Ready Player One slotted No. 1 in France with a 45% share of the top five pics (55% share in the Paris market), grossing an estimated $794k with 85k admissions from 719 screens.

On a three-day basis, Batman v.Superman owns the best Easter weekend opening of all-time at $166M, followed by Furious 7 ($147.1M) and The Fate of the Furious ($98.7M).Ready Player One is based on ...

If “Ready Player One” is tedious at times, it’s also oodles of fun at others, especially during the extended “Shining” sequence, which uses actual clips from the 1980 thriller.

To bring “Ready Player One” to (virtual) life, Futureverse, Cline and Farah have launched Readyverse Studios, a Los Angeles-based firm with about 30 employees.