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NewsVenice Film Festival shakes up Oscar and Bafta races
Kathryn Bigelow, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler, ‘The Voice Of Hind Rajab’ exit festival with a boost.
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FeaturesIs Netflix eyeing a theatrical strategy shift?
“It’s like manna from heaven,” said one UK exhibitor of ‘The Thursday Murder Club’, now playing in cinemas for a second week.
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News‘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.
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FeaturesThe lowdown on all the Venice Film Festival 2025 titles
Screen profiles all the films in the Venice Film Festival’s official selection and parallel sections.
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FeaturesThe 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.
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News‘Weapons’ tops global box office in second session, nears $150m
Zach Cregger’s horror ‘Weapons’ dropped 39% globally for Warner Bros.
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NewsBafta tweaks eligibility, voting rules in key film categories for 2026
Key changes to outstanding British film and best documentary categories.
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News2026 Bafta Film Awards dates provide extended windows for voting and viewing
For the first time since 2001, the Bafta Film Award nominations will be announced after the Oscar nominations.
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News‘Weapons’ beats ‘Freakier Friday’ in global box office faceoff
Zach Cregger’s Warner Bros horror ‘Weapons’ topped the charts with a $70m debut.
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NewsChina’s ‘Dead To Rights’ leads ‘Fantastic Four’ at global box office; ‘The Naked Gun’ lands with $28.5m
Chinese historical drama ‘Dead To Rights’ knocked the ‘Fantastic’ superheroes off the top spot.
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News‘Fantastic Four’ blasts off with $218m at global box office; ‘Superman’ and ‘F1’ both hit $500m
The opening weekends for ‘Fantastic Four’ and ‘Superman’ were effectively a dead heat.
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News‘Superman’ hits $400m at global box office; ‘Smurfs’, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ fall short
Warner Bros ‘Superman’ held on to the top spot with $100m in its second weekend.
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News‘Superman’ flies to $220m global box office debut; ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ stomps past $500m
Warner Bros and DC Studios’ latest superhero adventure made $122m in North America.
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News‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ flattens global box office with $322.6m debut
Meanwhile, ‘F1’ is now Apple’s biggest ever hit as it nears $300m.
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News‘F1’ zooms to $146.3m global box office debut; ‘M3GAN 2.0’ disappoints with $17m
Apple Original Films is well on track to deliver its biggest ever box office hit with a U $146.3m global launch for F1.
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News‘28 Years Later’ rages to $60m debut at global box office; ‘Elio’ disappoints with $35m
Universal’s ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ held top spot with an estimatred $90.6m worldwide for the weekend period.
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NewsSeven talking points from CineEurope 2025
The annual trade convention for European exhibitors took place in Barcelona from June 16-19
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NewsDisney showcases all seven studio brands at CineEurope presentation
The studio trumpeted a slate of releases that play “exclusively on the big screen, longer than any of our competitors”.
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NewsParamount pushes family films, adult comedies in CineEurope slate presentation
‘The Naked Gun’ and ‘Scary Movie 6’ are released this year, while Ariana Grande joins the cast of ‘Meet The Parents 4’
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NewsStudiocanal showcases D-Day drama ‘Pressure’, ‘Cliffhanger’, ‘Cold Storage’ at CineEurope
The company also trumpeted its “best year ever” at the global box office.