All articles by Charles Gant – Page 5
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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ speeds to $693.1m at global box office; ‘Renfield’ bites into thin $10m debut
‘Super Mario’ dropped 41% in North America and just 28% in international territories.
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UK exhibitors remain optimistic for 2023 box office growth despite sluggish first quarter
After two years of strong post-pandemic recovery, UK cinemas saw box-office momentum slow down in Q1 2023.
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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ breaks worldwide box office records; ‘Air’ floats to $31m debut
The video game adaptation opened to $377.6m worldwide.
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‘Dungeons & Dragons’ magics up $72m global box office debut; ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ hits $245m
’Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ opened with an estimated $38.5m in North America.
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ slays with $141.4m global debut; China launch pushes anime ‘Suzume’ to $182m
The film has already outgrossed the lifetime total of 2014’s ’John Wick’ ($86.1m)
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UK cinemas urged to take action on sustainability
Sustainability was the exclusive topic at the ”Greening The Big Screen Experience” conference hosted by the UK Cinema Association (UKCA).
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‘Shazam! Fury Of The Gods’ stumbles with $65m global box office debut; ‘Scream VI’, ‘Creed III’ scrap for second place
‘Shazam!’ sequel’s global debut is well down on the original, which opened with $155.5m.
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Five talking points from Oscars 2023
Oscar wins diverge away from Bafta; a good night for A24 and Netflix; and few prizes for box office hits.
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‘Scream VI’ scares up $67m global box office debut; ‘Creed III’ punches to $179m on second weekend
Paramount’s ’Scream VI’ posted record debut box office for the franchise.
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‘Creed III’ lands $100m punch at global box office; ‘Ant-Man 3’ fading fast
‘Creed’ is proving a rare film franchise that is growing with each instalment, whilst ‘Ant-Man 3’ continues its box office slide.
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‘Cocaine Bear’ rampages to $28m global box office debut; ‘Ant-Man 3’ hits $364m in second session
Universal’s comedy thriller ’Cocaine Bear’ landed in North America with an estimated $23m plus $5.3m from first international markets.
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Awards campaigners reflect on surprises from 2023 race, make final Oscar predictions
The climax of this year’s awards season looks a whole lot different to how it began.
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What do the Bafta Film Awards mean for the Oscars?
Is the momentum now with ’All Quiet On The Western Front ’and Austin Butler?
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‘Ant-Man 3’ soars with $225m global box office debut; ‘Avatar 2’ overtakes ‘Titanic’ in all-time ranking
‘Quantumania’ delivered a bigger opening than any of the other ‘Ant-Man’ films with $225m worldwide.
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In profile: the 2023 Bafta casting director contenders
Screen profiles the casting directors for ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, ‘Elvis’, ‘Aftersun’, ‘Triangle Of Sadness’ and ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’.
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James Cameron dominates global box office as ‘Avatar 2’ returns to top spot and ‘Titanic’ reissue beats ‘Magic Mike 3’
The end of the China Lunar New Year holiday cleared a path for ’Avatar’ to return to the global top spot in its ninth week of release.
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Obsessive research and over 90 sets: creating the look of ‘Elvis’
Screen talks to the film’s design supremos Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy.
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‘Knock At The Cabin’ leads new releases at global box office; Chinese New Year titles top chart
M Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller knocked ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ off the number one spot in North America.
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Global box office: ‘Pathaan’ breaks records; Chinese New Year titles top chart as ‘Avatar 2’ slips
The Hindi-language thriller made $41.8m in its first five days in India.
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UK awards campaigners react to 2023 Bafta nominations
“I’m disappointed ‘Blue Jean’ didn’t get recognised in [Outstanding British film]”, says one campaigner.