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Austin Butler, Jodie Comer’s ‘The Bikeriders’ Lands New Home at Focus Features
The Bikeriders has found a new home. Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to the New Regency movie, which was previously set up at Disney’s 20th Century. Directed by Jeff Nichols, the movie about a motorcycle club in the 1950s stars Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy. It had been been scheduled to open […]
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Box Office: ‘Napoleon’ and ‘Wish’ Take Their Seats at the Thanksgiving Table
The Thanksgiving box office feast is underway. Disney Animation Studios’ holiday tentpole Wish opens everywhere across North America on Wednesday after starting off its domestic run with $2.3 million in Tuesday previews. The music-infused movie is tipped to win the Thanksgiving stretch with at least $45 million to $50 million for the five-day corridor, including […]
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Box Office Forecast Takes Hit Amid Release Date Delays During Strikes
With the Hollywood writers and actors strikes having been resolved and studios having delayed some key releases, how will the box office be affected? Exhibition stocks analyst Eric Wold of B. Riley took a stab at answering the question, adjusting his forecasts in a Tuesday report. He reduced his 2024 industry box office projection “given […]
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‘Aquaman 2’ Sets China Release Date, Will Test Market’s Superhero Fatigue
Could James Wan’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom snap the Hollywood studios’ box-office losing streak in China? Film buffs and analysts will soon find out. The Warner Bros. and DC Studios superhero sequel has been set for release on Dec. 20, two days before it opens in North America, according to mainland Chinese news sites […]
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Italian Box Office Hit ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ Sells Worldwide (Exclusive)
There’s Still Tomorrow (C’è Ancora Domani), the surprise box office hit that has taken Italian cinemas by storm, has become a global sales hit as well, with international distributors snatching up the historic dramedy from actress-turned-director Paola Cortellesi. The black-and-white feature is set in Rome in 1946, a few days before the first-ever Italian referendum […]
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China Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Flops as Audiences Continue to Snub U.S. Franchise Movies
Lionsgate’s prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes opened at China’s movie box office in third place over the weekend, losing to two holdover local films and earning just $4.6 million. It’s just the latest disappointing performance by a U.S. franchise film in the market. Songbirds & Snakes has earned low to middling social scores […]
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Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Opens to Subdued $44M, ‘The Marvels’ Suffers Historic Drop
Lionsgate’s prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes opened to $44 million at the domestic box office, easily enough to win the weekend but coming in behind expectations. The event pic has plenty of time to make up ground over Thanksgiving week, one of the most lucrative corridors of the year at […]
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Box Office: ‘Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ Slithers to $5.8M in Thursday Previews
Let the games begin. Lionsgate’s prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes slithered its way to $5.8 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office. Tracking shows The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes opening in the $50 million range, which would be viewed as a solid start considering that it’s been […]
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Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Secures China Release Date
Ridley Scott‘s Napoleon has charted a course for China. The big-budget historical epic has locked down a potentially lucrative release date in the country on Dec. 1, according to multiple mainstream Chinese media sources. Napoleon is from Apple Original Films and released in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment. It will be released in North American […]
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Movie Theater Veteran John Fithian Launches New Consulting Venture
Former top theater lobbyist and exhibition veteran John Fithian has found his next chapter. Fithian, who headed up the National Association of Theatre Owners for nearly two decades, announced Wednesday he is launching a new consulting firm alongside two of his longtime lieutenants at NATO, Patrick Corcoran and Jackie Brenneman. The Fithian Group will be […]
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Marvel Studios Taking Stock of Strategy Amid ‘The Marvels’ Meltdown
The anything-but-marvelous performance of The Marvels is a moment of reckoning for Marvel Studios, the production house that has been the superhero of the box office for much of the past 15 years, since Iron Man burst onto the scene in 2008. Over the Nov. 10-12 weekend, The Marvels debuted to $46.1 million in North […]
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China Box Office: ‘The Marvels’ Bombs as Superhero Fatigue Deepens
The Marvels‘ disappointing start at the North American box office over the weekend — $47 million, a record low for a Marvel Studios release — is adding to analysts’ concerns that superhero fatigue is an urgent and growing problem for the major studios. But in China, filmgoers have been snubbing America’s caped crusaders for far longer […]
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