EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Morrison has been set to star in Chinese feature Crazy Alien, the third installment in director Ning Hao's black comedy trilogy that includes 2006's Crazy Stone and 2009's Crazy Racer (aka Silver Medalist). The logline is being kept under wraps, though it's understood Alien will be in keeping with…

3RD UPDATE, Monday, 3:25PM PT: The majors — Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros. — have updated their weekend estimates which are now reflected throughout the story. Some dips from what was originally reported yesterday among Sony and Paramount’s titles, but nothing too earth-shattering. While Gone…

With China‘s National Day holiday week still in swing, the box office got an extra boost this frame thanks to the timely release of Breakup Buddies, a sort of follow-up to 2012’s smash hit Lost In Thailand. Playing on half the screens in the massive market, the film grossed just under $38M in China this weekend…

Foreign films and a doc scored well in the Specialty arena this weekend. That isn’t something I get to write very often but it’s a pleasure when it happens. China Lion‘s Breakup Buddies, Tribeca Film‘s music doc NAS: Time Is Illmatic and Bollywood heavyweight Bang Bang all pulled in solid numbers when they debuted…

With China's National Day holiday officially kicking off Wednesday, the Middle Kingdom box office is poised for an extra boost thanks to today's timely release of Breakup Buddies. The comedy is a sort of follow-up to smash hit Lost In Thailand. That film was key to a surge in local box office at the end of 2012 and…

Refresh for latest…  The Orchard is partnering with Unison Films and Funny or Die on the U.S. distribution of What We Do In The Shadows, a mockumentary/comedy written, directed by, and starring Jemaine Clement (Flight Of The Conchords, Men In Black 3) . The Orchard has secured U.S. digital, DVD and broadcast…