Box Office

AMC Entertainment saw revenue slip and net losses widen last quarter on the now well-known story of an oddly soft three months for moviegoing. But CEO Adam Aron insisted that “Anyone trying to draw any conclusions about the success or appeal of movie theatres from the results of the first quarter of 2025 is likely
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Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema will releasethe next installment in theEvil Deadfranchise domestically onJuly 24, 2026. Dune: Part Two actress Souheila Yacoub will star. New Line Cinema and Sony Pictures are co-financing the sequel after the success ofEvil Dead Rise. Souheila Yacoub Arno Lam Sébastien Vaniček, who co-wrote the screenplay with Florent Bernard,
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In a move that could reshape the South Korea exhibition landscape, the country’s respective second- and third-largest exhibitors — Lotte Cinema and Megabox — are set to merge. Today, a memorandum of understanding for a tie-up of Lotte Cultureworks and Megabox Joongang, parent companies of Lotte Cinema and Megabox, was signed, per a statement posted
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Limited opening per screen averages remain challenged even as the studio wide release landscape surges, but there’s a promising new entrant this week in Friendship, the A24 comedy opening on six screens. The directorial debut of writer-director Andrew DeYoung stars I Think You Should Leave comedian Tim Robinson in his first major on-screen appearance. Early
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UPDATED, FRIDAY MIDDAY: Disney/Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* is currently playing a bit ahead of Shang-Chi’s second weekend with $9 million Friday and a projected weekend around $35M, off 53% from its opening last week. That will get the Florence Pugh-Wyatt Russell-Sebastian Stan Marvel ensemble past $130M by Sunday. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
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The international box office for French cinema dropped by 11% in 2024, according to data released by Unifrance on Monday, but the film and TV export agency said the figures only gave part of the picture. Unifrance said French film productions racked up 33.4M admissions internationally in the first 50 weeks of 2024 for a
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The international box office for French cinema dropped by 11% in 2024, according to data released by Unifrance on Monday, but the film and TV export agency said the figures only gave part of the picture. Unifrance said French film productions racked up 33.4M admissions internationally in the first 50 weeks of 2024 for a
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Universal has been vindicated, thanks to the witches of Oz and the tenacity of studio chief and top NBCUniversal executive Donna Langley. Over the Nov. 22-24 weekend, director Jon M. Chu’s Wicked opened to an estimated $114 million domestically, the biggest box office launch of all time for a Broadway adaptation in a landslide victory,
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There’s joy in toon town today as Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has become the highest-grossing animated movie ever at the worldwide box office. With $1,462.8M through Tuesday, the sequel has surpassed Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen II ($1.454B). Disney has seven of the Top 10 animated movies ever globally, five of which are from Pixar. Directed
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AMC Entertainment had some good news today as long talks with lenders have resulted in collaborative refinancing transactions that extend up to $2.45 million in debt maturities from 2026 to 2029 and beyond. The company called the deals “transformative” and said they’ll strengthen the balance sheet, pave the way for future de-levering, and align the
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That didn’t take long. Fresh off the successful box office debut of Despicable Me 4, Illumination and Universal announced plans for Minions 3, which has landed a release date of June 30, 2027. Written by Brian Lynch (Minions, The Secret Life of Pets films), Minions 3 will be directed by veteran Despicable Me/Minions helmer Pierre Coffin, who has also provided
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Illumination and Universal’s Minions franchise isn’t getting any worse for the wear as Despicable Me 4 ruled the Fourth of July box office with an estimated five-day domestic opening of $122.6 million from 4,428 theaters, including a three-day weekend haul of $75 million after earning a stellar A CinemaScore. That’s in line with expectations and
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