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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone worked some magic in China on Friday with Warner Bros’ 3D reissue conjuring $4.6M. This is by far the biggesst single-day gross since cinemas resumed operations, overtaking the opening of WB's earlier re-release of Chirstopher Nolan's Interstellar by 66% (though that film bowed on…

With some of China’s cinemas reopened this week in low-risk areas, and as tomorrow sees Beijing get partially back to business as well, box office has continued to rise. As of 11:30PM tonight local time, Thursday’s takings hit $940K, according to ticketing service Maoyan. That’s a nice increase over the past few days…

UPDATE, writethru: Sony Corp reported its full year 2019 earnings from Tokyo this morning with a 28.4% dollar increase in profits at Sony Pictures Entertainment. The division recorded $628M in operating income, up from $489M the previous year. The significant hike, which is through March 31, 2020, just after the corona…

No shocker here but Sony’s Bad Boys for Life, like several other current theatrical releases of late, will be available in homes as early as March 31 on digital, and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray, and DVD on April 21. The film opened on Jan. 17 so technically in regards to its DVD drop, Bad Boys for Life is within the…

EXCLUSIVE: Seventeen years after the release of Bad Boys II, Sony's Bad Boys For Life dominated domestic, overseas and global turnstiles in its mid-January debut. On Saturday, it will cross $400 million globally, with current cumes through Thursday at $193.1M domestic and $204.1M from the international box office. Bad…

SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru: Flying in well below pre-weekend projections, Warner Bros’ Birds Of Prey has landed an estimated $48M bow from 78 international box office markets. Combined with domestic‘s disappointing performance, the global opening is $81.3M. Despite good reviews and positive reactions, the DC spinoff…

Sony Pictures Entertainment has recorded a $51M profit for the third quarter ending December 31, 2019. This is down 50% from the $102M Q3 profit it saw in the comparable period of 2018 which had benefited from the global success of Venom. Sony cited overall lower revenues for its theatrical films in the quarter…

Sony's Bad Boys For Life continues to lead the international box office, taking the top spot for the 3rd weekend in a row. The offshore frame was $30.8M in 63 markets for an overseas cume of $142.7M and a worldwide total of $291M to date. Globally, it's the biggest in the franchise and is holding well, down just 38%…

4th Update Sunday AM Final w/chart: Sony’s Bad Boys for Life easily arrested the Super Bowl weekend box office with $17.9M, according to industry estimates, -47% in early AM estimates. Sony is reporting $17.7M for weekend 3. As expected, the new stuff — Orion/UAR’s Gretel & Hansel at $6.05M and Paramount/IM Global/Eon…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Sony's Bad Boys For Life kept the heat on in its sophomore session at the international box office. The weekend was worth $42M in 58 markets for an offshore cume of $95M, bringing global to $215M. The overseas drop was just 39% in the holdover hubs. Following last week's debut, the well-received…

4TH UPDATE, Sunday AM Writethru following Friday updates: Who says January stinks at the box office? With Sony’s Bad Boys for Life and Universal-Amblin-New Republic’s 1917 crossing the $100M mark this past weekend, repping 2020’s first two century-grossing titles stateside, January ticket sales per Comscore are now at…

MONDAY AM writethru after Sunday AM update: It’s huge. Sony’s Bad Bays for Life is now headed for a $73.4M 4-day and a $101M WW debut after posting a stronger Sunday with $17.05M per the Culver City, CA studio this morning. At $73M+, that’s 83% more than the $40M+ projection that tracking was seeing earlier last week…