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ReFrame, the coalition formed by Women in Film, the Sundance Institute and IMDbPro, has designated a total of 20 films among 2018’s 100 highest-grossing titles to receive the ReFrame Stamp, which recognize standout, gender-balanced films. The list released Wednesday includes Fox Searchlight’s Oscar Best…

UPDATE, writethru: With no big wide releases, and only some expansions, it was a fairly sleepy weekend at the international box office; down roughly 27% on the comparable frame last year across the Top 5 titles. Play was again led by last week’s champ, M Night Shyamalan's Glass, while Deadpool made his first foray…

UPDATE, writethru: M. Night Shyamalan's Glass took the top spot at the international box office this weekend with $48.5M in 55 markets. That's right in line with pre-weekend projections and positions the Blumhouse pic at 13% ahead of its predecessor, Split. Disney, which handled the first movie in Shyamalan's Eastrail…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount's Bumblebee is buzzing past the $400M mark worldwide today. The Transformers origins story has revved up $401.3M global, including $113.9M domestic and $287.4M at the international box office through Saturday. Japan, which has been a solid play for the franchise, is the last market to bow, on…

UPDATE, writethru Warner Bros/DC's Aquaman joined the billion-dollar club worldwide this session, now counting $732.4M at the international box office and $1.02B global. The milestone makes the James Wan-directed origins story the 5th movie released in 2018 to get across $1B, behind Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panthe…

SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru: During a busy post-holiday holdover/expansion frame overseas, Warner Bros’ Aquaman showed his muscle again, cruising well past the $900M mark globally as he charts a course for $1B. After holding the No. 1 spot at the international box office for four straight weekends, however (and as…

5th Update, Sunday AM Writethru after Saturday and Friday updates: Even though it’s a quiet weekend at the box office after the mad holiday rush between Christmas and New Year’s Day, studios savor the first frame of the year given its great holdover business. Kids are still off from school (K-12 was 61% off on Friday…

In the first episode of the New Hollywood Podcast for 2019, we welcome Bumblebee star Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (pronounced “Jorj” not “Hor-hay” FYI). The up-and-coming Dominican-born actor has appeared in numerous films before running from giant robots with Hailee Steinfeld in what many people are calling one of the best…

2ND SUNDAY UPDATE, writethru: Gliding to another $85.4M at the international box office this weekend, Warner Bros/DC's Aquaman again rules overseas — for the 4th consecutive frame. The offshore cume is now $560M after a dip of just 28% in holdover markets. Worldwide, the fish-man has hooked $748.8M through Sunday…

Veteran media analyst Barton Crockett of B. Riley FBR is maintaining his “buy” rating on Viacom’s stock, but has slashed his 12-month price target to $30 from $39 and lowered his earnings estimates. The primary motivation for the reductions is Crockett’s revised forecast for Paramount Pictures, which calls for a…

This week's whirl of parties celebrating awards season constitutes "an over-caffeinated exercise in suppressed schadenfreude," an analyst friend confided to me. In coming days scores of runners-up will be called upon to celebrate the triumphs of a tiny group of winners. The reality: Most of us will take greatest…

In its first Wednesday of its six-day run, Warner Bros’ Aquaman posted a super $16.9M, a figure that beats the first Wednesday hauls of several fanboy pics. While that figure is under the take of Warner Bros./DC’s Dark Knight Wednesday of $18.3M and nickels under Avengers: Infinity War ($16.966M), Aquaman yesterday…