We really can't take much from it, but its font and wick reminds us of the franchise's roots. But it's the teaser trailer we got that tells us so much more about what to expect. Check it out below: From the looks of it, we're in for another wild Ethan Hunt adventure, complete with nothing less than Cruise strapped to a real airplane as it take