All articles by Charles Gant
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FeaturesOutrageous outfits and gritty social assets: Inside the innovative UK campaigns for ‘Pillion’ and ‘Wasteman’
Picturehouse Entertainment and Lionsgate UK took contrasting approaches.
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News‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ nears $750m at worldwide box office; ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ unwraps $34.4m debut
‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ is officially the biggest film of 2026 so far.
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FeaturesFrom attention warfare to understanding Gen Z: Industry experts discuss the future of cinema
Jackie Brenneman, Adam Cunningham, Elisha Karmitz and Patrick von Sychowski discuss the state of the sector ahead of CinemaCon.
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News‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ blasts past $600m worldwide at global box office
Universal romantic comedy ‘You, Me & Tuscany’ started with a mild $8.8m.
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News‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ blasts to $373m worldwide; ‘The Drama’ makes promising $28m start
Illumination/Nintendo’s ‘Super Mario’ sequel has delivered the strongest debut of 2026.
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News‘Project Hail Mary’ holds well, tops $300m at global box office; ‘Scream 7’ passes $200m
‘Project Hail Mary’ is the highest-grossing US studio film of the year to date.
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News‘Project Hail Mary’ blasts off with $141m at worldwide box office
The sci-fi epic was only the third non-sequel/non-franchise film to open above $50m in international markets since Covid.
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FeaturesEight talking points from the Oscars: Classy, competitive (until it wasn’t) and Sean Penn
Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy were thanked multiple times across the night, while David Zaslav wasn’t mentioned once
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News‘Hoppers’ jumps to $165m total at global box office; ‘Reminders Of Him’ lands with $28m
Elsewhere, ‘Scream 7’ set a franchise record for Paramount.
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News‘Hoppers’ bounces to $88m debut at global box office; ‘The Bride!’ stumbles with $14m
Disney’s Pixar has returned to winning ways for original animation.
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News‘Scream 7’ tops worldwide box office with $97m franchise-best debut; ‘Wuthering Heights’ nears $200m
Meanwhile, Chinese films continue hold on top 10 chart led by car racing comedy ‘Pegasus 3’.
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FeaturesMeet the awards campaigner who achieved a clean sweep of documentary nominees at this year’s Bafta Film Awards
UK agency Christelle & Co successfully campaigned for all five Bafta-nominated documentaries
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News‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘GOAT’ and ‘Crime 101’ storm top three of global box office chart
Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ took the top spot with $82m debut.
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FeaturesBafta flashback: Rebecca O’Brien on breaking Ken Loach’s Bafta curse
“When we got to the stage, my main surprise was how tall Nicole Kidman is.”
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NewsK-pop concert film ‘Stray Kids’ tops global box office in quietest weekend of the year so far
Just $500,000 separates the weekend takings for the three titles in second, third and fourth place.
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FeaturesFive films are pulling ahead of the pack, say awards campaigners
A quartet of UK awards campaigners deliver their verdicts on the voting so far.
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NewsFive talking points from the Bafta film nominations: Irish success, longlist misses and record breakers
‘One Battle After Another’ leads the nominations with 14, closely followed by Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ with 13.
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NewsHow the Bafta nominations differ from the Oscars
Ampas shows an international flavour in craft categories while Bafta voters have more loyalty to UK films.
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FeaturesSeven Oscar nominations talking points: voters love international, Warner Bros soars and ‘Wicked 2’ sinks
The steadily increasing international outlook of the US Academy Awards has been confirmed once again.
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FeaturesAwards campaigners react to 2026 Bafta longlists: “It’s great to see Bafta recognising British indie films in key categories”
Second-round Bafta voting closes on January 20, and Bafta nominations are announced on January 27