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Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone worked some magic in China on Friday with Warner Bros’ 3D reissue conjuring $4.6M. This is by far the biggesst single-day gross since cinemas resumed operations, overtaking the opening of WB's earlier re-release of Chirstopher Nolan's Interstellar by 66% (though that film bowed on…

There was further good news from the international box office this weekend, even as it continues to be clear that markets need fresh titles to keep the reopening momentum going — be they local, from Hollywood or even reissues of older event pictures. We remain in uncharted waters around the globe. But progress in the…

SUNDAY UPDATE: The international box office continued to show increasing signs of life this weekend, with fresh titles notably in such markets as China, Korea and France. Some of what’s working are films that demand the big screen experience, even if they are arriving late (or are making a re-appearance in certain…

Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated Tenet has been set for a September 4 release date in China. This will come on the heels of Warner Bros launching the event picture’s rollout in a host of offshore markets beginning on August 26 and in the U.S. in select cities on September 3. As international box office has seen…

While Universal's Dolittle and Warner Bros' reissue of Interstellar were the big kahunas in China this weekend, Russell Crowe-starrer Unhinged hit the road in 19 new markets over the session. Among them, the UK, Australia, Netherlands and New Zealand where the Solstice Studios pic was No. 1. They joined Germany which…

Despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Sony Pictures Entertainment continued an upward trend in first quarter results with a $230M profit for the three months ending June 30, 2020. That compares to a $3.7M profit in the same quarter of 2019 and a $68M loss the previous year. While Sony Corp last quarter…

SUNDAY UPDATE: As expected, Warner Bros' re-release of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar had a blast in China on Sunday, grossing $2.85M. That gives the 2014 saga bragging rights to the Middle Kingdom's biggest single day and highest 'opening' day gross since cinemas in low-risk areas resumed operations on July 20. At…

SUNDAY UPDATE: Through the first full weekend of Chinese cinemas resuming operations in low-risk areas across the country, local moviegoers demonstrated increased demand. The Friday-Saturday-Sunday session was worth nearly $13M from all titles, rising on each of the days. Play was led by Universal's Dolittle with a…

With some of China’s cinemas reopened this week in low-risk areas, and as tomorrow sees Beijing get partially back to business as well, box office has continued to rise. As of 11:30PM tonight local time, Thursday’s takings hit $940K, according to ticketing service Maoyan. That’s a nice increase over the past few days…

As expected, Chinese authorities have given the go-ahead for cinemas in Beijing to reopen this coming Friday. That’s also when the first new Hollywood titles will hit the market, including Dolittle and Bloodshot. Only cinemas in the capital’s low-risk areas will be able to resume operations — and with strict sanitary…

EXCLUSIVE: Lots of movement on the international box office front this past weekend, and into the beginning of the week. Korean zombie sequel Peninsula, as we reported Sunday, made a meal of five overseas markets with a $21M Wednesday-Sunday frame. That's the best start we've seen since March when Onward opened to…

As Chinese cinemas began the reopening process today, box office crossed $472K by 8PM local. Maoyan's real-time ticketing platform reports that play is led by new entry A First Farewell at around $184K. Following it is the re-issue of Christmas title Sheep Without A Shepherd at about $80K and Disney/Pixar's Coco in…