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UPDATE, writethru: There were milestones aplenty this weekend at the global and international box office with three Hollywood heavy-hitters reaching important new benchmarks. Among them, MGM/Eon/Universal's No Time To Die crossed both $400M overseas and $500M worldwide while Sony' Venom: Let There Be Carnage topped…

SATURDAY UPDATE: Denis Villeneuve's Dune had a nice bump in China on Saturday, adding a further estimated RMB 62M ($9.7M) for a projected two-day market cume of RMB 101.1M ($15.84M). Although ticketing platform Maoyan has the daily box office just slightly lower, the Saturday increase regardless was upwards of 55%. As…

Timed to the occasion of China's National Day holiday, the state spared no expense in making a most lavish and expensive slab of self-congratulatory movie propaganda with The Battle At Lake Changjin. Clocking in at nearly three hours, and spectacularly presented on an enormous IMAX screen, this is a gargantuan account…

UPDATE, writethru: MGM/Eon/Universal's No Time To Die has sped the Aston Martin past the $300M global mark, coming off of an $89.54M sophomore frame at the international box office. That lifts James Bond 25's overseas cume to $257.27M and, including domestic's start this session, brings the worldwide total to…

Daniel Craig and Rami Malek took their mutual admiration society to the AMC in Burbank. As a socially-distanced audience prepared to watch Craig’s final outing as 007 on the cinema’s IMAX screen, the No Time to Die duo, who’ve been appearing together all week, appeared from stage left. “I’d like to introduce you to…

UPDATE, writethru with Bond and Dune actuals: A big and busy weekend at the international box office reaffirmed the power of theatrical as MGM/Eon/Universal's No Time To Die bonded with audiences to the tune of $121.3M, coming in above Sunday’s estimates. In like-for-like markets at current exchange rates No Time To D…

When the studio gets rich on a box office hit, exhibition shares in that and there was certainly a downpour of cash for the latter thanks to the $90M pandemic domestic opening record of Sony’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and also the $119M launch of MGM/UAR/Universal’s No Time to Die.  The No. 1 circuit in the world…

Following last year's cancelation and this year's postponements, the annual CineEurope convention kicks off today in Barcelona. And what better time for studios and overseas exhibition to come together and celebrate the theatrical experience as we come off of a banner international box office weekend led by…

EXCLUSIVE: The world’s largest Imax screen is scheduled to open to the public on September 30 at the Traumpalast Multiplex in Leonberg, Germany. Measuring 21.03 meters high and 38.16 meters wide – wider than a Boeing 737 airliner – the record-breaking screen will kick off with the latest James Bond entry No Time to Die…

UPDATE, writethru: Warner Bros/Legendary's Dune continued its spicy run at the international box office this weekend, adding a further $26.3M from 32 markets to lift the offshore total to $76.5M. To quote the Denis Villeneuve-directed film, this is only the beginning as the sci-fi epic is in early overseas release…

UPDATE, writethru: Warner Bros/Legendary's Dune has surpassed expectations, harvesting $36.8M at the international box office from just 24 markets in early release. The Denis Villeneuve-directed sci-fi epic was the top movie overseas this weekend, coming in with No. 1s in virtually all openings. In like–for-likes and…

Rich Gelfond said he’d love Paramount to rethink Top Gun: Maverick's recent move from this fall to next May, but it’s not likely. "I have spent a lot of time close to a lot of the decision makers at Paramount and… in Top Gun they think they have something very special. Tom Cruise waited more than 35 years to make that…