Sony Pictures Animation is moving ahead with Hotel Transylvania 4 with the fourthquel to the $1.3 billion-grossing franchise opening on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021.  The latest installment, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (out July 13, 2018) became Sony Pictures' biggest animated film of all time with north of…

Asked to direct Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation—following his work on two prior installments of the franchise—the biggest obstacle Genndy Tartakovsky faced was that he didn't want to make the film in the first place. Seeing installments one and two snowball to major commercial success, the director was…

Sony Pictures Entertainment has posted a $209M profit for the July-September period, a significant increase on last year's similar quarter which logged $68M in earnings while last quarter saw a $68M loss. The jump is thanks in part to the robust global box office of Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation which has…

EXCLUSIVE: The Drac Pack has reached a new milestone as Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation becomes Sony's biggest animated film of all time globally. At $476.3M worldwide, it sailed past Hotel Transylvania 2 ($474.8M) on Friday. Combined, the three HT movies have now grossed in excess of $1.3B global. Through…

UPDATE, writethru: There were milestones and action aplenty at the global and international box office this weekend, which were again led by Warner Bros/Gravity Pictures’ The Meg. The prehistoric shark kept moviegoers biting for another $67M in 55 markets to increase the overseas catch to $230.4M and the worldwide…

MONDAY AM UPDATE, writethru: The Meg figures updated. Warner Bros/Gravity Pictures' prehistoric shark took a whale of a bite out of the box office in its opening this session as it surprised both at home and abroad. As of this morning, Meg counts $101.5M across 42 offshore markets, The Meg gobbled up a global launch…

SUNDAY UPDATE, WRITETHRU: Tom Cruise ruled the international box office this weekend as Paramount Pictures/Skydance's Mission: Impossible – Fallout took the No. 1 spot with $76M in 56 markets. That hikes the overseas total to an estimated $205M through Sunday, and the global cume to $329.5M. At the same stage of play…

China has added a pair of Hollywood titles to its August release roster with Sony’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation checking in on August 17 and Disney/Marvel’s Ant-Man And The Wasp making a beeline for August 24. As we wrote on Friday, Paramount’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout is going August 31, and as…

TUESDAY UPDATE, WRITETHRU with actuals: Universal’s Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again made its debut at the international box office smorgasbord this weekend, belting out $42.9M in 41 markets. The summer sequel, directed by Ol Parker, topped the 2008 movie's start in 34 of those and danced to No. 1 in 24 openings. Combined…

After weathering a setback with Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper last weekend, Universal/Legendary is expected to take the upper hand at the weekend box office with Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which is poised to make between $30 million-$36 million at 3,200 locations. The first film 10 years ago worked, capturing all…

Sunday Update: Sony, the studio responsible for delivering Dwayne Johnson’s biggest movie of all-time at the domestic box office earlier this year, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ($404.5M), beat the family action star’s Skyscraper this weekend with their family-animated film, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, $44…

EXCLUSIVE: Offshore audiences are checking in to Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation as rollout expands this weekend. HT3 had already bowed in Australia on June 28 to capitalize on school breaks, and in its first 16 days of release has surpassed the total gross of HT2, setting a franchise…