Locally-made political drama, “The Man Standing Next” dominated the four-day Lunar New Year holiday weekend box office in South Korea. Opening on Wednesday (Jan. 22), the Showbox release earned $24.5 million from 3.23 million admissions over its opening six days. It accounted for more than 53% of the total holiday weekend box office.Set 40 days […]
Continue readingDolittle storms into South Korea; Underwater earns $14.1m globally in maiden voyage.Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is poised to cross the $1bn global box office milestone after a $39.3m session boosted the running total to $989.3m and pushed the international tally past $500m.Family adventure Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr kicked off in fine style […]
Continue reading“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” leads the Top 10 for its third and probably final weekend, with a strong $451 million domestic and $1 billion worldwide. It led six films from only two companies — Disney and Sony, with three each — that captured the top six spots. That is unheard of.Sony took nos. […]
Continue readingHigh-stakes post-holiday business is in full swing. The weekend after Christmas should total a little below $200 million, about $30 million ahead of last year. Most of the difference comes from the $72 million second weekend for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” which grossed about $25 million more than last year’s “Aquaman.”“Skywalker” is clearly […]
Continue reading“Cats” was in need of a holiday miracle. Instead, filmmaking team behind the box office disaster got a lump of coal.Tom Hooper’s big-screen adaptation has clawed its way to $38 million globally after two weeks in theaters, a dismal figure that could result in $100 million in theatrical losses, according to rival studio executives.After its […]
Continue readingDisney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker topped the weekend box office for a second weekend in a row, while the weekend’s newcomers — Sony’s Little Women and Fox’s animated feature Spies in Disguise — both topped studio expectations as did this weekend’s expansion of Uncut Gems, which has now topped $20 million domestically.With an […]
Continue readingU.S. animation “Spies in Disguise,” which stars the voices of Will Smith and Tom Holland, will hit Chinese cinemas on Jan. 3, 2020. It was produced by Blue Sky Studios, which is best known for the “Ice Age” and “Rio” franchises and has recently come under the Disney umbrella.The film is the first feature from […]
Continue readingDisney opens ‘Spies In Disguise’ as ‘Star Wars’, ‘Cats’ roll on.This weekend sees the latest version of Louisa May Alcott’s classic 19th-century novel Little Women hit UK cinemas through Sony, looking to capitalise on the seasonal setting of the story.Adapted and directed by Greta Gerwig, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen and […]
Continue readingIn this week’s edition of the Variety Movie Commercial Tracker, powered by the always-on TV ad measurement and attribution company iSpot.tv, Twentieth Century Fox claims the top spot in spending with “Spies in Disguise.”Ads placed for the animated film had an estimated media value of $6.63 million through Sunday for 937 national ad airings on […]
Continue readingEven Spider-Man gets a little star-struck around Will Smith.Though Tom Holland has co-starred with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, meeting his “Spies in Disguise” co-star for the first time was a pretty special experience for the 23-year-old star — partially because of the venue.“It was kind of crazy, you know, because we did […]
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