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‘Beauty And The Beast’ Nears $700M WW; ‘Kong’ Has Mighty $72M China Bow, Tops $250M Offshore – International Box Office

Beauty And The Beast Box Office

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: The international box office waltz was led again this frame by Disney's Beauty And The Beast with a $119.2M sophomore session — down less than 35% from opening last weekend. The global cume is $690.3M through Sunday, making the Bill Condon-directed live-action tuner the No. 1 movie of 2017 to date worldwide. It's also tops internationally ($373.3M) and domestically ($317M). BATB now becomes the 4th consecutive Walt Disney Studios release to pass $600M… Read

‘Sing’ Gives Voice To $600M At Worldwide Box Office

Illumination and Universal Pictures’ animated let’s-put-on-a-show show Sing has reached the $600M mark at global turnstiles. The current split on the Garth Jennings-directed charmer is $269.7M domestic with $330.3M at the international box office. That makes for a nice round milestone through Sunday. Sing had passed $500M last month. The movie, featuring the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Taron Egerton and Scarlett Johansson, world premiered at last… Read

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Crosses $500M At Worldwide Box Office

SATURDAY UPDATE: As expected, Disney's Beauty And The Beast waltzed past the $500M global mark on Friday with a total of $541M after eight days in worldwide release. Overseas, BATB is crossing $300M this session after taking $289M through yesterday. The full offshore weekend is on track to land just over $100M. France and Australia were notable additions to play this frame and only Japan remains to join the party on April 21. We'll have the full international box office… Read

No. 11 ‘Doctor Strange’ Box Office Profits – 2016 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament

Doctor Strange

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources. DOCTOR STRANGE Di… Read

Colin Farrell In Negotiations For ‘Dumbo’ At Disney

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Farrell is in negotiations to join Tim Burton's Dumbo, the live-action adaptation of the 1941 animated classic for Disney, which is casting up now. Should the deal make, he'll play the role of Holt, the widowed father of two kids from Kentucky and he'll join Eva Green and Danny Devito in the project, which is edging closer towards a production start. Farrell has a track record at Disney, having played the fun-loving father of the young Mary Poppins author… Read

Turkish Government Mulls Ban Of TV Dating Shows

Turkey's government is cracking down on regulations for matchmaking shows in the country with an eye to potentially ban the popular daytime programs altogether because they don't fall in line with Turkish traditions and customs. According to the country's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus some of the dating shows, particularly those geared towards engineering a marriage, are "against our family values, culture, faith and traditions." "There are some strange programmes… Read

Cuban-American Actor Tomas Milian Dies Aged 84

Tomas Milian, the Cuban-American-Italian actor best known for his work in Italian genre films and Spaghetti Westerns, has died at the age of 84. Italian news agency ANSA reported that he died of a stroke in his Miami home on Wednesday. Milian, whose real name was Tomas Quintin Rodriguez Milian, worked with a host of top-notch directors such as Steven Soderbergh, Bernardo Bertolucci and Steven Spielberg, and was recognized for the emotional intensity and humor he brought… Read

UK Gets ‘Orange Is The New Black’; BAFTA TV Sets Date & Sponsor; ‘Project Runway’ In Latin America – Global Briefs

Orange Is The New Black Season 4

Sony Pictures Television Networks has taken UK linear rights to Lionsgate's Orange Is The New Black. The series, about engaged Brooklynite Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), whose decade-old relationship with drug-runner Alex (Laura Prepon) results in her arrest and year-long detention in a federal penitentiary, will have its broadcast premiere on Sony Channel UK. Season one of the series will launch with a double bill in the territory every Wednesday from April 19. "We… Read

No. 13 ‘Batman V. Superman’ Box Office Profits – 2016 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament

Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources. Batman V. Superma… Read

London Attack: Capital Carries On Amid New Reality

Sadly, the sort of deadly attack that hit London yesterday has become an all-too familiar occurrence throughout Europe in the past few years, from Paris to Nice and Berlin to Brussels — and even came one year to the day after bombings in the latter city killed 35 people. In the wake of some of these incidents, many public gathering sites, including cinemas, opted to or were urged to close while suspects were still on the loose and authorities and communities struggled to… Read

No. 14 ‘The Conjuring 2’ Box Office Profits – 2016 Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Tournament

The Conjuring 2

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources. The Conjuring 2 N… Read

Adrien Brody Joins ‘Peaky Blinders’ Season 4; First Story Elements Revealed

EXCLUSIVE: As filming gets underway on the 4th season of Peaky Blinders, Oscar winner Adrien Brody has suited up to join the Steven Knight-created period gangster drama. The epic BBC Two saga of the Shelby clan, from Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Drama, started shooting this week in Liverpool. Brody’s role is being kept under wraps, but Knight says, “He genuinely was the actor in my head when I wrote the part. I'm sure he will be a formidable presence in… Read