Charles Gant
Charles Gant is Awards/Box Office Editor at Screen International, based in London. Charles began writing for Screen in 2015 as a critic, before joining the staff in 2017 initially as Features Editor.
A former Deputy Editor of The Face magazine and former Film Editor of Heat magazine, Charles has been writing about box office for more than a decade, including writing the weekly Indie Box Office report for the BFI-backed Film Audience Network of cinemas.
Charles is a member of Bafta, and has served on Bafta Film Awards juries including for outstanding British debut, rising star and more recently the longlisting jury for performance and director. He speaks about the film business and box office to various groups throughout the year, including at the National Film & Television School, Film Distributors Association and Film Hub London.
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‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’ swings to $129m debut at global box office
‘The Fall Guy’ cracks $100m and ‘IF’ begins with $3.6m in first two markets.
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The lowdown on all the Cannes 2024 titles
Screen profiles all the films in the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection and parallel sections.
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‘The Fall Guy’ launches with soft $54m session at global box office; ‘The Garfield Movie’ paws $22m
The first weekend of May saw the start of summer movie season.
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‘Challengers’ serves up $24m at global box office; Korea’s ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ tops chart
Challengers delivered the biggest opening of Luca Guadagnino’s career in North America.
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‘Abigail’ is top new title at global box office; ‘Back To Black’ cracks top 10
Universal horror ‘Abigail’ had a $15.2m opening.
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‘Civil War’ launches with $30m at global box office; ‘Godzilla X Kong’ tops chart again
The latest ‘Godzilla’ film is now at $437m globally.
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‘Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire’ rules global box office with $91m second session
The ‘Godzilla’ total was more than double second-placed film ’Kung Fu Panda 4’.
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Original-IP titles are bringing optimism to UK & Ireland cinema operators
“One of the key takeouts from 2023 was the infectious power of originality for audiences.”
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‘Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire’ rampages to $195.1m global box office debut
The enduring box office power of Godzilla was demonstrated once again, with the latest instalment opening above industry expectations.
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‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ debuts with $62m at global box office; ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ takes top spot
Meanwhile Black Bear’s ‘Immaculate’ launches with $8m and ‘Now Or Never!’ sets Covid-era record in Hungary.
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‘Dune: Part Two’ closes in on $500m at global box office; ‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ receives Mexico boost
‘Dune: Part Two’ breezes past the first film’s total, while ‘One Life’ breaks into the top 10.
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Oscars 2024 talking points: Bafta crossover, international presence and studios back on top
This year’s US Academy Awards matched the outcome of last month’s Baftas in 18 feature categories.
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‘Dune: Part Two’ hits $369.6m at global box office after 10 days; ‘Kung Fu Panda’ kicks off with $81.7m
‘Dune: Part Two’ dropped just 44% in North America, 36% internationally.
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‘Dune: Part Two’ towers over global box office with 63% share of top 10 chart
Warner Bros’ ‘Dune’ sequel debuted with $182.5m worldwide, the highest opening since Barbie.
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‘Bob Marley: One Love’, ‘Demon Slayer’ sequel neck and neck at global box office
Films released in China for the New Year holiday continue to dominate this chart, led by Zhang Yimou’s legal drama ’Article 20’.
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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ impresses with $75m debut at global box office; ‘Madame Web’ makes sticky start
Madame Web has begun with a disappointing estimated $49.1m, achieved over five days
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How Bafta-winning ‘The Zone Of Interest’ producer Jim Wilson learned to be filmmaker-forward and creatively driven
Wilson calls The Zone Of Interest “without a doubt the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do work-wise”.
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Chinese New Year titles dominate global box office; ‘Argylle’ tumbles to fifth place
‘Argylle’ held on to the top domestic spot but was down 63% from the opening session.
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‘Argylle’ tops global box office chart but disappoints with $35m debut
Sony’s ’Anyone But You’ holds steady in second place with an estimated $17.0m for the weekend period.
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UK Film Council reunites… after 13 years
Eighty members of the UK Labour government-created film body (2000-2011) staged a reunion event.