All articles by Charles Gant – Page 9
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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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Features
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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Comment
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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Features
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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Features
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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Features
UK awards campaigners react to 2023 Bafta nominations
“I’m disappointed ‘Blue Jean’ didn’t get recognised in [Outstanding British film]”, says one campaigner.
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Six talking points from the 2023 Oscar nominations
Analysis of this year’s nominations for the Academy Awards.
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‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ splashes past $2bn at global box office; ‘Babylon’ gets international boost
The ‘Avatar’ sequel became the first film of the pandemic era to cross $2bn worldwide.
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Features
Comment: Bafta Film Awards nominations shake up the Oscar race
”This feels like an exciting moment for the Bafta Film Awards, often perceived – rightly or wrongly – as too similar to the Oscars.”
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‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ nudges $1.9bn at global box office; ‘M3GAN’ races to $90m
The ‘Avatar’ sequel is now closing in on ’Spider-Man: No Way Home’.
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Features
Ram Bergman, Daniel Craig unravel the secrets of ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’: “It felt more risky”
”You’re following a movie that’s very popular and very beloved. The first one, there’s no expectation, it came out of nowhere.”
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Features
In profile: the 2023 Oscar and Bafta documentary contenders
The documentary chapter of the US Academy has reduced the vast field of non-fiction contenders to just 15 films. Screen assesses the titles now competing to be among the five Oscar nominees — and ultimately to win the prize.
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Features
Four talking points for the UK film industry in 2023
Significant change at the BFI, UK festivals face uncertain times, and a pivotal year for the UK box office.
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News
Nine talking points for the global film industry in 2023
The global box office decline, changing priorities for US streamers and the emergence of international mega-players.
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News
‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ hits $1.7bn at global box office; ‘M3GAN’ posts $40m weekend session
‘Avatar 2’ adds $178m in a strong fourth weekend and has become the highest-grossing film released in 2022.
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Five talking points from the Bafta 2023 longlists
Screen’s analysis of the 2023 Bafta Film Awards longlists, which have been unveiled following the first round of voting.