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Harry Potter star Emma Watson has become the latest figure to weigh in on the controversy provoked by the book series author J.K. Rowling's series of tweets about trans people. "Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren't who they say…

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…

A few weeks ago, we reported that a campaign was afoot to have women wear all black at tonight's BAFTA Film Awards in solidarity with the Time's Up movement in the U.S. This weekend, two letters have gone out in support of Time’s Up, and some British actresses will be walking the BAFTA red carpet at the Royal Albert…

Disney’s Beauty And The Beast hit a pair of major milestones on Tuesday as it continues an enchanted box office dance around the world. Bill Condon’s update on the 1991 animated classic became the 26th film in history to cross $400M domestically, and has also hit a nice round $900M worldwide. The split is now $401.1M…

SATURDAY UPDATE: As expected, Disney's Beauty And The Beast waltzed past the $500M global mark on Friday with a total of $541M after eight days in worldwide release. Overseas, BATB is crossing $300M this session after taking $289M through yesterday. The full offshore weekend is on track to land just over $100M. France…

EXCLUSIVE: Even when you run Disney’s most tenured moviemaking division, it is easy to feel overshadowed when you are a silo alongside Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Animation Studios. But this past weekend marked a watermark moment for Sean Bailey and his Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, and forgive…

Disney’s Beauty And The Beast continued its box office momentum into Monday where it made an estimated $13.7 million, the second-best Monday in March after last year’s Batman V. Superman which grossed $15M. Through four days, the Bill Condon-directed musical stands at $188.45M. Even though Beauty And The Beast‘s…

3RD UPDATE, SATURDAY, WRITETHRU: With a further $40.3 million at offshore turnstiles Friday, Disney's Beauty And The Beast has twirled its way to $51.8M at the international box office. That’s in two days of play and with Saturday/Sunday still to figure. Combined with the record-breaking domestic debut, the worldwide…

UPDATE: The situation surrounding the shelving of Beauty And The Beast in Malaysia has become somewhat clearer. Earlier this week, the movie was approved by the local censors with what was characterized as "a minor cut involving a gay moment." But its release was then postponed pending an "internal review," the…

I know the first question you are thinking: Did we really need another version of Beauty And The Beast? The answer, based on the sheer joy, eye-popping visuals, soaring vocals and pure art of movie craftsmanship on display in Bill Condon’s live-action Disney reboot is, well, yes. Of course this is not a startlingly…

EuropaCorp has released the latest trailer this morning for its modern thriller The Circle, which features a strong ensemble cast of Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega, Ellar Coltrane, Bill Paxton, Karen Gillan and Patton Oswalt. The film underwent reshoots about four weeks ago, but STX/EuropaCorp is still sticking…

Oscar and Grammy winner John Legend is teaming up with best-selling pop singer and Hairspray Live! alum Ariana Grande to perform the title song for the soundtrack to Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast. Written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for the 1991 animated film…