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Features‘Eric Ravilious: Drawn To War’ filmmaker Margy Kinmonth talks next projects, box-office run
The doc has been the summer’s surprise box office hit in the UK and Ireland.
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Smaller films play vital role in tempting audiences back to cinemas, new research finds
Audiences attracted to the cinema in the past by films featuring Black protagonists have been ill‑served by films released in the post-pandemic era.
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How Pathé is steering ’Parallel Mothers’ past £1m at the UK box office
The distributor is taking advantage of the screens available at UK cinemas for the Pedro Almodovar film.
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How have key Oscar contenders fared at the Covid-era box office?
Screen assesses how key titles in the Oscar race are faring this year in a post-pandemic, shrunken-window world.
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UK-Ireland box office sees big rise in 2021, but female directors, indie films worryingly absent
“If anybody had offered these kinds of numbers for 2021, we would have bitten their hand off.”
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North American box office up 100% in 2021, but it was a tough year for indie distributors
Older, more affluent patrons were slow to get back into the filmgoing habit after cinemas began to open their doors.
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What’s it like to go back to the cinema in the UK post-lockdown?
Screen staff test out six different venues for factors including masks, food drink and ticketing.
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Why there is buzz at the North American box office for the first time in over a year
After ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’’s strong opening, distributors are hoping for a better summer.
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North American 2020 box office: a tale of two years
The unprecedented nature of the year created another significant metric: the March 20-December 31 post lockdown chart.
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China box office topped North America in 2020 thanks to quicker post-lockdown recovery, strong local titles
Local releases such as war epic ‘The Eight Hundred’ spurred it on.
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French cinemas outperformed most other European markets in 2020
The territory was helped by a more co-ordinated reopening in June post‑lockdown, and less reliance on the output of US studios.
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Analysis: UK and Ireland box office fell 76% in 2020
Box office soared for the first two months of 2020, but went into a tailspin when Covid-19 hit and never recovered.
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How local titles have flourished at the Taiwan box office
Taiwan has reported no domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases since mid-April, and box office has continued to fly thanks to a string of local hits.
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How 'After We Collided' became a surprise hit in the UK and Ireland
The film is on release via Shear Entertainment with US sales agent Voltage Pictures.
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How South Korea’s box office is coming back from the dead
Zombie thriller #Alive has raised hopes that the local box office is turning a corner in the pandemic.
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Russian 2019 box office report: territory bounces back after World Cup struggles
The 2019 box office shows Russian audiences are embracing US films as well as local patriotic and comedy titles.
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US box office 2019 verdict: a perfect storm for Disney
Many observers have said we may never again see such dominance by a studio in a 12-month period.
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UK box office 2019 verdict: an exceptional recovery after a shocking first quarter
The numbers look to be down slightly but admissions will be among the decade’s best.
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Spanish 2019 box office report: promotional weekend helps boost audiences
The Fiesta del Cine promotional weekend helped to boost overall Spanish box office for 2019
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Italian 2019 box office report: a major breakthrough for summer releases
A dynamic year at the Italian box office has seen an incentive for films during the traditional dead zone from May to August.
