In San Diego, the city of Marvel-clad superheroes, Joss Whedon is a god. And not just for The Avengers but Firefly, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible too. In recent years, the film and TV creator delivered an annual keynote. It’s actually a Q&A with his fans but turns into a homily on everything ranging from…

4th UPDATE, Monday, 12:33 PST: Sunday estimates for all films seemed to slide slightly or plateau over night with only a handful of exceptions, including the two big animated films in the international marketplace. Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out grabbed $2.5M more than anticipated while Universal’s latest in the franchise M…

In what is becoming a year of record speed to box office mile-markers for many of the majors, Disney has crossed $3B worldwide. The studio actually hit $3B earlier this week on June 30, significantly outpacing last year’s record which was set on August 5. The total worldwide box office as of today is $3.086B The June…

Pinewood Group, the holding company for the international network of studios and production facilities, announced record revenues today. The group, which has studios in Canada, Malaysia, the Dominican Republic, and Atlanta as well as the UK, has hosted Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens, Avengers: Age of Ultron…

With Jurassic World having opened the floodgates to summer, European box office is in fighting form as the halfway mark of 2015 approaches. Despite local currency fluctuations — which have meant that the euro, pound and ruble have dipped against the greenback — admissions, and even box office, are up in many…

The biggest opening weekend of all-time? Who would have thought? On Thursday, in a straw poll of studio execs, Deadline received three different answers in regard to Jurassic World‘s domestic opening: The predictions were $115M, $125M and $135M. The thought that Jurassic World would make $172M+ and push Universal…

4th UPDATE, 1:39 PM, PT: Universal Pictures’ Jurassic World, which is expected to make a large international footprint, will open in 66 markets, including China and France in only a couple of days, on Wednesday, June 10. As we wait, this weekend’s San Andreas opened in China to $51M after six days, marking the highest…

Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron international box office today becomes the 5th title in history to surpass the $900M mark internationally. This comes after we reported yesterday that the superhero cluster flick had tallied up just over $895M after this past weekend, which put it toe-to-toe international total…

UPDATE, 12:44 PM, PT, Monday: Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s San Andreas cracked well over the $60M mark internationally this weekend to help boost its worldwide cume to $118.5M, just in front of its China bow tomorrow. The George Clooney, Britt Robertson-starring  Tomorrowland also logged a better than expected…

2nd UPDATE, Monday, 12:07 PM: Final grosses have come in for Warner Bros. for Mad Max: Fury Road: It ended its first weekend internationally a little under from the Sunday estimate with $64M. Universal Pictures’ Pitch Perfect 2, the No. 1 picture in the states with $69.2M, brought in $27.1M from 29 markets…

File this one under: “Well, duh.” Disney/Marvel’s superhero sequel Avengers: Age Of Ultron has passed the $1 billion threshold in worldwide box office in its 24th day of release. That makes the superhero mashup the first franchise ever to hit the 10-digit mark with each of its first two films. In fact, only three…

Avengers: Age Of Ultron has planted a superhero-size flag in the Middle Kingdom. Bowing yesterday in China, it grossed $33.9M (210.5M yuan) for Disney/Marvel’s biggest ever opening day in the market. The first day for Joss Whedon’s mash-up was nearly double Iron Man 3 and more than Avengers‘ initial two-day haul in…