All Box Office articles – Page 143
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News'Force Awakens' adds $149.2m in record North America session
DECEMBER 28 UPDATE: A further confirmed $149.2m boosted Disney-Lucasfilms’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens past the half-billion mark in a huge Christmas weekend session and destroyed the second-weekend record of $106.6m set by Jurassic World back in the summer.
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News'Mockingjay – Part 2' crosses $600m worldwide
Lionsgate executives announced the milestone on Wednesday as the four-film franchise reached $2.9bn.
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News'The Force Awakens' targets $1bn by Sunday
DECEMBER 25 UPDATE: Star Wars: The Force Awakens used an estimated $47.6m global take on Thursday as the space opera reached $813.5m worldwide.
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News'Mojin – The Lost Legend' scares up $93.39m in China
Action-horror rakes in a whopping $93.39m to become the third-biggest opening for a local film.
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NewsDisney crosses $5bn global mark
Powered over the line by last weekend’s record-breaking debut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, studio top brass said they were projected to reach the milestone for the first time.
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News'The Force Awakens' scores record-breaking $50.5m UK debut
Disney’s long-awaited return of the space saga posts second biggest opening of all time and the biggest Fri-Sun weekend of all time.
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News'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' sets $248m US record
DECEMBER 21 UPDATE: Buena Vista unwrapped a holiday season treat for fans and studio executives alike as JJ Abrams’ sci-fi spectacular stormed to the top of the North American record books.
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News'The Force Awakens' hits $529m worldwide
DEC 21 UPDATE: Disney executives confirmed on Monday the space opera had set a new $528.9m global opening record and amassed $281m from its first five international days for the third highest launch in history.
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News'Force Awakens' posts biggest ever day at UK box office with $14.3m
Disney’s highly anticipated return of the space saga tops Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2’s long-standing record.
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News'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' hits $310m worldwide
DECEMBER 19 EVENING UPDATE: Disney executives reported on Saturday evening an estimated $60m second-day gross in North America that raised the space opera’s tally heading into Sunday to $180m.
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NewsEuropean films losing market share abroad
Paper published by European Audiovisual Observatory highlights market share drop for European films abroad.
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News'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' eyes box office history
Disney-LucasFilm could be about to rewrite the box office record books with a North American debut that insiders say could reach $220m.
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News'Point Break' tops China box office
Point Break knocked The Martian off the top spot, while local fantasy comedy Surprise – Journey To The West set a new record for previews.
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News'Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2' retains UK lead for fourth week
Lionsgate’s fantasy-adventure becomes first film since Les Misérables to record four weeks at number one; Universal’s By the Sea flops with $38,000 (£24,770) from its 102 sites.
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News'Mockingjay 2' holds on to US crown with $11.4m
DECEMBER 14 UPDATE: In a tight contest with new arrival In The Heart Of The Sea, Lionsgate’s enduring champion The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 retained the title by the slimmest of margins.
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News'Mockingjay 2' reclaims int'l on $17.4m
DECEMBER 14 UPDATE: Lionsgate’s YA adaptation was confirmed on Monday as the box office champion.
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NewsOnly six women directors in top 100 films at UK box office
Female directors, writers and stars are hugely under-represented in the UK top 100.
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News'The Martian' holds top spot at China box office
Ridley Scott’s Sci-Fi added $27m; Tony Chan’s Fall In Love Like A Star opened with $15.5m to take second place.
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News'Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2' records UK hat-trick
Sony’s Spectre crosses £90m mark in sixth weekend, Victor Frankenstein alive - but only just.
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NewsChina’s box office hits $6.24bn in 2015
China’s box office has passed the $6.24bn (RMB40bn) benchmark, an increase of more than 48% compared to the same period last year, according to state news agency Xinhua.