Box Office News

'The Conjuring: Last Rites'

‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ summons strong £6.8m opening at UK-Ireland box office

Holdovers including ‘The Roses’ and ‘Weapons’ dominate rest of the top five.

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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ scores $187m at global box office; ‘Hamilton’, ‘Madharaasi’ debut in top ten

Warner Bros/New Line release has biggest ever international opening for a horror film.

'The Conjuring: Last Rites'

UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ launches in 620 cinemas

Ethan Coen’s ‘Honey Don’t!’, queer drama ‘On Swift Horses’, ‘The Cut’ and ’Christy’ also open.

'The Bad Guys 2'

French box office slump continues with 29.4% drop in ticket sales in August

France’s box office took a nosedive in August with a 29.4% drop in ticket sales year-on-year to 9.97 million admissions* (€73m), according to figures from the CNC.

Dead To Rights

China summer box office rises to $1.67bn led by ‘Dead To Rights’

Cinema admissions grew by nearly 13% while box office revenues were up 3%.

The Roses

Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch comedy ‘The Roses’ opens top of UK-Ireland box office

A 50th anniversary re-release of ‘Jaws’ sunk its teeth into the number two spot.

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‘The Shadow’s Edge’ with Jackie Chan leads global box office; ‘The Roses’, ‘Caught Stealing’ make middling starts

Local films from Asia continued to set the pace at the worldwide box office this weekend.

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“It’s like manna from heaven,” said one UK exhibitor of ‘The Thursday Murder Club’, now playing in cinemas for a second week.

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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Roses’, ‘Caught Stealing’ get ready to rumble

Re-releases of ‘Jaws’ and ‘Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire’ are also out.

'Weapons'

‘Weapons’ top for third weekend as UK-Ireland box office stagnates

Picturehouse Entertainment’s ‘Sorry, Baby’ among top per-site performers.

Caught Stealing

UK’s Cineworld to stage its own ‘Big Screen Weekend’ with heavily discounted tickets

Cineworld-owned Picturehouse sites are excluded from the £4 ticket offer.

KPop: Demon Hunters

Netflix claims first North American box office crown as ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ opens in $18m range

Will unprecedented chart-topping success persuade streamer to change strategy? No chance.

Weapons

‘Weapons’ crosses $100m at North American box office

Horror stands at $180.6m worldwide as of August 22.

'The Life Of Chuck'

UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘The Life Of Chuck’ dances into 622 cinemas, ‘Eddington’ also launches

Mike Flanagan directs his latest Stephen King adaptation starring Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Mark Hamill.

F1

The summer box office delivered consistent hits but lacked a big breakout success

Box-office growth hasn’t quite matched the season’s buoyant mood, but ‘F1’ and ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ could be important hits.

Nobody

China summer box office hits $1.4bn as animation ‘Nobody’ rises to the top

The local animation toppled historical war drama ‘Dead To Rights’.

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‘Weapons’ maintains UK-Ireland box office lead; ‘Materialists’ starts in third

EFD horror ‘Together’ takes just over £500,000; strong performance from ‘Princess Mononoke’.

'Weapons'

‘Weapons’ tops global box office in second session, nears $150m

Zach Cregger’s horror ‘Weapons’ dropped 39% globally for Warner Bros.