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TUESDAY UPDATE, writethru: Japan's runaway smash, Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train, continued its reign at the top of the local charts this weekend as it neared $250M. Including Monday’s Labor Thanksgiving Day holiday in Japan, Demon Slayer‘s total across 39 days is 25.9B yen ($248M). The anime adaptation has now…

MONDAY UPDATE, writethru after Sunday 10:46AM post: The international box office continues to be led by Asia, with Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train still enjoying runaway success this weekend. Toho/Aniplex on Monday confirmed the 31-day Japan total is 23.35B yen ($223.6M) from 17.5M admisssions. Toho offered…

MONDAY UPDATE, writethru after Sunday 10:49AM post: With cinemas in the bulk of the European majors now dealing with a second wave of closures amid the COVID-19 crisis, international box office is again led by Asia this weekend — and should continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Japan's runaway smash Demon Slaye…

MONDAY UPDATE, writethru after Sunday 10:16AM post: Asia continues to power international box office with local titles atop the charts. This is a trend we can expect to carry on as the Hollywood studios have widely vacated the rest of 2020, and as Europe begins a re-closing process amid coronavirus spikes. In just the…

Shares in Imax were down in pre-market trading Thursday morning after the company announced its Q3 results, which included a loss of $47.2 million on revenues of $37.3M. As of 10 a.m. ET, the stock was down 4.92%. CEO Rich Gelfond, however, remains bullish on the theatrical business and the company's future health…

Imax on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings for the period ended September 30. Revenues were $37.3 million versus $86.4M in the third quarter of 2019, largely impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The result is, however, much better than Q2, which saw revenues of just $8.9M. In part that's down to the…

Sony Pictures saw an 18% drop in second quarter profits to $299M from July-September versus the same period in 2019. However, the figures rep an increase on the first quarter's $230M which ended June 30 this year. Revenues across the division were off by $615M compared to last year while theatrical sales dropped to…

MONDAY UPDATE, writethru after Sunday 9:43AM post: To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers Army entering the Korean War, the Middle Kingdom released epic The Sacrifice this weekend. The locally-titled Jin Gang Chuan grossed an estimated $53M in its three-day bow. While not a record start…

MONDAY UPDATE, writethru after Sunday 11:12AM post: Big news this weekend out of Japan where anime adaptation Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train shattered all-time opening records. The film, which debuted on Friday October 16, as opposed to the usual Saturday/Sunday session, grossed $44M (4.623B yen) across the…