All Box Office articles – Page 145
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News'Marigold Hotel' sequel scores UK hat-trick
Fox’s sequel reaches $17.3m (£11.7m), while stablemate Home previews strongly with $3.6m (£2.5m); Warner Bros’ Run All Night lands with $1.2m (£822,000) from 430 sites.
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News'Cinderella' begins international rollout
Disney’s live-action remake waltzes day-and-date into China, Russia and Germany, among others.
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NewsGlobal box office grew 1% in 2014
Fuelled by strong growth in the Asia Pacific region, global box office receipts hit $36.4bn last year.
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NewsBig Hero 6 tops China box office with $30m
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Disney animation Big Hero 6 topped the China box office in its first full week of release, grossing $29.88m, while Jupiter Ascending opened in third with $23.06m.
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News'Jupiter Ascending' hits $100m int'l
UPDATED MARCH 9: The Wachowskis’ sci-fi surged past $100m thanks to a $23m China debut from 7,028 screens to deliver the studio’s fifth biggest three-day debut.
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NewsMarigold Hotel sequel retains UK lead
Fox’s sequel adds $2.9m (£1.9m) for $13m (£8.6m) after 11 days in play; Sony’s Chappie is the highest new entry with $1.5m (£996,000); Still Alice posts excellent $606,000 (£401,396) debut from 87 sites for Curzon Film World.
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NewsChappie, Unfinished Business flop in US
Public sentiment aligned with critical disapproval for Neill Blomkamp’s latest sci-fi spectacle as Chappie delivered an anaemic estimated $13.3m debut via Columbia Pictures.
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NewsFifty Shades crosses $500m global
Fifty Shades Of Grey has crossed $500m through Universal heading into its fourth weekend.
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NewsVegas To Macau tops China box office
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Sequel slips past Dragon Blade and Wolf Totem in second week of Chinese New Year holiday.
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NewsPaddington in StudioCanal record
Big screen adaptation surpasses Non-Stop’s worldwide tally of $236m to become their biggest ever worldwide release.
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NewsDoraemon breaks Hong Kong record
Animation has become the biggest grossing Japanese feature of all time in Hong Kong after just seven days of release.
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NewsMarigold Hotel sequel tops UK box office
Fox’s sequel scores $5.8m (£3.74m) debut, including previews, to dethrone Fifty Shades of Grey; Universal’s raunchy adaptation crosses £30m mark after 17 days in play.
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NewsDistributors play on Oscar success at box office
There were several noticeable bumps in evidence at the weekend as distributors expanded their theatrical footprints in the wake of last Sunday’s (February 22) Academy Awards.
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NewsFocus tops US charts on $18.7m
UPDATED MARCH 2: Will Smith’s return to action in Warner Bros’ caper opposite Margot Robbie helped the film opened top in North America on a confirmed $18.7m over a slow post-Oscar session.
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NewsFifty Shades rules int'l on $34.3m
UPDATED MARCH 2: Fifty Shades Of Grey extended its dominion to a third weekend on top via Universal Pictures International as a confirmed $34.3m from 59 territories elevated the running total to $337m.
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NewsFocus ready to roll in 31 markets
Warner Bros Pictures International unleashes the caper film Focus starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie day-and-date with North America in 31 markets including the UK, Russia and South Korea.
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NewsDragon Blade tops Chinese New Year box office
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Daniel Lee’s Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody, topped the China box office over the Chinese New Year holiday weekend, grossing $54.84m in its opening four days.
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NewsFifty Shades breaks UK 18-rated record
Universal’s raunchy adaptation becomes highest grossing 18-rated film of all time with $38.9m (£25.2m).
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NewsOscar nominees feel box office bump
American Sniper received the most dramatic box office ‘bump’ of all eight best film Oscar nominees following the Academy Award nominations.
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NewsFifty Shades stays top over Oscar weekend
FEBRUARY 23 UPDATE: Fifty Shades Of Grey dropped 74% in its second session as a confirmed $22.3m was still enough to stay top through Universal and Focus Features.