‘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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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%.
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.
‘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.
‘Weapons’ beats ‘Jaws’ as North American summer box office closes just shy of 2024 on $3.7bn
New releases Caught Stealing, The Roses make modest bows.
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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.
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’ top for third weekend as UK-Ireland box office stagnates
Picturehouse Entertainment’s ‘Sorry, Baby’ among top per-site performers.
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.
‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ tops global box office; ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ slays in five countries
Haruo Sotozaki’s anime film now has a cumulative total of $242.6m.
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’ crosses $100m at North American box office
Horror stands at $180.6m worldwide as of August 22.
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.
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.
China summer box office hits $1.4bn as animation ‘Nobody’ rises to the top
The local animation toppled historical war drama ‘Dead To Rights’.
‘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’ tops global box office in second session, nears $150m
Zach Cregger’s horror ‘Weapons’ dropped 39% globally for Warner Bros.