Latest in 2020 Domestic Box Office

It was supposed to be a year when the playing field became even. After losing to Disney for four years in a row, with the Burbank studio setting an industry record in 2019 of $13.2 billion global box office, a new major studio was set to become the domestic king. “I think 2020 is going to be more of a horse race,” I…

We are hearing from U.S. industry sources as well as those on the ground in the PRC that the offices of China Film Group in Shanghai and those of China’s Film Bureau are re-opened for business — a sign that the country’s exhibition business is on its way to a gradual recovery after being shuttered since the Lunar New Y…

UPDATED with charts of 2020 domestic box office standings to date, final charts for the weekend of March 13-15, Monday and Tuesday. “For all intents and purposes, the industry is shut down,” screamed one studio boss last night about the state of exhibition. “What’s left that’s open?” With Cinemark shutting down Tuesday…