All Box Office articles – Page 168
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NewsTaken 3 retains UK box office lead
Fox’s threequel adds $5m (£3.3m) for $18.5m (£12.2m) after 11 days in play; Warner Bros’ American Sniper records Clint Eastwood’s best-ever opening with $3.8m (£2.5m).
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NewsFrench films double int'l admissions in 2014
Jump fuelled by Luc Besson’s English-language sci-fi thriller Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson
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NewsAmerican Sniper hits bullseye in US on $107.2m
JANUARY 20 UPDATE: The Warner Bros war film expanded wide in its fourth session and vaulted 20 places to top of the charts in a record wide debut for a winter release and a handful of other records.
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NewsTaken 3 rules int’l BO on $31.6m
JANUARY 20 UPDATE: Taken 3 has surged to the cusp of $100m in two weeks as $31.6m from 58 markets elevated the tally to $99.5m after three sessions.
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NewsIndie int'l box office hits $1.2bn
EXCLUSIVE: Films licensed internationally through the major US-based sales agencies generated an estimated $1.152bn last year.
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NewsNight At The Museum 3 bids to extend rule
Fox International’s Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb rules the international arena and has reached $160.7m as it prepares to enter South Korea.
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NewsOde To My Father tops 10m in S Korea
In South Korea, CJ Entertainment’s Ode To My Father has topped the country’s landmark 10 million admissions, taking in $72m according to the Korean Film Council’s ticketing database.
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NewsUTV fuels Disney local BO in 2014
EXCLUSIVE: Disney’s local language films grossed a combined $236m in 2014.
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NewsTaken 3 tops UK chart
Fox’s threequel opens to excellent $10.2m (£6.7m), including previews, to dethrone The Theory of Everything; Disney’s Into the Woods hits $3.75m (£2.48m) note on UK bow.
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NewsTaken 3 storms US on $40.4m
Liam Neeson returned to the top of the North American box office thanks to an estimated $40.4m debut in 3,594 sites via Fox, while Selma expanded wide through Paramount and soared 22 places to number two on a $11.2m weekend haul.
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NewsMuseum 3 rules international on $45.9m
JANUARY 11 UPDATE: Fresh from its record-setting $5.5bn global box office haul, Fox continued to demonstrate its international potency as Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb ruled the roost, Penguins Of Madagascar crossed $200m and Taken 3 scored a $10.5m number one UK debut.
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NewsTaken 3 arrives in 30 markets
Fox International’s Taken 3 arrives in around 30 markets including the UK, Australia, Japan and Taiwan this weekend in a big early step for the international thriller.
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NewsWB local titles gross $319m in 2014
UPDATED JANUARY 7: The Japanese duo Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno and Rurouni Kenshin: Legend Ends combined for $95m as local language releases in 2014 contributed to Warner Bros’ $3.17bn overall international gross.
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NewsDenmark, Finland, Norway reveal 2014 top 10s
Top local cinema performances last year in Denmark, Finland and Norway.
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NewsPK breaks India box office records
UTV Motion Pictures’ PK, starring Aamir Khan and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, has become the Hindi film industry’s highest-grossing film ever in India with a take of $48m (Rs3.05bn), according to industry estimates.
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NewsTiger Mountain retains China box office lead
CHINA BOX OFFICE: Tsui Hark’s The Taking Of Tiger Mountain stayed on top of the China box office in its second week, grossing $58.23m - more than its opening week haul of $51.72m.
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NewsFox soars to $5.5bn 2014 BO
Twentieth Century Fox broke industry global and international box office records in 2014 as co-heads of worldwide theatrical marketing and distribution Paul Hanneman and Tomas Jegeus announced combined grosses of more than $5.5bn and $3.73bn, respectively.
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NewsChina box office rises 36% in 2014
Titles including Transformers and Breakup Buddies take box office total to $4.8bn.
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NewsTheory of Everything debuts top of UK chart
Universal’s biopic posts chart-topping $5.7m (£3.74m) bow, including previews; Warner Bros’ climactic Hobbit outing leads Fri-Sun chart; StudioCanal’s Paddington crosses £30m.