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What a difference a year — and a pandemic — makes. At this time in 2019, Pokémon Detective Pikachu was the No. 1 movie in 72 markets with a $54M frame at the international box office while John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum took out a took out a $35M hit in 66 and Avengers: Endgame still had stones aplenty. As some…

Warner Bros has keyed up a re-release of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy in Hong Kong and Taiwan, ahead of the mid-July launch of the director's latest epic, Tenet. The three films — Batman Begins, The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises — will release over several weeks. The first rollout is in Taiwan…

Italy's cinemas will get back to business from June 15, the government announced Saturday as it outlined an overall easing of lockdown protocols in what was the initial epicenter of the European continent’s coronavirus outbreak. As with other markets that are beginning to lift restrictions on moviegoing, there will be…

France’s movie theaters may be able to re-open at the beginning of July, the country's Culture Minister Franck Riester said today. A further update is expected at the end of this month, however, Riester told local radio this morning that the government believes a certain number of cinemas may be able to get back to…

Germany's Constantin Film has been awarded the Federal Film Board's Branchentiger prize for the top local producer and distributor of 2019. This is the 13th consecutive year that the Resident Evil and Perfect Strangers maker has won the award. With it comes 3.1M euros in funding for seven new in-house productions as…

After initially delaying this year’s CineEurope exhibition convention from June to August in Barcelona, organizers have now decided to scrap the 2020 event altogether. In a note today, Film Expo Group said, “With concern for the health and safety of our attendees as our absolute priority, we regret to inform you that…

Chinese authorities will allow further leisure venues, including cinemas, to gradually re-open now that the coronavirus pandemic has largely been controlled in the country, the top administrative body said on Friday. This comes after movie theaters were shuttered nationwide in January, ultimately dealing a $2.5B+ loss…

UPDATE, 6:57AM PT: Following news that Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia region is to reopen movie theaters from May 30, two other states have said their cinemas will return to operations this month. Saxony, which includes such cities as Leipzig and Dresden; and Schleswig-Holstein, the country’s northern-most state…

As exhibitors in major European markets begin eyeing potential openings at the end of June and through mid-July, some smaller hubs are returning to operation this week, albeit under strict social distancing guidelines and at reduced capacities. Overall, a somewhat clearer picture is beginning to emerge with regard to…

Korea, the world's fifth largest box office market, is re-opening a portion of its major cinemas this week after a soft-ish shutdown last month. One of the first new titles in the mix will be Universal/DreamWorks Animation's Trolls World Tour which will play exclusively at the Megabox circuit, the market's 3rd…

French movie theaters will not be allowed to re-open when the country begins to lift its national lockdown May 11, while a ban on festivals and events that draw more than 5,000 people has been extended to September. That includes professional sports, and notably the effective axing of the 2019-2020 local soccer…

Undeterred by the current state of the industry, and despite posting a $668M profit loss for 2019, China's Wanda Film is betting big on the local theatrical business. The division of Dalian Wanda Group said that it intends to spend about $431M raised in a non-public offering of A shares to build more Middle Kingdom…