All articles by Charles Gant – Page 6
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News‘Wonka’ leads global box office with $93m weekend; Japan opening boosts ‘Wish’
’Wonka’ topped the box office in 60 of its 77 international markets
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FeaturesWho are the early Oscar and Bafta frontrunners in the acting categories? (2024 edition)
The SAG-AFTRA strike prevented many actors from campaigning until a month ago - but the awards season is now more intense than ever.
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News‘Wonka’ tops global box office with $43m ahead of US release; animation ‘Migration’ grosses $6.5m in first markets
Prequel story ‘Wonka’ leads the box office in 32 out of 37 first-wave territories.
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News‘Animal’ tops global box office with $42m debut; Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ strong in US but weaker abroad
‘Napoleon’ dropped to second in global chart; hits $137m after second session.
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Features‘Femme’ filmmakers on their debut feature: “We didn’t want to make a film that felt moralistic or simple”
In queer neo-noir revenge thriller Femme, every character — whether subverting or conforming to gender — is engaging in a kind of drag, say filmmakers Sam H Freeman and Ng Choon Ping.
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News‘Napoleon’ tops global box office with five-day $79m; Disney’s ‘Wish’ disappoints
The opening numbers for Napoleon have come in at the top end of expectations.
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News‘Hunger Games’ prequel snacks on $98m global box office debut; ‘The Marvels’ drops to third
The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes debuts on an estimated $44.0m in North America, $54.5m in 87 international markets.
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News‘The Marvels’ disappoints with $110m worldwide box office debut – second lowest for MCU
Brie Larson’s superhero sequel made $47m for North America, and $63.3m internationally.
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News‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ plummets at US box office but holds better abroad; Taylor Swift bounces back
In North America, total weekend box office is estimated at $56m – one of the lowest market totals so far this year.
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News‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ scares up $130m debut; ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ holds better abroad
Another video game adaptation broke records this year as ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’ gave Blumhouse its biggest global opening.
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FeaturesAn oral history of Film4: senior executives talk four decades of transforming British film
Screen International will present Film4 with the outstanding contribution to UK film special recognition award at this year’s Big Screen Awards.
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News‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ tops worldwide box office; ’Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ slips to second
Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon opened on $44m worldwide.
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News‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ tops worldwide box office with $123.5m
Taylor Swift’s concert film delivered a $92.8m opening in North America and $30.7m internationally
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News‘The Exorcist: Believer’ scares up $44.2m debut at worldwide box office; ‘Paw Patrol 2’ ranks second
‘The Exorcist: Believer’ has debuted with an estimated $27.2m in North America and $17.9m from 52 international markets
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FeaturesLondon Film Festival head Kristy Matheson talks 2023 edition and the five-year plan
Evolution, not revolution, is the watchword for the 2023 BFI London Film Festival, with the arrival of Kristy Matheson at the creative helm.
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News‘Paw Patrol 2’ beats ‘The Creator’ and ‘Saw X’ at global box office, but Chinese titles dominate
Paramount’s Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie is the top US studio film in the worldwide market with an estimated $46.1m opening
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News‘The Nun II’ tops global box office again; ‘Expend4bles’ disappoints
Total for ’Expend4bles’ including the initial week of release in China is now $33.9m.
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News‘The Nun II’ scares up big $85m global box office opening; ‘Jawan’ sets Bollywood records
For ’The Nun II’, Mexico leads the international pack with a sensational estimated $8.9m, the biggest horror opening of the pandemic era.
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FeaturesTIFF spotlight: ‘Wicked Little Letters’ filmmakers on bringing a 1920s poison-pen letters scandal to life
Screen speaks to the film’s director Thea Sharrock and producers Ed Sinclair and Graham Broadbent.
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News‘The Equalizer 3’ tops global box office with $60m; China debut boosts ‘Oppenheimer’
Denzel Washington sequel achieves franchise-best opening, whilst China delivered an estimated $30.3m for ’Oppenheimer’.