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Imax sales surged last quarter as it delivered $142 million in global box office sales — up 100% year-over-year. It’s since broke records for the high-grossing month of October, with Dune being the latest hit Stateside, and said it expects an accelerating pipeline of blockbusters set for exclusive theatrical release…

In what comes as no surprise, the sequel for Dune finally has been greenlighted for an October 20, 2023 theatrical release with director, producer and co-screenwriter Denis Villeneuve returning. The key word here is theatrical. We understand that a key point of negotiations between Legendary and Warner Bros was that Du…

UPDATED, 9:59 AM: Sony Pictures Classics said today that its film Mothering Sunday will get a limited release on February 25 in Los Angeles and New York following its weeklong awards-qualifying run in November. The pic, which premiered at Cannes in July, will expand to other markets in the ensuing weeks, the…

In mid-September, Gower Street Analytics projected global box office for 2021 would come in at $20.2B. The London-based film tech company now has increased its estimate to $21.6B, with the possibility of hitting a nice round $22B. The reason for the shift is driven primarily by the strong performance of October titles…

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has set an Academy-qualifying U.S. theatrical run for the Jason Pollock doc Finding Kendrick Johnson. Pic will first hit 17 theaters across the country today for one-night only engagements, with a seven-night Los Angeles run kicking off on the 29th. The documentary’s awards campaign will…

UPDATED, Monday AM: A bit of positive news that HBO Max didn’t completely wipe out the weekend box office on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. Warner Bros reported Monday morning that Legendary’s Dune had a much better Sunday than anticipated: $9.78 million, off 29% from Saturday’s $13.7M, instead of $8.9M, down 35%. This will…

UPDATED to include comments by Tim League of Alamo Drafthouse: Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch did what a glum arthouse market was waiting for, revved it up with a smashing three-day average. "If Wes builds it, they will come," said an elated Searchlight Pictures after a long wait to get the film into theaters. It…

UPDATE, writethru: There were milestones aplenty this weekend at the global and international box office with three Hollywood heavy-hitters reaching important new benchmarks. Among them, MGM/Eon/Universal's No Time To Die crossed both $400M overseas and $500M worldwide while Sony' Venom: Let There Be Carnage topped…

SATURDAY UPDATE: Denis Villeneuve's Dune had a nice bump in China on Saturday, adding a further estimated RMB 62M ($9.7M) for a projected two-day market cume of RMB 101.1M ($15.84M). Although ticketing platform Maoyan has the daily box office just slightly lower, the Saturday increase regardless was upwards of 55%. As…

After a long Covid delay, The French Dispatch opens this weekend with distributor Searchlight Pictures and the industry hoping the whimsical Wes Anderson's film brings a touch of Grand Budapest Hotel-ish coin to the specialty box office. Hoping, but not counting on it, as the box office take beyond studio tentpoles…

MGM/Eon/Universal's No Time To Die is crossing $368M at the international box office and $474M worldwide with today's business included — and that confirms something we've been expecting from Mr Bond. To wit: the 25th 007 movie is now the No. 2 Hollywood movie globally and overseas of 2021; both benchmarks, in studio…

Veteran industry executives Michael Lynton and Josh Berger have joined the board of immersive film experience outfit Secret Cinema. Lynton is Chairman of Warner Music Group Corp while Berger is the former President and Managing Director of Warner Bros UK, Ireland and Spain. Lynton has served as chairman of the board…