When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

With a record $11.37B, the domestic box office enjoyed its biggest year ever in 2016. But, according to industry estimates, overseas numbers are down. The estimated full international box office for 2016 is about $26.73B, a dip of roughly 3.7% on 2015. That puts the worldwide tally for 2016 at $38.1B. The offshore…

In mid-October, the Walt Disney Studios clocked its best year ever at international turnstiles. Two weeks later, the Mouse now has posted its biggest year of all time at the global box office with $5.851B through November 1. That beats the studio’s own previous record of $5.843B, which was for the full 2015 calendar…

On the heels of such hits as Captain America: Civil War, Zootopia, The Jungle Book and Finding Dory, the Walt Disney Studios has clocked its best year ever at the international box office — and there are still another two and a half months to go in 2016. Through October 16, the offshore total on all Disney releases is…

Marvel’s Comic-Con 2016 presentation was, by a Galactus-sized distance, the best of Saturday’s Hall H presentations. Along with footage from Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, one of the biggest highlights was Team Thor, a hilarious mockumentary put together by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika…

Don’t underestimate the box office traction of Warner Bros. Suicide Squad. In its fifth day at the box office, the David Ayer DC villain movie took in $14.27M, up 9% from Monday. Of course, that’s a record Tuesday in August, and as we’ve seen all along, Suicide Squad keeps whomping Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Gala…

With a $50.1M global weekend on Finding Dory as well as added coin from its other holdovers, Disney has pushed past the $5 billion worldwide box office milestone in record time. Last year, the crown belonged to Universal as Jurassic World stomped it to $5B+ on July 17. The Mouse also now has bragging rights to the…

7th Update, Monday Final: Overall, Father’s Day weekend was a better frame than a week ago, totaling $232.7M, +53%. But this year’s paternal holiday frame was off -6% from a year ago when Jurassic World and Inside provided a one-two punch together totaling $197M. 2016 through Sunday has accumulated $5.17 billion at…

In its 43rd day of release, Disney-Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War becomes the first movie this year to fly past $400 million at the domestic box office in a year that began racking up $300M-plus grossing titles quite early on. That list includes 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool ($363M), Disney’s The Jungle…

As Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War directors Anthony and Joe Russo see it, though the film landscape has changed significantly since the 1980s/early ’90s golden age of independent filmmaking, the industry hasn’t become closed off to indie voices. Echoing comments they’ve made…

7th UPDATE, Monday, 1:42 PM: Rovio and Sony’s The Angry Birds Movie, as Deadline predicted yesterday, ended up with a three-day opening of under $39M. However, its final debut gross of $38.1M won the weekend’s pecking order and fly past Captain America: Civil War (in its third weekend in play). Disney has something to…

On Wednesday, Disney/Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War passed Zootopia to become the top-grossing movie of 2016 at $982M. With Thursday now factored in, Team Cap and Team Iron Man are at $991M worldwide and are staring down the $1B mark when today is all said and done. The domestic cume is currently $314.3M and the…