Sunrise: Silent Film with The WAVE Theatre Organ
Bored with his wife, their baby and the dull routine of farm life, a farmer falls under the spell of a flirtatious city girl who convinces him to drown his wife so they can escape together.
Andy Warhol: Silver Clouds & Cow Wallpaper
Silver Clouds is a special interactive installation on loan from the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. Created in 1966, Warhol's Silver Clouds consists of a roomful of floating pillow-shaped balloons enhanced by a display of Warhol's Cow Wallpaper. On display now at The Columbus Museum.
Weekend Box Office Results: First Weekend Of 2025 Heads To $105M+; ‘Mufasa’ Reigns With $23M+
The first weekend of 2025 — which sources have declared “a normal year” — is eyeing a grand estimated total of $105.5M for all movies, which is certainly better at +23% than the first weekend of 2024 which did $85.9M, per Box Office Mojo. Overall, it was a blasé frame of holiday carryovers without any new wide releases: one of three currently in 2025 along with Oct. 31 and Dec. 12.
Riverfront Renaissance
This exhibition will present an overview of activities along the Chattahoochee River in Columbus' industrial past, as well as over the last 10-15 years.
Weekend Box Office Results: ‘Sonic’ & ‘Mufasa’ Brawl Over No. 1; ‘Nosferatu’ Feasts $40M+; ‘Complete Unknown’ Rockin’ $23M
Lion and land critter continued to go at like an episode of Mutual Omaha’s Wild Kingdom this weekend with each studio screaming that they’re No. 1. If you look at the standard 3-day weekend, it’s Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with $38M while Disney’s Mufasa is looking at an estimated $37M. However, on the five-day measure which saw The Lion King prequel rise from the dust on Christmas Day and Dec. 26 in its dailies, Mufasa takes the lead with $63.7M.
Weekend Box Office Results: ‘Hedgehog’ Still Has Upper Claw Over ‘Mufasa’ With $62M+ In Pre-Christmas Frame
Who knew that hedgehogs were predatory creatures that could spring out of the ground and take down the king of the jungle in full? Paramount’s $122M production Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the dominant heading into the Christmas frame with a $62M opening, well ahead of Disney’s $200M prequel Mufasa which is nothing to sing ‘Hakuna Matata’ about with a $35M start.
Renowned Columbus artist Garry Pound receives state award from governor
Columbus artist Garry Pound is among the 10 recipients of the 2024 Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities.This is the 13th year the governor has presented the awards in partnership with the Georgia Council for the Arts and Georgia Humanities to honor people and organizations for significant contributions to the state in those fields.
Weekend Box Office Results: Female Power Triumphs As ‘Moana 2’ & ‘Wicked’ Kick ‘Kraven’ & ‘Lord Of The Rings’ To Curb
Women are in full attendance this weekend at the domestic box office, walking over fanboys as a pair of Thanksgiving holdovers, Disney’s Moana 2 and Universal’s Wicked, are driving an early pre-holiday weekend to $92 million, up 21% over the same frame a year ago.
Weekend Box Office Results: ‘Moana 2’, ‘Wicked’ & ‘Gladiator II’ Driving Record Post-Thanksgiving Near $132M
One of the year’s dullest box office periods historically will not be the case in 2024, with all films grossing $132 million, the best this frame has ever seen.