Amazon, Netflix and Sky Kids have each received their first BAFTA Children's Awards nominations. The prizes honor the best in kids media with a ceremony to be held November 26 in London. Amazon programs An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has To Win and The Snowy Day are both in the International category. The…

With this weekend’s grosses factored in, Universal has crossed the $3B mark at the worldwide box office, and the $2B mark at the international box office. Both of the milestones were achieved in record time for the studio. The cumes through Sunday are $3.036B global, $2.088B overseas. Uni crossed $3B globally today…

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…

Illumination and Universal Pictures’ animated let’s-put-on-a-show show Sing has reached the $600M mark at global turnstiles. The current split on the Garth Jennings-directed charmer is $269.7M domestic with $330.3M at the international box office. That makes for a nice round milestone through Sunday. Sing had passed $5…

With three more big territories yet to open, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures' Sing crossed $500M at the worldwide box office through today. With a toe-tapping $265.3M domestically after eight weeks in release, Sing has amassed another $235.5M internationally. That brings its total to $500.8M. And…

UPDATE Writethru Wednesday AM with Sun/Mon actuals: As it closes in on $1B worldwide, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was nevertheless edged out of the No. 1 spot at the international box office for the first time this past frame. The 5th session on the Disney/Lucasfilm franchise spinoff saw the Rebel Alliance gather…

FX has added a few more solid boxoffice performers to its collection of tentpole theatrical movies. The list includes current releases Sing ($217 million boxoffice domestically to date), Hidden Figures ($30 million and current boxoffice #1), Passengers ($83 million), Why Him? ($50 million), Assassin’s Creed ($50…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU with actuals after Sunday 2:58 PM PT post: With solid performances from the major titles at the international box office this frame, the session was up about 8% versus last year across the Top 10 films. Leading the charge again was that rag-tag band of rebels out to steal plans for the Death Star…

Even with the arrival of new two new titles this weekend — 20th Century Fox/Chernin’s expansion of Hidden Figures and the opening of Sony/Screen Gems’ fifthquel Underworld: Blood Wars — Disney/Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will not topple, set to earn an estimated $25 million-$26 million in its fourth…

UPDATED, Monday AM: The studios’ box office accountants return tomorrow, at which point these holiday estimates turn into actuals. Ditto for each studio’s market share, which becomes more solidified. Currently, comScore is reporting 2016 at $11.488B; we’ve heard slightly lower at $11.3B, but it’s an all-time high…

UPDATE, MONDAY: It was a Happy New Year's weekend for Disney as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story lifted its cume to $774.9 million at the global box office through the three-day. Factoring in the domestic Monday estimate, that rises to $789.7M. At international turnstiles, Rogue made away with a further $45.8M during the…

The second Tuesday for Disney/Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was bigger than its first, grossing an estimated $22.6M yesterday according to industry reports. Last week in its first Tuesday, Rogue One grossed $17.58M, but that’s when there were more kids in school. Rogue One‘s second Tuesday (which is -29%…